WELLINGTON COUNCIL SPENDS THREE HOURS DEBATING WHETHER HOT CROSS BUNS NEED RESOURCE CONSENT
Two consultants engaged. One bun produced. Nobody has eaten it.
Wellington City Council spent most of Tuesday afternoon arguing about whether hot cross buns sold in the city need a resource consent. The trigger was one email from a Newtown resident about a bakery A-frame.
The debate ran from 1.15pm to 4.40pm with a break for what one councillor called "a quick pastoral matter". Two consultants have been engaged. The bun is now stale.
Island Bay submitter Hana Whitcombe, 44, said she had only asked about the A-frame on the footpath. "I sent one email. One. Now there's a working group. I don't even like hot cross buns."
Councillors split along the usual lines. One called the bun a "heritage product". Another said the whole thing was "the reason people move to the Hutt". A third was on a call about cones.
A council spokesperson said no decision had been made but the matter was "progressing", at a cost so far of $11,400. Asked if the bakery could keep selling buns, the spokesperson said that was "outside the scope of today's briefing".
The bakery, contacted for comment, said they sold out by 9am and were "not aware there was an issue". A second batch is in the oven. No consent has been lodged.
The debate ran from 1.15pm to 4.40pm with a break for what one councillor called "a quick pastoral matter". Two consultants have been engaged. The bun is now stale.
Island Bay submitter Hana Whitcombe, 44, said she had only asked about the A-frame on the footpath. "I sent one email. One. Now there's a working group. I don't even like hot cross buns."
Councillors split along the usual lines. One called the bun a "heritage product". Another said the whole thing was "the reason people move to the Hutt". A third was on a call about cones.
A council spokesperson said no decision had been made but the matter was "progressing", at a cost so far of $11,400. Asked if the bakery could keep selling buns, the spokesperson said that was "outside the scope of today's briefing".
The bakery, contacted for comment, said they sold out by 9am and were "not aware there was an issue". A second batch is in the oven. No consent has been lodged.