List of our Achievements

Hutt City Council is constantly striving to deliver better services to its customers. Because of our commitment to business excellence and continuous improvement, the organisation, a number of teams and events or developments have been recognised through external awards.

2010

NZILA 2010 Resene Pride of Place Landscape Awards, silver in the urban landscape design category

2009

• New Zealand Recreation Association 2009 gained highly commended in the ‘outstanding event category’ (Bike the Trail event)
• Golden Foot Awards 2009 winner Accessibility Innovation (First NZ Puffin)
• Air New Zealand Awards 2009: Second Place Category Youth, Education or School
• Retained International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) BCA
• Excellence in Lighting and Innovation awards: finalist TheNewDowse
• BV ISO 9001:2000 Certification (organisational wide)

2008

• Third Place: ALGIM Innovation Awards, Ideas Into Action system
• Finalist: ALGIM Innovation Awards, LIM Automation
• Finalist: ALGIM Innovation Awards, Street Maps
• Gold Certification Enviro-Mark®NZ environmental management system
• BCA International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)
• Winner: Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards 2008: Local Government Category
• ISO 9001:2000 Certification (organisational wide)
• Winner: Wellington Gold Awards, Vibrant Gold 2008 ‘events and visitor facilities’
• Winner:  Sister City New Zealand 2008 awards ‘Youth, Education or School’ category

2007

• Te Wiki o te Reo Maori Awards 2007 finalist
• Property Council Excellence Award 2007 -Arts & Education Section (The NewDowse)
• NZ Institute Architecture Awards 2007: Community & Culture Section; Peoples Choice; Resene Colour (The NewDowse)
• Regional Master Builders Award 2007 (The NewDowse)
• Three national BEST Design Awards 2007 for brand, outdoor signage, and Blumhardt Gallery exhibition furniture (The NewDowse)
• Hutt City Business Awards 2007 finalist (The NewDowse)
• NZCF Award 2007 Juno Civil-Opahu Pump Station
• HVWS & HCC finalist GWRC Nikau Compliance Award 2007 -Seaview Water Treatment Plant
• NZ Post Management Excellence Awards 2007, Community Relationships Category Winner
• Write Mark Plain English Document Award 2007, finalist (Inspections)
  

2006

• NZBEF Silver Award 2006
• TUANZ Contact Centre of the Year Award 2006 (fewer 25 seat category)
• ALGIM Award 2006 for huttcity.com
• SPARC Facility Award 2006 -Huia Pool.