The Wellington City Council elves have been busy crunching the numbers for the annual silly season lists of the naughty, nice and nerdy from the year – so without further ado...

The most popular dog names:

· 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)

The most unusual dog names:

· 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

Parks, Sport and Recreation:

· 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).

Unusual items found around Wellington:

· A fax machine

· A couch in the harbour

· Two car engines

· Three paintings

· A Peugeot moped in a public toilet

Calls to contact centre and customer requests/concerns reported through different channels (Jan- end of Nov):

· Phone calls: 168,356

· Tickets created and logged:

o By phone: 81,528

o By email to info@wcc: 39,608

o By FixIt/website: 32,993

o Other sources: 306

Cute questions from kids at Zero Waste Education sessions:

· 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?

Some highlights from Wellington City Libraries:

· 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.

Most popular books at Wellington City Libraries: 

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