When told the MetService was forecasting rain, the caller responded: "When is it stopping? It's not even winter yet, why do we have all this rain?"
When told that the call-taker couldn't help with that request, the curt response was: "Well put me on to someone who can!"
One ratepayer asked for advice on the cheapest place to buy cat traps, while another, when asked if there was anything else they needed, responded: "Can you also cut my lawn please?"
Two calls provided some comic relief for call-takers.
One elderly man contacted the hotline to ask about a character on Coronation Street.
"I said I don't watch the show but know it. He continued to ask me if I knew of the character that worked for another character on the show, Mike Baldwin, and did I know what his name was? He just wanted to know as he was talking to someone about it and couldn't remember the person's name."
"A very elderly gentleman called and asked for the difference in the meanings of two words that he is looking at in his dictionary," a call-taker said.
"I politely advised him that I couldn't answer that question as I am just a customer service person at this call centre."
The caller said: "My librarian always answers my questions, Miss. Put me through to the librarian at Takapuna library, please."
The caller then hung up when he was put on hold as the call centre worker contacted the library.
Due to privacy issues, council wasn't able to release audio of the calls.
An Auckland Council spokeswoman said while the "bulk" of calls to enquiries to its hotlene were "generally serious in nature, requiring urgent council attention and follow up, however, there are occasions when the calls do take on a more humorous tone."