Petition Blog

June 27, 2019 325

We sent a letter and attended a meeting of the WLT asking them to trigger the referendum themselves. The board were unanimous and unequivocal...

April 27, 2019 774

Fact Check: Linda Cooper says liquor licensing is rampant, pointing to South Auckland where alcohol outlets are popping up on almost every street...

The Te Atatu Tavern was the Waitakere Licensing Trust’s first tavern and opened in 1974. These days it is a weeping sore that exemplifies much of...

April 13, 2019 685

What’s better: competition or monopoly? Here are the key arguments in one place

March 8, 2019 462

Should our licensing trusts convert into community trusts? I think they should…

March 1, 2019 1120

The joint venture structure employed by The Trusts and their use of it to avoid legislated disclosures is scandalous. They are blatantly...

The Trusts are giving us a master-class on how to avoid official information requests. Here are their tactics

Giving back is good, but how much of it is philanthropic and how much is self-promotion?

A look forward at what we can expect in 2019 including some shenanigans from The Trusts