Tunnel 24 Hour Laundrette is a family-run, 24-hour laundromat at 23 Waitoa Rd, Hataitai, Wellington, rated 4.2 on Google. Its washers and dryers run on $2 tokens — buy them onsite by EFTPOS or PayWave, or with cash, along with soap powder, at the 4 Square and the Waitoa Rd dairy — and the site notes forty years in Hataitai, plus a sideline in recycled cleaning rags.
Laundromats earn their keep on the big machines: an 18kg commercial washer takes three or four household loads, or two king-size duvets, in a little over half an hour. Drying runs 20 to 40 minutes depending on the load — towels, jeans and feather duvets are slowest — and clothes tumble best with room to spare. Regulars sort at home, arrive with tokens ready, and dodge the evening rush when machines are scarce.
For Hataitai households with a week's washing or a pair of duvets, this Waitoa Rd corner never closes.