Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council Te Awa Kairangi (Māori) | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
| Seats | 14[a] |
| Elections | |
| 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 | |
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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 thirteen councillors, with eight elected from six wards (Two each from the Northern and Central wards, and one each from the Western, Harbour, Wainuiomata and Mana Kairangi ki Tai wards) and five elected at-large[4].
Council and committees
The mayor and all councillors are members of the council.[4]
Current councillors
| Position | Name | Ward | Affiliation (if any) | |
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| 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 "Kaz" 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.
From 1989 to 2025 the council also had a third community board covering Petone.
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]
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See also
References
- ^ "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Council and Community Board meetings". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Councillors". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ "2025 Triennial Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). www.electionz.com. Hutt City Council. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Local Government Act 2002 No 84 (as at 01 July 2017)". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Community Boards". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Alexander Turnbull Library. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Arms (crest) of Lower Hutt". www.heraldry-wiki.com. Heraldry of the World. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "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.