Hastings District Council extends Te Mata Peak alcohol ban plan

The alcohol ban would include the full Te Mata Park and associated roadways, walkways and parking. Photo / File

If you want a Champagne sunset on Te Mata Peak or spirits in a cemetery you will have to fight for it in Hastings, as the council puts a bylaw review out for public consultation.

As part of the council's five-yearly bylaw review, all of Te Mata Park, including roads, walkways and parking has been added to the list of alcohol-banned areas.

Police have raised concerns about alcohol-related disorder in the area.

Previously the ban just applied from the midway gate to the summit.

But the Te Mata Peak Trust decided at its February 1 meeting to extend it.

Councillor Malcolm Dixon said people can organise celebrations at the park and noted that Peak House sits outside the park.

At least one operator provides a tour that includes Champagne sunsets at Te Mata Peak.

Hastings Cemetery and Crematorium between Maraekakaho and Orchard Rds and the eastern boundary of Heretaunga Intermediate School have also been added to the ban after police and community concerns.

Councillor Bayden Barber said at Thursday's council meeting the change was "a good outcome for the whole community".

Public consultation will start February 15 and run until March 19.

The council will hear submissions on May 20 and 21 and adopt the bylaw in August.