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This article is about the local government area. For the greater urban area, see Wellington. For the former football club Wellington City F.C., see Wellington United. For the City of Wellington electorate, see Wellington (New Zealand electorate).
Wellington CityTerritorial Authority 
Population: 197,700 (June 2010 estimate)[1] Land area: 290.11 km² (112.01 sq mi) Extent: Extends north as far as Ohariu, Linden, Takapu Valley and Horokiwi. Bounded on the south and west by Cook Strait and the east by Wellington Harbour. Mayor: Celia Wade-Brown (since 2010) Regional Council: Wellington Regional Council 
Astronaut photo of central Wellington (south at bottom left.)
Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. It is New Zealand's third-largest city, behind Auckland and Christchurch.
Wellington attained city status in 1886. The settlement had become the capital of New Zealand in 1865, and since then has hosted New Zealand's Parliament and Government.
The city council has used the marketing slogan, "Absolutely Positively Wellington", in an official capacity since the early 1990s. [1]
For a list of past mayors, see Mayor of Wellington.
See Wellington for further information on the greater Wellington urban area.
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Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council represents a population of 197,700 (June 2010 estimate),[1] and consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.[2]
Mayor
Main article: Wellington City mayoral election, 2010One mayor is elected at large from the entire Wellington City Council area.
Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Celia Wade-Brown Greens Eastern ward
The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Leonie Gill Labour Ray Ahipene-Mercer Simon (Swampy) Marsh Lambton Ward
The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Ian McKinnon Iona Pannett Greens Stephanie Cook Northern Ward
The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Justin Lester Ngaire Best Helene Ritchie Onslow-Western Ward
The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Andy Foster John Morrison Jo Coughlan Southern Ward
The Southern ward is the only ward that returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council (all others returning three).
Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Paul Eagle Labour Bryan Pepperell Demographics
Wellington's demographics sets it apart from the rest of the country. According to the 2006 Census, Wellington has:
- The second-largest percentage of people in their twenties and thirties (37.3% compared to 27.4% nationally).
- The least number of people in their sixties (6.4%) and the second least number of people aged over sixty (12.2%).
Suburbs
Wellington city has roughly 60 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.Northern Ward
- official: Broadmeadows; Churton Park; Glenside; Grenada; Grenada North; Horokiwi; Johnsonville; Khandallah; Newlands; Ohariu; Paparangi; Tawa; Takapu Valley; Woodridge
- informal: Greenacres; Redwood; Linden
Onslow-Western Ward
- official: Karori; Northland; Crofton Downs; Kaiwharawhara; Ngaio; Ngauranga; Makara; Makara Beach; Wilton.
- informal: Cashmere; Chartwell; Rangoon Heights; Te Kainga
Lambton Ward
- official: Brooklyn; Aro Valley; Kelburn; Mount Victoria; Oriental Bay; Te Aro; Thorndon; Wadestown; Highbury; Pipitea
Southern Ward
- official: Berhampore; Island Bay; Newtown; Vogeltown; Houghton Bay; Kingston; Mornington; Mount Cook; Owhiro Bay; Southgate
- informal: Kowhai Park
Eastern Ward
- official: Hataitai; Lyall Bay; Kilbirnie; Miramar; Seatoun; Breaker Bay; Karaka Bays; Maupuia; Melrose; Moa Point; Rongotai; Roseneath; Strathmore
- informal: Crawford; Seatoun Bays; Seatoun Heights; Miramar Heights; Strathmore Heights.
Communities of common interest
- Courtenay Place; Courtenay Quarter; Cuba Quarter; Lambton Quarter; The Waterfront Quarter
Positively Wellington Tourism, funded by the Wellington City Council, has designated the four inner-city "quarters" as marketing subdivisions to promote international and domestic tourism.
Educational facilities
Wellington city looking south, with Johnsonville in the foregroundVictoria University of Wellington, Wellington's oldest university, has its main campus in the hill suburb of Kelburn overlooking the centre of the city. It also has two downtown campuses and one in the western suburb of Karori. It originated as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
The senate of the University of New Zealand operated in Wellington until its dissolution in 1961.
A branch of Massey University operates in Wellington: it took over the site and some of the courses of the former Wellington Polytechnic. The campus is based at the former Dominion Museum, which has moved to Te Papa. The University of Otago also has a Wellington connection, as the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences is a department of that university.
Wellington Institute of Technology serves Wellington and the neighbouring Hutt Valley. One of the largest polytechnics in the region, it dates from 1904.
Numerous primary and secondary educational institutions operate throughout the city, see List of schools in Wellington, New Zealand.
Wellington has a number of museums and galleries, including Te Papa, the City Gallery and the Museum of Wellington City & Sea. The Wellington Museums Trust runs the latter two, and other museums.
Sister-city relationships
- Sister cities[3]
- Historical sister cities[4]
Harrogate, England, United Kingdom
Hania, Crete, Greece
- Friendly city[5]
History
The City of Wellington has subsumed independent boroughs including:
- Melrose in 1903
- Onslow (Khandallah/Ngaio) in 1919
- Karori in 1920
- Miramar in 1921
- Johnsonville, formerly a Town Board, in 1953
- Tawa in 1989
Buildings
Wellington Town Hall, incorporating the Mayor's Office & Council ChambersThe Wellington City Council operates 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.
References
- ^ a b "Subnational population estimates at 30 June 2010 (boundaries at 1 November 2010)". Statistics New Zealand. 26 October 2010. http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Methods%20and%20Services/Tables/Subnational%20population%20estimates/subpopest2001-10.ashx. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Overview - Elections 2010 - Wellington City Council". http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/elections/index.html. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ "Sister Cities - Overview". Wellington City Council. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/about/international/sistercities/sistercities.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ "Historical Sister Cities". Wellington City Council. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/about/international/historical.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ "Friendly city". Wellington City Council. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/about/international/friendly.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
External links
- WellingtonNZ.com
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council - official maps of suburbs (PDF format)
Coordinates: 41°17′44″S 174°46′50″E / 41.29556°S 174.78056°E
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