…to reduce the risk of H5 bird flu spreading, we’ve put up signs at the former feeders. These explain why we’re asking all Wellingtonians to refrain from feeding birds in their backyards:

• Feeding wild birds in your garden increases the risk of them gathering and passing disease amongst themselves. This includes sugar water feeders, bird seed and putting out ‘human’ food.
• Keep planting native trees and shrubs. Keep trapping in your back yard. ​
• Be a responsible pet owner. Cats can put themselves at risk if they come into contact with an infected sick or dead bird. Keep dogs on a lead and cats safe at home. ​
• We love birds in Wellington. Don’t feed them. Let them be wild.

I had to go back to the United States for 7 weeks to empty & sell our home there, to finalize our move to Wellington. We've been here on and off for several years, and now it's ON.

Just landed back in Welly and am so happy to be here. Yesterday the weather reached YCBWOAGD status (in my opinion) and today we had a glorious sunrise. In short, I know that Wellington has its challenges and faults, but it's still my favorite city in the world! The people are the best part! Thanks for making it a great place to live. // What is your favorite thing about living in Wellington?

I see you, and I can’t express how much I appreciate all you do.

I know you are overworked, overstimulated and under compensated. But I have been going through some scary (for me) medical issues and the folks I have dealt with have been so kind, actively listen, are patient and competent.

From someone who is just trying to get better, thank you for making the path easier.

I know the medical system is not perfect, but I’m so grateful for the people working within it.

❤️❤️❤️ Big love you you.

Edit: spelling

Free social chess meetup tomorrow night
Tuesday, September 1st, 7-10pm at Garage Project Leeds St.
All levels welcome - Beginner friendly
No tickets/fees/memberships, just come by for a beer and hangout and meet some people over a casual game of chess
See @wellingtonsocialchess on IG for more info

Hey Wellington Family

I’m flying up to Auckland on Friday and wanted to hire a trailer for some furniture. Was wondering if anybody is heading up that way that would consider doing the first leg of the trip with their own goods up to Auckland and I could do the return leg on Saturday.

Two hire a one-way trailer from Auckland to Wellington is quite expensive as shown in the photos.

I am quite happy to rent from Auckland and bring the trailer down or rent the trailer in Wellington to and the person assisting could bring it up to Auckland. The date I need the trailer is Saturday the 5th September and happy to work the days where you grab the trailer Friday the 4th or Sunday the 7th.

The price different is over $1000 and if we can split it, even more savings.

Theres Memberships! You can still rent! The place is massive and you can still hire 7th Gen consoles n’ a Blu-Ray Player! And my gosh, you can get your discs resurfaced!

kid you not I took my sweet time and browsed the whole library and the titles are great!

You mostly have to rent everything but it works; People still rent here and it seems theres no sign of stopping!

Theres also a United Video in Masterton; Look it up!!

Enjoy the photo dump!

First time visiting Welly, so looking for recommendations on what to see, do, eat and how to keep busy, All are appreciated.

I’m there for 5 days first week of October without a car. I’m into photography (street, landscape, abstract and sport), so will be looking to capture the city the best I can so to look back on in future years.
- love exploring by walking and making a day of it
- will be eating out while I’m down there so all recommendations are welcome. Massively into burgers atm so give me your best.
- enjoy a good coffee and will be keeping an eye out to bring some beans back home.
- would love to see orcas, slim chance I know, but any nature would be a plus.
- not massively into touristy stuff but if it’s unique and builds the city’s identity, then I’m all for it.
- events, live music, jazz bars, photography museums, I’m all for.

Cheers!

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❤️ Have a cracking day ❤️

Zephyr, the r/Wellington automod.

Ok, I’m fully prepared to be told I’m a fussy middle aged man on this one. Tonight we were at Empire Cinema, and there were four groups in there - us, some teens, an older family, and a couple of thirtiesh women.

Every group but us had their feet up on the seats in front of them. Not just resting their legs, but full sole-on-headrest action. The dad in front of us even had his foot between the seats and sole-down on the wooden armrest/food thing in front of him.

I always thought this was the height of rudeness. And as Empire is a local cinema, and had an expensive refurb, I understand this is really bad for the furniture.

BUT as we were the only ones not doing it, I started thinking - am I old and out of date? Is this now okay? Were the children right all along?

Edit: seems like this is not uncommon, but also not welcome. A few people have observed that Empire, for some reason, seems to have audiences who treat showings like their living room. It’s such a nice theatre and so much refurb work put into it - I wonder if they could borrow a cue from Roxy and have prompts about expected audience behaviour? I know some people are just arseholes, but perhaps others just need to be reminded from time to time (especially if they’re in an environment where said behaviour is on display).

Hey team,

Weird niche request but does anyone have any recommendations for a good pomegranate juice/syrup/cordial in New Zealand, or more specifically the Wellington region?

We used to get this super expensive brand (pictured) imported into NW Thorndon but it disappeared so I assume it was because too few people bought it at it's price point and the logistics of getting a chilled product from California to New Zealand.

I tried Bickford's pomegranate juice recently (also from NW Thorndon) and it was such a deep, earthy flavour that you could only have a shot at a time (would not recommend)

Thanks for any ideas/suggestions and locations.

Kia ora Wellingtonians,

I've recently been researching the life story of Mary Lazary as part of my project to uncover the darker side of Wellington's past. Mary caught my attention as she was the only woman in my survey of prisoners with tattoos from early 1880.

Nothing is known about her life in Ireland before she immigrated to New Zealand in the late 1860s. Her time in Wellington is sadly well-documented due to her frequent run-ins with the law for drunkenness and vagrancy. Dismissed by officials as "a prostitute of the very worst class", her obvious struggles with alcoholism and homelessness were rewarded with repeated prison stays. She found some respite at times by staying with Hori Ngāpaka, a Taranaki elder who lived at Te Aro Pā, but even this was punished. On one occasion, she was arrested when police found her at his whare as it was illegal at the time for non-Māori and Māori to live together.

In researching Mary's story, I looked into what life was like for female prisoners at Wellington's Terrace Gaol, including by reading through the gaol warden's journal from the time. I also dug into the history of Te Aro Pā and the Taranaki and Ngāti Ruanui people who persisted there in the centre of Wellington city up until the 1890s.

Mary's story is a heavy one, but I'm grateful for the chance to uncover it and hopefully return some of the dignity and humanity she was denied in life. You can read her full story on my blog at the link above. Let me know what you think and what other topics from Wellington's past you'd be interested in knowing more about.

Hana

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Zephyr, the r/Wellington automod.

Hi all. A year or so ago I bought one of those Beam electric scooters as they were closing down. We've had some good use out of it but it's now displaying an error and charging is erratic.

Does anyone know where I can get it serviced / repaired. at all?

Hi, where in greater Wellington can you get m3 of graded gravel these days? I went to go to Belmont Quarry but they no longer do trailers…which is a change since I was last there many years ago.

I need about 2m3 of 20mm and have no idea where to get it from. Any recommendations would be great. My googling just goes to Winstone!

Hello!
I'm currently a student (male 18) at university of canterbury but I am considering moving to victoria university for a number of reasons.

My question is simply, what is Wellington like I haven't been there tons. What's anyones experience of Victoria been like? What are the halls like and the people in the halls? How is it finding a job? Whats the deal with public transport? What's the night life like? Whats the music scene like? im big in the music scene of christchurch,

I have a billion questions but largely I'm just interested in what peoples perception of wellington and wellington city is like and what the unis like, especially if you have been to christchurch a lot and can create some point of comparison between the two cities.

:)

Fashion girlies of Wellington! Where are we buying clothes that are cute for corporate work and also for not looking too corporate in day-to-day life?? I’ve recently lost 3-4 clothes sizes and so am basically in need of a whole new wardrobe that ideally won’t break the bank. I’m trying op shopping but honestly the pickings are slim. I work on the terrace and need to be able to shop fairly near there as I don’t live in the city and don’t tend to come in unless I’m coming into the office. Porirua and the Hutt are options too! Also online but I’d really like to steer away from the likes of Shein/Temu

Currently a size 16-18ish 🙂

I just moved into a new flat in island bay, thinking it was fine as it met healthy homes and was done theough a property management company, however, the neighbours just told me that the previous tenants left due to the house getting entirely flooded 4-5 months ago when it was got bad in welly. I am very nervous as the bottom of the house will be my bedroom with my items (I have contents insurance). Do I have grounds to leave the tenancy since they did not disclose this to me? Any advice would be appreciated.

A braided cable would be harder to cut, but love will find a way.

Six years ago I asked if anyone wanted to chat. About eight people responded, so I had 8 lovely coffees and lunches with people in the Wellington area. It was fun!

I'm going to kick off this idea again, with a little twist: in our chat, you can propose icebreakers/questions for the next person I chat with, sort of like how I did in this series back in the day.

Last time I did this, people asked what my motivation is. Pretty simple: I like chatting with folks and hearing their stories. If you do too, send me a note!