The City of Lower Hutt lies north-east of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, with a population of about 100,000. Its City Council ("Hutt City Council") has adopted the name Hutt City to refer to the city, but currently the NZ Geographic Board does not accept the revised name (2006), nor does the Local Government Act recognise it. Lower Hutt forms part of the Wellington Region. It is the ninth-largest city in New Zealand in population terms, and covers an area of 380 km2.