Wellington City Council Wellington City Council Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the country's third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch. Wellington City 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 Makara and Ohariu. The city adjoins Porirua in 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
Linton, New Zealand Linton, New Zealand Linton is a suburb of Palmerston North, situated 11km south-west of the city. It is home to the Linton Military Camp, which is the largest army camp in New Zealand. It was built in 1945 3.5 kilometres to the south-east of Palmerston North. It became the country’s second largest base in 1985 when the permanent force at Singapore was relocated there. More units have transferred from Auckland and Waioru. Manawatu Prison is in Linton. Linton is home to: The population count in 2001 was 1,512. In the 2013, census Linton shed 24.7 percent of its population, or