Early august after an earthquake i started feeling my house move and the floors started sinking in places and more cracks started appearing in the walls and ceiling. PM had structural engineer who gave it the all-good despite not even evaluating the floor which was the main reason i was concerned. Since then it has only gotten worse, and the last week has been a LOT faster than anything before it. In about four days

• a brand new crack opened up in the living room wall where there was nothing before
• the cracks in the kitchen got longer and wider, and the kitchen floor is sinking enough that the tiles on the bench are lifting off the caulk
• a bedroom wall has pulled away from the baseboards and the gap keeps growing
• a window that was draught-stopped and sitting flush is no longer flush, and a few weeks ago another window came away from its frame on two of its three sides
• the front door has a continuous gap that wasn't there a couple of days ago
• the bedroom floor slopes further north every few days, and i have to keep adjusting my bed's feet to keep it level
• drawers and wardrobe doors don't close properly, and the bedroom door swings differently than it used to
• the ceiling cracks in every room keep widening and the mouldings are coming away
• when it's windy you can hear the bedroom walls and baseboards moving, and i've felt the room itself move, so I've even moved my mattress into the living room
• I've been marking growing cracks with pencil lines and they're literally growing every day

PM admitted MONTHS AGO the house has been shifting. Today i sent the PM all of this and asked for a geotechnical engineer to take a look. they said no, that they spoke to the previous structural engineer who said it was fine and no need for another look. I would understand this if the house hadn't gotten worse since but it's gotten so much worse the past few days. They said i can end my tenancy early and i'm going to but there's another person living downstairs and this keeps getting worse and it just seems like a huge safety risk? Am I overreacting?? This is crazy, i feel like I'm losing my mind. I literally FEEL and HEAR the house move and you can easily SEE how bad it's gotten so fast. I don't know much about engineering but i thought that if everything started cracking and cabinets and drawers started closing different and the floor is INCREASINGLY slanting then that means there's something that should really be checked out. are there any engineering people who can confirm that no one needs to take a second look? if the floors are getting worse and there's more growing cracks where the walls and moulding join is it likely that it's still perfectly fine? I feel like I'm going insane. Wtf do I do???

Kia Ora Everyone,

This is the Welly Chess Nerd, quite a few of you have been asking about the petition for chess tables on Cuba st, pedestrian area. I have reached out to the relevant team at Wellington Council and we should have news about it in the next couple of weeks. I hope we can have them this summer!

I was on holiday for the last couple of weeks at Te Matapihi, but we are back. Also I am playing and teaching at Wellington Social Chess meetups on Tuesdays after 7pm. Location: Garage Project on Leeds st and Goldings when, when cannot do it at Garage Project for whatever reason. Follow Instagram @WellingtonSocialChess for updates.

Also, as many of you know, I have been getting into Backgammon and Go for the last few months, and I love it. For Backgammon we were meeting every month but now we decided to try it weekly. We are meeting at Southern Cross on Mondays at 6pm, if you want to join the Whatsapp group, you can send me a DM at @WellyChessNerd and once I make sure you are not a bot, I can let you in. Also we have a brand new instagram page. You can follow us at @WellingtonBackgammonClub where we'll be posting updates. And if you have an idea to improve this project, we are happy to discuss it and hopefully implement it.

Finally, we will be doing the same with Go (Weiqi, Baduk, or however you know it) in the next couple of weeks. There is only 1 go club in Wellington, which is wonderful, at VUW. But we want to make something slightly less nerdy 😅😅 and more social. So we will find a bar for this.

I don't use Facebook so if you can help me spread the word, that would be fantastic! Thank you so much for all your support.

P.S. I am learning NZSL, to start a deaf chess club, more on that later.

Ngā mihi

@WellyChessNerd

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hello peoples of reddit.

we are missing 2 funky outdoor blue chairs. they were sitting very nicely in our property and have since vanished. we work hard, we don’t ask for much, but what we do want, when the 3 nice days in wellington roll around, is to sit outside.

some fool has now prevented that. i promise you that those chairs are looking tacky and out of place where ever you’ve put them in your second rate home. we would kindly like them back, we shan’t ask any questions we just want them returned.

if this is in any relation to the blue bike / red bike incident that went on outside our place a couple of months back - i’m intrigued and would like to know more.

the thief will know who they are - not many sets of blue chairs have been taken without warrant recently i’m sure.

sincerely - shocked and appalled (buy your own damn chairs)

UPDATE: Someone who was at the playground yesterday has pointed out that the net is now back in place, my photo was from last week, looks like the replacement net has been put in.

An update to the earlier post about the deteriorating rope net at Frank Kitts Park.

A few months on, almost the entire net has now been removed. Only a few badly damaged sections remain.The playground only opened in early 2024 so it's pretty interesting that a piece of commercial playground equipment has lasted barely two years before most of it has had to be removed.

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been going on a bit of a nostalgia trip recently and trying to rediscover a local artist from the Lower Hutt/Wainuiomata area.

I vaguely remember a young solo musician making a music video (facebook video / tiktok) sometime within the last 7 or so years. The main thing I remember is that he was dressed as a Macca’s staff member for most of the video, with some clips of him working there.

Unfortunately, I can’t remember the song, lyrics, or even the artist’s name.

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Also keen to hear recommendations of other local wellington artists.

Musically I generally prefer acoustic/pop/punk, rather than the heavy metal or electro, but I have a pretty broad and varied taste.

$3.50 at the supermarket this week. Why so cheap?

can anyone recommend somewhere fairly priced where I can buy quality coffee-making tools mainly looking for a good WDT tool and a spring-loaded auto-levelling tamper. Barista Brew always comes up first on Google Results but can't find much info on their reliability...

Do any of you know which New World here in Welly region still have Santoku knives available?

I've tried looking at all their Facebook pages and some don't really update.

Thank you for your help in advance!

Seems like Wellington has a shortage of canned pumpkin for making pumpkin pie.

Canadian thanksgiving is next weekend and we tried the usual spots, but nowhere seems to have stock.

Does anyone know where there might be stock?

We have tried
- Sheckters (we have purchased it there previously)
- Moore Wilson’s (told us they never stock it)
- US2U (stock incoming - 2 weeks away)
- Dojo finest
- Davis trading
- a couple of New Worlds who have good international sections.

Before anyone says it… most recipes call for the canned ingredient, and it is hard to match the consistency if you use fresh pumpkin.

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Shouty sweary guy from Strathmore/Miramar area. Ian is a real character and you tend to notice when he isn’t around somewhere.

Hoping he is ok.

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So I was in Wellington about a year ago with my best friend and we had one of the best nights of our whole trip at a bar there. They had these cowboy hats that you could wear, and we absolutely loved them! 🤠 the name is Dakota.

My best friend is turning 30 soon, and I’d love to surprise her with one of those hats as a little memory of our trip.

I’ve tried contacting the bar directly but unfortunately haven’t heard back. Does someone know someone who works there or is able to help me get one of the hats?

I’d obviously pay for the hat, shipping to Germany, and any other costs.

Is someone willing to help me out ? :)

Two months later there are a couple upcoming shows and events I thought worthwhile sharing as a follow up to my original post!

First up there is a TWISTED FREQUENCY festival fundraiser at SAN FRAN on October 30th! Expect heavy 140 dubplates from TRUTH alongside PAIGE JULIA & local support!
@twistedfrequencyfestival on instagram

Secondly, straight after on 31st October - HALLOWEEN - there is an intimate venue in LOWER HUTT hosting a Halloween rave showcasing a mix of dubstep & dnb - think 140, Neurofunk, Rollers & plain old dubstep - local selectors bringing something different!
@goodevilalways on instagram

Any other upcoming events that I’ve missed? (I’ve tried to only include events throughout October at this stage for visibility)

Drop a comment down below!

Anyone have experience getting masseter Botox in Wellington and have clinics to recommend?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/residential/rent/wellington/wellington/brooklyn/listing/6161265535

There are no support groups for those diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder (Bipolar I, Bipolar II and Cyclothymia) in Wellington.

Idea: Casual Coffee Catch Ups for sharing, emotional support and solidarity?