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42-642: The final running of the race was in 1996, a non-championship sprint event for teams from the Australian Touring Car Championship . The race was first proposed in 1984 and first took place a year later, albeit with a different layout from that to the original proposal. Initially dubbed the Nissan Cue 500, the first event in 1985's title was changed at the last minute to the Nissan Sport 500 due to Cue Magazine 's demise in

84-712: A demi-lion rampant Gules holding in the paws a forked pennon flowing to the sinister , charged with the cross of St. George the ends Gules ( crest of the Duke of Wellington ). 2nd ARGENT . A galley with sails furled and oars and pennons SABLE (the commerce of the City). 3rd GULES. A garb (a wheat or wheat sheaf) PROPER (the Agricultural interests). 4th AZURE. A golden fleece PROPER cinctured GULES (the Pastoral interests). Crest Mural Crown or surmounted by

126-572: A dolphin embowed AZURE (supremacy by naval position). The Wellington City Corporation was granted an official coat of arms by the College of Arms in 1951, the blazon for which is: Wellington City Council was also granted a badge by the College of Arms in 1963, with the heraldic description: A Roundel Azure thereon a Lymphad Or the sail argent charged with a Dolphin naiant Azure pennon and flags flying Argent each charged with

168-427: A Cross Gules . The flag of Wellington, adopted on 12 December 1962, incorporates the city's badge over a black cross on a gold field. Wellington City had a population of 202,737 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 11,781 people (6.2%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 23,271 people (13.0%) since the 2006 census . There were 74,841 households. There were 98,823 males and 103,911 females, giving

210-592: A complex on Wakefield Street, with various extensions each representing a distinctive architectural period. The complex incorporates the Wellington Town Hall which opened in 1904, with the most recent extension completed in 1991 alongside the Wellington Central Library . The Wakefield Street complex has been cleared of back office functions, and since 28 May 2019 will be closed completely for repairs and earthquake strengthening. In

252-529: A major city circuit, Lakeside Raceway on the outskirts of Brisbane in 1964. This race was also the first not won by a Jaguar with Ian Geoghegan driving a Ford Cortina GT to win the first of his five titles. From 1965 the title would largely be won by an American V8 powered muscle car , most notably the Ford Mustang which would be used to win five consecutive titles in 1965 to 1969 with ( Norm Beechey ) and Geoghegan. The first championship victory by

294-535: A new layout. Both of the 2006 proposals were revoked through the Resource Management Act 1991 . The proposed race was eventually dropped in favour of the Hamilton 400 at the street circuit of Hamilton , which hosted V8 Supercars from 2008 to 2012 before the series returned again to Pukekohe. During 1985-1996 the track changed layout many times. The circuit initially ran along Cable Street to

336-439: A review in 2021 by former Local Government New Zealand chief executive Peter Winder, the council adopted a new committee structure. All committees apart from Te Kaunihera o Pōneke Council and Ngutu Taki CEO Performance Review Committee include two mana whenua representatives, who are paid and have voting rights. Wellington's local electoral wards were given Māori names in 2018, after consultation with mana whenua. One mayor

378-512: A series sponsor. The sponsor that was found was oil giant Shell who put up some $ 275,000 worth of prize money from the 1987 ATCC , ensuring the long-term future of the series. 1992 saw the unhappy demise of Group A and with the international touring car scene fragmenting in several directions (moving towards DTM , Super Touring and Super GT ) Australia forged its own path evolving the Group A specification Holden Commodores and re-introducing

420-494: A sex ratio of 0.95 males per female. The median age was 34.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 32,856 people (16.2%) aged under 15 years, 54,999 (27.1%) aged 15 to 29, 93,669 (46.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 21,213 (10.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 74.1% European/Pākehā, 8.6% Māori, 5.1% Pacific peoples, 18.3% Asian, and 4.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas

462-552: A similar interest in the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust. Proposed/air marked future sister cities The City of Wellington has subsumed many neighbouring boroughs including: The city council was legally headed by a town clerk , who was in charge of the council administration and operations, later renamed as chief executive officer in 1991. Holders of the office since 1842 are: The Wellington City Council owns and until May 2019 operated from

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504-538: Is a territorial authority in New Zealand , governing the city of Wellington , the country's capital city and third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch . It consists of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the Wellington metropolitan area , extending as far north as Linden and covering rural areas such as Mākara and Ohariu . The city adjoins Porirua in

546-507: Is elected at large from the entire Wellington City district. Te Whanganui a Tara is a Māori ward created by Wellington City Council in 2021. The 2022 election returned Nīkau Wi-Neera as its first-ever councillor. Motukairangi/Eastern Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2022 the councillors are: Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2024

588-530: Is no longer contested, but the title lives on, with the winner of the Repco Supercars Championship awarded the trophy and title of Australian Touring Car Champion. The first Australian Touring Car Championship was held in 1960 as a single race for Appendix J Touring Cars . This was reflected the rising popularity of races held for passenger sedans; as opposed to those for purpose built open wheel racing cars , or sports cars . The race

630-568: The 1987 Bathurst 1000 , won the 1987 Wellington 500 . Despite the WTCC's demise, the race maintained a point of interest for international teams and drivers in the years following the WTCC event with the popularity of the Group A regulations. The 1988 event was a part of the inaugural Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship . Schnitzer Motorsport dominated the event in this period, winning four consecutive times for BMW . With three different co-drivers, each of these were won by Emanuele Pirro who became

672-607: The Ford Falcon into the new Group 3A regulations that would later be renamed as V8 Supercar . The ATCC continued to be used until the end of the 1998 season , after which V8 Supercar organisers altered the name of the series, eventually adopting its present identity, the Supercars Championship . Accurate to the 2015 Coates Hire Sydney 500. Current full-time drivers are highlighted in bold text. Wellington City Council Wellington City Council

714-573: The ATCC, known at the time as Group C were amalgamated with the more basic Group E Series Production Touring Cars regulations which governed the Bathurst touring car endurance race in a compromise between the two, creating a single class for touring car racing that would hold sway of Australian Touring Car racing until the introduction of Group A in 1985. This period saw a rise in the tribal style conflicts between Holden and Ford and in particular

756-528: The Australian agents of the two big American companies, the trend starting in 1981 with BMW , Mazda and Nissan . The international Group A regulations that already utilised by European and Japanese touring car series came into full effect in Australia from 1985 and allowed the international manufacturers to compete on equal terms. Holden was forced briefly into catchup phase and all but backed out of

798-588: The City Council. In 2004, there were plans to revive the race as a V8 Supercars event, to feed on its high popularity in New Zealand, with many popular New Zealand drivers competing in that series in Australia . As the roads where the circuit used to be have now been demolished to make way for a museum and other buildings, it would have had to be run on a new course. There was a new proposal in 2006 with

840-633: The Taranaki Street Gates, and this was extended to the Herd Street Loop for the 1987 WTCC event. The extensions for 1987 also included Horseshoe Hairpin being lengthened. By 1991 the back straight (Jervois Quay) was modified to make a safer turn onto Cable Street. For 1993 the layout was forced to change due to the construction of the Queens Wharf Events Centre and Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand), which meant

882-484: The WTCC at the last minute over the original organisers, the NZ based Strathmore Group. Ecclestone imposed a US$ 60,000 registration fee per car which saw only a small number of cars eligible for championship points. With some races decided by stewards hearings, the WTCC generally descended into a farce by the end of 1987 and the series was not run again in 1988. An Eggenberger Ford Sierra RS500 , which had been disqualified from

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924-537: The council's tourism agency has designated three inner-city "quarters", as marketing subdivisions to promote international and domestic tourism. They are: The Wellington City Council owns or directly operates several companies. The council is a part-owner of Wellington Airport , and has two representatives on the airport's board. Mayor Andy Foster has been a member of the board since 2016, but has been criticised for poor attendance at board meetings. The seven council-controlled organisations (CCOs) are The council has

966-407: The councillors are: Takapū/Northern Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2022 the councillors are: Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Since 2022 the councillors are: Paekawakawa/Southern Ward is the only ward that returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council (all others returning one or three). Since 2022

1008-489: The councillors are: The council has created two local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002 , with members elected using a single transferable vote (STV) system or appointed by the council. These are: The Wellington City Council first adopted a coat of arms in 1878. This coat of arms had the description: Quarterly 1st Azure out of a ducal Crown OR

1050-509: The country in pursuit of the title. In 1984 , the final year of the Group C rules, it was estimated that the Brisbane based Johnson team had covered some 20,000 km in travelling to and from championship meetings, often for as little as AU$ 1,500 for a win. When CAMS increased the title to 10 rounds in 1986 , with little change to the prize money, the teams were threatening that the ATCC would see smaller and smaller grids unless CAMS found

1092-406: The driver of an Australian car was that of Beechey in 1970 driving a Holden HT Monaro GTS350 . As of 4 December 2011 Beechey and Jamie Whincup are the only two people to have won the championship in both a Ford and a Holden. The 1971 and 1972 championships were won by 1962 and 1963 champion Bob Jane who drove a 7.0 litre Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 in 1971 before CAMS rule changes forced Jane to use

1134-596: The early 1990s. On 22 October 2024 the New Zealand government appointed Lindsay McKenzie as a Crown Observer to the council after the Council was forced to revise its 2023–2024 Long Term Plan in response to a failed attempt to sell its airport shares. MP and former Wellington City councillor Tamatha Paul has accused the government's decision to appoint the Crown Observer as politically motivated. The mayor and all councillors are members of council. Following

1176-480: The end of the century. The council represents a population of 215,300 as of June 2024 and consists of a mayor and fifteen councillors elected from six wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern general wards and Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward ). It administers public works , sanitation, land use and building consents, among other local services. The council has used the marketing slogan "Absolutely Positively Wellington" in an official capacity since

1218-557: The event name, the distance was on occasion less than 500 kilometres due to the slow average speed of the circuit. For the first race in 1985, the FIA delegate who inspected the Wellington Street Circuit was 1960 Armstrong 500 winner John Roxburgh from Australia. He voiced serious concerns about the narrowness of the circuit as well as safety and the circuit did not pass inspection. For the race to be able to go ahead

1260-429: The loss of the "traditional" layout. The fastest official race lap race lap records at the Wellington Street Circuit are listed as: 41°17′21″S 174°46′43″E  /  41.2893°S 174.7787°E  / -41.2893; 174.7787 Australian Touring Car Championship The Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself

1302-509: The most successful driver in the event's history. Following the end of Group A regulations, a combined Super Touring and production formula was used in 1993 and 1994. The 1993 event was the final 500 kilometre race held, with sprint races used in 1994 and 1996. The 1994 event was again held as a round of the Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship which was run for the second and final time. After no event

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1344-578: The north and Hutt City in the north-east. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the Wellington Region . Wellington attained city status in 1886. The settlement had become the colonial capital and seat of government by 1865, replacing Auckland. Parliament officially sat in Wellington for the first time on 26 July 1865. During the last half of the nineteenth century, Wellington grew rapidly from 7,460 residents in 1867 to 49,344 by

1386-519: The overall winner was John Bowe for Dick Johnson Racing . Despite its popularity, the race never returned after 1996. The Wellington City Council cancelled the event in part because the construction of the Te Papa national museum and the Queen's Wharf Events Centre clashed with the layout of the race track route. In addition the main sponsors Mobil requested a higher level of rate payer subsidy from

1428-632: The promoters had to re-write the regulations turning the event from an international race to a national race, thus eliminating the need for FIA approval. In 1987 , the Nissan Mobil 500 Wellington Street Race was a round of the inaugural FIA World Touring Car Championship . The WTCC lasted only one year and was a victim of its own Group A rules. Both the factory backed BMW Motorsport ( Schnitzer ) and Ford (Eggenberger) teams were disqualified from some races for technical infringements. Also, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone had been given power over

1470-458: The smaller 5.7 litres 350 Chevrolet in the Camaro in 1972. A major shift occurred in 1973. The championship had grown from a single race into a multi-event series in 1969, but the competition had not changed markedly. The ' Supercar scare ' that had rocked the buildup to 1972 Bathurst 500 forced sweeping changes through touring car regulations. The Improved Touring Car regulations which governed

1512-661: The sport in 1992 after Group A had been dominated by more track-focused production cars such as the turbocharged Ford Sierra RS500 and various Nissan Skylines , as well as the BMW M3 . By the mid-1980s, a number of the leading teams including the Holden Dealer Team , Dick Johnson Racing , JPS Team BMW and the Peter Jackson Nissan team had begun to make a lot of noise about the very little amount of prize money on offer for their efforts in crisscrossing

1554-420: The two marques leading drivers, respectively Peter Brock and Allan Moffat who between them would claim seven of the eras 12 championships (and nine of the associated Bathurst victories). By the mid-1980s Group C had become wracked with infighting and almost random parity adjustments between competing marques. Attention focussed purely on Holden and Ford had blurred as European and Japanese manufacturers joined

1596-518: The week preceding the event. The following year Mobil became a naming sponsor and the Nissan Mobil 500 name was born. The Nissan Mobil 500 was actually a two-event series with the first round being held at the Wellington Street Circuit and the second at Pukekohe Park Raceway south of Auckland , known as the Pukekohe 500 . The event was run to the Group A touring car regulations of the time. Despite

1638-481: Was 33.4%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 53.2% had no religion, 31.4% were Christian, 3.7% were Hindu, 1.6% were Muslim, 1.7% were Buddhist and 3.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 74,922 (44.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 12,690 (7.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $ 41,800, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15

1680-547: Was held at the Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit in Orange in rural New South Wales , west of Sydney . It was won by journalist racer, David McKay driving a Jaguar 3.4 Litre prepared by his own racing team, which to this point had been better known for preparing open-wheel and sports racing cars. The early years of the ATCC saw the annual event held mostly at rural circuits, before finally visiting

1722-411: Was held in 1995 due to a lack of funding, the circuit was used for a final time in 1996, as a non-championship event for the teams of the Australian Touring Car Championship who had moved to Group 3A Touring Cars regulations in 1993. Twelve cars competed in the event, as part of a two-event series in New Zealand which also included races at Pukekohe. The format consisted of three short sprint races, and

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1764-496: Was that 96,453 (56.8%) people were employed full-time, 24,738 (14.6%) were part-time, and 7,719 (4.5%) were unemployed. Wellington city has 57 officially defined suburbs; one can group them by the wards used to elect the city council. Some areas, while officially forming part of a larger suburb (or several suburbs), are considered by some to be separate communities. The officially defined suburbs include: Within Lambton Ward,

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