Greater Wellington Regional Council

{{Short description|Regional council in New Zealand}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox government

| government_name = Greater Wellington Regional Council

| nativename = {{lang|mi|Te Pane Matua Taiao}}{{cite web |title=Your Council {{!}} Tō Kaunihera |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-council/ |website=Greater Wellington Regional Council |access-date=15 June 2022}}

| government_form = Regional council

| image = Greater Wellington Regional Council logo.svg

| image_size =

| caption =

| date = 1980/1989

| division_type = Region

| division = Greater Wellington

| country = New Zealand

| website = [https://www.gw.govt.nz/ gw.govt.nz]

| branch3 = Leadership

| leader_type = Chair

| leader_title = Daran Ponter{{cite web |title=Meet the Councillors |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-council/council-and-councillors/meet-the-councillors/ |website=Greater Wellington Regional Council |access-date=15 June 2022}}

| leader_type2 = Deputy Chair

| leader_title2 = Adrienne Staples

| leader_type3 = Chief Executive

| leader_title3 = Nigel Corry{{cite web |title=Executive Leadership Team |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-council/executive-leadership-team/ |website=Greater Wellington Regional Council |access-date=15 June 2022}}

| headquarters = 100 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington
1056 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
34 Chapel Street, Masterton{{cite web |title=Office locations |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-council/contact-us/office-locations/ |website=Greater Wellington Regional Council |access-date=15 June 2022}}

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Wellington Regional Council, branded as Greater Wellington Regional Council, is the regional council overseeing the Wellington Region of New Zealand's lower North Island.{{cite web |url=http://www.gw.govt.nz/Legal-notices/ |title=Legal notices |publisher=Greater Wellington Regional Council |access-date=3 May 2014}} It is responsible for public transport under the brand Metlink, environmental and flood protection, and the region's water supply.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Long Term Plan |url=https://ltp.gw.govt.nz/assets/LTP-21-31/document/LTP-full-document-Web.pdf#page=18 |access-date=2022-03-12 |publisher=Greater Wellington Regional Council}} As of 2023, it is the majority owner of CentrePort Wellington with a 77% shareholding.{{Cite web |date=1 June 2023 |title=Centreport Limited (410682) Registered |url=https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/410682 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063208/https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/410682 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=New Zealand Companies Office}}

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,{{cite web |title=Parks Network Plan July 2011 |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Parks-and-Recreation/Parks-Network-Strategy/Whole-Document.pdf |page=10 |website=www.gw.govt.nz |publisher=Greater Wellington Regional Council |access-date=17 October 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202194407/https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Parks-and-Recreation/Parks-Network-Strategy/Whole-Document.pdf |archive-date= 2 February 2020}} before taking its current form with the local government reforms of 1989.{{cite web |title=Story: Wellington region {{!}} Government |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/wellington-region/page-13 |website=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=15 June 2022}}

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.{{cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/69213231/wellington-supercity-scrapped-due-to-lack-of-public-support |title=Wellington super-city scrapped due to lack of public support |work=The Dominion-Post|author=Michael Forbes and Caleb Harris|date=9 June 2015}}