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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 >>
Pools Reach More Families Through New Sensory Hour
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 2:15 pm | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council is pleased to offer a new Sensory Hour at Huia Pool with dimmed lights and reduced noise. Hutt City Pools was approached by Āhuru Mōwai Trust who has worked with Councils throughout the Greater Wellington region over the past year ... More >>
Hutt City Council Seeks Community Feedback On Changes To City Speed Limits
Monday, 8 May 2023, 11:20 am | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council is seeking feedback on proposed changes to speed limits in Lower Hutt, to improve safety as part of the Government’s nationwide ‘Road to Zero’ campaign. The Government requires councils to review speed limits as part of speed ... More >>
RiverLink Agreement Signed
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 12:25 pm | Hutt City Council
Minister of Transport Hon. Michael Wood gathered today with mana whenua, Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry and other representatives from RiverLink partner organisations to mark the signing of the Interim Project Alliance Agreement (IPAA) with AECOM Fletcher. ... More >>
A New Home For The Ignite Sport Centre
Friday, 21 April 2023, 3:42 pm | Hutt City Council
It started with a dream to revive an old sports ground and have a permanent base that will support our young people. "Ignite Sport is a youth development organisation with a focus on leadership and character development," said coordinator, Kevin ... More >>
RiverLink Awarded NZPI Best Practice Award
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 2:16 pm | Hutt City Council
The RiverLink resource consent process has been awarded the New Zealand Planning Institute’s Best Practice Award for Integrated Planning and Investigations. RiverLink is a partnership between Greater Wellington, Waka Kotahi, Hutt City Council and iwi ... More >>
Lower Hutt Mayor Calls For Certainty Following Three Waters Reset
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 12:57 pm | Hutt City Council
Lower Hutt Mayor, Campbell Barry is calling for certainty from all political parties following the Government’s Three Waters announcement today. Mayor Barry says while the shift to ten entities instead of four is not his preferred long-term approach, ... More >>
Wellington Water And Hutt City Council Release Joint Review On Pt. Howard Slip
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 7:32 pm | Hutt City Council
Wellington Water and Hutt City Council have released a joint review on the slip on Howard Road in March. The review examined what happened in the weeks and months leading up to the slip, and has identified lessons both organisations can learn from ... More >>
Hutt City Council And Wellington Water To Release Point Howard Slip Report In Early April
Friday, 17 March 2023, 3:55 pm | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council and Wellington Water are working together to prepare a joint report that looks at the events leading up to the recent slip in Point Howard. The report will present all the information and examine what happened in the weeks and months ... More >>
Hutt City Council Making Building Consents Faster And More Transparent
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 1:47 pm | Hutt City Council
From this week, Hutt City Council customers are now able to apply for a building consent through a new online portal. Hutt City Council’s Director, Environment & Sustainability, Alison Geddes, says the new online building consent system ... More >>
Government Funding Confirmed For Resilience Projects In Lower Hutt
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 9:14 am | Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council has secured $8.36M from the Government’s Better off Fund. This is the first tranche of a $33.4M allocation available to Hutt City Council and will be mostly used to undertake works to improve the resilience of Eastern Hutt Road ... More >>