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What’s a Liquor Monopoly Worth? $50 Million Less Than Nothing
What’s a Liquor Monopoly Worth? $50 Million Less Than Nothing
20 days ago 273

We have just released the most comprehensive analysis yet of the financial performance of New Zealand’s four remaining monopoly-holding licensing...

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Being an elected member
Being an elected member
May 1, 2025 381

Being an elected trustee of the West Auckland Trusts – whether on the Portage or Waitākere Licensing Trust – is both a privilege and a serious...

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Giving back (to 2024)
Giving back (to 2024)
April 2, 2025 2454

Overall average value of giving back for the last 6 years = $1,072,000 per annum

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West Liquor’s eye-watering prices
West Liquor’s eye-watering prices
December 4, 2020 6866

Are West Liquor’s prices just a few cents higher or are we being taken to the cleaners? See what our comprehensive price survey...

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Pokies and The Trusts
Pokies and The Trusts
August 31, 2019 3400

How many gaming machines are there in Trusts venues? How much is gambled in Trusts venues?

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Giving back: the numbers
Giving back: the numbers
February 9, 2019 2366

Overall average value of giving back for the last 6 years = $1,072,000 per annum

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Controlling alcohol without The Trusts’ monopoly
Controlling alcohol without The Trusts’ monopoly
February 9, 2019 2493

Alcohol licenses in Auckland are governed by the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (SSAA) and Auckland’s Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) (once it...

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Grocery Stores vs Dairies
Grocery Stores vs Dairies
August 12, 2018 3698

The argument sometimes surfaces that without the licensing trusts, dairies will be allowed to sell booze. The legislation is pretty clear that...

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Our information requests
Our information requests
July 26, 2018 3048

For those that are interested in the details, here is the full set of correspondence from our information requests sent to The Trusts: Information...

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What’s a Liquor Monopoly Worth? $50 Million Less Than Nothing
What’s a Liquor Monopoly Worth? $50 Million Less Than Nothing
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Giving back (to 2024)
April 2, 2025
What’s been going on at the Te Atatu Tavern?
What’s been going on at the Te Atatu Tavern?
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