Kaitoke

Kaitoke (sometimes called Pakuratahi), part of Upper Hutt City, is a locality in the southern North Island of New Zealand.

[1] The "Puffer" tramping track providing access into the Tararua Forest Park climbs from Kaitoke onto and along the Marchant Ridge.

[2] The Pakuratahi River flows through the eastern Kaitoke Basin from its source in the Remutaka Ranges.

The old route of the Wairarapa Line railway, which closed with the opening of the Rimutaka Tunnel in November 1955, ran from Upper Hutt via Maymorn to Kaitoke and around Goat Rock up the Pakuratahi to the Summit, and from there, because of excessive steepness, the Fell mountain railway system was used to aid trains on the Rimutaka Incline between Summit and Cross Creek.

The Hutt River has its source to the north of Kaitoke, and much of the land in the vicinity is used as a water supply reserve.