The Wellington region is the centre of New Zealand’s knowledge-based and creative industries and is home to the country’s capital city.

Regional highlights

• High-tech hub
• Creative industries
• Highly educated workforce
• Compact capital city

Areas of opportunity

Cutting-edge post-production technology

Wellington is an internationally recognised centre for post-production and visual effects technology. Post-production companies from the United States and United Kingdom take advantage of the time difference, which sees work completed overnight in Wellington. There are opportunities to invest in this rapidly growing sector.

Fast-growing, creative digitech industry

The region has the highest concentration of web-based and digital technology companies per capita in New Zealand. Investors can take advantage of globally competitive rental and operational costs, urban compactness, and robust data and telecommunications connections, which create an ideal environment for web and mobile software development.

High quality business process operations

Wellington is a world-class, cost-effective location to establish higher value scientific and technical development operations.