More Pie-Related Crime in New Zealand

First we heard about the suspect who wouldn’t “drop the pie” in New Zealand. Now, just a few days later, there’s a report of another pie-related incident in New Zealand. I’m beginning to think that New Zealanders really like pie.

This time around, the culprit stole two pies, but paid for the third:

A Blenheim man with a penchant for meat pies is having to fork out nearly $140 for three of the pastry treats.

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Police prosecutor Sergeant Graham Single said a drunk Deavin took a pie from the supermarket’s warmer about 8.30am and ate it as he wandered the aisles, before returning to take another.

The second pie was not to his liking, so he returned it to the warmer and took a third. He paid for that pie, but not the others, at the checkout.

As well as $7.38 reparation, Judge Richard Russell ordered the sickness beneficiary to pay court costs of $130. “This was an expensive pie for you.”

Source: The Marlborough Express

This got me wondering – do New Zealand’s favorite sons, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, of Flight of the Conchords fame, love pie?

In short, yes, very much so. The lyrics to their song “Leggy Blonde” clearly state “Woah-woah I like pie”. Also, Episode 4 – Pop Song, of their 2005 BBC radio series seems to center around a pie shop.

In the spirit of the series, I thought I’d make a promotional tourism poster (see above) for New Zealand and its penchant for pie crime. Enjoy!

Background image in the “poster” was used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License – via  kiwinz.