by Lindsay SheltonThe amalgamation debate is moving fast. We learnt yesterday that Upper Hutt’s mayor does not want her city to be part of a Greater Wellington amalgamation. Justin Wong reported:Upper Hutt mayor Peri Zee … told her counterparts she would ask councillors in each council to propose an amendment to write Upper Hutt out of any amalgamation proposal, and [she had already]… arranged for two Wellington City councillors to do so. And more:Zee …said on Wednesday that amalgamation costs were significant and the financial benefits were “unlikely to be realised on any reasonable term”. “In the end it is for ministers to decide,” Andrew Little has told Wellington councillors.