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Council Details

Council Type
City/District Council
Short Name
Lower Hutt
CEO
-
Established
-

Contact

Website
www.huttcity.govt.nz
Email
-
Phone
-
Address
-

Elected Member Remuneration (2025-2026)

Mayor Salary
$181,652
+6.8% from 2025($11,536)
Average Councillor Salary
$79,204
+1.7% from 2025($1,291)

Source: NZ Taxpayers' Union (via Remuneration Authority data). Average councillors' salaries calculated by dividing each council's governance remuneration pool by the number of councillors.

Financial Health Score (2024)

Overall Score
60.8/100
Tier 3 - Acceptable
National Ranking
#21
of all councils
Peer Group Ranking
#3
of 4 in Large Metro
Solvency
65
30%
Operational
72.5
25%
Liquidity
52.5
15%
Assets
64.5
15%
Sustainability
37.3
15%
Net Debt to Revenue
308%
Interest Coverage

Historical Financial Data

32 years available
Operating Income
$230.4M
+10.7% YoY
Operating Expenditure
$264.0M
+10.2% YoY
Operating Result
$-33.5M
Deficit
Total Result
$1.43B

Income

Rates$156.0M
Regulatory Income & Petrol Tax$13.4M
Grants, Subsidies & Donations$13.4M
Interest Income$6.4M
Dividend Income$207K
Sales & Other Income$41.0M
Total Operating Income$230.4M

Expenditure

Employee Costs$49.5M
Depreciation & Amortisation$54.6M
Grants, Subsidies & Donations$5.9M
Interest Expenditure$21.7M
Purchases & Other$132.3M
Total Operating Expenditure$264.0M

Source: Stats NZ Local Authority Financial Statistics. All values in NZD.

Current Elected Members

Leadership

Fauono Ken Laban

Mayor

$181,652/year

Keri Brown

Deputy Mayor

Wainuiomata Ward

Councillors(avg. $79,204/year)

Brady Dyer

At Large

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Operating Margin
-%
Debt to Assets
14.1%

Financial Position (Stats NZ Data)

Total Assets
$3.6B
Total Debt
$511M
Rates Revenue
$156M
Current Ratio
0.97x

Source: Stats NZ Local Authority Financial Statistics. Scoring methodology based on DIA financial prudence benchmarks.View all council rankings →

Karen Yung

At Large

Mele Tonga-Grant

At Large

Prabha Ravi

At Large

Tony Stallinger

At Large

Glenda Barratt

Central Ward

Simon Edwards

Central Ward

Tui Lewis

Harbour Ward

Te Awa Puketapu

Mana Kairangi ki Tai Maori Ward

Andy Mitchell

Northern Ward

Naomi Shaw

Northern Ward

Christopher Wilton Parkin

Western Ward