Petone is a suburb of the City of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. Petone is the first European settlement in Wellington and retains many historical buildings and landmarks. As it sits in what was once the swamp at the harbour's edge of a flood plain from the Hutt River, the earliest settlers found life hard, and a new settlement was eventually built on the shores of what is now the City of Wellington. Petone has moved upmarket in recent years from being a sleepy, somewhat undesireable suburb, to one of cafes, trendy shops, and has used its early European heritage as a draw for tourists.
