Hutt City Council
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LOWER HUTT — Government support to develop the Lower Hutt science organisation Industrial Research Limited (IRL) as a “science HQ” for New Zealand is major boost for business confidence in the city, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council has beefed up the rules around strengthening Lower Hutt’s earthquake prone buildings.
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Guy Fawkes is almost upon us so we spoke to Council’s principal rural fire officer Paul Nickalls to get some tips for staying safe.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council last night voted to retain the status quo on fluoride in the Lower Hutt water supply.
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A liquor ban is in effect in the Petone Foreshore area permanently, and also in Days Bay from 6.00pm Saturday, 5 November 2011 to 6.00am Sunday, 6 November 2011.
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LOWER HUTT — Summer is nearly here so grab your togs and make a splash at one of Hutt City Council’s three summer pools.
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LOWER HUTT — Will be held on Thursday 10 November 2011 commencing at 5.30pm.
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LOWER HUTT — With the Hutt City Tri only days away now is the time to register for this family-friendly event.
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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt mothers Liz Whiteside and Antonia Haythornthwaite have taken up the challenge to compete in this year’s Hutt City Tri on Sunday 6 November.
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LOWER HUTT — The emergency sirens in Lower Hutt will sound for two minutes at 10.10am on Thursday 3 November as part of a wider emergency preparedness campaign.
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On Monday, 31 October the Central Community Committee is holding a public meeting on the Local Community Plan for the Central Ward.
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The team at Pomare Community House were winners of not one but two Wellington Airport Regional Community awards this year.
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LOWER HUTT — We are looking for volunteers to assist and play an important part in keeping our streets safe by monitoring footage from our city’s CCTV cameras.
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WELLINGTON — Greater Wellington (GW) will delay the start of a pine logging operation in Belmont Regional Park in order to address concerns raised at a recent (4 October) drop-in meeting, organised by GW to gather feedback from the public.
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LOWER HUTT — A record 210 New Zealand amateur boxers, have entered the 2011 Boxing New Zealand National Championships, to be held at the Lower Hutt Town Hall 26th to 29th October 2011.
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LOWER HUTT — Rugby World Cup All Black Piri Weepu from Wainuiomata has honoured the City of Lower Hutt, says acting Mayor David Bassett.
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LOWER HUTT — Join us for the Great Green Day Out Let us take you on a free guided tour of projects helping to make Lower Hutt a greener, more sustainable place to live, work and play.
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The 2011 edition of the Hutt City Recreation and Sports Club Directory 2011 has been released on the Hutt City website.
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Construction of a new indoor multi-sports complex at Hutt Park is complete and the facility is already welcoming visitors.
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The latest stage of Council’s Making Places project is about to be completed with improvements to the walkway linking Queens Drive and Knights Road to be finished this week.
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LOWER HUTT — IRL’s recently launched Scientist for a Day programme is already helping companies across New Zealand transform their businesses.
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LOWER HUTT — These plan changes proposed to rezone the specified parcels of land from General Recreation Activity Area to General Residential Activity Area.
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Come along to the Belmont Spring Festival on Saturday 29 October set amongst the beautiful rhododendrons and azaleas at Belmont Domain.
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LOWER HUTT — Plans to develop an innovation precinct on Auckland's waterfront Wynyard Precinct will enhance Lower Hutt's plans to promote a technology valley, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council is one of the fastest building consent processing authorities in New Zealand.
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LOWER HUTT — Do you love animals and want to make a difference in your community? We are looking for volunteers to exercise dogs and assist with other duties at our Animal Service Centre in Seaview.
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LOWER HUTT — A Hutt City sister-city visit to Tempe in Arizona led by Mayor Ray Wallace is generating a positive spin for Lower Hutt business.
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Local library users can now choose to become SMART library members and gain access to more than half a million library items across 23 libraries.
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LOWER HUTT — The Minister of Civil Defence and Emergency Management visited the Hutt Valley emergency operations centre in Lower Hutt.
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Wellington region’s water storage lakes are due for earthquake strengthening and upsizing.
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LOWER HUTT — The City Development Committee will meet on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 to consider the following proposed temporary road closure.
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<p>Hutt Valley community agencies have locked together to support the Whanau Ora programme in a bid to integrate resources.
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We are seeking public feedback on a proposed change to the District Plan aimed at continuing to give protection to remnant nikau palms and vegetation, which includes exotic and native plants, in residential areas.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt Recreation Ground was a sea of red and white this morning as Tongan supporters turned out on mass to watch the Tongan rugby team train.
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The public can find out more about an upcoming Greater Wellington logging operation in Belmont Regional Park at a 'drop-in' meeting next week (Tuesday 4 October).
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LOWER HUTT — The Tongan rugby team will be hosting a public training session at the Hutt Recreation Ground in Lower Hutt on Tuesday 27 September from 10am to 12pm.
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Hutt City Council celebrated the outstanding contribution of volunteers at the annual Hutt City Community Awards at the Town Hall tonight.
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LOWER HUTT — The Scottish Rugby team will hold its remaining closed training sessions in Lower Hutt at the Hutt Recreation Ground.
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Did you attend Petone Carnival this year? We'd love to hear your feedback on the event and how we might be able to make it even better next year.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt Valley's latest crime statistics for the 12 months to June 2011 are due out in two weeks and Hutt Valley Police area commander Mike Hill says we're in for more good news.
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We’ve helped 465 people from 56 countries settle in the Hutt Valley in the 12 months to June 2011.
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The Wellingtonian of the Year Awards, now known as The Wellys, are a celebration of the many great individuals across all sectors of the community.
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Roll out of new Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) infrastructure has started in Kelson, Lower Hutt.
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Daylight saving starts at 2am this Sunday, September 25 and Hutt Valley emergency management controller Paul Nickalls is encouraging residents to check on stored water and other emergency supplies.
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LOWER HUTT — Bookings open today for Hutt City Council’s October school holiday programme.
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Steady showers in the morning did not deter a record number of people from attending the annual Petone Carnival last Saturday.
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The Scottish rugby team will be hosting a public training session at the Hutt Recreation Ground in Lower Hutt on Sunday 18 September from 10.30am to 1pm.
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Council to review Lower Hutt's District Plan heritage provisions In the coming weeks about 240 Lower Hutt building owners will be asked their views on the heritage merits of their buildings as part of Hutt City Council's review of Lower Hutt's District Plan heritage provisions.
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The gardens outside the Riddiford Hotel on Knights Road have had a spring makeover thanks to a new council initiative aimed at improving the attractiveness of the CBD In a ‘groundbreaking’ deal between council and the hotel, council paid for the upgrade while the hotel will pay council’s contractors to maintain it.
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LOWER HUTT — The gardens outside the Riddiford Hotel on Knights Road have had a spring makeover thanks to a new council initiative aimed at improving the attractiveness of the CBD.
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The Dorresteyn family of Naenae knew Onyx was the dog for them the moment they saw her.
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Keep Hutt City Beautiful (KHCB) celebrates 20 years today.
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LOWER HUTT — Mayor Ray Wallace will switch his ceremonial robes for a kilt when he welcomes the Scottish rugby team to Lower Hutt for a public training session on Sunday 18 September.
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The Hutt City mayor talks about the highlights of the Council meeting of Tuesday 6 September 2011.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Council’s road and traffic and emergency management teams have spotted the obvious solution to different signs doing the same job and adding clutter to streets outside Lower Hutt’s civil defence centres.
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LOWER HUTT — A retail car supermarket described as the first in Australasia will be located in Lower Hutt on Pito-One Road by the Korokoro overbridge.
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LOWER HUTT — The fifth annual Petone Carnival this Saturday is set to be the best yet thanks to the generous support of a number of local organisations.
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Sponsored bricks being laid on the Dowse Community Pathway will grow into a story of Lower Hutt’s history believes former Hutt Valley Rotary District Governor Judy Bain.
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Arts and culture community funding is available for projects that include broad community involvement, diversity, and young people.
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Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives that Hutt City Council intends to introduce a local bill into Parliament entitled the “Hutt City Council (Graffiti Removal) Bill”.
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WELLINGTON — The Pelorus Trust Fireshow is back to turn up the heat along Petone Foreshore at the fifth annual Petone Carnival.
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Chorus, New Zealand's largest telecommunciations network opertor together with Crown Fibre Holdings, has started the Ultra Fast broadband rollout for Greater Wellington by deploying new network infrastructure at Kelson in Lower Hutt.
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Kelson residents were thankful for the help received from a local contractor Tim O’Connor when trying to get home under a blanket of snow last week.
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Historic editions of the Hutt News, from 1927 to 1933, have been digitised and are now available online after a collaborative project between Hutt City Libraries and the National Library of New Zealand.
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LOWER HUTT — A Hutt City Council (Graffiti Removal) Bill 2011 being promoted as a local bill to Parliament is one strand in a city-wide strategy to get on top of graffiti, says Mayor Ray Wallace.
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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt’s High Street will be the venue for a new night market being launched in October of this year.
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Six fiery sculptures will return to fire up Petone Foreshore next month during the iconic Petone Carnival.
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The Keep Hutt City Beautiful Committee and Hutt City Council Green Team invite you to attend a lunch-time river clean-up this Friday organised by our friends at PowerCo.
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LOWER HUTT — Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace helped fill empty food bank shelves with donations of $2000 to the Wainuiomata Food Bank and $1000 to the Hutt City Food Bank.
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Mayor Ray Wallace says providing opportunities for 200 young people to embark on a pre-trades course at Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) is a welcome introduction to skilled trades.
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Four new security cameras will be keeping watch in Petone’s Jackson Street as the Hutt City Council’s safe city network of CCTV cameras is extended across the city.
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Hutt Valley youth mostly feel cheerful, active and interested in life according to a youth survey taken last year.
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LOWER HUTT — The relationship between rugby and Kiwi culture is explored in the free exhibition, Oranges at Halftime: Rugby and the Kiwi Experience, visiting Lower Hutt’s Margaret Street on Thursday 11 August from 10am to 9pm and Friday 12 August from 10am to 4pm.
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Local young people have shown their talent and have put on two great events celebrating the diversity and talents of young people and local residents.
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Mayor Ray Wallace is urging residents to help give Lower Hutt a good spruce up before the Rugby World Cup by taking part in Clean Up Week which runs from 20 to 27 August.
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Two people have been arrested in an ongoing Police operation across the Hutt Valley to stamp out organised crime and drugs.
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Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace, pictured, showed the hand of an artist when he was passed a brush at the official opening of the $30 million upgrade of Dulux’s paint manufacturing and warehouse facility in Gracefield.
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Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace has initiated a Mayoral Citation for community service and leadership by the youth of the Lower Hutt.
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What nasties are lurking in your garage? Here's your chance to have an early spring clean to find any hazardous waste around the house.
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All dogs need to be registered by Wednesday, 3 August 2011 to avoid penalty fees being applied.
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Hutt City Council will not be running the Big Coast mountain bike event in 2012 because the event is no longer financially viable.
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Hutt City Council received 21 applications to its fund established to help local community groups get into the rugby spirit.
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LOWER HUTT — Hutt City Libraries are set to offer a new text alert service to remind customers when items are due back and when they are overdue.
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LOWER HUTT — Online registrations for the Hutt City Triathlon on Sunday 6 November are now open at www.huttcitytri.co.nz.
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Hutt City Council advises a section of the Fountain Car Park on Laings Road will be closed from Monday 25 July to Wednesday 27 July.
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If you had $100,000 to grow science, technology and innovation in Hutt City what would you do? We'd like your ideas.
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A visit to the Lucy Cole Rose Garden at Mitchell Park in Epuni during spring might have you asking why the roses look so bright and healthy.
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Are you between the ages of 12-24 and have a passion for youth issues? Then Youth Infusion, Lower Hutt’s youth council, is for you.
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The latest stage of Council’s Making Places project has started with improvements to the alleyway linking Queens Drive and Knights Road.
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Statements of Intent for Urban Plus Limited and Seaview Marina Limited are available.
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A drop in road crashes on the Wainuiomata Hill road has been linked to Hutt City Council work on installing a new safety surface and upgrading the road pavement.
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Huia Pool will be opened after routine maintenance on Monday 18 July.
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There are 98 properties proposed for classification, and we are carrying out public consutation on our classification proposals.
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