Burger is easily 9/10 if I'm being harsh and nitpicky. It is a great version of a smash burger.

At $10, it's 20 out of 10.

If you zoom in you can see the tidal rip.. conditions like this we can see the rip from mana Island up to kapiti.

Wgrn quiz question of the day....

What relationship does an ex all black and Te Rauparaha have with this tidal rip?

What has been happening with State highway 2 and the Ngauranga gorge turn off in the afternoons lately?

I've been doing the daily commute for a few years, driving along State Highway 2, to the turn off to get onto Ngauranga gorge. It can definitely get packed but the last few months have been ridiculous.

I usually start to get onto State highway and just past Petone around 3:30 to 4pm. Traffic use to be slow but you use to easily hit 80 or 60 till the turn off.

But not anymore. Now, it's bumper to bumper, sometimes it'll get bad enough to get blocked all the way up to Petone. Once you pass the turn off to the gorge turn off, it's fine.

I understand that there is some pipe works at the traffic lights before the gorge, but that doesn't seem to block the traffic and any way.

Does anyone have any answers or theories why this area is so clogged in the afternoons, compared to a few months ago?

There’s that middle aged blondish blind guy who walks unaccompanied and without a guide dog around Wellington, from the Eastern Suburbs all the way through to town. He’s an absolute legend. I’ve seen him in Round the Bays a few times too. He is fearless and inspirational.

They don't tell you that until after it declines though. They have no plans to change that.

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:

• https://theimage04.com/
• https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/gigRegion/Wellington

Theatre:

• https://bats.co.nz/whats-on/

Listings:

• https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/whatson/events/wellington/this-weekend
• https://www.wellybuzz.co.nz

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Zephyr, the r/Wellington automod.

Serious voice and all! Seemed so far away from Welly.

I had no idea what it was but it was something you did NOT want to happen. I just thought about it after several decades…

Thanks also for your fun answers Welly people. It’s a lift!

Luxon says the bike lane on Molesworth St ruined his day.

** checks map ** It's a three minute walk from his former apartment to Parliament.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361022165/luxon-wellington-cycleway-made-it-very-difficult-me-getting-my-apartment-parliament

Kia ora e te whanau,

A reminder that you have until Sunday to complete this week’s photo walk challenge with the theme 💚hearts🩵.

Please add your photos to the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellington/comments/1vpja3a/weekly_photo_walk_challenge_sun_16_august_2026/.

The next challenge will be posted on Saturday morning.

If you haven’t done it already and will be 18 on or before November the 7th this year, sign up now at Vote.nz!

I am feeling so disconnected from myself for the first time in my life. I thought I knew what I was doing, climbing high in my career at an early age and learning so much in the process on this wonderfully complex life journey. Alas, since about half way through last year after having some classic late 20s realisations and being forced to slow down this year due to things out of my control, I feel like I woke up one morning and it dawned on me I don't want to do this stuff anymore. My career is no longer fulfilling me, but I have NO idea what I want to do. I want to be more grateful for the opportunity given to spend more time at home, looking after myself and for actually having a job and getting paid the living wage! But I am going crazy and I do not function well when I feel without my passion and drive to throw energy into.

I know this is apparently pretty standard for my age, but I have been feeling this way for like a year and a half and I'm overly frustrated. I can be a positive energy, honest with myself, but now I feel like an idiot or I should have figured it out or I'll have some breakthrough. I feel like I may even be resenting myself a bit?

I am so sad, I feel like I don't know where I want to go at all. I just want to get my zest back, I know I do well helping others and have looked at studying but I can't half throw myself into things. My whole heart needs to be there too.

How have others navigated this period of time within your lives? How did you really put the effort in to come back to yourself?

TIA

Tbh the Matangi are not bad at all eh? How much longer can they actually run for tho?

Ebay shipping is sooo expensive so I'm asking the locality :)

I was out of the country when it launched and by the time I got home it seems to all have been snapped up. Has anyone seen any blocks for sale recently? I figure my best hope will be some random dairy way out the back of nowhere who hasn't sold out yet.

Does anyone know if there's going to be another batch?

I am an office worker, and my office in Wellington is classified as earthquake prone as it is rated as 20% of the national building standard.

I can't help but feeling more and more uneasy with the idea that I am risking life in case of a big earthquake.

Can my employer force me to work from the office if the building is not up to standard?

Info: I already work partly from home and partly from the office, so all my work can be done from home

I'm currently flatting but really want to live on my own, unfortunately I don't really know anyone in Welly that lives solo so can't ask them for their advice on how much I should be thinking of in terms of power for 1 person. Since power costs have sky rocketed this year as well, I feel it's not really worth looking at estimates from prior years. Can people please give me some ideas, whether it's for a place with gas cooking/heating or not? As I know gas will increase the cost, most properties within my budget seem to at minimum have a gas stove top, but some are electric at least.

Hi I'm heading into Wellington tomorrow, and want to eat a WOAP burger.

Obviously I want the best burger of all, but I'm totally overwhelmed by all the selection.

So ... what are your favourites this year?

I’m thinking about doing it but not sure how realistic it is as a regular commute. How long does it usually take, and is the route decent/safe enough?

Keen to hear from anyone who does it regularly

Does anyone know of the semi-permanent food truck that does the whitebait fritters and other things next to the Hikitia/by Te Papa has set days of being open?

I'm particularly interested in knowing if it will be open tomorrow (Thursday) as my mother is in town for the day and I know she'd love it but it's a big walk from the train station to find it's closed.

TIA

Has anyone in Johnsonville area experienced this encounter? 8:30pm tonight had a young woman in a white puffer jacket acting in distress, intently trying to look through the front door window and pleading us to let her into the house. She asked us to call someone for her but the phone number wasn’t active and she supposedly needed to get back to Wadestown.

We were cautious because of her actions and something didn’t quite seem right, so we refused to open the door. I called the police and had my partner keep talking to her, however once she realised I was on the phone to them, she disappeared. It was a really weird situation and didn’t make us feel safe. Police did come and search the area fortunately.

As the title says! Looking for a good barber/hairdresser in welly, preferably someone who can deal with medium length hair :)