Online payment changes
Find out how much parking costs in Lower Hutt and ways to pay.
Ways you can pay for parking
Pay and display meters operate between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
You can pay:
- with coins or by credit card.
- through the PayMyPark website or app - pay your parking from your smartphone and extend your time remotely
- with a smartPark in-car meters that you can top-up online
From 8 April 2024, the 50-cent fee charged when credit and debit cards are used on Hutt City Council-run car parking machines will be waived. This is to align with the Retail Payment System Act 2022 (the Act) and the Commerce Commission’s recent guidelines.
There will continue to be no fee when paying with cash on meters that provide this option.
Parking paid for via the PayMyPark App would still attract a fee. This fee is charged by a third party and does not go to Hutt City Council.
The Council will regularly review its parking credit card surcharge.
When you use the app to pay for parking, make sure you choose HCC in the app. If you accidentally pay for parking outside of HCC, you will get a parking ticket.
Pay By Plate parking is a paperless system that works by using your vehicle's licence plate number to record your parking time and payment.
To pay for parking, simply enter your vehicle's licence plate number and pay for the amount of time you want to park. You won't receive a paper ticket, so you don't need to go back to your car once you've paid.
Our parking officers will use your licence plate number to confirm that your vehicle has a valid parking session.
Parking receipts are now paperless.
The parking meter will ask you if you would like a receipt, if you select YES it will display a four-digit code and the eReceipt website you can download it from.
You can choose to register your email address so that all future receipts and transaction details for that vehicle plate number will be sent to your email address. You'll need to use a four-digit receipt code from a parking session when you set this up.
Note: If you don't get your four-digit code, you can email us to ask for a copy of the receipt. You'll need to tell us:
- your car registration
- the street you were parked on
- the time you parked at
- your name and email.
How much parking costs in Hutt City
Parking costs depend on the zone you park in.
Note: These are the proposed fees and charges for 2024-25, based on in-principle decisions made by Council on 7 June 2024. These fees and charges will be confirmed when the Long Term Plan is adopted on 30 June 2024, and will take effect from 1 July 2024. Petone parking charges will go into effect on 1 October 2024. They may be subject to change before 30 June 2024.
| Parking Zone | 2023-2024 Zone Conditions | 2023-2024 Charges | 2024-2025 Zone Conditions | 2024-2025 Charges |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoppers (Green HC2) Zone | $2.00 per hour | $3.00 per hour | ||
| Commuter (Yellow HC3) Zone | $2.00 per hour $7.00 maximum daily charge | $3.00 per hour $10.00 maximum daily charge | ||
| Commuter (Orange HC4) Zone | $2.00 per hour $7.00 maximum daily charge | $3.00 per hour $10.00 maximum daily charge | ||
| Riverbank car park (Light Blue) Zone | Monday - Friday 9am-5pm: $2.00 per hour $7.00 maximum daily charge Saturday 7am-2pm: $2.00 per hour Monthly pass*: $100.00 | $3.00 per hour $10.00 maximum daily charge Monthly pass*: $150.00 | ||
| Petone parking | New fee in 2024-25 (from 1 October 2024) | New fee in 2024-25 | $3.00 per hour, maximum two hours |
*Riverbank car park monthly passes reduced in price for December and January. Passes can be purchased from Council's building at 30 Laings Road in Lower Hutt or the PayMyPark App.
EV charging stations
| Description | 2023-2024 Charge | 2024-2025 Charge |
|---|---|---|
| If pricing based on power consumption only | Not applicable | Maximum cost per kWh: $0.75/kWh |
| If combined pricing based on power consumption and time ($/min) | Maximum cost per kWh when charging: $0.31 Maximum cost per minute when charging: $0.31 when not charging: $0.31 | No daily maximum parking duration outside of signposted restrictions 9am–5pm Public holidays unrestricted Enforcement 7 days per week |
| Idle fees ($/min) | Maximum cost per minute when not charging: $1.00 |
For more information about our EV charging locations head over to out EV charging locations page