Trentham, New Zealand

Suburb:	Trentham
City:	Upper Hutt
Island:	North Island
Surrounded by - to the north - to the east - to the south - to the west	- Wallaceville Trentham Army Camp Heretaunga

Trentham is the most populous suburb of Upper Hutt, a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The suburb is located in a widening of the Hutt Valley, five kilometres to the southwest of the Upper Hutt city centre.

The suburb is home to the Trentham Racecourse, the base of the Wellington Racing Club (WRC), the site of Hutt International Boys' School and is also the site of the Trentham Military Camp, which was used extensively for training soldiers in preparation for World War I and is still a base for the NZ Army and Defence Force.

Barton's Bush is located in Trentham.

Education

* Trentham School is a state contributing primary school (years 1-6). It has a roll of 450 and a decile rating of 4. [ [http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=2099 Te Kete Ipurangi schools database] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/WH2Petr-fig-WH2PetrP002a.html Photo of Trentham Camp 1939]
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WarEarl-t1-body-d21-d2.html#WarEarl-fig-WarEarl382a Photo of Trentham Camp 1914-1918]
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/WH2-1Hom-fig-WH2-1Hom008a.html View of Race Meeting, Trentham 1943]
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/WH2Econ-fig-WH2Eco103b.html Payout at Race Meeting Trentham 1943]