Calls for halt on new liquor stores after rising assaults in cities
The National Māori Authority is demanding a halt on licences for new bottle stores, after multiple highly-publicised assaults in Auckland and Wellington CBDs. Māori Wardens patrolling the CBD say they are seeing multiple vicious, alcohol-fuelled attacks every weekend in downtown Auckland. "It is getting worse. We need to do something about it very quickly," Māori Warden Thomas Henry told Checkpoint. He has seen some ugly scenes on the streets of central Auckland: fists flying, knockout blows, and people being rushed to hospital emergency rooms. "There's so much injury that's happening i...
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