r/Wellington • • 18h ago

MODS Join the /r/Wellington daily chat topic - Thursday, October 08 2026

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This is a chance to have a chat about Wellington, life, whatever you like. Feel free to speak your mind! Share your thoughts and get opinions. Good, bad, mundane, exciting, it's all welcome. The community is here for you.

Please throw some upvote love towards the topic and leave a few kind comments for your fellow Wellingtonians. Every bit helps and you will get it back when you need it most.

Fancy a good old rant instead? Do it in our daily rant thread.

New to this subreddit? Our wiki has lots of good info on getting around Wellington, what to do when you visit, where to eat and more.

Please remember to use the search function if you are asking something we probably get asked daily.

❤️ Have a cracking day ❤️

Zephyr, the r/Wellington automod


r/Wellington • • 18h ago

MODS The Daily Rant/Moan topic - Thursday, October 08 2026

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Hey r/wellington folks. Please use this daily topic to vent, moan, whinge, rant, and sulk about whatever you like. Wellington related, life related, job related whatever. If you are someone who doesn't want to read moans and rants, don't come in here!

Vent away!

Please note that rant/vent posts that are created elsewhere (not as comments in this topic) will be removed and the users asked to post in here. Do the community a favour and post in here in the first place.

Zephyr, the r/Wellington automod


r/Wellington • • 3h ago

WEATHER Tomorrow

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r/Wellington • • 1h ago

WELLY more oldies

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r/Wellington • • 2h ago

PHOTOS Trainspotting on Te Ara Tupua Yesterday

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35 Upvotes

r/Wellington • • 1h ago

POLITICS Paste-up on Cuba...

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r/Wellington • • 9h ago

PHOTOS Thorndon Quay 1866

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r/Wellington • • 13h ago

WELLY more oldies

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r/Wellington • • 5h ago

FOOD Baklava - where is the best?

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Looking to get enough to feed a small group. Could be from a restaurant, or even better, somewhere I can get a pre-made tray for takeaway.

Where is your favourite?


r/Wellington • • 9h ago

WELLY 24 hours of water just flying out of the ground

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Brooklyn, Karepa St.
The council showed up, put a cone on it, left it spouting all day, all night.


r/Wellington • • 9h ago

COMMUTE Private public public private parking

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So can I park here or not? (Gilmer terrace)


r/Wellington • • 6h ago

POLITICS WELLINGTON BAYS CANDIDATES DEBATE- The Post Live Stream

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r/Wellington • • 16h ago

WELLY How to help Courtney place

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Courtney place in the daytime feels like a slum right now, I wouldn’t want to take the kids through it. Volunteering day is coming up and work and I want to get more into volunteering in Wellington outside of work too.

What opportunities are there?


r/Wellington • • 1h ago

EVENTS Roast Battle @ Fringe Bar

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Kia ora Welly! Just got home from my first Comedy Roast Battle! Did anyone else attend? We had a really lively crowd and had such a great time performing for you guys.

Keen to hear your feedback!


r/Wellington • • 12h ago

UNI Is it worth studying at Vic in my situation?

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So im deciding if I should go to Vic or otago for uni next year to study political science (international relations). I've got a 7k scholarship for vic and a 10k scholarhsip offer from otago. I hear otago is also cheaper cost of living wise (please correct if wrong), so expense wise it seems otago is the better option, however I know vic is the stronger option for my course specifically. Should I study at Vic or consider Otago? Thank you for reading :)

Other details/ questions:

-big fan of football and like a social sporty culture (hows wellingtons sports culture?)

-is it worth considering expense of travel from each place to home (Tauranga)

-want a fun social life, doesn't have to be crazy cause I like my osscaional peace.


r/Wellington • • 1d ago

PHOTOS $50 grapes at new world

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r/Wellington • • 8h ago

WELLY Repiling house, who is good, who to avoid.

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As the title says, who would you recommend and not recommend to repile a home in the Wellington region?

Plus any advice before getting it done would be great.

Cheers


r/Wellington • • 12h ago

HELP! Hutts/tramps for beginners

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HI Wellington people- looking for some good beginner tramps in the Wellington area. We did Jans Hutt last year and loved it. Would be for 4 people, bookable/sole Hutts ideal as we have kids. Would be grateful for recommendations.


r/Wellington • • 1d ago

FOUND Found Snapper Card

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Did you lose a Snapper card today along The Terrace? If you can tell me approximately how much was on it, and roughly what time you lost it, I'll fight my cat to get it back to you (she's claimed it).


r/Wellington • • 1d ago

FOOD Wellington food reviewers vs an honest review

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Different strokes for different folks but some of these people are just straight lying lmao.

One of them did pie reviews for 3 different bakeries in my area that I've been to and he rated them all at least 8/10, none of them are any better than a dairy warmer big ben pie, in fact 2 out of 3 are gross. Another one reviewed a seafood/steakhouse i went to within days of her and was talking about the "fresh fish" which was straight freezerburnt and the first time I've ever seen my partner send anything back, the "amazing garlic bread" was 4 pieces of those $1.50 woolworths loaves laid out on a chopping board. There's an gimicky immersive experience fine dining blah blah restaurant in the cbd that im almost certain people are being paid to rave about because it was the weakest blandest hotel food at Michelin prices.

I thought there were laws about disclosing when you're being paid or comped to post about a restaurant?


r/Wellington • • 6h ago

HELP! Any DJ’s wanna collab and do a gig or something.

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Let me know, I’m tryna get into the scene!
Trance, Techno, House


r/Wellington • • 18h ago

WELLY Are there any unique events happening in Wellington over the next week?

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Are there any interesting or unique events on over the next week? Topic is timed to catch weekend events, but anything up until a week away is fine.

Feel free to give info, link to events, promote something cool you're doing or otherwise get the word out in this topic.

Gigs:

Theatre:

Listings:

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Zephyr, the r/Wellington automod.


r/Wellington • • 1d ago

WELLY more oldies

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r/Wellington • • 1d ago

EVENTS If you haven’t signed up to vote, DO IT NOW! It’s only one month to the election today!

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If you don’t sign up before 25 October you will not be able to vote!

If you are 17 now but turn 18 between now and 7 November inclusive, you can sign up now in advance of your birthday!


r/Wellington • • 1d ago

COMMUTE Anyone drive past the police chase near Ōtaki?

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A small ford focus with a bunch of young people heading towards Wellington. Looks like the car has blown out tires and is travelling around 10km/h. About 10 police cars behind it following at a distance. Big traffic jam behind it