13 September Te Ngaengae official opening date set for 4 December Te Ngaengae Pool and Fitness Centre will open for business on Wednesday 4 December, following a dawn blessing ceremony earlier that day.
12 September Rangatahi get job experience planting harakeke at Hutt Park A group of 30 rangatahi (young people) spent a week re-planting harakeke (flax) along Waiwhetū stream at Hutt Park as part of their Te Rito Maioha (TRM) training course in August.
10 September Knitting matters for Naenae's Knitting Natters charity group Charities, hospitals and primary schools have benefitted from thousands of knitted items made and donated by the Team Naenae Knitting Natters charity group.
6 September A big welcome to Welcoming Week in the Hutt Lower Hutt is one of the most culturally diverse cities in Aotearoa which makes it a natural fit to host Welcoming Week — Te Wiki o Manaaki from 6 to 15 September.
27 August Tamariki help design revamped Walter Mildenhall Park Tamariki from Naenae Primary and Rātā Street schools are choosing the plants that will give the revamped Walter Mildenhall Park a new lease of life.
7 August Naenae Pool seats morph into treehouse Four Upper Hutt kids are literally living the highlife thanks to a new treehouse built by their father from timber recycled from the old Naenae Pool.
7 August Lower Hutt businesses to benefit from new fund A new programme will support retail businesses to build skills and improve staff safety to counter increased crime and anti-social behaviour.
2 August Upgrade adds to the appeal and safety of Williams Park The sizzle has been put into Ōruamātoro Days Bay’s Williams Park with the completion of a $660,000 upgrade to make it safer and more enticing for people to use.
1 August Free native plants for Lower Hutt residents Free native plants are on offer to Lower Hutt residents as part of Hutt City Council’s Mouri Tupu: Planting for the Future initiative.