Rod Drury posts that Eva Dixon's at Wellington Zoo is being jerked around to such an extent by the Wellington City Council that it is going to close. This follows the problems late last year experienced by the Chocolate Fish (we don't actually hold the Council responsible for that one). We don't know what is going on here - and will investigate. One reader of Rod Drury's blog is holding Green Councillor Ioan Pannett responsible for this, but again we don't know why. Wellington cannot be a vibrant city without a vibrant business community. Providing business friendly conditions is therefore a key responsibility for Council As far as we can tell the only Councillor who really understands this is Ian McKinnon.
Update 4.22pm It seems Eva Dixon's have failed to win the concession in what seems to have been a tender type process to operate the Zoo's "kiosk". There was an article on this in the Dominion Post. Corporate caterers Spotless seem to be the future operators. We still don't understand why this is the fault of Iona Pannett.
