Council-controlled organisations (CCOs)

These organisations independently manage Council facilities and deliver services and activities to Lower Hutt residents and visitors to Lower Hutt.

Seaview Marina is Wellington's fastest developing marina, situated at the sheltered north-east end of Wellington Harbour.

Seaview Marina is a fast developing modern, safe, and well serviced marina for vessels 24 metres down to trailer boats.

They offer the most extensive hardstand and haul out facilities for commercial and pleasure craft in Wellington.

Seaview Marina's aim is to provide you with a facility that is responsive to your needs and offers a comprehensive range of value for money services in pleasant surroundings.

Reports

Annual reports are available on Seaview Marina

Urban Plus is owned by Hutt City Council and was established in July 2007.  Urban Plus operates as ​a

Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) under the Local Government Act 2002.

Urban Plus is a multi-faceted property management and development company, pre-dominantly focussed towards social and public housing outcomes along the housing continuum. Urban Plus owns and manages a rental housing portfolio of approximately 200 units within various areas of Lower Hutt, aimed at providing housing for the low income elderly; whereby it charges below-market rents.

Urban Plus procures and develops land / property with multiple outcomes in mind, such as:

  • Developing and releasing discounted housing for the first home buyer and owner-occupier target markets,
  • Working with our partners to develop and supply new Community Housing
  • Growing its own housing stock to provide more options in the long term rental space.

Urban Plus looks to align with providers who deliver progressive home ownership and long term rental outcomes. In terms of partnering with Community Housing providers such as Hutt City Council, Dwell, Kahungunu Whanau Services,

Te Kahui Rangitahi o Te Atiawa. Urban Plus actively participates in the market to procure land for development with the intention to grow in all aspects of it's operations in up and coming years.

Reports

Annual reports are available on Urban Plus

Tiaki Wai is a council-owned water organisation with a focus on maintaining and improving services for communities across Hutt Valley, Porirua and Wellington.

Tiaki Wai started operating on 1 July 2026, when they took over responsibility for water assets and funding and the delivery of water services from councils and Wellington Water.

Information about the Partners' Committee

Transfer agreement between Hutt City Council and Tiaki Wai

Interim Agreement for Administration of Initial Development Contributions Policy

Statement of Expectations 2027

Process to update the initial statement of expectations for Tiaki Wai

The Statement of Expectations is a key planning mechanism that the shareholding councils and mana whenua have to influence the strategic direction and priorities of Tiaki Wai. This is because Tiaki Wai is required by legislation to give effect to the Statement of Expectations.

The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 sets out a range of mandatory matters that the Statement of Expectations must address, including outcomes that the shareholders expect Tiaki Wai to achieve when delivering water services. The Statement of Expectations can also address other matters that are important to the partners, such as the requirement to undertake community or customer engagement, and the contents of that engagement.

The preparation of the Statement of Expectations involves several process steps, which are required to be published on either one or all of the shareholding councils’ websites.

For the Tiaki Wai Statement of Expectations review for 2027, the shareholding councils have agreed the following process:

  1. The preparation of a draft Statement of Expectations will involve input from all shareholding councils and iwi/mana whenua partners.
  2. The draft Statement of Expectations will be informed by both the initial Statement of Expectations and principles agreed by the shareholding councils.
  3. The draft Statement of Expectations will be provided to the Board of Tiaki Wai in early November 2026, to provide the Board with an opportunity to comment on the draft.
  4. Once comments have been received from the Board of Tiaki Wai, the draft Statement of Expectations will be refined and then presented to the Partners Committee in early December 2026 for consideration.
  5. The Partners Committee will adopt the final Statement of Expectations and provide it to Tiaki Wai before 1 January 2027.