Publication TypeBookletDate of publicationMay 2016DescriptionIn May 2016 Upper Hutt City celebrates its 50th Anniversary: 50 years since being declared a city. Upper Hutt Heroes features 50 Upper Hutt Heroes, one for every year since 1966. These heroes range from sporting, cultural, musical and artistic, to educational, military and political Heroes, those from the business world, inventors, conservationists and more.
These are: Earle Kirton, Sir Francis Chichester, Colin Gibbs, Wayne Mason, Harry Kent, Doris Nicholson, John Simister, Selwyn Toogood, Bruce Bold, The Crunchie Bar, Jock McEwen, Rex Kirton, Wilfred Revelle Jackson, Jon Stevens, Sir David Beattie, Sir George Chapman, The Holden Commodore, Peter Spijkerman, Graham Berry, Dean Hapeta, Paul Kennett, Tom Jones, Dame Cecily Pickerill, Jack Danahay, Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa, Peter Deckers, Graham Stokes, Alan Kitchen, Shane Cotton, Sir Russell Coutts, Miska, Malcolm Gillies, Sir Don Merton, Lloyd Homer, Mary Richardson, Wayne Guppy, Catherine de Groot and Sarah Wickens, Irene van Dyk, Frankie Stevens, Michael Hedges, Clare Derby, Bill Tito, Nadine Jaggi, Ernest Cosgrove, Carolyn Press-McKenzie, Cory Jane, Mary Fisher, Staff Sergeant Dean Rennie, Rebecca Kitteridge, Mike Neilson.