# Hutt City Council

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 113,000 as of June 2023 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.

## 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.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Campbell Barry | Labour | 2019 (as mayor) 2013 (as councillor) | Chair, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Deputy Chair, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Deputy Chair, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee Chair, Emergency Committee Chair, Property Working Group for Advancing Strategic Projects Chair, Wellington Water Committee Ex-officio member of all committees and subcommittees |

### Harbour Ward

Harbour Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Tui Lewis | Independent | 2013 | Deputy Mayor Deputy Chair, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Deputy Chair, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Deputy Chair, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group Deputy Chair, Emergency Committee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, District Plan Review committee Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee Member, Traffic Subcommittee |

### Central Ward

Central Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Glenda Barratt | United Hutt | 2021 by-election | Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Emergency Committee |

### Western Ward

Western Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Chris Parkin | Independent | 2022 | Deputy Chair, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee Member, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Emergency Committee Member, Western Community Funding Panel Member, Creative Communities Panel |

### Northern Ward

Northern Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Naomi Shaw | Independent | 2019 | Chair, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, District Plan Review Committee Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Emergency Committee Member, Northern Community Funding Panel |

### Eastern Ward

Eastern Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Andy Mitchell | Independent | 2019 | Chair, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, District Plan Review Committee Member, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group Member, Emergency Committee Member, Eastern Community Funding Panel |

### Wainuiomata Ward

Wainuiomata Ward returns one councillor to the Hutt City Council.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Keri Brown | Labour | 2019 | Chair, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group Member, Emergency Committee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group |

### At-large Ward

The remaining six councillors are elected at-large from the electors of Lower Hutt.
| Name | Affiliation (if any) | First elected | Responsibilities |
| Josh Briggs | Independent | 2016 | Chair, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, District Plan Review Committee Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group Member, Traffic Subcommittee (Alternate) Member, Emergency Committee Member, Climate Action Working group Member, Eastern Community Funding Panel Member, Northern Community Funding Panel Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group |
| Brady Dyer | Independent | 2019 | Chair, District Plan Review Committee Deputy Chair, District Licensing Committee Deputy Chair, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Hutt Valley Services Committee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group Member, Emergency Committee Member, Central Community Funding Panel Member, Regional Transport Committee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group |
| Simon Edwards | Independent | 2016 | Chair, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Deputy Chair, District Licensing Committee Deputy Chair, District Plan Review Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group Member, Emergency Committee Member, Regional Transport Committee Member, Western Community Funding Panel Member, Wellington Region Waste Management and Minimisation Plan Joint Committee Member, Te Awa Kairangi/ Hutt River Valley Subcommittee Member, Cycling Reference Group Member, Property Working Group for Advancing Strategic Projects Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Working Group |
| Karen Morgan | Independent | 2022 | Deputy Chair, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, Policy, Finance and strategy Committee Member, District Plan Review Committee Member, Chief Executive's Performance Review Subcommittee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Emergency Committee Member, Northern Community Funding Panel |
| Tony Stallinger | United Hutt | 2022 | Chair, Hutt Valley Services Committee Deputy Chair, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee Member, Audit and Risk Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Emergency Committee Member, Central Community Funding Panel Member, Western Community Funding Panel |
| Gabriel Tupou | Independent | 2022 | Member, Infrastructure and Regulatory Committee Member, Communities, Culture and Partnerships Committee Member, Traffic Subcommittee Member, Long Term Plan/ Annual Plan Subcommittee Member, Emergency Committee Member, Wellington Water Committee Member, Eastern Community Funding Panel |

### Community boards

The council has created three local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002, with members elected using a first-past-the-post (FPP) system or appointed by the council. The community boards are as follows:
* Eastbourne Community Board;
* Petone Community Board;
* Wainuiomata Community Board.