Greater Wellington Regional Council
Te Pane Matua Taiao[1]
Regional council
Formation1980/1989
RegionGreater Wellington
CountryNew Zealand
Websitegw.govt.nz
Leadership
ChairDaran Ponter[2]
Deputy ChairAdrienne Staples[2]
Chief ExecutiveNigel Corry[3]
Headquarters100 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington
1056 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
34 Chapel Street, Masterton[4]

Wellington Regional Council, branded as Greater Wellington Regional Council, is the regional council overseeing the Wellington Region of New Zealand's lower North Island.[5] It is responsible for public transport under the brand Metlink, environmental and flood protection, and the region's water supply.[6] As of 2023, it is the majority owner of CentrePort Wellington with a 77% shareholding.[7]

The Wellington Regional Council was first formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the functions of the Wellington Regional Planning Authority with those of the Wellington Regional Water Board,[8] before taking its current form with the local government reforms of 1989.[9]

A proposal made in 2013 that nine territorial authorities amalgamate to form a single supercity met substantial local opposition and was abandoned in June 2015.[10]

Council members

The governing body of the regional council is made up of 13 councillors, representing six constituencies:[11]

In October 2023, the council voted to also establish a Māori constituency for the 2025 local elections.[12]

As of the 2022 local elections the regional councillors are:[13]

Key

  Labour   Green   Independent   Connecting Wellington

NamePortraitPositionConstituency
Daran Ponter Chairperson Pōneke/Wellington
Adrienne Staples Deputy Chairperson Wairarapa
Simon Woolf Councillor Pōneke/Wellington
Yadana Saw Councillor Pōneke/Wellington
Thomas Nash Councillor Pōneke/Wellington
David Lee Councillor Pōneke/Wellington
David Bassett Councillor Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt
Ken Laban Councillor Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt
Quentin Duthie Councillor Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt
Ros Connelly Councillor Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt
Chris Kirk-Burnnand Councillor Porirua-Tawa
Hikitia Ropata Councillor Porirua-Tawa
Penny Gaylor Councillor Kāpiti Coast

Chairs

No. Name Portrait Term Constituency
1 Mervyn Kemp[14] 1980 1986 Tawa
2 Stuart Macaskill[15] 1986 2001 Upper Hutt
3 Margaret Shields[16] 2001 2004 Kāpiti Coast
4 Ian Buchanan[17][18] 2004 2007 Wairarapa
5 Fran Wilde[19] 2007 2015 Wellington City
6 Chris Laidlaw[20] 2015 2019 Wellington City
7 Daran Ponter[21] 2019 present Wellington City

Regional parks

The council administers several regional parks.[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Your Council | Tō Kaunihera". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Meet the Councillors". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Executive Leadership Team". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Office locations". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Legal notices". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Long Term Plan" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council. 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Centreport Limited (410682) Registered". New Zealand Companies Office. 1 June 2023. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Parks Network Plan July 2011" (PDF). www.gw.govt.nz. Greater Wellington Regional Council. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Story: Wellington region | Government". Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Michael Forbes and Caleb Harris (9 June 2015). "Wellington super-city scrapped due to lack of public support". The Dominion-Post.
  11. ↑ "Council and Councillors". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Greater Wellington Regional Council approves Māori Constituency for 2025". RNZ. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "2022 Triennial Elections | DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). elections.gw.govt.nz. Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Mervyn Kemp". www.wcl.govt.nz. Wellington City Libraries Te Matapihi Ki Te Ao Nui. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Macaskill, Stuart Alisdair". uhcl.recollect.co.nz. Upper Hutt City Library. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  16. ↑ SCHOUTEN, HANK (3 June 2013). "Women's champion Margaret Shields dies". Stuff. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  17. ↑ "Buchanan to chair regional council". NZ Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  18. ↑ "Buchanan upset at being dumped". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  19. ↑ "Fran Wilde". nzhistory.govt.nz. NZHistory, New Zealand history online. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  20. ↑ Nicoll, Jared (25 October 2016). "Chris Laidlaw chosen as chairman of Greater Wellington Regional Council". Stuff. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  21. ↑ "Analysis: New Wellington regional council chair romps in". NZ Herald. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  22. ↑ "Wellington Regional Parks". gw.govt.nz. Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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