Andrew Dickens: Wellington's problems the result of the ratepayer model (Photo / 123RF) I spent the weekend in Wellington and it was fabulous. I went for my son’s 22 nd birthday using the tickets I bought for his 21 st birthday that I couldn’t use because some sort of virus was floating around. I arrived on Friday and had a good shop and a great dinner at Havana where the octopus and the gnocchi are to die for. Saturday was a blinder of a day. The clearest blue with a steady Northerly. You wonder why they don’t have the America’s Cup in the capital if you’ve got a problem with wind.