Wellington Community Net (WCN) is a free website hosting service for community groups and organisations based in the Wellington region. WCN is also a community service programme providing ICT-related information and advice to community groups in the region. WCN is funded by the Wellington City Council and managed by Wellington ICT, a not-for-profit community Trust.

History

In 1996 the Wellington City Council (WCC) and the national 2020 Communications Trust identified the need for all citizens in the Wellington region to have access to education, information and communication resources to help make the region a better place to live, learn, grow and prosper.

It was decided this would be achieved by "... providing an independent communications network for the Wellington region, providing people (with) worldwide access to education, information and communication resources, promoting participation in civic life and enhancing the community socially, culturally and economically. This network is to include a community website hosting system, to be known as the Wellington Community Net (WCN)".

The responsibility for managing and operating WCN was transferred to the Wellington Region 2020 Communications Trust (Wellington ICT) when the Trust was established in 2002.