Council’s hottest hits list for 2024

Charlie (141)

Poppy (121)

Bella (118)

Luna (106)

Coco (102)

Molly (97)

Ted/Teddy (97)

Ruby (91)

Millie (82)

Frankie (82)

Daisy (77)

Milo (68)

Roxy (67)

Lola (66)

Big Fudge

Lady Faraway Mozzarella Sandwiches Billington

Flash Sparkle Moonbeam

Special Jimmy

Gofetch Quantum Leap Frankie

Charlie Meatball Wigglebottom

Benedict Crumble Batch

Oreo Aberford 3 socks

Dollar Wang

Finnegan Floppy Lee

Ginger Sky Diamond

Nuggy McSchugglebutt

Soda Onion

8462ha of grass mowed (an area twice the size of the Nelson region).

389km of tracks cleared (the same distance as Wellington to Taupo).

129ha of garden beds maintained (an area over twice the size of the Vatican City).

2824km lines marked on sports fields (further than Wellington to Fiji).

105 tonnes of rubbish picked up from our open spaces (it would take five large trucks to carry this weight).

A fax machine 

A couch in the harbour

Two car engines 

Three paintings 

A Peugeot moped in a public toilet

Phone calls: 168,356

Tickets created and logged:

By phone: 81,528

By email to info@wcc: 39,608

By FixIt/website: 32,993

Other sources: 306

Do worms have a party in the compost bin or are they mostly just really bored?

At what time do worms wake up in the morning?

Do worms like the food waste on its own or do they prefer it with tomato ketchup?

Do you think it would be ok for me to repurpose my brother, because he’s not very useful at the moment?

You said reusing things is better than only using them once, but when I reuse my undies for three days in a row my Mum says that’s bad. Do you think she’s wrong?

Please could I quickly just go outside and jump up and down for one minute because I’m bursting because I love Papatūānuku so much?

2308 packets of seeds were bagged up for our Kākano seed libraries at Korimako (Ngaio) and Te Awa-a-Taia (Ruth Gotlieb Kilbirnie) branches.

Nearly 30,000 children’s picture books were borrowed each month.

Over 100 new titles were added to the Māori collection.

Over 120 people borrowed power meters to check their appliances’ energy consumption.

Some doggy friends from Canine Friends Pet Therapy helped grow young reader confidence in 15-minute one-on-one Read to Kuri sessions.

The collection of large print books specifically aimed at those with Dementia Mate Wareware or mild cognitive impairment, grew to 45 titles. 

Over 3 million tracks are now available to listen to via the Naxos Music Library.

Almost 300 attended Cuentacuentos (Spanish) pre-school programmes at Te Māhanga Karori branch this year.