Our letter to Justice Minister Kiri Allan
Our letter to Justice Minister Kiri Allan urging her to include licensing trusts in the upcoming review of NZ’s alcohol laws.
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What went wrong?
Over 38,000 signatures submitted but it came up short by 934. WTF happened?
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2021 Annual Report
The Trusts are holding their annual meetings next week and they’ve invited questions by email. We’ve taken a bit of a look at their Annual...
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Transparency: the gulf between words and actions
The Trusts have just dumped a pile of information and heralded a new dawn of transparency. But is it a false dawn?
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West Liquor’s eye-watering prices
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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Annual Report 2020
Results from pre-COVID show dramatic falls in profit alongside a huge CEO salary and head office expenses growing at 15% year on year.
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Giving back in a COVID world
The Trusts have defended their giving back ratio in the past by saying they were saving for a rainy day. Well, now it is raining… will they step...
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The Trusts in lockdown
Two weeks into lockdown and The Trusts have been in the headlines. What’s gone wrong?
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Looking back at the 2019 elections
Looking back at the 2019 licensing trust elections and we uncover donations from a property developer of questionable character
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