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Iwi have a special relationship with Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River and its floodplain. Tangata whenua are the kaitiaki and have a traditional responsibility to look after the river for future generations. Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River is recognised as a Statutory Area by Ngati Toa Rangatira and Taranaki Whanui ki te Upoko o te Ika. The Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River Environmental Strategy: Action Plan (ESAP) recognises this special relationship and enables iwi to play a key role in the management of their taonga.

Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River is recognised as a defining feature of the Wellington Region to be treasured and enhanced. Hutt Valley communities place high value on Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River and its margins. It is a place accessible to a large urban population where people can walk, run and cycle along the river, picnic, swim, exercise their dogs and enjoy the advantages of having a large tract of easily accessible open space near to where they live.