Editing Wellington Region (section)

==Local government==

The region is administered by the [[Wellington Regional Council]], which uses the promotional name Greater Wellington Regional Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gw.govt.nz/Legal-notices/ |title=Legal notices |publisher=Greater Wellington Regional Council |access-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>

The council region covers the [[conurbation]] around the [[capital city]], [[Wellington City|Wellington]], and the cities of [[Lower Hutt]], [[Porirua]], and [[Upper Hutt]], each of which has a rural hinterland; it extends up the west coast of the North Island, taking in the coastal settlements of the [[Kāpiti Coast District]]; east of the [[Remutaka Range]] it includes three largely rural districts containing most of [[Wairarapa]], covering the towns of [[Masterton]], [[Carterton, New Zealand|Carterton]], [[Greytown, New Zealand|Greytown]], [[Featherston, New Zealand|Featherston]] and [[Martinborough]].<ref name="Constituencies">{{cite web|title=Greater Wellington Regional Council's constituencies |url=http://www.gw.govt.nz/section115.cfm |access-date=2008-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609200822/http://www.gw.govt.nz/section115.cfm |archive-date=June 9, 2007 }}</ref> The Wellington Regional Council was first formed in 1980 from a merger of the Wellington Regional Planning Authority and the Wellington Regional Water Board.<ref>{{cite book |title=Parks Network Plan |url= http://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Parks-and-Recreation/Parks-Network-Strategy/Whole-Document.pdf |date=2011 |publisher=Greater Wellington Regional Council |page=10 |access-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>

Following the creation of the Auckland Council 'super-city' in 2009, a similar merger for councils within the Wellington region was investigated by the [[Local Government Commission (New Zealand)|Local Government Commission]] in 2013. The proposal was scrapped in 2015 following negative public feedback.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/69213231/wellington-super-city-scrapped-due-to-lack-of-public-support|title=Wellington super-city scrapped due to lack of public support|date=9 June 2015}}</ref>