Wellington City Council advisory groups

Wellington City Council operates five advisory groups. Each advisory group has a different purpose, but are all involved in advising Wellington City Councillors and officers in their area of expertise. The current advisory groups are the Accessibility Advisory Group, the Environmental Reference Group, the Pacific Advisory Group, the Takatāpui Rainbow Advisory Council, and the Youth Council. Each year the council recruits for open positions on the advisory groups, which are open to anyone with the relevant knowledge or experience. The Council has recently voted to also establish a local ethnic advisory group, reflecting the fact that ethnic communities make up about 20 percent of the city’s population.