The New Zealand Listener described Wells' deadpan delivery as "newsnight-of-the-living-dead", saying he would be "compelling viewing reading the phone book.
"[3] Wells became notorious in November 2003 when an episode of Eating Media Lunch spoofed the current affairs programme Target, which often used hidden cameras to catch unreliable tradespersons or workers.
Several viewers complained but, in March 2004, the BSA (Broadcasting Standards Authority) of New Zealand found the episode had not breached any guidelines.
[4] Wells spent 23 days travelling with the 108 members of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in October 2010 and produced a documentary The Grand Tour, a product of his own interest in classical music.
[5][6] Wells co-hosted The Saturday Special with Steve Simpson on bFM; the show continued when both hosts moved to Radio Hauraki.