Māngere East local Shirl e Fruean at the March 16 protest.
Photo: Justin Latif
Following complaints about how difficult it is for people to make objections to licences, Auckland Council s Marguerite Delbet wrote a letter to Glenn McCutcheon of Communities Against Alcohol Harm addressing these concerns. Delbet, as the council s then-democracy services manager, promised new efforts would be made to ensure objectors would feel heard , thanks to a more inclusive approach by those running the meetings.
The question is, has such an inclusive environment been implemented?
The shades of justice
The latest application in South Auckland was for a new liquor store on Vine street, Māngere East. I attended the second day of the hearing, but also listened to 467 minutes of audio recordings from the hearings, and skimmed over almost 100 pages of evidence and submissions.
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The bar was no longer allowed to serve alcohol at its Victoria St location after a decision by the district licensing board. (Video first published in January 2018)
A proposed liquor store in south Auckland has been knocked back over concerns it was a “front” for a previous applicant who had applied for a licence on the same site. The Auckland District Licensing Committee has stopped HS Judge Enterprises, run by Sukhvir Singh and Gurpreet Kaur, from setting up a liquor shop on Vine St in Māngere East. The committee cited vague responses to questions and a poorly-researched application.
Māngere East local Shirl e Fruean at the March 16 protest.
Photo: Justin Latif
Following complaints about how difficult it is for people to make objections to licences, Auckland Council s Marguerite Delbet wrote a letter to Glenn McCutcheon of Communities Against Alcohol Harm addressing these concerns. Delbet, as the council s then-democracy services manager, promised new efforts would be made to ensure objectors would feel heard , thanks to a more inclusive approach by those running the meetings.
The question is, has such an inclusive environment been implemented?
The shades of justice
The latest application in South Auckland was for a new liquor store on Vine street, Māngere East. I attended the second day of the hearing, but also listened to 467 minutes of audio recordings from the hearings, and skimmed over almost 100 pages of evidence and submissions.
There are four new
cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation
facilities, since our last update on Friday.
There is
also one new historical case to report. Historical cases are
not considered to be infectious.
Four
previously reported cases have recovered.
The
total number of active cases in New Zealand today is
24.
Our total number of confirmed cases remains
at 2,262.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been
50 historical cases, out of a total of 446
cases.
Western Australia
update
As announced late last night, Western
Australian health officials have advised a worker at a Perth
managed isolation facility had tested positive for COVID-19,