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Council Shows Support For White Ribbon Day
Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 11:43 am | Upper Hutt City Council
Upper Hutt City Council is getting behind the annual White Ribbon Campaign this month with a number of activities and events happening across the city to raise awareness. White Ribbon Day, 25 November, is the international day when people wear a white ... More >>
Upper Hutt Libraries Introduce Zero Fines Initiative
Monday, 16 November 2020, 8:32 am | Upper Hutt City Council
Upper Hutt Libraries Manager, Marion Read, looks forward to welcoming old customers back. Upper Hutt Libraries have become the fourth library in New Zealand to remove overdue fees, meaning that customers will no longer be fined for overdue items they ... More >>
Upper Hutt Libraries Help Give Secondhand Eyeglasses New Life
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 9:25 am | Upper Hutt City Council
The Recycle for Sight initiative returns to Upper Hutt Libraries during October. Run by Lions Clubs throughout New Zealand, the initiative calls for donations of old or unwanted eyeglasses and sunglasses, which will be checked and refurbished ... More >>
Council Adopts Smokefree Upper Hutt Policy
Thursday, 6 August 2020, 10:47 am | Upper Hutt City Council
Raising a smokefree generation by denormalising smoking in public spaces moved a step closer last week, with Upper Hutt City Council backing making more of the city smokefree. Council voted in favour of expanding its Smokefree Parks and Open Spaces ... More >>
Council Supporting Business Recovery In Upper Hutt
Thursday, 6 August 2020, 10:34 am | Upper Hutt City Council
Supporting business recovery from COVID-19 is a top priority for Upper Hutt City Council. The Council, in conjunction with Wellington NZ, the Ministry of Social Development and Hutt City Council is helping to connect established and budding businesspeople ... More >>
Play Park Upgrade Will Be “worth The Wait”
Monday, 3 August 2020, 1:18 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
Work to deliver a top class community recreation attraction of regional significance looks set to swing into action later this year. A full-scale redevelopment of Upper Hutt’s Maidstone Max play area is slated to get underway in August, with the park ... More >>
Upper Hutt Libraries’ New Mobile And Outreach Service Pūrehurehu Blessed
Friday, 17 July 2020, 2:22 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
Pūrehurehu, Upper Hutt Libraries’ new mobile and outreach bus was blessed at a dawn ceremony this morning. The event inducts the vehicle into service which will begin on Monday 20 July. Pūrehurehu goes into service visiting 8 schools and 28 ... More >>
Wellington’s Councils Collaborate To For Plastic Free July
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 10:13 am | Upper Hutt City Council
Councils from across the region have joined forces to take a combined approach to reducing plastic waste this July. Plastic Free July is an annual campaign to reduce the amount of plastic waste we produce by encouraging people and business to use ... More >>
Community Support For More Smokefree Spaces In Upper Hutt
Monday, 6 July 2020, 10:50 am | Upper Hutt City Council
Widespread public support for making even more public spaces across Upper Hutt smokefree has encouraged Council to look at extending its smokefree policy. In 2006, Upper Hutt City Council was one of the first Councils to introduce smokefree outdoor areas ... More >>
Upper Hutt City Council Backs Strengthening Of Community Assets
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 10:27 am | Upper Hutt City Council
A programme of work to future-proof two popular community facilities in Upper Hutt has been given the go-ahead by Upper Hutt City Council. At its meeting on Wednesday 10 June, Council backed the seismic strengthening of the HAPAI Building and the Professionals ... More >>
Public Spaces Support More People To Be Smokefree In Lower Hutt
Friday, 29 May 2020, 9:16 am | Upper Hutt City Council
In the lead up to World Smokefree Day the number of people who do not smoke is at an all-time high. Smokefree public places make it easier for smokers to quit and stay smokefree while reducing the visibility of smoking to young people, making it ... More >>
Upper Hutt Event Funding Round Open From Queen’s Birthday
Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 5:08 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
Local event organisers are invited to apply for funding support through Council’s annual event funding round from next week. Applications will be open throughout the month from Monday 1 until Tuesday 30 June 2020. An event fund pool is available to ... More >>
Upper Hutt City Council Formally Adopts Measures To Ease COVID-19 Impact
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 8:36 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
On 9 April, Upper Hutt City Council discussed multiple measures aimed at bringing relief to residents and businesses in light of the COVID-19 lockdown and its financial impacts and provided direction on 12 measures. Some of these required further work ... More >>
Upper Hutt City Council Agrees To Additional COVID-19 Relief Measures
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 6:45 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
At a workshop today elected members of Upper Hutt City Council discussed multiple measures aimed at bringing relief to residents and businesses in light of the COVID-19 lockdown and its financial impacts. A total of 12 measures have been agreed to by ... More >>
Skinny Jump Now Available Through Upper Hutt Libraries
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 1:08 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
Upper Hutt Libraries is teaming up with Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa to offer Skinny Jump. Skinny Jump (previously Spark Jump ) is designed for households at risk of digital exclusion and who don’t have a broadband connection, participants receive ... More >>
H2O Xtream temporarily closes leisure and lane pools, slides
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 5:37 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
Upper Hutt City Council staff have taken the precautionary measure of closing H2O Xtream aquatic centre’s main pools and slides following the breakage of a glass vessel at poolside. Glass vessels are not permitted inside the facility. More >>
The Gas Hub’s 'Parks and Places' returns in 2020
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 1:59 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
For the fifth year in a row, Upper Hutt City Council’s Activation team and The Gas Hub are proud to bring back Parks & Places to the Upper Hutt Community. The Parks & Places programme provides a line-up of fun events for everyone ... More >>
Food for Fines at Upper Hutt City Libraries
Friday, 22 November 2019, 8:58 am | Upper Hutt City Council
Upper Hutt City Libraries is running a Food for Fines promotion from 25 November to 22 December 2019. Similar promotions are being run by libraries all across New Zealand to support struggling families during the festive season. More >>
Upper Hutt’s HAPAI building closed
Monday, 18 November 2019, 5:00 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
As of 3.00 pm Monday, 18 November 2019, the HAPAI building in Upper Hutt has been closed until further notice. The closure comes on the back of a detailed seismic report for the building. The report, which was carried out by Silvester Clark Limited, ... More >>
Growth set to continue for Upper Hutt
Friday, 8 November 2019, 3:22 pm | Upper Hutt City Council
A report released today by the Wellington Mayoral Forum shows that growth is set to continue in Upper Hutt, with continued housing and business demand for the foreseeable future. More >>