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Hutt City Council Calls For Feedback On Draft District Plan
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 10:07 am | Hutt City Council
Lower Hutt’s District Plan has received its first top-to-bottom overhaul in almost 20 years and Hutt City Council wants to hear from the community about whether it’s on track. The District Plan is a rulebook for land use and development that sets ... More >>
Councils In Metropolitan Wellington Focus On Securing A Sustainable Water Supply For The Region
Monday, 11 September 2023, 5:24 pm | Hutt City Council
Mayors, councillors and mana whenua in the metropolitan Wellington region agreed that urgent action is needed to face serious risks and challenges in the water network. The region is facing significant and increasing risk of water shortages and providing ... More >>
Hutt City Council Votes To Accept Independent Recommendations On Housing Intensification
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 5:37 pm | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Councillors have today voted to accept all recommendations of an independent hearing panel for government-mandated changes to allow higher and denser housing, particularly around transport hubs. Following a public hearing in April, the panel ... More >>
Hutt City Council Announces New Neighbourhood Hub For Moerā
Friday, 25 August 2023, 2:31 pm | Hutt City Council
The Moerā community has a brand-new resilient and sustainable Neighbourhood Hub to look forward to from early 2024. The current Moerā library building has issues with watertightness and needs significant repairs. Due to the state of the current ... More >>
Enter The Dark Forests Of Fantasy Literature And Pop Culture In Faerie Land
Friday, 4 August 2023, 2:52 pm | Hutt City Council
Faerie Land, opening at The Dowse Art Museum in August, features a mix of new and existing works by UK-based artist Jakob Rowlinson, intertwining the natural world with medieval symbolism, and questioning the bounds of masculinity throughout time. ... More >>
Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry elected Vice President of LGNZ
Saturday, 29 July 2023, 1:09 pm | Hutt City Council
Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry has been voted in as the new Vice President of Local Government New Zealand. Seventy-five member councils from across the country voted Mayor Barry in for a three-year term at the LGNZ AGM in Christchurch yesterday. Selwyn ... More >>
Hutt City Council Appoints Panel For Representation Review
Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 4:08 pm | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council is pleased to announce the appointment of an independent panel to assist with its Representation Review. The purpose of a representation review is to make sure that our communities of interest in Lower Hutt are fairly and effectively ... More >>
Ruck And Roll: Hutt Rec To Get Regional Rugby Games In July And August
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:43 am | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council and Wellington Rugby Football Union (WRFU) are bringing six exciting regional matches to the Hutt Recreation Ground over July and August. The matches range from Ranfurly Shield games, to Premier Men’s Club finals and the Farah Palmer ... More >>
We’re Thinking Long Term, Lower Hutt!
Monday, 17 July 2023, 6:49 pm | Hutt City Council
We’ve done some early thinking about what the next Long Term Plan (LTP) should cover, and we need your help to know if we’re on the right track. The LTP sets out our priorities for the next 10 years, including what we will do, how much it ... More >>
Lower Emissions A Big Opportunity For Lower Hutt
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 11:20 am | Hutt City Council
A new report sharing Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai / Lower Hutt’s greenhouse gas emissions between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022 shows a decrease in carbon emissions across the city. While the 10% drop in emissions in due largely to the COVID-19 lockdowns, ... More >>
Community Invited To Contribute To Artwork For Naenae Pool
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 7:16 pm | Hutt City Council
The lead artist for Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt’s Naenae Pool and Fitness Centre has been announced as Kairāranga - weaver Matthew McIntyre Wilson, Taranaki iwi, who will co-create a large-scale artwork with the community which will be woven ... More >>
Hutt City Council mourns passing of Dr Ihakara Porutu Puketapu
Saturday, 8 July 2023, 1:15 pm | Hutt City Council
Kua hinga te tōtara o Te Waonui a Tāne. The tōtara in the great forest of Tāne has fallen. The flags on the Hutt City Council building have been lowered to half-mast this morning to express profound sadness at the passing of iwi leader Dr Ihakara ... More >>
Striking The Right Balance: Hutt City Council Adopts Annual Plan For The Year Ahead
Friday, 30 June 2023, 1:10 pm | Hutt City Council
Today Hutt City Council adopted the Annual Plan for 2023-24, which comes into effect from 1 July 2023. "Our Annual Plan is all about striking the right balance," says Mayor Campbell Barry. "That balance is between doing the essentials, while ... More >>
Prime Minister Visits New Naenae Pool Construction Site
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 5:37 pm | Hutt City Council
The Prime Minister and MP for Remutaka Rt Hon Chris Hipkins visited the site of the new Naenae Pool and Fitness Centre in Lower Hutt this afternoon, where construction is progressing well and towering 16m concrete panels and 37m manufactured timber ... More >>
Hutt City Council Welcomes Direction Signalled By FFLG Panel’s Report
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 10:18 am | Hutt City Council
Lower Hutt Mayor, Campbell Barry, says local government needs to change. He is looking forward to working with councils around the country, and central government, to consider the recommendations in the final report from the Panel of the Review into the Future ... More >>
Te Wai Takamori O Te Awa Kairangi: New Name For Next Stages Of RiverLink Project
Monday, 19 June 2023, 1:06 pm | Hutt City Council
Mana Whenua have gifted the name Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi - The Soothing Waters of Te Awa Kairangi to the Alliance that will deliver the project previously referred to as RiverLink. The RiverLink project was planned, consulted on and consented ... More >>
Council-Māori Housing Partnership In Lower Hutt Wins National Award
Friday, 9 June 2023, 8:21 am | Hutt City Council
Takai Here Tāngata, an innovative partnership to provide quality housing in Taitā for whānau in high housing stress has tonight won Hutt City Council a national award for "Collaborative Government Action". The Local Government Professionals ... More >>
Hutt City Council Annual Plan About Striking The Right Balance
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 12:55 pm | Hutt City Council
Mayor Campbell Barry says Hutt City Council’s Annual Plan 2023-24 is all about striking the right balance. Council met today to agree on the final decisions on the Annual Plan, which will be adopted on 30 June. It focuses on balancing getting ... More >>
Expressions Of Interests Sought For Independent Panel To Lead Hutt City Council's Representation Review
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 2:15 pm | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council is establishing an independent panel to conduct its upcoming representation review and is seeking expressions of interest from community members to be part of it. Representation reviews consider things like the number of local electoral wards, ... More >>
Hutt City Council Charging Ahead With More EV Infrastructure For Communities
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 10:05 am | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council and Meridian Energy have collaborated to install 38 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai / Lower Hutt, ensuring that most residents now live within 3-4km of an EV charging station. Lower Hutt Mayor ... More >>
