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Safety, air quality and noise in Aorangi Forest, Upper Hutt
Area scores as of 2026-08-01. Scores are area-level medians; individual properties vary.
Clean air — higher is cleaner
Aorangi Forest scores 84 out of 100 for clean air, where higher is cleaner.
Measured figure: 6.5 micrograms per cubic metre PM2.5 annual mean.
Clean air uses 6.5 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5, an annual mean modelled at the area centroid from the Copernicus CAMS regional background surface. This figure is approximate: a regional background estimate rather than a local modelled surface.
This score is approximate.
Quiet — higher is quieter
Aorangi Forest scores 100 out of 100 for quiet, where higher is quieter.
Measured figure: 30.0 decibels (modelled).
Quiet uses 30 decibels of modelled outdoor sound, a day-evening-night level at the area centroid from the national major-road traffic noise model, where a lower reading means a quieter area. This figure is approximate: modelled from the major-road network rather than a local noise surface.
This score is approximate.
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