Rimutaka (New Zealand electorate) 2014): 46,526 Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,403 Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Rimutaka for a list of candidates. Rimutaka (New Zealand electorate) Rimutaka is an electorate returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative is Chris Hipkins, a member of the Labour Party who has represented the seat since 2008. Centred on Upper Hutt City, the western boundary of the Rimutaka electorate is defined by the Hutt River from Avalon and Naenae in the south, through Stokes Valley, Trentham and Upper Hutt, to Te Marua, Kaitoke, and
Rimutaka Incline closed. The smoke, the noise, the mad sooty passengers with open windows - this is what it was like to go up the Rimutaka Incline — and then there were the tunnels . . . Several options for an alternative to the Incline were considered in the 20th century, but it was not until after WWII that a route through a tunnel between Maymorn and Lucena's Creek was selected. Construction was started in 1948 by the Public Works Department and completed by a private contractor in 1955. The tunnel and deviation opened on 3 November 1955, five days after the