Wellington, NZ, is one of my favorite towns.

But they’ve got some sanitation problems.

Rodents and droppings are among cleaning failures found in more than 30 Wellington restaurants, eight of which were forced to close in the past year.

The annual list of city cafes and restaurants issued with cleaning and closures notices in the 2013-14 year has been released to The Dominion Post by Wellington City Council.

It shows a slight improvement on last year, with 31 notices compared to 38.

But more premises were forced to shut: seven businesses received closure notices, compared with four the previous year.

Wellington has about 1300 eating premises. Each is given a rating of excellent, very good or ungraded, depending on how well they comply with health standards.