Upper Hutt Weekly Review

The Upper Hutt Weekly Review was the predecessor to the Upper Hutt Leader. It was started in 1935 by Ralph Ashford, a British immigrant with a printing background. During the production of the Weekly Review, he started the Upper Hutt Printing Company, which was considered by some to be more significant than the newspaper.

The Weekly Review was the only active newspaper in Upper Hutt at the time, and was printed in Wellington. It holds a wealth of information about historical Upper Hutt, a significant contribution being letters to the editor regarding the ‘old days’, personal stories about living in Upper Hutt at the turn of the twentieth century.