23 Jun 2016 Upper Hutt City Council and professional artist Claire Rye have worked collaboratively with teen parent school students to install a vibrant new mural at their facility. UPPER HUTT, Wellington NZ, 23 JUN 2016—A new mural installed in the main learning area at Titiro Whakamua – Hutt Valley Teen Parent School is a huge success—both… Read more »
17 Jun 2016 Upper Hutt City Council will be acknowledging and thanking the city’s many volunteers with a print and digital media campaign during National Volunteer Week 19 – 26 June. UPPER HUTT, Wellington NZ, 17 JUN 2016—This year’s National Volunteer Week runs from 19 – 25 June. It is New Zealand’s largest celebration of volunteering and… Read more »
9 Jun 2016 Upper Hutt’s H²O Xtream aquatic centre continues to offer supervising adults free entry when bringing their under-5s to the pool. UPPER HUTT, Wellington NZ, 09 JUN 2016—H²O Xtream is committed to providing a cheap entry price to parents and caregivers with toddlers. The price of entry for children under 1 year old is $2.00, and… Read more »
2 Jun 2016 Upper Hutt City Council, Hutt City Council, and Volunteer Wellington have teamed up to offer low-cost workshops on sustainable funding. UPPER HUTT, Wellington NZ, 02 JUN 2016—Community groups, not-for-profit, and sporting organisations are invited to attend one of two sustainable funding workshops to be held at Upper Hutt Central Library and Walter Nash Centre… Read more »
2 Jun 2016 At approximately 34 Whakatiki St, a branch has fallen onto the power line and all traffic has been diverted down Routley Crescent. The fire department and police are in attendance. Wellington Electricity has been notified to get the power turned off and contractor to remove the branch. Read more »
23 May 2016 During today’s road closure, contractors managed to get the stock trailer in an upright position but were unsuccessful at removing it today from down the bank where it rolled last week. Contractors will continue with the removal, so Blue Mountains Road will again be closed from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on Thursday 26 May.… Read more »
20 May 2016 The Corrections land between Rimutaka Prison and Wi Tako reserve has been closed until further notice. This includes the informal track next to Wi Tako Reserve. The track (shown in blue on the plan above) is on land which belongs to Corrections as part of Rimutaka Prison. Corrections is concerned about the risk that dead… Read more »
20 May 2016 A collaboration between Upper Hutt City Council and two youth agencies has seen the addition of more murals to the city and more skills to the participating volunteers. UPPER HUTT, Wellington NZ, 20 MAY 2016—Young people from across Upper Hutt have worked together to successfully install two vibrant murals that depict the special character of… Read more »
20 May 2016 Recent bad weather has resulted in a high number of reports of street light faults around the city. North Power, the contractor for Wellington Electricity, is working as quickly as possible to repair the faults as soon as possible. Due to the high volume of faults across the region there may be a delay in… Read more »
17 May 2016 Blue Mountains Road will be closed on Monday 23 May from 9.00 am to salvage the stock trailer that rolled off the side of the road on Tuesday 10 May 2016. The road is expected to reopen by 3.00 pm. In the case of bad weather, the closure will be postponed until the next fine… Read more »
