Meet the team

Find out what it's like to work in one of the many roles at Wellington City Council.

Arborist

Irai Edwin and the arborist team are charged with looking after all the trees on around 3,500 hectares of land.

Cemetery Technician

Ken literally has one foot in the grave every day as a cemetery technician.

Civil/ Structural Engineer

Jone is paving the way for our future as one of our Structural/ Civil Engineers.

Community Centre Advocate

For Cairo-born Mostafa, being a Community Centre Advocate for the vibrant Churton Park community is a dream come true.

Customer Contact Centre

As the daytime Team Leader for our Customer Contact Centre, Kali Maharaj and her team help almost 300,000 people a year.

Environmental Health Officer

Environmental Health Officer Jack Heagney is working to make sure Wellington’s cuisine scene stays critter free.

Events Coordinator

Suzanne Tamaki is part of a busy events team that keeps Wellington buzzing.

Fitness Consultant at Club Active

Club Active fitness consultant Tash O’Connor’s energy and enthusiasm is so addictive you can’t help but feel motivated to get fit and healthy when she’s around.

Funding Advisor

Phil Railton-Jacks, also known by his artistic pseudonym Dr-fil, is an artist at heart, humour and practice.

Landfill Operations Manager

As the operations manager at the Southern Landfill, Darren Hoskins’s main job is to turn bad rubbish into good products.

Life Guard

The life of a life guard is nothing like TV – it’s much better, according to Freyberg Pool's Sam Aitken.

Park Ranger

Paulo Fuiono is part Lone Ranger and part Power Ranger as one of the Council's Park Rangers.

Wellington Libraries

The days of reverent silence and shushing librarians are definitely a thing of the past – and Monty Masseurs, one of Wellington libraries' collection development team, is the perfect example of that.