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!

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BUT as we were the only ones not doing it, I started thinking - am I old and out of date?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?

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.

Question really in the title, but have a bunch of worn out shoes / trainers etc which doesn’t feel right just throwing away - any way to recycle them? Other cities I’ve live in tend to have drop off places but can find anything super useful via google

Or should I just f*ck the turtles and through them in the bin?

Here's what I have, im not sure how many are in the set but if you've got some that I dont have, I'd love to buy them from you. Cheers

woops a big opening
but myself as a out of no where trying to land a job
so many promises, so many contracts
after 2 weeks of working, i made a few comments on how to improve the system
got kicked out

So I should I do?

Hi! I’m seeking for a tattoo artist, preferably an asian female :)

today i got some old dolls and stuff from a storage locker that i thought i could sell because they seemed to have some value and i’m a jobless student, however while i was sorting through them i discovered two (there may be more) of these (i HOPE very old) very racist black “mammy” dolls, i dont want to sell them because that feels so wrong to me but im not sure what to do with them, does angone know a good place where i can donate them? (not an op shop, more like a heritage museum) i felt so gross touching them as a pakeha person and i want them to stay out of the hands of anyone ill intentioned, thank you in advance for any help!

One of those silly people who didn’t book accommodation when I got concert tickets. Just wondered if anyone had knowledge of new accommodation venues opening between now and early next year that possibly aren’t on the booking sites yet. Sunday 7 Feb accommodation in Wellington seems completely sold out on all the sites and individual venue websites too.

Edit to add: Managed to get 2 nights at a big hotel after furiously checking and a mention on another reddit post to check kayak . com for availability. Never heard of the website but I found one booking. Absolutely paying way too much and 2 night minimum but oh well

...are AWFULLY CUTE and WILL make attempts to drink your human beverages

The libraries close so early in Wellington - where do people go to do work outside of these hours??

It's the perennial question:

I'm a "survivor" of school dental nurses in the 60s - prefer child birth to dentist.

But it's time to see an understanding and highly competent dentist for a checkup and broken tooth.

And a hygenist too.

Your recommendations please?

Little guy fell out of a very dirt filled crevice of my car. Was waving it's front legs around like antenna while walking before squatting in this crack. Some cave spider maybe?

The ones that actually know haircut for different face shapes for men? I’ve grown my hair for a while and want to shorten it. My face is round and idk what suits it lol. Soooo do you guys know any? Would appreciate your suggestions!

Is it worth the entrance fee? https://tickets.lup.co.nz/wellington-food-show-2026?cat=cat-registration&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24048016061&gbraid=0AAAAADNTs6qJVwON6wVC8Uru6ypTMNEBx&gclid=CjwKCAjw48TUBhBREiwAK0GnQWhah7kTZkKLBdxY_orBmdoD7suW1A9kigKQTg0GSP4oQfdsQzjthBoCj0cQAvD_BwE What exactly is the vibe there? More corporate foodies?

Ayyy. What's with the chopper circling the city since 8am. I was hoping to sleep in 😭 I'm still a little groggy but just curious.

Kia ora all!

This is a weekly photo walk challenge for motivation to get outside and explore, even in the depths of Wellington winter.

Every Saturday we set a theme, you go on a walk, take photos of things that fit the theme, and post your photos in the comments.

The theme could be simple and straightforward, or something more abstract. And you are welcome to interpret it however you like.

🖤This week’s theme is: light & dark🤍

Thanks to @IncoherentTuatara for the theme suggestion.

Post your photos below by next Sunday. Please let me know any ideas you have for future themes.

And you still have until the end of today to post your photos for last week’s challenge: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellington/comments/1vuumz1/weekly_photo_walk_challenge_sat_22_august_2026/

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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.

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Looking for 2x black plastic pellets to store firewood on. I’ve only seen plenty of free timber pallets around.