Korokoro is a suburb of Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

 City situated at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand

New Zealand

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. The suburb is located on the western hills of the Hutt Valley overlooking Petone

Petone

Petone is a major suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the narrow triangular plain of the Hutt River, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour...

 and the Wellington harbour

Wellington Harbour

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Korokoro was established in the 1900s by the Liberal government, and was a relatively small settlement until the Lower Hutt City Council developed the area for private housing in the 1960s.