Wellington City Council

	Wellington City
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Territorial Authority
Population:	182,600
Land area:	290km²
Extent:	North to Tawa; includes; Makara and Ohariu
Mayor:	Kerry Prendergast
Regional Council:	Greater Wellington Regional Council

This article is about the City of Wellington. For a more general overview, see the main article Wellington.

Wellington city is the area of New Zealand administered by the Wellington City Council, one of several territorial authorities in the Greater Wellington area. Wellington comprises central Wellington as far north as Tawa, and the adjacent rural areas of Makara and Ohariu.

Wellington attained city status in 1886.

Wellington city looking south with Johnsonville in the foreground

Suburbs

Wellington's 60-odd officially defined suburbs include the following:

North of the CBD

Churton Park; Johnsonville; Crofton Downs; Khandallah; Newlands; Ngaio; Ngauranga; Paparangi; Tawa.

Inner city

Aro Valley; Kelburn; Mount Victoria; Northland; Oriental Bay; Te Aro; Thorndon; Wadestown.

South

Brooklyn; Berhampore; Hataitai; Island Bay; Karori; Kilbirnie; Miramar; Newtown; Seatoun; Vogeltown

Communities of Common Interest

Courtenay Place Courtenay Quarter Cuba Quarter Lambton Quarter Thorndon Quarter

Essentially international and domestic tourist destinations - Positively Wellington Tourism [1]

Educational facilities

Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington's oldest university, has its main campus in the hill suburb of Kelburn overlooking the centre of the city, and also has two downtown campuses. It was originally established as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.

The University of New Zealand was based at Senate House on Bowen Street until its dissolution in 1961.

There is also a branch of Massey University in Wellington, taking over the former Wellington Polytechnic. The campus is based at the former national museum (the Dominion Museum), which has been replaced by the Te Papa ("Our Place") museum. 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 caters to Wellington and neighbouring Petone and the Hutt Valley. It is one of the largest polytechnics in the region and was established in 1904.

Secondary educational institutions include Wellington High School and Wellington College.

History

Over the years, a number of formerly independent boroughs have been incorporated into the city of Wellington. They include

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