Severe weather is impacting the region with strong winds and heavy rain. Please stay indoors, secure loose items, and avoid non-essential travel. Be prepared for possible power outages and check on neighbours. Follow official channels for updates.
A street light has fallen on Louis St. Avoid the area while crew responds.Debris reported on Akatarawa Road – drive with caution and avoid travelling.Power outages reported earlier appear to have been resolved.We’re experiencing a high number of calls due to the severe weather. If your request is non-urgent, please check our website or social media for updates. For emergencies, call 111.
The Creative Communities Committee meeting has been cancelled until 15 May due to weather warnings.We are currently in the process of informing all involved and will send out new meeting invites for the 15 May.
Published on 30 August 2024
Kua hinga te Tootara o Te Waonui a Tane
On behalf of Te Kaunihera o Awa Kairangi ki Uta (Upper Hutt City Council) and the Upper Hutt community, Mayor Wayne Guppy, Elected Members and staff are saddened by the loss of Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII. Our thoughts are with Tainui, the wider Kiingitanga and all Māori. Naa koutou i tangi, naa tatau katoa.
Kiingi Tuheitia’s words of advocacy and advice, always carefully chosen, carried all the more mana for the measured, gentle assurance with which they were delivered. His commitment to bringing Māori together while recognising the rich diversity that exists across Te Ao Māori is a lesson we can take and apply across cultures and circumstances here in Aotearoa. We are all richer for the legacy he has left us. His loss is deeply felt.
As a mark of the great respect in which Kiingi Tuheitia was held, Council’s flags are lowered to half-mast until further notice.
Mayor Guppy passes on the thoughts and sincere condolences of our city, “Ki te whanau pani a Kiingi Tuheitia, Tainui Iwi me Ngā Kiingitanga katoa; e rere ana ngā waimapu i Te Awakairangi ki Uta, ki a koutou e noho pani ana i tēnei wā taumaha [To the family of King Tuheitia, the Tainui People and the wider Kiingitanga. The waters of Te Awakairangi (Hutt River) flow in your direction at this extremely heavy time].”
Moe mai raa, moe mai raa, moe mai raa e te Rangaitira