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DunedinOctober 11

Massive response to DCC alcohol plan

Plans to bring forward the 4am closing time of Dunedin bars have sparked the highest number of submissions to the Dunedin City Council for any issue in years.

DunedinSeptember 30

Opposition to bar changes growing

The Dunedin City Council has a fight on its hands over proposed changes to the city's alcohol laws, with more than 4000 supporting a campaign opposing them.

DunedinApril 24

4am World Cup TV in city bar opposed

A Dunedin bar's plans to screen Fifa World Cup matches later this year could be derailed by concerns the venue could attract early-morning drinkers ''like moths to the flame''.

DunedinOctober 22

Liquor licensing training under way

Dunedin's new liquor licensing decision-makers start their training today, headed by a former city councillor.

BusinessJuly 1

Easy liquor licences not a good look

The increasing number of liquor licences granted in Queenstown is tarnishing the resort town's image, a report released this morning says.

DunedinJanuary 16

Underage sales see Super Liquor licence suspensions

Super Liquor stores in Dunedin and Mosgiel were temporarily closed recently by the Liquor Licensing Authority after staff sold alcohol to a 16-year-old girl.

DunedinNovember 29

Alcohol Reform Bill through faster

A last-minute change in Parliament will have the Alcohol Reform Bill put through its third and final reading next month, bringing forward likely requirements for Dunedin bar owners to pay higher fees.

SouthlandSeptember 23

Three liquor shops make sales to boy

Three Invercargill premises operated by the local licensing trust sold alcohol to a 16-year-old boy during part of a controlled-purchase operation on Friday night.

NationalJune 13

Bill lifts bar for licensees

The Government's proposed Alcohol Reform Bill was "very much stronger" than current legislation and could make life "quite uncertain" for licensees, former Liquor Licensing Authority Judge Bill Unwin said in Queenstown yesterday.

QueenstownMay 31

Liquor licence forfeited; restaurant ban

A Cromwell restaurant owner last year convicted of indecently assaulting two former employees and offering to supply cannabis to a person under the age of 18 at one of his restaurants will lose his liquor licence and his ability to enter his restaurants during business hours.

South OtagoMay 28

Licence not suspended

The Liquor Licensing Authority decided not to suspend an off-licence for the Clutha Licensing Trust at a hearing in Balclutha yesterday.

DunedinNovember 29

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.

DunedinNovember 25

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.

EditorialSeptember 21

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.

Central OtagoAugust 10

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.

DunedinApril 29

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.

DunedinApril 8

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.

DunedinDecember 22

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.

DunedinDecember 21

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.

DunedinMay 14

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.

QueenstownMarch 30

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.

DunedinMarch 29

Cheap student drinks test law

In a test case that could have far-reaching implications, the Liquor Licensing Authority will consider if selling subsidised drinks to students at a private function at a student bar breached the Sale of Liquor Act by promoting the excess consumption of alcohol.

DunedinMarch 12

Police seek to withhold licence

The police have applied for the cancellation or suspension of an on-licence involving the Captain Cook Tavern, Dunedin, and the Liquor Licensing Authority will hear the matter later this month.

DunedinDecember 5

Liquor licences to be reviewed

The owners of the Octagon Night 'n Day Foodstore will have a rehearing before the Liquor Licensing Authority in February and other convenience stores will have a nervous wait to see if their liquor licences are renewed, following a landmark decision this week.

QueenstownDecember 1

Bars lose closing time fight

A legal challenge against the Queenstown Lakes District Council's blanket 4am closing time for bars has failed.