Council and committees
The Council is responsible for developing policies that direct the activities of the Regional Council. Various Acts of Parliament such as the Local Government Act and the Resource Management Act say what activities the Council should, or may, be involved with. It is the Councillors' role to decide how the activities should be carried out.
- Council and councillors
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Greater Wellington Regional Council is a statutory body made up of 13 regional councillors, representing six constituencies. Find details of your constituency and the councillors who represent it.
- Committees
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Greater Wellington Regional Council has eight standing committees, two subcommittees and an inter-iwi representative group. Find details of each committee and its members.
- Committee meetings calendar
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Greater Wellington (GW) and its committees meet once every six weeks to receive reports from GW staff, debate issues and decide on policy. All meetings are open to the public and meeting dates are advertised in local newspapers.
- 2007 election results
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In the 2007 election, 13 people were elected to the Wellington Regional Council. Read more about the results of voting in this section.