Hutt City Council Explained

Hutt City Council
Native Name:	Te Awa Kairangi (Māori)
Coa Pic:	Lower Hutt COA.jpg
House Type:	City council
Jurisdiction:	Lower Hutt
Leader1 Type:	Mayor
Leader2 Type:	Deputy Mayor
Leader2:	Tui Lewis
Members:	13^[1]
Voting System1:	FPP
Last Election1:	8 October 2022
Next Election1:	11 October 2025
Meeting Place:	Lower Hutt Town Hall, 30 Laings Road, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt 5010^[2]
Website:	HuttCity.govt.nz/

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 as of 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

See main article: article and Mayor of Lower Hutt. One mayor is elected at large from the electors of Lower Hutt.^[5]

Harbour Ward

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

Central Ward

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

Western Ward

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

Northern Ward

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

Eastern Ward

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

Wainuiomata Ward

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

At-large Ward

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
bgcolor=		Josh Briggs	Independent	2016	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
bgcolor=		Brady Dyer	Independent	2019	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
bgcolor=		Simon Edwards	Independent	2016	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
bgcolor=		Karen Morgan	Independent	2022	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 Stallinger	United Hutt	2022	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
bgcolor=		Gabriel Tupou	Independent	2022	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]

• Eastbourne Community Board;
• Petone Community Board;
• Wainuiomata Community Board.

See also

• Hutt Valley

External links

• Hutt City Council website

Notes and References

1. Includes Mayor.
2. Web site: Council and Community Board meetings. 12 June 2022. Hutt City Council.
3. Web site: 2022 Local Government Elections. 12 June 2022. Hutt City Council.
4. Web site: Councillors. 12 June 2022. Hutt City Council.
5. Web site: The Mayor of Lower Hutt. 12 June 2022. Hutt City Council.
6. News: Hutt City Council by-election: Glenda Barratt wants to clean up rubbish. 24 September 2021. 12 June 2022. Stuff. Boyack, Nicholas.
7. Web site: Local Government Act 2002 No 84 (as at 01 July 2017). www.legislation.govt.nz. en-NZ . 5 February 2022.
8. Web site: Community Boards. Hutt City Council. 13 June 2022.