The West Auckland Licensing Trusts Action Group formed in April 2018 when a group of West Auckland residents got together after discussing the issue of Licensing Trusts on social media.

The group’s purpose is to coordinate a petition, requesting that the Waitakere and Portage Licensing Trusts (“The Trusts”) hold a vote at the 2019 local body elections.  The vote would decide if The Trusts should keep or lose their monopoly rights.