Yup. As a long time resident of Wellington, and visitor to almost every other part of NZ, I think the ‘Windy Wellington’ card is old and overplayed, in this case by an Auckland based source. Wellington has more extreme wind events than other parts of the country, but on any given day, anywhere in NZ is at least as windy. TVNZ adds to this by only seeming to use its Mount Vic weather camera in a northerly. I don’t think I have ever seen them use it on a calm day, of which contrary to popular belief there are many here. That the camera in question is easily buffeted in not particularly strong breezes, mounted as it is on on of the windiest parts of the city, only reinforces the ‘Windy Wellington’ idea. There have been many times the view from that camera and the impression of wind strength it and the presenter gives do not agree with my observation from looking out the window at the same time.

Good to see a supporter.