Greater Wellington Regional Council

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]

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]

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,[7] before taking its current form with the local government reforms of 1989.[8]

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.[9]

Council members

The governing body of the regional council is made up of 13 councillors, representing six constituencies:[10]

As of the 2022 local elections the regional councillors are:[11]

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

Chairs
Name Term Constituency
1 Mervyn Kemp[12] 1980 1986 Tawa
2 Stuart Macaskill[13] 1986 2001 Upper Hutt
3 Margaret Shields[14] 2001 2004 Kapiti Coast
4 Ian Buchanan[15][16] 2004 2007 Wairarapa
5 Fran Wilde[17] 2007 2015 Wellington City
6 Chris Laidlaw[18] 2015 2019 Wellington City
7 Daran Ponter[19] 2019 present Wellington City

Regional parks

The council administers several regional parks.[20]

See also

References
  1. "Your Council | Tō Kaunihera". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  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. "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.
  8. "Story: Wellington region | Government". Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  9. Michael Forbes and Caleb Harris (9 June 2015). "Wellington super-city scrapped due to lack of public support". The Dominion-Post.
  10. "Council and Councillors". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  11. "2022 Triennial Elections | DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). elections.gw.govt.nz. Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  12. "Mervyn Kemp". www.wcl.govt.nz. Wellington City Libraries Te Matapihi Ki Te Ao Nui. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  13. "Macaskill, Stuart Alisdair". uhcl.recollect.co.nz. Upper Hutt City Library. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  14. SCHOUTEN, HANK (3 June 2013). "Women's champion Margaret Shields dies". Stuff. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  15. "Buchanan to chair regional council". NZ Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  16. "Buchanan upset at being dumped". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  17. "Fran Wilde". nzhistory.govt.nz. NZHistory, New Zealand history online. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  18. Nicoll, Jared (25 October 2016). "Chris Laidlaw chosen as chairman of Greater Wellington Regional Council". Stuff. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  19. "Analysis: New Wellington regional council chair romps in". NZ Herald. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  20. "Wellington Regional Parks". gw.govt.nz. Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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