Wellington City Council

Wellington City Council Te Kaunihera o Pōneke
Type
Type	City council of Wellington
History
Founded	1870
Leadership
Mayor	Andrew Little, Labour since 17 October 2025
Deputy Mayor	Ben McNulty, Labour
Chief Executive Officer	Matt Prosser [1] since 5 December 2024
Structure
Seats	16 [a]
Political groups	Labour (6)   Independent (5)   Green (4)   Independent Together (1)
Elections
Voting system	STV
Last election	11 October 2025
Next election	2028
Meeting place
Ngake, Level 16, 113 The Terrace, Wellington [2]
Website
wellington.govt.nz/
Footnotes
Includes Mayor

Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the city of Wellington, the country's capital city and third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch. It consists of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the Wellington metropolitan area, extending as far north as Linden and covering rural areas such as Mākara and Ohariu. The city adjoins Porirua in the north and Hutt City in the north-east. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the Wellington Region.

The council represents a population of 210,800 as of June 2025 ^[3] and consists of a mayor and fifteen councillors elected from six wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern general wards and Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward). ^{[n 1] [4]} It administers public works, sanitation, land use and building consents, among other local services. The council has used the marketing slogan "Absolutely Positively Wellington" in an official capacity since the early 1990s. ^[5]

Composition

Council

The mayor and all councillors are members of council.

Mayor

Main article: Mayor of Wellington

See also: 2025 Wellington mayoral election

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Wellington City district.

	Photo	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
		Andrew Little	Labour	2025	Ex-officio member of all committees and subcommittees; Chair of Chief Executive Performance Review Committee

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward

Te Whanganui a Tara is a Māori ward created by Wellington City Council in 2021. ^{[6] [7]} The 2022 election returned Nīkau Wi-Neera as its first-ever councillor. ^[8] Wi-Neera retired from the seat at the 2025 election, and was replaced by Labour's Matthew Reweti.

	Photo	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
		Matthew Reweti	Labour	2025	Deputy Chair of Economic Growth and Development; member of Regulatory Processes Committee; member of Audit and Risk Committee

Motukairangi/Eastern ward

Motukairangi/Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2025 the councillors are:

	Photo	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
		Karl Tiefenbacher	Independent	2025	Chair of Economic Growth and Development; member of Regulatory Processes Committee; member of Chief Executive Performance Review Committee
		Sam O'Brien	Labour	2025	Deputy Chair of Council Planning and Finance; member of Revenue and Financial Value Review
		Jonny Osborne	Green	2025	Member of CCO Review and Appointments; member of Grants Subcommittee; member of Audit and Risk Committee

Pukehīnau/Lambton ward

Pukehīnau/Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2025 the councillors are:

	Photo	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
		Geordie Rogers	Greens	2024	Chair of Regulatory Processes Committee
		Afnan Al-Rubayee	Labour	2025	Deputy Chair of Social, Cultural and Environment; member of CCO Review and Appointments; Deputy Chair of Grants Subcommittee
		Nicola Young	Independent	2013	Member of Economic Growth and Development; Chair of Grants Subcommittee

Takapū/Northern ward

Takapū/Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2025 the councillors are:

	Photo	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
		Ben McNulty	Labour	2022	Deputy mayor [9] ; Chair of Revenue and Financial Value Review; member of Economic Growth and Development; Deputy Chair of Chief Executive Performance Review Committee
		Tony Randle	Independent	2022	Member of Revenue and Financial Value Review; Deputy Chair of CCO Review and Appointments
		Andrea Compton	Independent	2025	Deputy Chair of City Strategy and Delivery; member of Revenue and Financial Value Review; member of CCO Review and Appointments; member of Grants Subcommittee

Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward

Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2025 the councillors are:

	Photo	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
		Diane Calvert	Independent	2016	Chair of Council Planning and Finance; member of Economic Growth and Development; member of Chief Executive Performance Review Committee
		Rebecca Matthews	Green	2019	Deputy Chair of Revenue and Financial Value Review; member of Regulatory Processes Committee; Deputy Chair of Audit and Risk Committee
		Ray Chung	Independent Together	2022	Member of Revenue and Financial Value Review; Chair of CCO Review and Appointments; member of Grants Subcommittee; member of Audit and Risk Committee

Paekawakawa/Southern ward

Paekawakawa/Southern ward is the only ward that returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council (all others returning one or three). Since 2025 the councillors are:

	Photo	Name	Affiliation (if any)	First elected	Responsibilities
		Nureddin Abdurahman	Labour	2022	Chair of City Strategy and Delivery; member of Grants Subcommittee; member of Chief Executive Performance Review Committee
		Laurie Foon	Greens	2019	Chair of Social, Cultural and Environment; member of Economic Growth and Development; member of Regulatory Processes Committee

Pouiwi

Two pouiwi (tribal representatives) were appointed in 2023 by the Council's Tākai Here partners, Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. They have voting rights on Council committees, including committees of the whole, but not on the full Council. ^[10] Since 2023 the pouiwi are:

Photo	Name	Appointed by	Responsibilities
	Holden Hohaia	Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika	Member, Kōrau Tōtōpū | Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Committee Member, Pītau Pūmanawa | Grants Subcommittee Member, Kōrau Tūāpapa | Environment and Infrastructure Committee Member, Kōrau Mātinitini | Social, Cultural, and Economic Committee [11]
	Liz Kelly	Ngāti Toa Rangatira	Member, Kōrau Tōtōpū | Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Committee Member, Koata Hātepe | Regulatory Processes Committee Member, Kōrau Tūāpapa | Environment and Infrastructure Committee Member, Kōrau Mātinitini | Social, Cultural, and Economic Committee Member, Unaunahi Māhirahira | Audit and Risk Committee [12]

Committees

Following a review in 2021 by former Local Government New Zealand chief executive Peter Winder, the council adopted a new committee structure. ^[13] All committees apart from Te Kaunihera o Pōneke Council and Unaunahi Ngaio Chief Executive Performance Review Committee include two mana whenua representatives (pouiwi), who are paid and have voting rights. ^[14]

Committees and subcommittees of the Wellington City Council ^[15]

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Te Kaunihera o Pōneke	Mayor Andrew Little	Deputy Mayor Ben McNulty	All councillors
Council Planning and Finance	Cr Diane Calvert	Cr Sam O’Brien
City Strategy and Delivery	Cr Nureddin Abdurahman	Cr Andrea Compton
Social, Cultural and Environment	Cr Laurie Foon	Cr Afnan Al-Rubayee
Revenue and Financial Value Review	Deputy Mayor Ben McNulty	Cr Rebecca Matthews	Mayor Andrew Little, Cr Ray Chung, Cr Andrea Compton, Cr Sam O’Brien, Cr Tony Randle, Pouiwi representative
Economic Growth and Development	Cr Karl Tiefenbacher	Cr Matthew Reweti	Mayor Andrew Little, Deputy Mayor McNulty, Cr Calvert, Cr Laurie Foon, Cr Nicola Young, Pouiwi representative
CCO Review and Appointments	Cr Ray Chung	Cr Tony Randle	Mayor Andrew Little, Cr Afnan Al-Rubayee, Cr Andrea Compton, Cr Jonny Osborne, Pouiwi representative
Grants Subcommittee	Cr Nicola Young	Cr Afnan Al-Rubayee	Mayor Andrew Little, Cr Nureddin Abdurahman, Cr Andrea Compton, Cr Jonny Osborne, Cr Ray Chung, Pouiwi representative
Regulatory Processes Committee	Cr Geordie Rogers	Cr Tony Randle	Mayor Andrew Little, Cr Laurie Foon, Cr Sam O’Brien, Cr Rebecca Matthews, Cr Matthew Reweti, Cr Karl Tiefenbacher, Pouiwi representative
Chief Executive Performance Review Committee	Mayor Andrew Little	Deputy Mayor McNulty	Cr Nureddin Abdurahman, Cr Diane Calvert, Cr Karl Tiefenbacher
Audit and Risk Committee	Independent Chair	Cr Rebecca Matthews	Mayor Andrew Little, Cr Ray Chung, Cr Sam O’Brien, Cr Jonny Osborne, Cr Tony Randle, Cr Matthew Reweti, Pouiwi representative, independent Member

Community boards

The council has created two local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002, ^[16] with members elected using a single transferable vote (STV) system ^[17] or appointed by the council.

These are:

• Tawa Community Board, ^[18] having six elected members and two appointed members, representing the northern suburbs of Tawa, Grenada North and Takapū Valley; ^[19] and
• Mākara/Ōhāriu Community Board, ^[20] having six elected members, representing the rural suburbs of Ohariu, Mākara and Mākara Beach. ^[19]

Wellington City Council community boards ^[15]

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Mākara/Ōhāriu Community Board	Mark Reed	Darren Hoskins	Christine Grace, Chris Renner, Wayne Rudd, Hamish Todd
Tawa Community Board	Jill Day	Liz Langham	Cr McNulty, Cr Randle, Rachel Allan, Tim Davin, Jesse Elias, Miriam Moore
Tawa Community Board Grants Committee	vacant		Rachel Allan, Miriam Moore, Jill Day, Tim Davin

History

City status and council origin

Satellite photo of central Wellington (south at bottom left)

The settlement became the colonial capital and seat of government in 1865, replacing Auckland. ^[21] Parliament officially sat in Wellington for the first time on 26 July 1865. During the last half of the nineteenth century, Wellington grew rapidly from 7,460 residents in 1867 to 49,344 by the end of the century. ^[22]

In 1870, the Wellington City Corporation was formed, with former town board chairman Joe Dransfield being elected as its mayor. ^{[21] [23]} Wellington formally attained city status in 1881 when its non-Māori population surpassed 20,000. ^[21] The Municipal Corporations Act 1886 further ratified Wellington's status as a city, alongside Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch and Nelson, ^[23] retroactively recognising it to have been such since 16 September 1870. ^[24]

Amalgamations

The City of Wellington has subsumed many neighbouring boroughs including:

• Melrose (established 1888) in 1903 ^[25]
• Onslow (Khandallah/Ngaio) (established 1890) in 1919 ^[26] (Wadestown had joined the city in 1906)
• Karori (established 1891) in 1920 ^[26]
• Miramar (established 1904) in 1921 ^[27]
• Johnsonville (a Town Board from 1908), in 1953 ^[28]
• Tawa (a Town district from 1951, then the Tawa Flat Borough Council from 1953) in 1989 ^[29]

Wards

Wellington's local electoral wards were given Māori names in 2018, after consultation with mana whenua. ^[30]

In May 2021, the Wellington City Council voted 13–2 to establish a Māori ward, ^{[31] [32]} with the Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward first contested in the 2022 elections.

In July 2024, the National-led coalition government passed the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 which reinstated the requirement that councils must hold a referendum before establishing Māori wards or constituencies. In September 2024, the council voted 13–3 to affirm their decision to establish the Māori constituency, thereby triggering a referendum on the constituency to be held alongside the 2025 local elections. ^{[33] [34]}

On 22 October 2024 the New Zealand government appointed Lindsay McKenzie as a Crown Observer to the council after the Council was forced to revise its 2023–2024 Long Term Plan in response to a failed attempt to sell its airport shares. ^{[35] [36]} MP and former Wellington City councillor Tamatha Paul has accused the government's decision to appoint the Crown Observer as politically motivated. ^[37]

List of town clerks/chief executives

The city council was legally headed by a town clerk, who was in charge of the council administration and operations, later renamed as chief executive officer in 1991. ^[38] Holders of the office since 1842 are: ^[39]

Name	Years
George White	1842–1843
Robert Suckling Cheesman	1843
William Bannister	1863–1865
J. B. Wallace	1865–1867
John Rigg	1867–1871
William Hester	1872–1877
Charles C. Graham	1877–1883
Thomas F. Martin	1883–1889
Joseph Page	1889-1902
John R. Palmer	1902–1925
Robert Tait Jr. (acting)	1925–1926
Edwin Philip Norman	1926–1952
Basil Peterson	1952–1956
Mervyn Sinclair Duckworth	1956–1964
Francis W. Pringle	1964–1972
Ian McCutcheon	1972–1984
David Niven	1984–1991
Doug Matheson (acting)	1991
Angela C. Griffin	1991–1997
Garry Poole	1998–2013
Kevin Lavery	2013–2019
Barbara McKerrow	2019–2025
Matt Prosser	2025–present

Civic symbols

Coat of arms

The Wellington City Council first adopted a coat of arms in 1878. ^[40] This coat of arms had the description:

The shield of the city's 1878 coat of arms

Quarterly 1st Azure out of a ducal Crown OR a demi-lion rampant Gules holding in the paws a forked pennon flowing to the sinister, charged with the cross of St. George the ends Gules (crest of the Duke of Wellington).

2nd ARGENT. A galley with sails furled and oars and pennons SABLE (the commerce of the City).

3rd GULES. A garb (a wheat or wheat sheaf) PROPER (the Agricultural interests).

4th AZURE. A Golden Fleece PROPER cinctured GULES (the Pastoral interests).

Crest Mural Crown or surmounted by a dolphin embowed AZURE (supremacy by naval position).

MANTLE, AZURE and GULES. Supporters. Dexter. The British Lion. Sinister a Moa but PROPER. Motto "Suprema a Situ" (Supreme by position). Under the motto "1840" (date of the foundation of the City and Colony). ^[41]

The Wellington City Corporation was granted an official coat of arms by the College of Arms in 1951, ^[40] the blazon for which is: ^{[42] [43]}

Coat of arms of Wellington City Council

Crest On a Mural Crown Argent a Dolphin Naiant Azure, Mantled Gules. Escutcheon Quarterly Gules and Azure, a Cross Or between; In the first quarter a Fleece Or; in the second quarter on Water barry wavy proper in base a Lymphad sail furled pennon and flags flying Argent; in the third quarter a Garb Or; in the fourth quarter five Plates in Saltire Argent. Supporters On the dexter side a Lion gorged with a Collar and Chain reflexed over the back Or, and on the sinister side a Moa proper. Motto Suprema a Situ (Supreme by position) Symbolism The shield is divided vertically and horizontally, quarter of which the first and fourth are red and the remaining pair are blue. A golden cross is placed over the entire shield centrally between these quarters. The top left quarter contains a golden fleece (usually depicted as a whole sheep with a band around its middle). The second quarter is depicted as a silver sailing ship (lymphad) with its sails furled as it would be in port but with its flags flying, placed on waves in their natural colour. The third quarter contains a golden wheat sheaf, and the fourth has five silver discs arranged in a saltire. The mural crown (a crown depicted as if made of stonewalling) is common as a crest in city coats of arms. It is coloured silver, and from its top comes a swimming dolphin. Around the crest is mantling in red. The supporters on either side of the shield are a golden heraldic lion with a chained collar around its neck to the left, and a moa in its natural colouring on the right (the terms "sinister" and "dexter" relate to the shield from the holder's point of view, not the viewer's, thus dexter is the viewer's left and sinister is the viewer's right). The base on which the supporters stand is normally not emblazoned but is left to the artist to decide. The Motto may be translated as "Supreme by position".

Badge and Flag

Main article: Flag of Wellington

Wellington City Council was also granted a badge by the College of Arms in 1963, with the heraldic description:

A Roundel Azure thereon a Lymphad Or the sail argent charged with a Dolphin naiant Azure pennon and flags flying Argent each charged with a Cross Gules. ^[44]

The flag of Wellington, adopted on 12 December 1962, incorporates the city's badge over a black cross on a gold field. ^[45]

Suburbs

Wellington city has 57 officially defined suburbs; one can group them by the wards used to elect the city council. Some areas, while officially forming part of a larger suburb (or several suburbs), are considered by some to be separate communities. The officially defined suburbs include:

Official suburbs of Wellington: the darker tone indicate built-up areas, the lighter parkland, green belt or rural areas.

Takapū Northern ward

• official: Churton Park; Glenside; Grenada North; Grenada Village; Horokiwi; Johnsonville; Newlands; Ohariu; Paparangi; Takapu Valley; Tawa; Woodridge
• informal: Greenacres; Linden; Redwood

Wharangi Onslow-Western ward

• official: Broadmeadows; Crofton Downs; Kaiwharawhara; Karori; Khandallah; Mākara; Mākara Beach; Ngaio; Ngauranga; Northland; Wadestown; Wilton.
• informal: Cashmere; Chartwell; Highland Park; Rangoon Heights; Te Kainga

Pukehīnau Lambton ward

• official: Aro Valley; Highbury; Kelburn; Mount Cook; Mount Victoria; Oriental Bay; Pipitea; Te Aro; Thorndon; Wellington

Within Lambton ward, the council's tourism agency has designated three inner-city "quarters", as marketing subdivisions to promote international and domestic tourism. They are:

• Courtenay Quarter, centred around Courtenay Place
• Cuba Quarter, centred around Cuba Street
• Lambton Quarter, centred around Lambton Quay
• The Waterfront Quarter, centred around the waterfront

Paekawakawa Southern ward

• official: Berhampore; Brooklyn; Island Bay; Kingston; Mornington; Newtown; Ōwhiro Bay; Southgate; Vogeltown
• informal: Kowhai Park

Motukairangi Eastern ward

• official: Breaker Bay; Hataitai; Houghton Bay; Karaka Bays; Kilbirnie; Lyall Bay; Maupuia; Melrose; Miramar; Moa Point; Rongotai; Roseneath; Seatoun; Strathmore Park
• informal: Crawford; Seatoun Bays; Seatoun Heights; Miramar Heights; Strathmore Heights.

Buildings

Wellington Town Hall, incorporating the Mayor's Office and Council Chambers

The Wellington City Council owns and until May 2019 operated from a complex on Wakefield Street, with various extensions each representing a distinctive architectural period. The complex incorporates the Wellington Town Hall which opened in 1904, with the most recent extension completed in 1991 alongside the Wellington Central Library.

The Wakefield Street complex has been cleared of back office functions, and since 28 May 2019 will be closed completely for repairs and earthquake strengthening. In the interim, most of the council's central office staff are located in commercial premises at 113 The Terrace. The council operates two public service desks out of Johnsonville Library and Te Awe Library in the CBD. ^[46] Due to repairs also being needed to the Wellington Central Library, and Capital E, all of the civic buildings on Civic Square are closed, except for the City Gallery.

Council-owned companies and enterprises

The Wellington City Council owns or directly operates several companies.

The council is a part-owner of Wellington Airport, and has two representatives on the airport's board. Former Mayor Andy Foster was a member of the board from 2016 to 2022 and was criticised for poor attendance at board meetings. ^{[47] [48]} In 2022 he was replaced by incoming mayor Tory Whanau, who was also criticised for poor attendance. ^{[48] [49]}

The seven council-controlled organisations (CCOs) are ^[50]

• Basin Reserve Trust
• Karori Sanctuary Trust (Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne)
• Wellington Cable Car Ltd
• Wellington Museums Trust (ExperienceWellington), which operates City Gallery Wellington and the Museum of Wellington City & Sea
• Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Ltd (WREDA)
• Wellington Water manages all three water services for Hutt, Porirua, Upper Hutt and Wellington city councils, and South Wairarapa District councils.
• Wellington Zoo Trust

The council has a similar interest in the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust.

Sister-city relationships

The ceremonial mace of Wellington City Council, gifted to the city by Harrogate in 1954

Sister cities ^[52]

• Sydney, Australia
• Canberra, Australia ^[53]
• Beijing, People's Republic of China
• Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China
• Sakai, Osaka, Japan

Historical sister cities ^[54]

• Harrogate, England, United Kingdom
• Hania, Crete, Greece
• Çanakkale, Turkey

Friendly cities ^[55]

• Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Proposed/earmarked future sister cities

• Ramallah, Palestine (region) ^[56]

See also

• Wellington Region

Notes

Footnotes

1. Multiple councillors are elected to general wards using the single transferable vote (STV) system

Citations

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26. Yska 2006, p. 113.
27. Yska 2006, pp. 91–2.
28. Betts 1970, p. 86.
29. Yska 2006, p. 234.
30. Wellington City Council (13 June 2018). "Bilingual naming of Wellington City Council wards". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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53. "Canberra and Wellington Strengthen Ties". ACT Government. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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55. "Friendly cities". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
56. "Wellington City Council votes for a sister city in Palestine". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

References

• Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: a city and its politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN   0 589 00469 7.
• A Complete Guide To Heraldry by A.C. Fox-Davies 1909.
• Yska, Redmer (2006). Wellington: Biography of a city. Auckland: Reed. ISBN   0-7900-1117-4.

External links

• WellingtonNZ.com
• Wellington City Council
• Wellington City Council maps

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