Book a community noticeboard

Love Local noticeboard

Upper Hutt has eight community noticeboards available for promoting local notices and events:

  • Six wooden noticeboards in various locations.
  • Two digital noticeboards on Gibbons Street and Fergusson Drive, Silverstream.

 

Key information

  • Bookings are free, but you must cover any design or printing costs.
  • Bookings must be made using our online booking form.
  • Availability of these community noticeboards is subjected to confirmation. Your booking is not confirmed when you submit the booking form.  
  • Printed artwork on wooden noticeboards must be removed by 5PM on the confirmed end date in your confirmation email.
  • If the confirmed end date falls on a weekend, please remove the printed artwork by 9:30AM on the immediate Monday.

 

Conditions

  • Bookings are subject to availability and are not confirmed upon submission of this form.
  • Upper Hutt City Council events take priority for noticeboard use. 
  • Upper Hutt City Council reserves the rights to decline bookings or remove signage at any time.  
  • If approved, your bookings are allowed a maximum of 14 days or as specified in the confirmation email.
  • Artwork must be submitted for approval at least 10 working days before the confirmed start date.  Please send artwork to marketingandpromotions@uhcc.govt.nz or upload it when booking.  
  • If artwork is not approved, your booking may be released to the community.  

 

In New Zealand, the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) provides specific guidelines to ensure signage safety and legibility, particularly for public roads. We ask that you adhere to the below specifications. 

Please click on either "Wooden noticeboard" or "Digital noticeboard" to review the specifications. 

 

Wooden noticeboard

Design for wooden noticeboard artwork

  • Print size is 2 metres wide and 1.4 metres height.
  • Maximum of 40 characters or 8 words
  • Minimum height of 160mm for smallest text.

Installation

  • Printed artwork must be stapled to wooden noticeboards; no additional structures must be attached.
  • Please install artwork on the confirmed start date and remove it by 5PM on the confirmed end date. If the confirmed end date falls on a weekend, please remove it on the immediate Monday before 9.30AM.
  • The person who books the noticeboard is responsible for installing and removing the posters.

 

Download the full community noticeboard terms and conditions(PDF, 199KB)

Digital noticeboard

Design for digital noticeboard artwork

  • Size must be 384 pixels wide and 240 pixels height. (This may appear small but the screens work with these specifications.)
  • Digital resolution must be set to 72dpi. (This may appear pixelated but the screens work with this resolution.)
  • Maximum of 40 characters or 8 words.
  • Minimum of 24 pixels for the smallest text (excluding logos).

Installation

  • Your digital artwork must be submitted at least 10 working days before the confirmed start date. Send artwork to marketingandpromotions@uhcc.govt.nz or upload it when booking.
  • The signs will be uploaded on the confirmed start date and removed on the confirmed end date.

 

Download the full community noticeboard terms and conditions(PDF, 199KB)

 

 

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