Taita, New Zealand
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Taita, one of the easternmost suburbs of Lower Hutt City in New Zealand, lies toward the northern end of the city.
Its urban development began around the middle of the 20th century as part of the Labour Government's State housing scheme.
The main road through the western part of the suburb, Taita Drive, has its southern end in the suburb of Avalon near the Kennedy-Good Bridge.
On the eastern side of Taita, above Taita College stand the buildings of the former Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) Soil Bureau. (Some of the functions of the Soil Bureau have devolved upon Landcare Research New Zealand Limited and have moved to the Turitea campus of Massey University in Palmerston North.)
The Anglican Christ Church dates from the mid-nineteenth century when Taita comprised a rural farming area.
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