Hutt City Council
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WELLINGTON — Online forums, petitions, blogs and videos are among a dozen options Hutt City Council is considering as it seeks to improve community involvement in its decision making process and the way service is provided in its call centre.
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WELLINGTON — Hutt City Council is at the forefront of building a more competitive and productive environment among local authorities within New Zealand, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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WELLINGTON — The school holidays are fast approaching and Hutt City Council has once again got diverse and exciting programmes to keep youngsters happy and occupied during the break.
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WELLINGTON — The festive and colourful Latin tunes of the Julie Bevan Trio will weave a tapestry of sound in Lower Hutt's Civic Gardens as part of the Banks Shoes Shapeshifter sculpture exhibition on Thursday 15 March from 7pm - 8.30pm.
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WAINUIOMATA — The Wainuiomata Bush Fire Force will open their new rural fire depot on Sunday 11 March.
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WELLINGTON — The Hutt City Council’s new Chief Executive is the incumbent Tony Stallinger.
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WELLINGTON — Legislation empowering Hutt City Council to remove graffiti on private property has passed its first reading and been referred to select committee.
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WELLINGTON — Mayor Ray Wallace says results from the youth survey launched today will help improve the way council and other agencies communicate with young people in the Hutt.
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LOWER HUTT — Owners of properties in the triangle formed by Daly, High and Margaret streets will be contacted to canvass their views on the council’s riverside promenade project, which aims to revitalise the southern end of the CBD.
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WAINUIOMATA — Mayor Ray Wallace has welcomed new road maintenance work being carried out on the Wainuiomata Hill.
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LOWER HUTT — Fifteen hundred emergency services personnel from throughout Australasia will travel to Lower Hutt to participate in the 2012 Australasian Police & Emergency Services Games.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council is hoping for a smooth implementation of regulations that take effect on March 1 governing structural and weathertightness work on residential building sites.
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LOWER HUTT — Most Kiwis are familiar with what to do in the event of an earthquake, but the same can’t always be said of new migrants.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council is conducting a survey of residents to encourage involvement and hear their opinions, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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Heavy rain over the last 24 hours is likely to have removed most, if not all, potentially toxic cyanobacteria mats from the Hutt, Waikanae and Waipoua rivers.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace is inviting residents to a street parade to welcome competitors in the 2012 Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games to the city.
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Urban Plus Limited has appointed a new Chief Executive, Gary Nichols, to manage its property portfolio and strategic projects, chairman of the Board, Bryan Jackson, announced today.
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Rezoning 1–13 Ludlam Crescent to General Residential Activity Area, Medium Density Cuttriss Consultants on behalf of Ludlam Developments Limited have made a request to the Hutt City Council for a private plan change to rezone the site at 1 – 13 Ludlam Crescent, Woburn from Suburban Commercial Activity Area to General Residential Activity Area, Medium Density.
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LOWER HUTT — Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt unless otherwise advised.
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LOWER HUTT — On Sunday 26 February for Rockin' in the Hutt, we have some temporary road closures.
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LOWER HUTT — A fantastical three-metre-high yellow giraffe, a flock of fibreglass sheep and a gigantic aluminium fur seal are taking up temporary residence in Lower Hutt.
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Hutt City businesses are showing a tentative step in the right direction amid the gloom of the global recession and Euro financial turmoil, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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Earthquake strengthening of the Hutt City Council’s Civic buildings in Laings Road by 2015 is a key priority for council, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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LOWER HUTT — Council has agreed to continue with the city’s graffiti vandalism rapid removal trial until 30 June 2012.
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Visitors to Hutt City Council’s website can now search for cemetery records online from the Wainuiomata Garden of Remembrance and the new lawn section of Taita Cemetery.
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LOWER HUTT — The Dowse Art Museum has teamed up with a local energy reduction company, Ecosystems, to reduce its energy use by 15 per cent.
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LOWER HUTT — Avalon Park’s Smiling Windmills sculpture is set for its quarterly spruce up later this month.
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Hutt City's annual economic development reporting has recently been released showing a marked improvement in the city's performance in the year to March 2011.
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WELLINGTON — Spotlight on Seaview Industrial Fair is a mass open day in Seaview where the public are invited to get a behind-the-scenes peek into some of Wellington’s most exciting and successful businesses.
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As pupils and families settle back into the school routine, new 40km/hour safety zones will be operating outside four Hutt City schools.
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LOWER HUTT — One of the first steps to building a strong community is to know your neighbours.
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Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA) offers free updated CPR (hands-only chest compressions) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training through the Operation Heartbeat program for community groups, schools and businesses.
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Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA) is encouraging individual and business owners of Automated External Defibrillator (AED) stations to register their units with the national ambulance 111 centre.
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WELLINGTON — Entries are now open for the 2012 Wellington Gold Awards.
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Lower Hutt Police is seeking additional volunteers to operate their suite of CCTV Cameras.
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LOWER HUTT — News of the free WiFi available in Jackson Street, Petone, has slowly spread since the launch of the service in September last year.
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LOWER HUTT — Construction of the Hutt City’s new Civic Square is well under way and on track to be completed in time for a public opening on Thursday 22 March followed by the Big Day Dowse launch party on Sunday 25 March.
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River users should avoid parts of the Hutt River due to widespread growth of potentially toxic cyanobacteria.
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LOWER HUTT — A View From Where I Was Sleeping is a new exhibition at The Dowse that takes its name from a poem by Wellington’s Gregory O’Brien.
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LOWER HUTT — We’re upgrading our property and rates search database today from 4.30 to 7.30pm.
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LOWER HUTT — Digital forensics and building will be the focus of Weltec students, Patricia Ramsden and Junior Preston, who were this year's recipients of the Hutt City Council Centennial Scholarships presented by Mayor Ray Wallace.
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LOWER HUTT — What do bright red snakeskin, an iconic Pink Floyd album, dolls heads, Elastoplast bandages and an axe all have in common? They’re all part of Critical Mass, a new exhibition from The Dowse Collection that opens on 25 February.
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LOWER HUTT — As part of the consultation on the proposed amendments to the Pencarrow Coast Road Vehicle Use Policy, a public meeting in Eastbourne has been organised.
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Hutt City Council presents the Big Family Fix UP and Family Fun Day taking place this Sunday, 12 February at Fulton Hogan Cycle Park in Avalon Park.
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LOWER HUTT — During February replacement carpet tiles will be laid on the ground floor of War Memorial Library.
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The Naenae Computer Clubhouse is celebrating its second anniversary with an open day on Friday, 17 February, and everyone is invited to come along between 3-6.30pm to check it out.
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LOWER HUTT — Want to save money and make your home greener? Council’s eco design advisor Sarah Fleet will be offering tips and answering questions at a series of presentations being held at a public library near you.
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Hutt City Council is extending the deadline for people to have their say on a proposal to establish a charitable trust to manage and develop its leisure and community facilities.
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LOWER HUTT — The City Development Committee will meet on Wednesday 29 February 2012 to consider the following proposed temporary road closure.
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LOWER HUTT — A man is appearing in the Lower Hutt District Court this morning charged in relation to an incident at a bar last night.
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New paving outside the Tutukiwi Living Gallery is set to improve the area’s connection with the soon to be completed Civic Square and the Hutt Arts Society.
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LOWER HUTT — From next Tuesday 24 January, parking on Hall Crescent, between Mitchell and Copeland Streets, Lower Hutt may be disrupted as nine poor quality trees are removed along the street and as footpath repairs are undertaken.
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LOWER HUTT — A Japanese sister city delegation from Minoh, Osaka, led by Mayor Tetsuro Kurata, will visit Lower Hutt on Friday, 27 January, the Mayor of Lower Hutt Ray Wallace said today.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Libraries and the Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games (AP&ES) have teamed up to hold a children’s art competition to celebrate our police and emergency services ‘heroes’.
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LOWER HUTT — A by-election is to be held to fill a vacancy on the Eastbourne Community Board following the resignation of Geoff Rashbrooke.
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LOWER HUTT — Wainuiomata residents will be using Fitzherbert Road again by the end of the month, Mayor of Lower Hutt, Ray Wallace says.
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The Mayor of Lower Hutt, Ray Wallace, has expressed his condolences to the families of all the victims of Saturday’s balloon air crash in the Wairarapa.
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LOWER HUTT — The Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games will take place in Lower Hutt from 2-9 March 2012.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council officers recently visited Tyndall Street to inspect footpaths in the area ahead of scheduled repairs and noticed five trees in the street were of poor health and quality.
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Bring the family and join the larger-than-life character Kev the wandering kiwi this summer as he explores regional parks and forests in the Hutt Valley.
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Looking for an easy afternoon’s entertainment for the kids close to home this summer? The Push Play in the Park programme is back and set to keep hundreds of children active and energised during the school holidays.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council provides advice and support to help businesses become more sustainable with networking opportunities, practical tools, training and sustainability assessments.
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LOWER HUTT — After much deliberation and anticipation the Hutt Night Market on Laings Road is now well underway.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council has received a gold Business Excellence Award which places it amongst the top performing organisations in New Zealand.
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LOWER HUTT — Businesses within Lower Hutt have made an ongoing contribution to community activities in spite of a challenging year, Mayor of Lower Hutt, Ray Wallace, told a Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce business breakfast at the Petone Club.
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The summer school holidays are just around the corner and Hutt City Council have put together an exciting range of fun activities guaranteed to keep the kids entertained.
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LOWER HUTT — The provision of a new tertiary education precinct for WelTec is a positive step for Lower Hutt and provides a clear direction for future development of the site, Hutt City Council District Plan chair Cr Roger Styles, said today.
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A Hutt City Council Heritage Inventory containing over 400 properties, mainly houses, will not be included in an upcoming District Plan change reviewing Lower Hutt’s heritage rules.
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A new water supply indicator is available on the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s website for people to check how our water sources are holding up this summer.
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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace is appealing to residents to use a bit less water this summer.
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Two Hutt Valley School’s have been recognised for their commitment to sustainability at the recent Encore Awards.
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One of the responses to the problem of graffiti vandalism in our community is a new art education programme called Art-da-Facts developed by Vibe and Secret Level and supported by Hutt City Council.
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Hutt City Council is inviting people to have their say on a proposal to establish a charitable trust to manage and develop its leisure and community facilities in Lower Hutt.
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LOWER HUTT — Volunteers said thank you for the acknowledgement by Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace of their services to the community when he and Volunteer Hutt hosted them to breakfast at the Dowse today (5 December).
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LOWER HUTT — The much anticipated market day finally arrived yesterday (1 December) and Lower Hutt turned on a perfect evening to accompany the first Thursday night market in Laings Road.
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LOWER HUTT — The Mayor of Lower Hutt Ray Wallace is hosting community volunteers to a “thank you” breakfast at the Dowse on Monday morning starting at 7.30am.
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Motorists and users of public transport in Wainuiomata will be asked to take a diversion around a partial closure of Fitzherbert Road starting on Tuesday 13 December.
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LOWER HUTT — The stage is in place and the final touches are being put together for Nick Tansley’s Carols by Candlelight, at the Hutt Recreation Ground on Saturday night.
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LOWER HUTT — Police have concerns for the safety and well-being of Stokes Valley resident Jim Greeks. He is possibly driving a Silver 2008 Holden Berina, registration: ERW326. Mr Greeks is European, of solid build and 185cm tall.
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On Saturday 3 December, Stokes Valley and Wainuiomata Christmas parades will close the following roads: Stokes Valley Scott Court Frontage of Stokes Valley RoadSaturday 3 December 2011, 8am - 3pm Wainuiomata Parkway Extension from Wainuiomata High School to Fitzherbert StreetSaturday 3 December 2011, 8.30am - 10.30am.
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Hutt City Council Annual Report for the year to 30 June 2011 now available The summary of the annual report has already been released, but now the full report is available.
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Robots are set to take over the Naenae Computer Clubhouse when it hosts the Vex Robotics Wellington Regional Competition at the Dowse Art Museum for the first time on Saturday 3 December, 9am to 5pm.
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Hutt City Council today received a gold Business Excellence Award which places it amongst the top performing organisations in New Zealand.
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Hutt City Council is expecting an application for resource consent from Housing New Zealand as part of the planning process for redevelopment of the Pomare Block, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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A vigilant community is the key to combating tagging in Lower Hutt, says Hutt City Council’s graffiti eradication coordinator Delly Ranginui.
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Aspeq, deliverer of high stakes assessment services to a variety of industries, including aviation was the overall winner at this year’s Westpac Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Awards held at the Silverstream Retreat.
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Local businesses are set for a boost with the Hutt Valley selected as host for the 2012 Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games.
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Hutt City Council has a new policy to encourage development in the Hutt CBD with a potential value to developers of tens of thousands of dollars.
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UPPER HUTT — The awards recognise the achievements of retailers in the hardware, builders’ supply and home decor sectors and have been held for the past 16 years.
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LOWER HUTT — The Council has approved two changes to the District Plan.
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Ponds across the city are set to look clearer and cleaner! Ponds across the city are set to look clearer and cleaner thanks to a natural bacteria product called 'Nature’s Force' which uses sludge-busting properties in harmony with the natural environment.
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The Silverstream Landfill is one of the city’s largest assets and, according to a recent survey of residents, is visited by 63 percent of us at least once a year.
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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace today congratulated Professor Graham Le Gros, the winner of the science and technology category at last night’s Wellingtonian of the Year Awards.
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LOWER HUTT — Nick Tansley’s Carols by Candlelight will be held at the Hutt Recreation Ground in Lower Hutt this year.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt River boulders inscribed with the names of former Lower Hutt Mayors have been unveiled at the Hutt Recreation Ground.
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