White Lady pie-cart's move confirmed

The White Lady has been on Shortland Street for more than 50 years.

Auckland's White Lady pie cart is to move from its lower Shortland Street location after 56 years, it was confirmed today.

The takeaway caravan is relocating due to construction work about to begin on the block of land bordered by Shortland Street, Queen Street, Fort Street and Jean Batten Place.

It will now operate from Commerce Street for the next three years, starting on August 1.

Multiplex is building a 20-storey office block on the site for the Bank of New Zealand and will erect scaffolding on the footpath, meaning customers would no longer be able to get to the pie cart on Shortland Street.

Chris Dee, Auckland City Council's manager of environmental health and licensing, said it has liaised with the owner of the White Lady to find a suitable alternative site.

"We were keen to work with the White Lady to find a visible site that enabled it to continue to do business in a location that was not hazardous for nearby pedestrians or traffic," he said.

"The location on Commerce Street, where it meets Fort Street, is a site that's safe and secure for patrons and other users of the CBD."

The pie cart has a licence to operate between 7pm and 3am Monday to Thursday, and from 8pm on Friday until 3am on Monday.

- NZHERALD STAFF