Nine Wellington businesses spanning food, trades, gardening, security, automotive services and martial arts have joined the Wellington News Business Directory this week.
The new members include long-established Wellington operators alongside specialists working across the wider region.
Here are the nine new members:
Absolute Design Group Ltd
Absolute Design Group Ltd has been helping Wellington homeowners create bespoke kitchens since 2010.
Founder Ann Beales brings more than 30 years of kitchen design experience, working with clients to create spaces tailored to their homes and lifestyles.
Projects can include custom cabinetry, benchtops, storage solutions, sculleries, laundries and complete kitchen layouts.
Rather than starting with a standard template, each kitchen is designed around the available space and the way the homeowner wants to use it.
Absolute Design Group designs, supplies and installs kitchens throughout the Wellington region.
Commonsense Kilbirnie
Commonsense Kilbirnie is part of the family-owned Commonsense operation built around organic food, environmental sustainability and fair trade.
The Commonsense story began with organic growing in Te Horo before the first Wellington shop opened in 1991.
Today, the Kilbirnie store at 37 Rongotai Road carries certified organic produce, pantry staples, household products and a range of ethically sourced goods.
Product choices are guided by Commonsense’s buying principles, including organic production, sustainability and fair trade.
Customers can shop in store, order home delivery or use click-and-collect.
DC Security Ltd
DC Security Ltd provides electronic and physical security systems for homes, businesses and commercial properties across Wellington.
Services include CCTV, alarms and monitoring, access control, video intercoms, door hardware, locksmithing and integrated security systems.
Solutions are designed around the requirements of each property, whether the job involves a new installation or an upgrade to an existing system.
DC Security also provides ongoing maintenance and support for residential and commercial clients across Wellington and surrounding areas.
GSW Martial Arts
GSW Martial Arts has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Wellington for more than 25 years.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Geoff Grant has trained in martial arts since 1985 and received his BJJ black belt in 2007.
Classes cater for beginners through to experienced students, with people training for self-defence, fitness, confidence, technical development or competition.
GSW moved to Level 3, 144 Tory Street, Te Aro, in 2026, continuing its long association with martial arts in Wellington.
Guy’s Gardens
Guy’s Gardens provides gardening and arboriculture services across Wellington’s central suburbs and Lower Hutt.
Arborist and gardener Harvey Mudford founded Guy’s Gardens, offering everything from garden tidies and hedge trimming to pruning, planting, tree work, weeding, organic gardening and consulting.
Jobs range from regular maintenance to larger improvements to established outdoor spaces.
Wellington’s local growing conditions are taken into account when planning planting, pruning and ongoing garden care.
Guy’s Gardens works with homeowners on both one-off projects and regular maintenance.
Motorworx 2012 Ltd
Motorworx 2012 Ltd is a Thorndon automotive workshop specialising in European and Japanese vehicles.
The team has more than 20 years of experience servicing, maintaining and repairing everything from newer models to older cars.
Oil and filter changes, brakes, tune-ups, diagnostics, replacement parts and more involved mechanical repairs are all handled from the Grant Road workshop.
Basic, premium and diesel servicing are available, along with general maintenance and repairs.
Motorworx is based at 143 Grant Road, Thorndon.
Pizza Pomodoro
Pizza Pomodoro has been serving wood-fired pizza in Wellington since September 2000.
Tucked inside the Hannah’s Warehouse precinct at 13 Leeds Street, the family-run pizzeria specialises in Neapolitan-style pizza made with fresh ingredients and homemade dough.
Pizzas are cooked quickly in a high-temperature wood-fired oven, creating the soft centre and raised crust associated with traditional Neapolitan pizza.
Pizza Pomodoro is certified by Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana and serves both classic Italian combinations and original creations.
More than two decades after opening, it remains an independent fixture in central Wellington.
Prana Tree
Prana Tree provides qualified arborist services across Wellington City, Porirua, the Hutt Valley, Kāpiti Coast and surrounding areas.
NZQA-qualified arborists carry out tree removal, pruning, hedge trimming, stump grinding, planting, tree health care and commercial maintenance.
On-site assessments and itemised quotes are provided before work begins.
Clients include homeowners, property managers, schools, body corporates and commercial organisations.
Prana Tree says customers will also be told when a tree does not need to be removed, with preservation considered where appropriate.
Zeus Tiling
Zeus Tiling provides floor and wall tiling across Wellington, the Hutt Valley, Porirua and Kāpiti Coast.
Projects include bathrooms, kitchens, splashbacks, entranceways and other residential spaces.
Work ranges from smaller repairs and tiling jobs to larger renovation projects requiring new wall or floor finishes.
Zeus Tiling has completed dozens of jobs through Builderscrack, where customer feedback has highlighted communication, reliability, attention to detail and tidy finishes.
The team works with homeowners carrying out renovations, repairs and improvements throughout the Wellington region.
These nine businesses are among the latest local operators to join the Wellington News Business Directory. To support local businesses and discover more Wellington trades, services, shops and specialists, visit the Wellington News Business Directory:
