Campbell Barry

Arrests, disorderly behaviour and assaults on Police officers have marred this year's JuicyFest hip-hop and R&B music festival.

Debuting last year, JuicyFest has attracted some of the industry's most… Audio

The Seaview Treatment Plant, which has plagued Lower Hutt residents with offensive odours for months, has installed new biofilters ahead of schedule, which Hutt City council says is the first step… Audio

The Lower Hutt Community has been grappling with not one, but two violent deaths in a single day.

Police are yet to release the name of the woman killed in a hit-and-run in Naenae Thursday morning.

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Wellington businesses may face water restrictions for the first time this summer.

Wellington Water is preparing for level four restrictions on residential use that would ban outdoor watering and… Audio

Councils want more certainty over what the change of government means for their water assets, and their finances.

To the delight of councils opposed to Three Waters, National has promised to start… Audio

Wellington residents are facing a summer of water restrictions due to ageing infrastructure putting pressure on the supply to households. Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry is the chair of the Wellington… Audio

A review into a major slip at Point Howard in Lower Hutt has found poor communication between agencies meant a damaging water leak was ignored.

Ten homes were evacuated and many more had power, water… Audio

Frustration is mounting among Wellington's mayors and residents at the region's decaying water infrastructure. Wellington Water is struggling to keep up with repairs to about 3,035 leaks in the water… Audio

More than 100 homes in Lower Hutt's Point Howard are still without water and many residents chose to evacuate last night after a landslip caused by a burst water pipe. 

A resident we spoke to earlier… Audio

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says 75 houses are without power, 165 houses in the wider area are without water, and 20 homes only have pedestrian access after the landslip at Point Howard today.

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A constant during Chris Hipkins' time as the MP for Remutaka has been Upper Hutt mayor Wayne Guppy.

Guppy was there to greet Hipkins into the role in 2008, and 15 years on he has spent a lot of time… Audio

The Hutt Valley is the big winner in the government's infrastructure spend this year.

Of the $192 million to be invested over the next decade, it's getting $99 million of it for new stormwater… Audio

Health New Zealand has told Hutt Hospital there is no reason for it to mothball its earthquake-prone tower block in the short term.

The Hutt District Health Board has released advice it's received on… Audio

Key questions remain unanswered following an urgent meeting of the Hutt Valley District Health Board yesterday about its quake-prone Heretaunga Building.

The community wants to know how long services… Audio

The mayor of Lower Hutt fears some services will never resume at Hutt Hospital once a major building is out of action.

The latest assessment shows the Heretaunga Block is earthquake prone. Patients… Audio

Alarming new data shows sea levels are rising twice as fast as expected in some parts of Aotearoa. In those regions levels previously thought likely for 2060 are now forecast to happen in just 18… Audio

The government is forging ahead with its Three Waters reforms and says it's time everyone else got on board.

It means drinking, waste and storm water systems will come under four massive water… Audio

Kathryn spoke with Campbell Barry, Mayor of Hutt City, who was one of eight mayors and 11 iwi representatives on the Working Group. Audio

Rain is easing in the Wellington region, after a day of heavy rain which caused widespread flooding, slips and some road closures.

The swollen Hutt River created headaches in Lower Hutt and there had… Audio