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 Report and here are some of our observations.
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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 reveals…
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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 up?
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They won’t budge…
We sent a letter and attended a meeting of the WLT asking them to trigger the referendum themselves. The board were unanimous and unequivocal. They will not trigger a referendum themselves under any circumstance.
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The Te Atatu Tavern
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 what is wrong with The Trusts.
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Monopoly vs competition
What’s better: competition or monopoly? Here are the key arguments in one place
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