Tu‘ifonualava Kaivelata – Making & Playing Tongan Fangufangu, Mimiha & Tukipitu
Join artist and musician Tu‘ifonualava Kaivelata in this celebration of Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga/Tongan Language Week.
Continue readingCelebrating reading stars at Naenae Primary School
Hutt City Council Chief Executive Jo Miller and Mayor Campbell Barry visited Naenae Primary School last week to celebrate the relaunch of the Reading Stars programme, ahead of International Literacy Day on Tuesday 8 September.
Continue readingTrade School Kitchen supports rangatahi in honing barista skills
Trade School Kitchen recently celebrated their very first barista graduate, who completed 100 hours of work experience as the final part of the YOUth INSPIRE Licence to Work programme. Supported by Hutt City Council, Trade School Kitchen offer training opportunities to those in the community who face barriers to entering the workforce – this gives […]
Continue readingFriendly face masks for kids
A local project in Lower Hutt is aiming to reduce stress and anxiety experienced by some children by sewing colourful and fun masks and giving them away. ‘Friendly Face’ re-useable face masks will be free to children in Lower Hutt through a new partnership between Common Unity Aotearoa and Hutt City Council. The masks will […]
Continue readingExpert advice available for Hutt Valley businesses
The Government has allocated funding to support Hutt Valley businesses in gaining expert advice from professional service providers.
Continue readingProtected: Back to ‘normal’ for Walter Nash
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Continue reading“Play in the Hutt” nominated as New Zealand Sport & Recreation Awards Finalist
Hutt City Council’s “Play in the Hutt” initiative has been nominated as a finalist in the 2020 New Zealand Sport & Recreation Awards. The movement to kick-start action on play has been nominated for the Community Impact Award, which identifies, celebrates and encourages collaborative projects which positively impact children, young people and their whānau. The […]
Continue readingWhat do you want for your city?
Development of the area we now call Lower Hutt began around 600 years ago when Tangata Whenua first settled in the region. By the time Pākehā started arriving in numbers in 1840, there were a number of Te Ātiawa settlements, mainly along the Pito-One/Petone foreshore and Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River, which were part of a […]
Continue readingPopulation growth, earthquakes and noise
Lower Hutt is about to start planning how the city will look, feel and operate in the decades ahead.
Continue readingProposed Hutt City Council Solid Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw
We’re joining other councils around the Wellington region to consult on a new bylaw which will see stricter controls in place for the management and reduction of waste and litter. Feedback is open and runs through to 25 September. In 2017, all eight territorial authorities in the Wellington Region adopted the Wellington Region Waste Management […]
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