Council-Controlled Organisations

The WRC Holdings Group

Greater Wellington Regional Council owns two subsidary companies, which together make up the WRC Holdings Group of companies. These companies are council-controlled organisations under the Local Government Act 2002. Greater Wellington Regional Council is the sole shareholder (i.e. owns 100%) of WRC Holdings Ltd, which in turn owns 100 per cent of Greater Wellington Rail Ltd and 76.92% of CentrePort Limited.

Statements of Intent for WRC Holdings Group

Statements of Intent (SOIs) are prepared in accordance with Section 64 and Schedule 8 of the Local Government Act 2002.

The SOI sets out the performance measures, targets, objectives and activities of Holdings and forms a major part of the companies’ accountability relationship with its shareholder, Wellington Regional Council.

Council issues a Statement of Expectations to Holdings each year as prescribed in section 64b of the Local Government Act 2002, and this is taken into account when completing the SOI.

Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency

The Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (WREDA) is a council-controlled organsiation jointly owned by Wellington City Council (who hold an 80% shareholding) and Greater Wellington Regional Council (who hold a 20% shareholding).

WREDA was established in 2014 to combine the various regional economic development agencies owned by Wellington City Council (Positively Wellington Tourism, Positively Wellington Venues, Events, Destination Wellington) and Greater Wellington Regional Council (Grow Wellington and its subsidiary Creative HQ) .

Annual reports and statements of intent are available on the WellingtonNZ website

Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited - Statement Of Intent 2024-2027

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date_range Published 15 Aug 2024

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Wellington Water Limited

Wellington Water Limited is a shared services organisation jointly owned by Greater Wellington Regional Council, Hutt City Council, Porirua City Council, Upper Hutt City Council and Wellington City Council. Wellington Water Limited provides three waters (drinking, storm water and wastewater) network management services to the client councils, who are also shareholders in the company.

Wellington Water Limited is governed by a board of independent directors. A representative from each shareholding council sits on the joint Wellington Water Committee that provides overall leadership and direction for the company. The Wellington Water Committee is serviced by Hutt City Council.

Annual reports, statements of intent, and other reports are available on the Wellington Water website.

Wellington Water Half-Yearly Report to – 31 December 2023

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Wellington Water Half-Yearly Report to 31 December 2022

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date_range Published 11 Apr 2023

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Wellington Water Annual Report 2021-22

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date_range Published 22 Nov 2022

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Wellington Water’s Statement of Intent 2021-24

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date_range Published 09 Aug 2021

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Wellington Regional Stadium Trust

The Wellington Regional Stadium Trust owns, operates and maintains the Sky Stadium. This Trust is not a council-controlled organisation, but is a charitable trust jointly settled by Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council. The Trust:

• Operates and manages the Sky Stadium
• Was originally established by Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council to develop and build the Sky Stadium
• Provides high quality facilities for use by rugby, cricket and other sports, musical, cultural and sponsored events
• Administers the stadium and Trust assets
• Is a charitable trust and is not a council-controlled organisation

Annual reports are available on the Sky Stadium website.

Wellington Regional Stadium Trust Statement of Trustees Intent 2024-25

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date_range Published 15 Aug 2024

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Local Government Funding Agency

Greater Wellington Regional Council owns 8.29% of the Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) alongside 29 other councils and the New Zealand Government.

LGFA specialises in financing the New Zealand local government sector, the primary purpose being to provide more efficient financing costs and diversified financing sources for New Zealand local authorities and council-controlled organisations. LGFA was established to raise debt on behalf of local authorities on terms that are more favourable to them than if they raised the debt directly.

Annual reports, statements of intent, and other reports are available on the LGFA website.

New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency Statement of Intent 2022 – 2025

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date_range Published 21 Jul 2022

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Port Investments Limited

Port Investments Limited was amalgamated into WRC Holdings Limited on 31 March 2020.