Hutt City Council

Hutt City Council

*Te Awa Kairangi* (Māori)
Hutt City Council ; Te Awa Kairangi (Māori)
Type
Type	City council of Lower Hutt
Leadership
Mayor	Campbell Barry
Deputy Mayor	Tui Lewis
Seats	13
Elections
Voting system	FPP
Last election	12 October 2019
Next election	8 October 2022
Meeting place
	30 Laings Road, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt 5010
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 111,500 as of June 2022^[2] 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

One mayor is elected at large from the electors of Lower Hutt.^[5]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
	Campbell Barry	Labour	2019 (as mayor), 2013 (as councillor)	Chair, Hutt City Council Chair, Wellington Water Committee Chair, Emergency Committee Chair, Property Working Group for Advancing Strategic Projects Chair, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Deputy Chair, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Chair, Chief Executive’s Employment Subcommittee Chair, Code of Conduct Subcommittee Ex-officio member of all committees and subcommittees

Harbour Ward

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
	Tui Lewis	Independent	2013	Deputy Mayor Deputy Chair, Council Chair, Communities Committee Deputy Chair, District Plan Review Subcommittee Deputy Chair, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Deputy Chair, Chief Executive’s Employment Subcommittee

Central Ward

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
	Glenda Barratt	Independent	2021 by-election^[6]	Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Communities Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Traffic Subcommittee

Western Ward

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
	Chris Milne	Independent	2004	Member, Communities Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee

Northern Ward

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
	Leigh Sutton	Independent	Approx. 2016	Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Communities Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee

Eastern Ward

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
	Andy Mitchell	Independent	2019	Deputy Chair, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Deputy Chair, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Communities Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, Keep Hutt City Beautiful Executive Committee

Wainuiomata Ward

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
	Keri Brown	Labour	2019	Deputy Chair, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Deputy Chair, District Licensing Committee Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Communities Committee Member, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, District Plan Review Subcommittee

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
Josh Briggs	Independent	2016	Chair, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Chair, Hutt Valley Services Committee Deputy Chair, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Communities Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, Chief Executive’s Employment Subcommittee
Brady Dyer	Independent	2019	Chair, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Communities Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, District Plan Review Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee
Simon Edwards	Independent	2016	Chair, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Chair, District Licensing Committee Chair, District Plan Review Subcommittee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Communities Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Chief Executive’s Employment Subcommittee Member, Hutt Valley Flood Management Subcommittee Member, Wellington Region Waste Management and Minimisation Plan Joint Committee
Deborah Hislop	Independent	2019 (previously councillor from 2001 to 2010)	Chair, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Communities Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Chief Executive’s Employment Subcommittee
Naomi Shaw	Independent	2019	Deputy Chair, Communities Committee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, District Plan Review Subcommittee Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee
Vacant	Vacant	Vacant as a result of Shazly Rasheed's resignation in May 2022^[7]

Community boards

The Council has created three local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002,^[8] with members elected using a first-past-the-post (FPP) system^[3] or appointed by the Council. The community boards are as follows:^[9]

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

References

^ "Council and Community Board meetings". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (urban areas)
^ ^a ^b "2022 Local Government Elections". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Councillors". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "The Mayor of Lower Hutt". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ Boyack, Nicholas (24 September 2021). "Hutt City Council by-election: Glenda Barratt wants to clean up rubbish". Stuff. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ Tso, Matthew (27 May 2022). "Hutt City councillor Shazly Rasheed quits immediately, citing 'unhealthy environment'". Stuff. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "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.

External links

Hutt City Council website

[1] Includes Mayor.

[2] "Council and Community Board meetings". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[NZ_population_data_2018-3] "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (urban areas)

[2022elec-4] "2022 Local Government Elections". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[councillors-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Councillors". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[6] "The Mayor of Lower Hutt". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[7] Boyack, Nicholas (24 September 2021). "Hutt City Council by-election: Glenda Barratt wants to clean up rubbish". Stuff. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[8] Tso, Matthew (27 May 2022). "Hutt City councillor Shazly Rasheed quits immediately, citing 'unhealthy environment'". Stuff. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[9] "Local Government Act 2002 No 84 (as at 01 July 2017)". www.legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[10] "Community Boards". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

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