As a Regional Council, Greater Wellington is responsible for looking after health of our environment including our forests, rivers, waterways, and native ecosystems. We also look after the health of our community by providing accessible public transport and partnering across the Wellington Region to address climate change, promote economic development and provide emergency response.
We are working together to create an extraordinary region, with a thriving environment, connected communities and a resilient future.
Mō āu rēti | About your rates
Your rates help fund essential services and projects under the 2024-34 Long Term Plan. While inflation and borrowing costs appear to be easing for 2025-26, we continue to face new challenges including reduced government funding and ongoing cost-of-living pressures. To balance essential services within a tight budget, we have reviewed our work programmes, and propose to either delay or scale back activities in certain areas. This would lower the average regional rates increase for 2025/26 from 14.5% to 9.72%. Learn more about the proposed changes. (PDF 846 KB)
The table below shows the average Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt rates, but your individual rates may vary based on local factors which means that your rates bill is likely to differ from that of the regional average and/or your neighbour’s. For a personalised estimate, visit our rates calculator.
| Hutt Valley Average Rates | Average Value 2025/26 | Average increase per annum |
Average increase per week |
Increase % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential (incl. GST) | Hutt City | $1,190.30 | $96.36 | $1.85 | 8.8% |
| Business (excl. GST) |
Hutt City | $4,047.57 | $322.48 | $6.20 | 8.7% |
| Rural (excl. GST) | Hutt City | $1,052.30 | $82.27 | $1.58 | 8.5% |
Te mahi tahi ki ngā mana whenua | Partnership with mana whenua
Greater Wellington is committed to evolving our partnership with mana whenua. As trust and understanding grow, we recognise the need to shift from embedding te ao Māori ourselves to enabling mana whenua to lead. This approach will guide whaitua design, delivery, and evaluation, ensuring our work aligns with iwi priorities, and builds on over 30 years of partnership. Our focus will be ensuring that the work we do supports the intergenerational aspirations of iwi within their rohe.
Ko ā mātou mahi mō Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai me tō tātou rohe hei te 2025/26 | What we have planned for Lower Hutt and our region in 2025/26
- Continuing to deliver a safe and reliable public transport network.
- Progressing the Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility programme, which will replace the aging trains on the Manawatū and Wairarapa lines.
- Progressing customer centric public transport technology including the national ticketing solution and Real Time Information upgrades.
- Protecting our taonga from the impact of pests throughout the rohe.
- Continuing restoration planting across our regional parks.
- Enhancing marine biosecurity; and improving harbour safety.
- Protecting waterways through planting, water quality monitoring, and landowner support.
- Providing bulk water services.
- Enabling and supporting regional collaboration that supports the implementation priorities of Te Matarau a Māui -the regions Māori economic development agency.
- Implementing the Whaitua Programmes for freshwater and environmental goals, working with communities, mana whenua, and local councils.
- Continuing work on RiverLink flood protection and public transport activities.
- Progressing work on the Waterloo Transit Oriented Development, which will deliver an integrated, high-amenity public transport hub at Waterloo Station.
- Commencing flood hazard modelling and mapping for Wainuiomata.
- Action planning for improving water quality and flood resilience in the Waiwhetū Stream.
- Control of goats, deer, pigs particularly in the Wainuiomata catchment.
Get in touch
- Phone:
- 0800 496 734
- Email:
- info@gw.govt.nz