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Media release: Riverbank Market to Move to Dowse Square – Mayor Announces New Site for 2026
Media release, Hutt City Council, 28 July 2025Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry has announced that the Riverbank Market will relocate to Dowse Square and the surrounding Civic Precinct next year, while major construction work takes place
The market has been a fixture of Lower Hutt’s weekends since 2005 and attracts thousands of visitors each Saturday, making it one of the largest and most popular weekly markets in the Wellington region.
The market needs to move to make way for improved stopbanks as part of the $1.5 billion Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi RiverLink project which also includes transport improvements and reconnecting the city to the river.
Read more: https://www.huttcity.govt.nz/people-and-communities/news/2025/riverbank-market-to-move-to-dowse-square-mayor-announces-new-site-for-2026
