Works underway from Wednesday 11 September to make safe the area around the slip caused by recent bad weather. The road is open but work around the site may require temporary closures. The works are taking place between 8 am and 4 pm, and are expected to take around 3 weeks. Please exercise extreme caution around the area and plan for delays.
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