Hutt City Council newsitems

• • Toxic Algae Now In Wainuiomata River

    • 23 Dec 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Toxic algae infestation has now spread to the Wainuiomata River. The algae has been widespread in the Hutt River system over the past few weeks and is blamed for the deaths of at least four dogs. The Wainuiomata and Hutt Rivers have separate catchments.
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    • wainuiomata
  
  

• • Pavement Signs To Advertise Hutt CBD Liquor Ban

    • 23 Dec 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council is using novel pavement signs to advertise the public liquor ban in its Central Business District.
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• • Time Runs Out On Eastbourne Rights Inc Proposal For Korohiwa Bay

    • 15 Dec 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council last night (13 Dec eds) decided to reject a proposal to develop Korohiwa Bay at Eastbourne and instead reinstated its policy of selling its landholding there for housing.
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    • housing
  
  

• • TradeStart's Trade Information Centre Opens Tomorrow

    • 13 Dec 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • A Hutt City Council programme to help people, especially school leavers, into skilled jobs opens its door for business tomorrow.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • Toxic Algal Bloom Continues to Threaten

    • 2 Dec 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • All time record low flows in the Hutt River for this time of the year mean the toxic algae threat in Hutt Valley waterways continues. The Hutt River at Taita Gorge has not even maintained a flow level of five cubic metres for most of the past week and the river level is falling. This time last year, the flow was more like 20 cumecs.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • HANDS UP FOR STOKES VALLEY

    • 22 Nov 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Every Park needs a hand now and then. The Hutt City Council?s Horticulture Parks maintenance contractor, Excell Corporation, has taken the initiative to ?support? Speldhurst Park in Stokes Valley, with an extra helping ?hand?.
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    • stokes-valley
  
  

• • WATERWAYS ALGAE THREAT DURING WEEKEND

    • 21 Nov 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • The Hutt City Council is warning Hutt Valley residents over the weekend that the toxic algal bloom in the Hutt River is not restricted to the Hutt River itself. The Greater Wellington Regional Council issued a warning on Wednesday of high toxin levels in Hutt River algae. It has now killed at least two dogs.
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• • ARTISTS COMMISSIONED TO PAINT MAJOR ARTWORKS IN LOWER HUTT

    • 16 Nov 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Two major public artworks are being painted on the exterior walls on the Waterloo Road façade of the new Westfield Queensgate shopping centre in Lower Hutt this week.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • Entries double for Community Awards

    • 15 Nov 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • The Petone Rugby Club has won both the Sports and Leisure category, and is the overall Hutt City Supreme Winner, in the Hutt City section of the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. The awards were announced and presented at Council Chambers on Wednesday night.
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    • petone
  
  

• • Bridge closed to prevent overload

    • 2 Nov 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council is to close off the bridge that leads out of Hutt Park onto Parkside Drive at Gracefield. But only for general traffic. The bridge has just a five tonne axle loading capacity and is designed only for Hutt Park access.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • Hutt City Council reappoints CEO

    • 1 Nov 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Mayor David Ogden today announced the reappointment of Rik Hart as chief executive of the Hutt City Council.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • The Dowse launches international call for breakthrough creative ideas

    • 1 Nov 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • The Dowse, now closed for a major building development, is an organisation that increasingly defies labelling. The Dowse has now launched Create the future, an ambitious campaign aimed at building a database of people who want to achieve breakthrough creative projects.
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    • art
  
  

• • Margaret Street Upgrade to Commence

    • 26 Oct 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Work is scheduled to start in October on the first stage of implementing the Hutt City CBD Masterplan.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • SUMMER POOLS OPEN ON 5 NOVEMBER

    • 25 Oct 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Summer is nearly here and it's time to get out of the house, grab your togs and submerge yourself in one of the Hutt City Council's three Summer Pools.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • Council aims to secure subsidy for housing developments

    • 12 Oct 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • The Hutt City Council intends to look at re-aligning its rental and housing policy to take advantage of Central Government assistance.
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    • housing
  
  

• • Wainuiomata Landfill is safe

    • 11 Oct 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council says it is taking very seriously complaints about odours coming from the Wainuiomata Landfill and is taking a number of measures to fully investigate the cause and put a stop to the smells.
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• • Hutt City Council moves on earthquake risk buildings

    • 7 Oct 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • The Hutt City Council wants to get feedback on a draft policy to remedy buildings that are an earthquake risk.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • Billboards celebrate the Hutt stereotype in Wellington City

    • 4 Oct 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • A set of edgy Hutt promotion billboards has infiltrated prominent display areas round metropolitan Wellington City today (Tue 4 October). The Hutt City Council is promoting the region as part of a campaign to attract visitors from the capital to Lower Hutt, Eastbourne, Wainuiomata and Petone.
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• • Hutt Valley Blazes Trail for Metlink Launch

    • 1 Oct 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Residents of the Hutt Valley were the first to see some of the benefits of the new name for the Greater Wellington region?s public transport network - Metlink.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS STRONG PERFORMANCE

    • 8 Sep 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Council's 2004/05 annual report has been released and shows a year of strong performance. Summarised versions of the annual report are being distributed to all homes and post office boxes in Hutt City this week.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • HCC MAY BECOME ENERGYWISE

    • 1 Sep 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council is likely to increase its commitment to energy efficiency, following a recommendation from the operations and compliance committee that it join the EnergyWise Councils initiative.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • TE OMANGA GARDEN OF APPRECIATION

    • 23 Aug 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Across the Hutt River from Te Omanga Hospice, as the Tui flies, lies the Garden of Remembrance, Bracken Street, Ava. This Park has been chosen as the appropriate place for the establishment of a Garden of Appreciation for the wonderful multidisciplinary patient care and support provided by the Te Omanga Hospice team.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • ARTISTS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF STATE HOUSING

    • 18 Aug 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • The Petone Settlers Museum has initiated an exciting collaborative arts project in support of its upcoming exhibition on state housing at the end of the year.
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    • art
    • housing
    • petone
  
  

• • HUTT CITY AWARDS 6.7 MILLION CONTRACT

    • 4 Aug 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council has awarded a $6.7 million contract to Brian Perry Civil for the construction of a 10 million-litre wastewater storage tank at Silverstream.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • COUNCIL PARKING FEES TO RISE

    • 2 Aug 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council will increase paid parking fees around the city from Monday 15 August.
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• • HUTT CITY COUNCIL LAUNCHES BUSINESS BROCHURE

    • 2 Aug 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council will officially launch its inaugural Hutt Business Profile at a function at The Dowse on 11 August at 6pm.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • A Few of Our Favourite Things???

    • 26 Jul 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • A Few of Our Favourite Things is a celebration of The Dowse???s extraordinary permanent collection of decorative arts, craft and design in New Zealand. This is a rare opportunity to see some iconic artworks and much-requested crowd favourites, before they are carefully packed away into storage, for The Dowse???s major building redevelopment which is scheduled to commence in September 2005.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • STABILITY OF LAND IN HUTT CITY

    • 22 Jul 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • A report prepared for Hutt City Council by geological engineering consultants Ian R Brown Associates has found that few landslips in Hutt City have occurred on sites that would have been controlled by Council???s building consent processes.
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    • consultation
  
  

• • 12-WEEK FITNESS CHALLENGE JUST AROUND CORNER

    • 7 Jul 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Council is rising to the challenge of increasing the level of fitness of city residents through its 3x3 Fitness Challenge at local swimming pools.
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    • huttvalley
  
  

• • ROAD TRANSPORT FUNDING PACKAGE WELCOMED

    • 6 Jul 2005
    • Hutt City Council
    • Hutt City Deputy Mayor Roger Styles has welcomed the Government???s 10 year $660 million transport funding commitment, saying it was great news for the region.
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    • government
    • huttvalley