Representation Review Preliminary Engagement

Consultation has concluded

We want to hear from you!

We want to hear your thoughts on how you and your community are represented on the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Consultation closes Sunday 31 March.

What is the representation review?

Your regional council currently has 13 Councillors representing six constituencies (electoral areas of our region).

As Council has resolved to establish a Māori Constituency, this preliminary engagement allows Council to consider the number of general constituencies, and the number and boundaries of each general constituency, and the number of elected members for each general constituency. Decisions on these representation arrangements will form the basis of electing Councillors in the 2025 elections.

Your feedback through the survey below will assist Council to develop, for public consultation, its initial representation proposal for the 2025 elections. This consultation is expected to take place from June 2024.

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What you need to know

The Representation Review 2024 Discussion Paper outlines seven general constituency scenarios that you may wish to consider in formulating your feedback. To illustrate, the map and table below show information for Scenario 1, which proposes general constituencies based on the current constituencies.

Territorial authority area covered by general constituency	Potential name of the general constituency	General Electoral Population of constituency	Number of Councillors for the general constituency	General Electoral Population per Councillor
Kāpiti Coast District	Kāpiti Coast General Constituency	53,400	1	53,400
Porirua City, and the Tawa Community area of Wellington City	Porirua-Tawa General Constituency	68,100	2	34,050
Wellington City, excluding the Tawa Community area	Pōneke/Wellington General Constituency	192,100	5	38,420
Lower Hutt City	Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt General Constituency	101,300	3	33,767
Upper Hutt City	Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt General Constituency	44,400	1	44,400
South Wairarapa District, Carterton District, Masterton District, and that part of Tararua District within the Wellington Region)	Wairarapa General Constituency	46,000	1	46,000
TOTAL		505,300	13	38,869

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Decisions already made

Our Council has already made two related decisions:

The Single Transferable Vote electoral system, which has been applied to the Council’s elections since 2013, is retained for the 2025 and 2028 elections

A Māori Constituency, covering the whole area of the Wellington Region, and electing one member, is established from the 2025 elections.

With a Māori Constituency, electors on the Māori Electoral Roll are eligible to vote for candidates standing in the Māori Constituency, while electors on the General Electoral Roll are eligible to vote for candidates standing in general constituencies.

As the resolution to establish a Māori Constituency is made, this engagement process seeks the public’s views on the potential arrangements for Greater Wellington’s general constituencies for the 2025 elections.

Contact when initial representation proposal notified

Council is scheduled to resolve the initial representation proposal in late May 2024. This proposal will then be publicly notified and you will have the opportunity to make a formal submission during the public consultation.

If you would like us to contact you when the initial representation proposal is publicly notified, please provide your email address (which we will only use for this purpose).