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Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in the Wellington urban area of New Zealand. It is New Zealand's third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. It adjoins Porirua city in the north and Hutt city in the north-east. Wellington attained city status in 1886. The settlement had become the capital of New Zealand in 1865, and since then has hosted New Zealand's Parliament and Government. The city council has used the marketing slogan "Absolutely Positively Wellington" in an official capacity since the early 1990s. The Wellington City Council represents a population of ,〔 and consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Overview – Elections 2010 – Wellington City Council )〕 Current mayor Celia Wade-Brown is not in favour of Wellington adopting a 'super city' type council like the one in Auckland, though is in favour of reducing the number of councils in the greater Wellington area from nine to "three or four". ==Mayor== (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wellington City Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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