Hutt City Council

Hutt City Council Te Awa Kairangi (Māori)
Type
Type	City council of Lower Hutt
Leadership
Mayor	Ken Laban [1]
Seats	13 [a]
Elections
Voting system	FPP
Last election	11 October 2025
Next election	2028
Meeting place
Lower Hutt Town Hall, 30 Laings Road, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt 5010 [2]
Website
HuttCity.govt.nz/
Footnotes
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.

The council represents a population of 113,200 as of June 2025 ^[3] and consists of a mayor and twelve councillors, with seven elected from six wards (Northern, Central, Western, Harbour, Wainuiomata and Mana Kairangi ki Tai) and five elected at-large.

Council and committees

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

Current councillors

Hutt City Council, 2025–2028 ^{[5] [4]}

Position	Name	Ward	Affiliation (if any)
Mayor	Ken Laban	At-large		Independent
Councillor	Brady Dyer	At-large		Independent
Councillor	Prabha Ravi	At-large		Independent
Councillor	Tony Stallinger	At-large		Independent
Councillor	Karen Yung	At-large		Independent
Councillor	Mele Tonga-Grant	At-large		Independent
Councillor	Chris Parkin	Western ward		Independent
Councillor	Tui Lewis	Harbour ward		Independent
Councillor	Naomi Shaw	Northern ward		Independent
Councillor	Andy Mitchell	Northern ward		Independent
Councillor	Glenda Barratt	Central ward		Independent
Councillor	Simon Edwards	Central ward		Independent
Councillor	Keri Brown	Wainuiomata ward		Labour
Councillor	Te Awa Puketapu	Mana Kairangi ki Tai Māori ward		Independent

Community boards

The council currently has two local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002, ^[6] with members elected using a first-past-the-post (FPP) system or appointed by the council. The community boards are as follows: ^[7]

• Eastbourne Community Board;
• Wainuiomata Community Board.

Coat of arms

The City of Lower Hutt has a coat of arms, granted under the seal of the Garter King of Arms and the Norroy and Ulster King of Arms on 25 November 1955. ^[8] The blazon is: ^{[9] [10]}

Coat of arms of Hutt City Council

Crest A Tūī Bird holding in the beak a spring of Kōwhai flowered proper. Escutcheon Argent on Water in base Barry Wavy a Barquentine in full sail proper, flying at the fore-mast a Flag Azure, thereon a representation of the constellation of the Southern Cross Or; on a Chief Vert a Cog wheel between two Garbs Gold, over all a Canton Argent charged with a Chevron between three Fleurs de lys Sable. Supporters On the dexter side the figure of a Farmer supporting with the interior Hand a long-handled Shovel resting his exterior hand on a Sheep Dog sejant, and on the sinister side the figure of a Māori Warrior vested proper, supporting with the interior Hand a long Spear also proper.

See also

• Hutt Valley

References

1. "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
2. "Council and Community Board meetings". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
3. "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
4. "Councillors". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
5. "2025 Triennial Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). www.electionz.com. Hutt City Council . Retrieved 17 October 2025.
6. "Local Government Act 2002 No 84 (as at 01 July 2017)". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
7. "Community Boards". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
8. "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Alexander Turnbull Library . Retrieved 10 September 2023.
9. "Arms (crest) of Lower Hutt". www.heraldry-wiki.com. Heraldry of the World. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
10. "City of Lower Hutt Coat of Arms". huttcity.govt.nz. Hutt City Council. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

External links

• Hutt City Council website