New Zealand's best-known home-grown fast-food icon - Georgie Pie - is returning to Northland next week.
Georgie Pie outlets dominated the Kiwi fast-food landscape in the 1980s but the last of its distinctive square pies was sold in 1998.
The brand was bought by McDonalds which will offer Georgie Pie's steak, mince 'n' cheese pie on the menu at its Bank St (Whangarei) and Kerikeri outlets from 10.30am on Monday.
The company is promising to use only quality New Zealand beef and Georgie Pie's special short pastry. The pies will be baked fresh on site and held no longer than two hours.
What has changed, however, since the square pie's heyday is the $1 price tag. The new incarnation of Georgie Pie will sell for $4.50.