Hutt City Views – Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt Citizens’ Panel

Hutt City Council operates a citizens’ panel, Hutt City Views, to help guide and inform the evolution of Hutt City on a wide variety of topics and issues. The Panel is comprised of a representative sample of over 3,000 residents from the local community who have agreed to participate in consultation activity. Anyone aged 16+ can sign up and are then sent surveys and questionnaires on a regular basis to have their say.

Participants can choose which surveys to fill out. Findings are then presented to Council decision-makers to ensure that the public is heard on key issues. The goal of the Panel is to help give decision-maker’s confidence that community feedback is representative of the views of Lower Hutt’s diverse population.

The citizens’ panel is administered by a Lower Hutt-based public engagement consultancy, Public Voice, on behalf of Hutt City Council.