Hutt City Council

Provide community facilities such as community halls free of cost for community groups and youth to celebrate festivals and organise events.

Encourage, support, attract and grow art and culture in the city that also draws people from diverse background to participate and showcase.

Support local sporting clubs and organisations by providing free ground fees to practice during the week. Make Hutt city attractive for all.

Review the liquor and gambling licenses in place, with a view to limiting them where they are excessive, especially in lower income areas.

Engage health professionals to provide services in council facilities. Ensure people who NEED council pool/gyms have no barriers to access.

Support the community to increase the number of music, dance, sports and cultural events. Encourage connection through events.

Innovate parks and outdoor spaces – look for inspiration around the world – outdoor exercise parks, BBQ areas. Create MORE GREEN spaces.

Ensure that council focus is on providing arts, culture, sports and recreational facilities that are broadly interesting and useful.

Council should work on developing a once a year unique Hutt City festival that celebrates and show cases our city, people, and potential.

Enable communities to be able to more actively participate in the running and maintenance of their community halls and local facilities.

Ensure existing council facilities can be used affordably by local community groups.

Actively assist community groups who are working to ensure Hutt City is a vibrant place to live for all.

Maintain current funding levels for the city's network of libraries.

Initiate the redevelopment of Petone Rec and environs, eg all weather artificial surface for junior sports.

Making Matariki the central winter festival.

I think we have a good level of community facilities. We should maintain at existing levels and instead invest extra in core infrastructure.

Investment in community events should be modest, and focus on leveraging outside funding. Pipes, resilience, transport options are priority.

The Local Alcohol Plan, with limits on bottle stores in parts of city with known alcohol harm statistics, should guide licensing decisions.

Ascertain whether council can joint venture existing facilities (for example Vogel House /St James) for greater/better civic/community use.

Be supportive of all recreation - culture (existing and new) initiatives that can be funded along with core council expenditure commitments.

Remove medical discrimination from all council-managed facilities.

Reduce liquor licensing fees back to the levels before the recent increases.

Continue to maintain parks and facilities.

Partner with community groups to maximise the benefit of council resources and capabilities in community-led development activities.

Support the integrated planning and community guided development for the Naenae Pool and town centre project.

Maintain sinking lid on pokies, and replace lost funding sources with targeted community development grants.

Rejuvenate the Petone Foreshore to enhance accessibility and facilities. Reinvest in playgrounds, community facilities and libraries.

Simplify process and increase funding for community events and groups.

Reduce costs for sporting groups and clubs to encourage recreational use and participation.

Complete the rebuild of the Naenae Pool and Fitness Suite.

Increase the investment in the renewal of existing playgrounds across our city and identify appropriate sites for new playgrounds.

Plant more trees in our green spaces including streets, parks and playgrounds.

Anti-discrimination – all ratepayers/locals pay for shared facilities, people shouldn't be excluded on medical grounds.

Happy to listen to event organisers for any event/festivals that will bring people visitors to the Hutt, or strenghten communities.

Partner with local community groups to host events with an emphasis on health, well-being, arts and culture.

Make the hire fee of community spaces minimal or free for not-for-profit community groups.

Review the liquor capping policy every three to six years. Empowering communities to voice their concerns and suggestions.

Establish network of AED/Defibrillators in every council-owned facility or sports ground, accessible 24/7.

Investigate a children's creative/tech/STEM museum for the Wellington region located in Hutt City.

Increase councils electronic library collection of electronic books, audiobooks, hiring of cameras, projectors, lighting, podcast equipment.

Make sure that there are well maintained and easy access to public facilities. These are core council business and I will support this.

Understand the effects of new liquor licensing before approving new licenses.

Breaches of liquor licenses should be treated to the letter of the law.

Ensure public facilities are available and accessible to all members of the community in different forms, ie not just a hub model.

Invest in great community activities, local events as well as city-wide that encourage people to engage and connect in the wider community.

Support our sporting communities, partnering with others and exploring better mechanisms of funding for community enhancement and facilities.