
A $35 million Lower Hutt primary health hub designed to withstand a one-in-2500-year earthquake is being touted as a New Zealand first. The Hutt Valley Health Hub is being built on the former site of the Naenae Bowling Club, next to Hutt Hospital.
This engineered timber building will have a “level 4 earthquake resilience rating” which under the Building Act means it must be fully operational after a big earthquake.