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A new community-wide initiative has launched in Lower Hutt today called 'Mouri Tupu - Planting for the Future'. The goal is to plant one tree for every person in the city, that's 114,000. Lower Hutt… Audio

Local Government New Zealand says reversing councils' ability to decide on Maori wards is a "slap in the face" from central Government.

The Coalition announced councils that brought in Māori wards… Audio

Local councils say they're facing increasing costs for basic infrastructure like roads, water and transport, and urgently need new ways to fund it.

According to a report commissioned by Local… Audio

Lower Hutt is piecing itself back together a month on from a 'mini-tornado' ripping through the city.

It was part of a powerful storm that moved up the country and brought hail, heavy rain and strong… Audio

Arrests, disorderly behaviour and assaults on Police officers have marred this year's JuicyFest hip-hop and R&B music festival.

Debuting last year, JuicyFest has attracted some of the industry's most… Audio

The Seaview Treatment Plant, which has plagued Lower Hutt residents with offensive odours for months, has installed new biofilters ahead of schedule, which Hutt City council says is the first step… Audio

The Lower Hutt Community has been grappling with not one, but two violent deaths in a single day.

Police are yet to release the name of the woman killed in a hit-and-run in Naenae Thursday morning.

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Wellington businesses may face water restrictions for the first time this summer.

Wellington Water is preparing for level four restrictions on residential use that would ban outdoor watering and… Audio

Councils want more certainty over what the change of government means for their water assets, and their finances.

To the delight of councils opposed to Three Waters, National has promised to start… Audio

Wellington residents are facing a summer of water restrictions due to ageing infrastructure putting pressure on the supply to households. Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry is the chair of the Wellington… Audio

A review into a major slip at Point Howard in Lower Hutt has found poor communication between agencies meant a damaging water leak was ignored.

Ten homes were evacuated and many more had power, water… Audio

Frustration is mounting among Wellington's mayors and residents at the region's decaying water infrastructure. Wellington Water is struggling to keep up with repairs to about 3,035 leaks in the water… Audio

More than 100 homes in Lower Hutt's Point Howard are still without water and many residents chose to evacuate last night after a landslip caused by a burst water pipe. 

A resident we spoke to earlier… Audio

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says 75 houses are without power, 165 houses in the wider area are without water, and 20 homes only have pedestrian access after the landslip at Point Howard today.

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A constant during Chris Hipkins' time as the MP for Remutaka has been Upper Hutt mayor Wayne Guppy.

Guppy was there to greet Hipkins into the role in 2008, and 15 years on he has spent a lot of time… Audio

The Hutt Valley is the big winner in the government's infrastructure spend this year.

Of the $192 million to be invested over the next decade, it's getting $99 million of it for new stormwater… Audio

Health New Zealand has told Hutt Hospital there is no reason for it to mothball its earthquake-prone tower block in the short term.

The Hutt District Health Board has released advice it's received on… Audio

Key questions remain unanswered following an urgent meeting of the Hutt Valley District Health Board yesterday about its quake-prone Heretaunga Building.

The community wants to know how long services… Audio

The mayor of Lower Hutt fears some services will never resume at Hutt Hospital once a major building is out of action.

The latest assessment shows the Heretaunga Block is earthquake prone. Patients… Audio