Wellington, the arts and events capital of New Zealand

Wellington is a vibrant city with a thriving cultural life, talented people, and cutting-edge businesses. Known as the arts and events capital of New Zealand, the city has an abundance of recreation and leisure opportunities. It is also a compact city with a dramatic landscape and sound infrastructure.

Wellington City Council wants to capitalise on these competitive advantages to help achieve economic growth, greater prosperity and an improved quality of life for all Wellingtonians.

Creative Wellington - Innovation Capital is the Council's long-term strategic vision for the city. It aims to promote Wellington's reputation as New Zealand's centre of creativity and innovation in order to attract and retain smart, innovative people and creative, forward-looking enterprise.

Residents' Satisfaction Surveys

Every year the Council contracts an external organisation to do quarterly surveys on what residents think about:

• the state of the city
• the Council's services and facilities.

Each February the Council has an annual residents' satisfaction survey done. This survey measures how well the city is achieving the goals set by the Councillors during the Annual Plan process. The results of the survey are published in the Annual Report. Highlights are available below.

Survey Results

• 2007 Highlights (71Kb PDF)
• 2006 Highlights (143Kb PDF)
• 2005 Highlights (176Kb PDF)
• 2004 Highlights (35Kb PDF)

Related Links

• Innovation Capital
• Sense of Place (539Kb PDF)