The Hutt City Council is a

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, governing the city of

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...

. Lower Hutt is the country's seventh largest city. The city borders

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to the north,

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to the northeast,

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to the east, and

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to the southwest and west. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the

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. The council represents a population of as of and consists of a mayor and twelve councillors, with six elected from six wards (Northern, Central, Western, Eastern, Harbour, and Wainuiomata) and six

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Council and committees

The Mayor and all Councillors are members of the Council.

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the electors of Lower Hutt.

Harbour Ward

Harbour Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.

Central Ward

Central Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.

Western Ward

Western Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.

Northern Ward

Northern Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.

Eastern Ward

Eastern Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.

Wainuiomata Ward

Wainuiomata Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.

At-large Ward

The remaining six councillors are elected

from the electors of Lower Hutt.

Community boards

The Council has created three local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the

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, with members elected using a first-past-the-post (FPP) system or appointed by the Council. The community boards are as follows: *

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Community Board; *

Petone Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach". Europeans first settled in Pe ...

Community Board; *

Wainuiomata Wainuiomata () is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. Origin of name The word 'Wainui-o-mata' is a Māori name made up of the words Wai = water, Nui = big, O = of, and Mata – which could refer ...

Community Board.

References

External links

Hutt City Council website
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