Public notice: Hutt City Council - Representation Review 2025
In accordance with section 19R of the Local Electoral Act 2001 (the Act), the Local Government Commission determines that for at least the triennial general election of the Hutt City Council to be held on 11 October 2025, the following representation arrangements will apply:
Lower Hutt City, as delineated on Plan LG-046-2025-W-1 will be divided into wards and will be represented by a Council comprising the mayor and 13 councillors, being 5 councillors elected by the electors of the district as a whole and 8 councillors elected as follows:
|
Ward |
Councillors |
Plan delineating area |
|
Mana Kairangi ki Tai Māori Ward |
1 |
LG-046-2025-W-2 |
|
Western General Ward |
1 |
LG-046-2025-W-3 |
|
Northern General Ward |
2 |
LG-046-2025-W-4 |
|
Central General Ward |
2 |
LG-046-2025-W-5 |
|
Harbour General Ward |
1 |
LG-046-2025-W-6 |
|
Wainuiomata General Ward |
1 |
LG-046-2025-W-7 |
There will be two communities with community boards as follows:
|
Community/ Community Board
|
Area |
Members* |
Appointed members |
|
Eastbourne Community |
Part of the Harbour General Ward as delineated on Plan LG-046-2025-Com-1 |
5 |
1, representing Harbour General Ward |
|
Wainuiomata Community |
The Wainuiomata General Ward |
6 |
2 members, being 1 member representing the Wainuiomata General Ward and 1 member representing the Mana Kairangi ki Tai Māori Ward |
*number of members elected by the electors of the community
The ratio of population to elected members for each ward will be as follows:
|
Wards |
Population* |
Number of members |
Population per member |
Deviation from district average population per member |
% deviation from district average population per member |
|
Western General Ward |
13,950 |
1 |
13,950 |
-514 |
-3.56 |
|
Northern General Ward |
27,500 |
2 |
13,750 |
-714 |
-4.94 |
|
Central General Ward |
27,500 |
2 |
13,750 |
-714 |
-4.94 |
|
Harbour General Ward |
15,700 |
1 |
15,700 |
1,236 |
+8.54 |
|
Wainuiomata General Ward |
16,600 |
1 |
16,600 |
2,136 |
+14.77 |
|
Total general wards |
101,250 |
7 |
14,464 |
|
|
|
Mana Kairangi ki Tai Maori Ward |
12,700 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
At large members |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
Total |
113,950 |
13 |
|
|
|
*Based on Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa 2023 population estimates (2018 census base)
The community boards will not be subdivided for electoral purposes. The population they each represent will be as follows:
|
Community board |
Population* |
Number of members^ |
|
Eastbourne Community Board |
4,940 |
5 |
|
Wainuiomata Community Board |
20,500 |
6 |
*Based on Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa 2023 population estimates (2018 census base)
Under section 19V(6) of the Act, the Commission upholds the decision of the Council not to comply with section 19V(2) in respect of the Wainuiomata General Ward. Compliance would limit effective representation of communities of interest by dividing the Wainuiomata community of interest, which is separated from the rest of the City by hills and has distinct demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, across ward boundaries.
As required by section 19T(1)(b) and 19W(c) of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the boundaries of the above wards and communities coincide with the boundaries of current statistical meshblock areas determined by Statistics New Zealand and used for Parliamentary electoral purposes.
The determination is available on the Commission’s website: Recent Determinations - Local Government Commission (lgc.govt.nz)
Penny Langley
Chief Executive Officer