Lower Hutt’s City Council has given a vote of support for changing the name of Petone to “Pito-one”. The proposed change reflects the suburb’s original Māori.
Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry has been voted in as the new Vice President of Local Government New Zealand. Seventy-five member councils from across the country voted Mayor Barry in for a three-year term at the LGNZ AGM in Christchurch yesterday. Selwyn .