Liquor licensing

Bar owner seeks 'one rule for all' over licensing breaches

Bar owner seeks 'one rule for all' over licensing breaches

A Dunedin bar owner has criticised the police over what he says is bias and a lack of consistency in punishing licensees for selling alcohol to minors.

Liquor stings detail range of breaches

Liquor stings detail range of breaches

Seven Dunedin and Mosgiel liquor licences or business operations were suspended this year after employees sold alcohol to people as young as 15 in a series of undercover police stings.

Liquor and responsibilities

Liquor and responsibilities

Two recent rulings by the Liquor Licensing Authority identify where the body thinks the contentious boundary between personal responsibility ends and host responsibility starts as it relates to the hospitality industry.

Criterion's licence suspended

Alexandra's Criterion Club Hotel's liquor licence has been suspended for 48 hours and general managers Corranne and Tony Flannery have had their managers' certificates suspended.

Special licence bid 'contrived'

Special licence bid 'contrived'

A Dunedin bar that has applied for a special licence to hold a fundraiser for Christchurch earthquake victims between midnight and 3am on Easter Sunday has contrived the event so the bar can trade on a sacrosanct day, police say.

Bar seeks continuation of late hours

The Dunedin District Licensing Agency hearings committee is to determine whether a temporary authority will be issued to a central city bar that wishes to continue to stay open to 5am four days a week.

Seven bars get 1.30am Christmas Day licence

Seven bars get 1.30am Christmas Day licence

Seven of the eight inner city bars seeking to stay open into Christmas Day will be allowed to trade until 1.30am.

Decision today on city bar hours

Decision today on city bar hours

Inner city Dunedin bars are set to find out today if they can open until 3am on Christmas Day, a matter police have opposed for the first time.

Sammy's ruled out as ball after-party venue

Sammy's ruled out as ball after-party venue

More than 1000 high-school pupils in Dunedin will be looking for somewhere else to party, after a police crackdown targeting after-ball events at licensed premises.

Easter liquor licence bid fails

An application for exemption to the Easter liquor rules for a special event in Hawea on Good Friday was yesterday declined by the Queenstown Lakes District Council acting as the District Licensing Agency.

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