yes , upper hutt has a river which gives us a bit of trouble now and then by flooding , when the weather is realy stink , we have a stopbank in place down most of its length , which prevents most problems now . but every now and then it can give us grief , all of upper hutts water comes from the river it also provides water to lower hutt and wellington . and running parallel with and next to is the wellington fault line , which gives us the odd earth quake or two , the last major earthquake was in 1855, the next one could be any time soon !!!! i live real close to the river and thr fault so maybe i loose my home when the big earthquake happens !!! but i love living here. the river is popular for swimming in , and walking beside in summer, i have been told it is good for trout fishing ,but i have never seen any one catch a single fish out of it .