Editing Upper Hutt (section)

==Government==

=== Local government ===
Upper Hutt City Council administers the city with its surrounding rural areas, parks and reserves. Its area is 540&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, the third-largest area of city council in New Zealand, after [[Dunedin]] and [[Auckland]]. New Zealand local authorities with a large land area are usually termed districts, but Upper Hutt maintains its status as a city largely because of its high degree of urbanisation.

Upper Hutt was originally administered by the [[Hutt County Council]], which was constituted in 1877. The Town Board was proclaimed on 24 April 1908. Upper Hutt became a Borough on 26 February 1926 and a City on 2 May 1966. On 1 April 1973, the Rimutaka Riding of [[Hutt County]] was added to the city. When the Hutt County Council was abolished on 1 November 1988, the city took over administration of the Heretaunga/Pinehaven ward, which was incorporated into the city on 1 November 1989 when the Heretaunga/Pinehaven Community Council was abolished.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.upperhuttcity.com/page/306/LocalgovernmentinUpperHutt.boss | title=History of our city: Local Government in Upper Hutt| publisher=Upper Hutt City Council | access-date=12 January 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309164155/http://www.upperhuttcity.com/page/306/LocalgovernmentinUpperHutt.boss | archive-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>

=== Parliamentary representation ===
Today, Upper Hutt City falls entirely within the boundaries of the [[Remutaka (New Zealand electorate)|Remutaka]] electorate, currently held by Labour's [[Chris Hipkins]]. Upper Hutt was represented by the [[Heretaunga (New Zealand electorate)|Heretaunga]] electorate prior to the introduction of MMP in 1996, when the seat was merged with [[Eastern Hutt]] to form Remutaka.