How climate change will impact Lower Hutt

Climate change maps and information

Use these maps to see the potential impact of climate change on Lower Hutt:

• Climate change maps for the Wellington Region – Greater Wellington
• Sea level rise maps for the Wellington Region – Greater Wellington
• Climate change projections for the Wellington Region - Ministry for the Environment

The information we already have about climate change impacts that Lower Hutt is susceptible to is:

• available on Greater Wellington’s website
• included in Land Information Memorandum (LIM) reports
• used in Council’s consenting process for planning, building and subdividing

Flood risk

Wellington Water has started modelling the likely impacts of extreme rainfall on the urban areas in Lower Hutt. Flood hazard maps show what flooding looks like for flooding in 1-in-100-year and 1-in-10-year floods along with:

• where waterways are most likely to breach their banks
• where water moves across land during flooding, and 
• areas of ponding.

Managing flood risk in Lower Hutt

Sea level rise

We’re planning for the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise on our coastal communities.

Through co-design we've started work on creating a pathway for how Lower Hutt could respond, reduce emissions, and become more resilient to forecast climate impacts such as sea level rise. For more information, go to https://haveyoursay.huttcity.govt.nz/communityclimatechange.