Do you feel jaded by the recent agreement by our council and other councils who voted last week to hand over all council water infrastructure and services to Tiaki Wai water LTD. Are you concerned at financial restrictions being placed on your access to water by the proposal by Tiaki Wai to introduce volumetric water meters. Are you concerned that your council is not hearing you and will also take what Upper Hutt assets and resources are left and bow to the pressure of Chris Bishop and amalgamate into a super city or a lesser amalgamation with another council because your too jaded to hold firm. If so, do you want to help form a resident’s coalition for the sake of Upper Hutt, if so contact me.

Meanwhile when it’s tough the tough get going. Do you remember Upper Hutt main street in the good old days. Would you like to see more shops opened than closed and business thriving. How about we ask council to dust off the results of the extensive survey into the revitalization of main street. I think our mayor signalled she would do this so will be a supporter. Perhaps council with less need to concern themselves with water infrastructure could put a concentrated effort into resourcing an upgrade. Councillor Wheeler as a shop owner in main street could take the lead.

Could we agree to shops be given a small rates holiday to Characterise their shop frontages, and new business to start up like the lolly shop that sadly couldn’t get going for long enough, and if part of the street was closed off then perhaps we could have a whip  around for some child safe play equipment and digital sign boards. A little innovation is called for and we need something positive to work together for. Let’s do this.  

Teresa Homan tshoman@kinect.co.nz   

A “thank you” to Teresa Homan for sending this letter to The Upper Hutt Connection

01/06/26