At Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt we could see the fault line as a clear line running vertically down the river bank. Look on the left side of the photo where the gravels change colour and texture in a straight line from just under the big beech tree to the water.
Earthquake scientist Frank Van Dissen took me to see evidence of the Wellington fault line along the banks of the Hutt River. Here you can see the fault exposed on the north west bank.
Crushed rock from the fault is washed into the river.
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