Hutt City Council

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Hutt City Council

Te Awa Kairangi (Māori)
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Type
Type
Leadership
Deputy Mayor
Tui Lewis
Seats13 [lower-alpha 1]
Elections
FPP
Last election
 8 October 2022
Next election
 11 October 2025
Meeting place
Lower Hutt Town Hall, 30 Laings Road, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt 5010 [1]
Website
HuttCity.govt.nz/
Footnotes
  1. ↑ Includes Mayor.

The Hutt City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the city of Lower Hutt. Lower Hutt is the country's seventh largest city. The city borders Porirua to the north, Upper Hutt to the northeast, South Wairarapa District to the east, and Wellington to the southwest and west. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the Wellington Region.

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The council represents a population of 113,000 as of June 2023 [2] and consists of a mayor and twelve councillors, with six elected from six wards (Northern, Central, Western, Eastern, Harbour, and Wainuiomata) and six at-large. [3]

Council and committees

The mayor and all councillors are members of the council. [4]

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the electors of Lower Hutt. [5]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Campbell Barry Labour 2019 (as mayor)
2013 (as councillor)
  • Chair, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Deputy Chair, Audit and Risk Subcommittee
  • Deputy Chair, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee
  • Chair, Emergency Committee
  • Chair, Property Working Group for Advancing Strategic Projects
  • Chair, Wellington Water Committee
  • Ex-officio member of all committees and subcommittees

Harbour Ward

Harbour Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council. [4]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Tui LewisIndependent2013
  • Deputy Mayor
  • Deputy Chair, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee
  • Deputy Chair, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Deputy Chair, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
  • Deputy Chair, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Member, District Plan Review committee
  • Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee
  • Member, Traffic Subcommittee

Central Ward

Central Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council. [4]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Glenda BarrattUnited Hutt2021 by-election [6]
  • Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, Traffic Subcommittee
  • Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Emergency Committee

Western Ward

Western Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council. [4]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Chris ParkinIndependent2022
  • Deputy Chair, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee
  • Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee
  • Member, Traffic Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Western Community Funding Panel
  • Member, Creative Communities Panel

Northern Ward

Northern Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council. [4]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Naomi ShawIndependent2019

Chair, Traffic Subcommittee

  • Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, District Plan Review Committee
  • Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Northern Community Funding Panel

Eastern Ward

Eastern Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council. [4]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Andy MitchellIndependent2019
  • Chair, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee
  • Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, District Plan Review Committee
  • Member, Traffic Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Eastern Community Funding Panel

Wainuiomata Ward

Wainuiomata Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council. [4]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Keri BrownLabour2019
  • Chair, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee
  • Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group

At-large Ward

The remaining six councillors are elected at-large from the electors of Lower Hutt. [4]

NameAffiliation (if any)First electedResponsibilities
Josh BriggsIndependent2016
  • Chair, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, District Plan Review Committee
  • Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee
  • Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
  • Member, Traffic Subcommittee (Alternate)
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Climate Action Working group
  • Member, Eastern Community Funding Panel
  • Member, Northern Community Funding Panel
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
Brady DyerIndependent2019
  • Chair, District Plan Review Committee
  • Deputy Chair, District Licensing Committee
  • Deputy Chair, Traffic Subcommittee
  • Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee
  • Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Central Community Funding Panel
  • Member, Regional Transport Committee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
Simon EdwardsIndependent2016
  • Chair, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Deputy Chair, District Licensing Committee
  • Deputy Chair, District Plan Review Committee
  • Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee
  • Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee
  • Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Regional Transport Committee
  • Member, Western Community Funding Panel
  • Member, Wellington Region Waste Management and Minimisation Plan Joint Committee
  • Member, Te Awa Kairangi/ Hutt River Valley Subcommittee
  • Member, Cycling Reference Group
  • Member, Property Working Group for Advancing Strategic Projects
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group
Karen MorganIndependent2022
  • Deputy Chair, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, Policy, Finance and strategy Committee
  • Member, District Plan Review Committee
  • Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee
  • Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Northern Community Funding Panel
Tony StallingerUnited Hutt2022
  • Chair, Hutt Valley Services Committee
  • Deputy Chair, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee
  • Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Central Community Funding Panel
  • Member, Western Community Funding Panel
Gabriel TupouIndependent2022
  • Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee
  • Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee
  • Member, Traffic Subcommittee
  • Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee
  • Member, Emergency Committee
  • Member, Wellington Water Committee
  • Member, Eastern Community Funding Panel

Community boards

The council has created three local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002, [7] with members elected using a first-past-the-post (FPP) system [3] or appointed by the council. The community boards are as follows: [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Council and Community Board meetings". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. 1 2 "2022 Local Government Elections". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Councillors". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Mayor of Lower Hutt". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Boyack, Nicholas (24 September 2021). "Hutt City Council by-election: Glenda Barratt wants to clean up rubbish". Stuff . Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Local Government Act 2002 No 84 (as at 01 July 2017)". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Community Boards". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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