One year ago today, Uber Eats was delivered to New Zealand’s capital city.

We now connect Wellingtonians to more than 180 restaurants and provide local driver-partners with a flexible earnings opportunity.

Andy Bowie, NZ Country Manager, Uber Eats says: “Wellington was the second of six cities to launch Uber Eats in New Zealand. We now have 30 different cuisines available, giving locals an unrivalled food selection delivered at Uber speed at the touch of a button.

“From banquet sized orders to one single sachet of ketchup from McDonald’s Newton – in the last year we really have catered for all food needs across the capital, big and small!”

We’ve looked over the data from the first year of Uber Eats in Wellington and picked up these interesting stats:

  • Largest order was $494 from Chow
  • Wellington’s hungriest customer ordered from Uber Eats 21 times in one week
  • There were over 43,890 sides ordered
  • The fastest delivery took 4.5 minutes from McDonald’s Petone
  • The most popular weekend hangover dish was the King Salmon from Best Ugly Bagels
  • Burgers were the top meal ordered on Uber Eats in Wellington
  • Starting the weekend off right, the most hungriest time for Uber Eats orders was Friday night at 6:00pm
  • There were over 2,500 coffees and more than 5,200 smoothies ordered in the last year

Customers simply need to log in to the app, find the food they’re craving, place the order and then track progress in the app as the food is prepared and delivered in an average time of under 30 minutes.

The benefits we bring to Wellington’s local culinary scene are threefold – restaurants have a platform to reach more customers; residents can get the food they love delivered right to their door; and delivery partners have a flexible way to earn money.

Uber Eats is now available in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Hamilton, Christchurch and Dunedin. There are now more than 1,200 restaurants on the Uber Eats app across New Zealand.

For those yet to discover the magic of Uber Eats, use the code WELLYEATS to get $10 off your first order on Uber Eats (offer expires 31/12/2019, first time users only).