Rates, Tiaki Wai and your opportunity to provide Feedback

Rates, Tiaki Wai and your opportunity to provide Feedback

NZ Empowered

If you want to see an estimated amount you may be paying for rates and water and live in Urban Upper Hutt (Not Rural).

https://www.nzempowered.com/ratescalc

At Council’s meeting yesterday we questioned as to why a rates and water Calculator had not been created by UHCC?
HCC have one, GWRC have one…and UHCC had one last year.  So here is what we believe an indicator of your Rates and Water bills water/UHCC rates and GWRC Rates as of 1st July 2026.

Here is some of the Submitters at the Council meeting on the 1st April.

41.40 mins  – E Chaney – Direct Debits and payment Tiaki Wai.
53.38 mins  – K & P Fabian Citizens Panel and Rates Calc.

If you want to learn more about Tiaki Wai and do a consultation the below link (Needs to be completed 22 Apr 2026)
https://haveyoursay.tiakiwai.co.nz/water-services-strategy
If you want to know some answers to Q&A we have….or Contact details for Councillors or UHCC
https://www.nzempowered.com/post/water-questions-and-answers-magazine-artic

Councillors have suggested engaging with ministers and officials also with your feedback :

  • Simon Watts (Nat -Local Government Minister) – S.Watts@ministers.govt.nz
  • Kieran McAnulty – (Lab – Shadow Local Government Minister) – kieran.mcanulty@parliament.govt.nz
  • Louise Upston – L.Upston@ministers.govt.nz
  • Winston Peters – W.Peters@ministers.govt.nz
  • David Seymour – D.Seymour@ministers.govt.nz
  • Chris Hipkins – chris.hipkins@parliament.govt.nz
  • Scott Simpson – S.Simpson@ministers.govt.nz
  • Katrina Casey – katrina.casey@dia.govt.nz

Other Resources:

A “thank you” to NZ Empowered for sending this article to The Upper Hutt Connection.

02/04/26