Public notice: Greater Wellington Regional Council - Representation Review 2025
In accordance with section 19R of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Local Government Commission determines that for at least the triennial general election of the Greater Wellington Regional Council to be held on 11 October 2025, the following representation arrangements will apply:
Wellington Region, as delineated on Plan LG-09-2019-Con-1 will be divided into constituencies and will be represented by a Council comprising 14 councillors elected as follows:
|
Constituency |
Councillors |
Plan delineating area |
|
Te Upoko o te ika a Māui Māori Constituency |
1 |
LG-09-2025-Con-1 |
|
Kāpiti Coast General Constituency |
1 |
SO 35952 |
|
Porirua-Tawa General Constituency |
2 |
LG-09-2019-Con-2 |
|
Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt General Constituency |
1 |
SO 35957 |
|
Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt General Constituency |
3 |
SO 35956 |
|
Pōneke/Wellington General Constituency |
5 |
LG-09-2019-Con-3 |
|
Wairarapa General Constituency |
1 |
SO 35958 |
The ratio of population to elected members for each constituency will be as follows:
|
Constituencies |
Population* |
Number of members |
Population per member |
Deviation from region average population per member |
% deviation from region average population per member |
|
Kāpiti Coast General |
53,400 |
1 |
53,400 |
14,531 |
37.38 |
|
Porirua-Tawa General |
68,100 |
2 |
34,050 |
-4,819 |
-12.40 |
|
Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt General |
44,400 |
1 |
44,400 |
5,531 |
14.23 |
|
Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt General |
101,300 |
3 |
33,767 |
-5,103 |
-13.13 |
|
Pōneke/Wellington General |
192,100 |
5 |
38,420 |
-449 |
-1.16 |
|
Wairarapa General
|
46,000 |
1 |
46,000 |
7,131 |
18.35 |
|
Total general constituencies |
505,300 |
13 |
38,869 |
|
|
|
Te Upoko o te ika a Māui Māori |
45,000 |
1 |
45,000 |
|
|
|
Total |
550,300 |
14 |
|
|
|
Under section 19V(6) of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Commission upholds the decision of the Council not to comply with section 19V(2) in respect of:
· the Kāpiti Coast General constituency
· the Porirua-Tawa General Constituency
· the Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt General Constituency
· the Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt General Constituency
· the Wairarapa General Constituency
as compliance would result in:
· a total number of members on the Council that would not provide effective representation of communities of interest
· splitting of communities of interest
· uniting communities of interest with few commonalities.
As required by section 19U of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the boundaries of the above constituencies coincide with the boundaries of current statistical meshblock areas determined by Statistics New Zealand and used for Parliamentary electoral purposes.
The determination is available on the Commission’s website: Recent Determinations - Local Government Commission (lgc.govt.nz)
Penny Langley
Chief Executive Officer