West Auckland

• Nick Smale: Covid lockdowns – why won’t Govt explain decision behind which liquor stores could stay open?. NZ Herald (Jul 2022) Smale, N.
• Petition to force vote on West Auckland liquor licensing monopoly fails. Stuff (Nov 2021) Niall, T..
• Only 4 per cent of alcohol sales happen after 9pm, so should hours be cut?. Stuff (Nov 2021) Halpin, J..
• Petition to end West Auckland Liquor monopoly lodged. NBR (Oct 2021) Bevin, A..
• West Auckland liquor fight: enough signatures gained to trigger referendum on Trust’s monopoly. NZ Herald (Oct 2021) Keall, C.
• Crunch time for campaign to end West Auckland liquor trust monopoly. Stuff (Oct 2021) Niall, T..
• Waitākere Licensing Trust stand off will go to referendum. RNZ (Oct 2021) Mulligan, J..
• West Auckland’s The Trusts pay the living wage immediately to more than 300 workers. Stuff (Sep 2021) Smith, D..
• Coronavirus: West Aucklanders bought a weekend’s worth of booze in the hours before lockdown began. Newshub (Aug 2021) Satherley, D..
• Politics causing smaller liquor stores in West Auckland to shut. Newstalk ZB (Aug 2021) Du Plessis-Allan, H..
• West Auckland liquor fight: Competition will deliver choice and community funding. NZ Herald (Aug 2021) Smale, N.
• West Auckland liquor fight: What future will you choose for region?. NZ Herald (Aug 2021) Pollard, A..
• ILT hits back at Lush’s predicted demise of licensing trusts. Stuff (Jul 2021) Harding, E..
• West Auckland trusts’ ‘fighting fund’ another symptom of a broken monopoly. The Spinoff (Jul 2021) Learmonth, S.
• A battle for competition and accountability in West Auckland. BusinessDesk (Jul 2021) Smale, N.
• West Auckland booze war: The Trusts ink partnership with Liquorland – a new dawn?. NZ Herald (Jul 2021) Keall, C.
• Liquorland to operate in West Auckland, partnering with The Trusts. Stuff (Jul 2021) Clent, D..
• Liquor sales in West Auckland: Group close to forcing public vote, UMR poll reveals shift in opinion. NZ Herald (Jul 2021) Keall, C.
• Trusts spent public money on fighting fund to sway public opinion. Stuff (Jun 2021) Kilgallon, S.
• Trusts Karakare Surf Life Saving Club gets new $3.3m headquarters. NZ Herald (May 2021) Gibson, A.
• West Auckland’s The Trusts to implement living wage for entire workforce. Stuff (Feb 2021) Clent, D..
• Ombudsman chides licensing trusts for withholding information. RNZ (Dec 2020) Truebridge, N.
• The age-old dilemma Costco faces as its sets up shop in NZ. NZ Herald (Nov 2020) Shaw, A.
• Caught in the middle of an alcohol monopoly, some residents say Auckland beachside community in dire need for change. Stuff (Sep 2020) Tokalau, T.
• Auckland licensing trusts questioned about use of public money during elections. Stuff (Jul 2020) Tokalau, T.
• Inquiry into the 2019 Local Elections and Liquor Licensing Trust Elections, and Recent Energy Trust Elections. Parliament (Jul 2020) Justice Committee.
• Three Auckland liquor shops suspended after illegal sales. Newshub (Jun 2020) Turton, E.
• Trust venues to close for 48 hours after Act breaches. Our Auckland (Jun 2020) Uncredited.
• West Auckland Trust Services Board Takes 20% Pay Cut For The Next Six Months. The Trusts (May 2020) Uncredited.
• Monopoly liquor board takes fee cut. NBR (May 2020) Uncredited.
• West Auckland trusts deliver poor return on monopoly assets. NBR (Apr 2020) Hunter, T..
• Coronavirus: Liquor stores near motorways targeted by shoppers flouting lockdown. Stuff (Apr 2020) Tokalau, T.
• Covid 19 coronavirus: West Auckland liquor stores stop selling spirits during lockdown. NZ Herald (Apr 2020) Leahy, B..
• Coronavirus: No more liquor and RTDs at West Auckland stores to stop drinkers flouting lockdown. Stuff (Apr 2020) Owen, C..
• Sale of spirits, RTDs at West Auckland liquor stores to be banned during lockdown to stop long queues of out-of-towners. 1 News (Apr 2020) 1 News.
• In search of the Waitakere daiquiri. Newsroom (Apr 2020) Slack, D..
• Covid-19 coronavirus: Huge queues at west Auckland liquor stores ahead of second weekend in lockdown. NZ Herald (Apr 2020) Alves, V..
• Coronavirus: New initiative launched to monitor at-risk patients at home. Stuff (Apr 2020) Martin, H..
• Coronavirus: For the love of liquor – drinkers flout lockdown rule to buy booze in West Auckland. Stuff (Apr 2020) Tokalau, T.
• Angry scenes at stressed trusts bottle stores. NBR (Mar 2020) Slade, M..
• Activist seeks apology after alcohol licensing trusts found to have misled over charity spend. Stuff (Nov 2019) Kilgallon, S.
• Auckland alcohol licensing trusts guilty of misleading public. RNZ (Nov 2019) Chiang, J..
• Licensing trusts still hold great power but who is holding them accountable?. Stuff (Oct 2019) Kilgallon, S.
• West Auckland alcohol licensing trust finally votes for living wage. Stuff (Sep 2019) Tokalau, T.
• Portage trust buys first up at commercial auction. Bob Dey Property Report (Sep 2019) Dey, B.
• Accusations fly as booze becomes central issue in west Auckland election. NZ Herald (Sep 2019) Venuto, D.
• Paying living wage not good PR, according to community trust board paper. TVNZ Breakfast (Sep 2019) Holt, H.
• Community trust told: don’t pay the living wage, it’s not good PR. Stuff (Sep 2019) Kilgallon, S.
• Trust the process: Is there still a place for liquor licensing trusts?. NZ Retail (Sep 2019) Dunn, S.
• West Auckland Licensing Trusts Action Group announces election line-up to ‘challenge the status quo’. Stuff (Aug 2019) Tokalau, T.
• Political brew-ha-ha: Voters to decide fate of alcohol sales in Auckland. NZ Herald (Aug 2019) Reed, C.
• Future of West Auckland Licensing Trusts set to become local election issue. NZ Herald (Aug 2019) Reed, C.
• Te Atatū Tavern attack: A 26-year-old man has been charged. Stuff (Aug 2019) Earley, M..
• Thanks a $2.5 million West Auckland (full-page ad p11). Western Leader (Aug 2019) The Trusts.
• String of Auckland liquor stores closed following armed robberies. TVNZ (Jul 2019) 1 News.
• More than 20 liquor shops in West Auckland forced to close due to ‘security reasons’. Stuff (Jul 2019) Tokalau, T.
• Liquor lockdown: West Auckland liquor stores shut up shop following robberies. NZ Herald (Jul 2019) Uncredited.
• Daring’ armed robbery at Te Atatu liquor store, West Auckland. Stuff (Jul 2019) Saxton, A..
• Group close to forcing referendum over West Auckland alcohol monopoly. Stuff (Jun 2019) Tokalau, T.
• West Auckland licensing trusts: Campaign group close to forcing public vote on alcohol sales. NZ Herald (Jun 2019) Reed, C..
• West Aucklanders, fed up with alcohol purchasing restrictions, campaign for ‘fairness’. TVNZ Breakfast (May 2019) One News.
• Real estate agents dumped over racial social media comments sacked a second time. Stuff (May 2019) Rosenberg, M..
• Sacked real estate agents pick up new jobs despite racial social media posts. Stuff (May 2019) Rosenberg, M..
• Girls’ night out turns into a nightmare as woman hit by ‘low-life cowardly man’. Stuff (Apr 2019) Tokalau, T.
• Woman injured by ‘king hit’ while having a smoke at bar in Te Atatu, West Auckland. NZ Herald (Apr 2019) Johnston, M.
• Unrest in the West: Battle lines drawn in liquor sales war. NZ Herald (Mar 2019) Reed, C..
• Fighting the big guy: West Aucklander’s battle to end booze monopoly. Sunday Star Times (Mar 2019) Kilgallon, S.
• Licensing Trust member Paul Davie bullish over social media posts critical of Muslims. NZ Herald (Mar 2019) Reed, C..
• Petition calls for Paul Davie to be removed from Auckland’s Portage Licensing Trust over race comments. Stuff (Mar 2019) Clent, D..
• Ray White real estate agents removed over racially charged Facebook posts. NZ Herald (Mar 2019) Cheng, D.
• Product recall for tainted saline solution in West Auckland free first aid kits. Western Leader (Mar 2019) Tokalau, T.
• Lion’s $20m craft beer gamble at Hobsonville Point hangar. NZ Herald (Jan 2019) Keall, C.
• Alcohol licencing trusts rapped over the knuckles for misleading advertising. Western Leader (Nov 2018) Ross, H.
• Advertising Standards Authority overturns call on West Auckland licensing trusts’ crashes claim. NZ Herald (Nov 2018) Uncredited.
• John Tamihere: Westies shouldn’t pay for their neonatal unit twice. Western Leader (Nov 2018) Tamihere, J.
• Hundreds of premature babies to benefit from new West Auckland $6m rebuild unit. NZ Herald (Nov 2018) Russell, E..
• Split decision over Auckland licensing trusts’ claim on alcohol-related crashes. Western Leader  (Oct 2018) Ross, H.
• The case for abolishing West Auckland’s alcohol monopoly. The Spinoff (Sep 2018) Smale, N.
• The case against abolishing West Auckland’s alcohol monopoly. The Spinoff (Sep 2018) Wickham, S.
• Candidates in the running for West Auckland’s alcohol trust board. Western Leader (Aug 2018) Ross, H.
• Call for fewer pokies near poor communites. Stuff (Aug 2018) Ross, H.
• New booze store opens just minutes from school and kindy. Western Leader (Aug 2018) Tokalau, T.
• Staunch opponent of West Auckland’s alcohol trust is running for its board. Western Leader (Jul 2018) Foxcroft, D.
• How much does a community get for having an alcohol monopoly?. Stuff  (Jul 2018) Smith, S.
• Local politician receives conflict of interest training after complaint. Western Leader (Jun 2018) Foxcroft, D.
• The little brewery taking on West Auckland Trusts. NZ Herald (Jun 2018) Donaldson, M.
• Craziest’ drinking memory promotion by liquor store breaks advertising rules. Stuff (Jun 2018) Hill, M.
• Explainer: What’s going on with alcohol sales in West Auckland. Stuff (Jun 2018) Smith, S.
• Petition to be launched against The Trusts in West Auckland. Western Leader  (Jun 2018) Ross, H.
• West Liquor apologises following “horrific” Facebook post. Western Leader  (May 2018) Ross, H.
• Bingeing, brawling and drunken sex: Is this responsible alcohol promotion?. The Spinoff (May 2018) Stevenson, R.
• West Aucklanders who live in licencing trust zones paying up to $6 more for booze. Western Leader  (May 2018) Ross, H.
• Why we’re fighting for a vote on The Trusts’ West Auckland alcohol monopoly. The Spinoff (May 2018) Learmonth, S.
• ‘In Greed We Trust’: how the Trusts’ in West Auckland are exploiting their workers and breaking the law. Blog (May 2018) Ann-King, C..
• Who Should We Trust?. The Project (May 2018) Ali, Mahvash.
• Meet the councillors moonlighting as West Auckland’s booze and gambling tsars. The Spinoff (Apr 2018) Stevenson, R.
• We deserve decent bars in West Auckland. The Spinoff (Apr 2018) Learmonth, S.
• Industry giants back Assid Corban’s wine museum idea. Western Leader  (Mar 2018) Foxcroft, D.
• West Auckland community shows support for referendum on The Trusts. Western Leader  (Mar 2018) Foxcroft, D.
• Paying a living wage ‘adds up pretty quickly’ – says alcohol trusts. Western Leader (Nov 2017) Smith, S.
• The Trusts million dollar fund is back again. Western Leader  (Jul 2017) Uncredited.
• Fewer machines but more money through West Auckland pokies. Western Leader (May 2017) Thomas, J.
• A marketing budget of $200,000 to give back $1m. Stuff  (Mar 2017) Smith, S.
• Public input on the line with the Million Dollar Mission. Western Leader  (Jan 2017) Smith, S.
• The Trusts record on giving back. Western Leader (Oct 2016) Uncredited.
• The Trusts plan to invest $10 million in property business. Western Leader (Oct 2016) Stevenson, R.
• The Trusts will sell two taverns. NZ Herald (Property) (Oct 2016) Uncredited.
• Western Leader: The Trusts issue giving back?. Western Leader (Sep 2016) Various.
• Liquor trusts a two-edged sword. NZ Herald (Sep 2016) Johnston, M.
• The Trusts Arena’s bumping policy gives kids nowhere to play. Western Leader (Aug 2016) Smith, S.
• Sky City, The Hangar Bar make police list of worst ‘last drink’ offenders. Stuff (Aug 2016) Cowlishaw, S & Fagan, J.
• Last chance saloons: Police reveal their secret list of New Zealand’s most troublesome bars. Stuff (Aug 2016) Hunt, T, Cowlishaw, S & Wall, T.
• Tighter liquor laws gain support out west. Western Leader (May 2015) Etheridge, J.
• Westgate Pak ‘n Save opening to be dry affair. NZ Herald (Sep 2014) Gibson, A.
• Trust’s vote was a ‘slap in the face’. Western Leader (Nov 2013) Platt, C.
• Tamihere aims to alter trust thinking. NZ Herald (Oct 2013) Uncredited.
• Community message at the heart of trusts’ pitch. NZ Herald (Oct 2013) Uncredited.
• West’s ‘ugly’ culture has Tamihere fuming. NZ Herald (Oct 2013) Uncredited.
• The inside man. Stuff (Apr 2012) Kilgallon, S.
• Waitakere licensing trusts under scrutiny. Stuff (Oct 2011) Kilgallon, S.
• Show me the money. Sunday Star Times (Oct 2011) Kilgallon, S.
• Pokie trust paid trustee $500k to sign new venues. NZ Herald (May 2010) Collins, S.
• Pokie policy raises concerns. Central Leader (Jun 2009) Morgan, S.
• Trusts toast success after poll. NZ Herald (Mar 2003) Masters, C.
• Close eye needed on licensing trusts. NZ Herald (Editorial) (Feb 2003) Uncredited.
• Supermarkets bottled by West Auckland voters. NZ Herald (Feb 2003) Uncredited.
• End trusts’ stultifying monopoly. NZ Herald (Editorial) (Feb 2003) Uncredited.
• How the wild Westie is won. NZ Herald (Feb 2003) Cummings, G.
• Westies shouldn’t kill off their quaint golden goose. NZ Herald (Opinion) (Feb 2003) Rudman, B.
• Schools give out mail plugging liquor trust. NZ Herald (Feb 2003) Thompson, W.
• Call for inquiry into West Auckland licensing trusts. NZ Herald (Feb 2003) Uncredited.
• Liquor licensing trusts tie donations to monopoly. NZ Herald (Jan 2003) Thompson, W.
• Battle of the West to heat up from today. NZ Herald (Jan 2003) Uncredited.
• West’s trusts fight back in war with grocers. NZ Herald (Opinion) (Oct 2002) Rudman, B.
• Ill-will ferments over licensing. NZ Herald (Jun 2000) Collins, S.

National

• Southlanders spent $3.2m at Invercargill Licensing Trust bottle stores during April. Stuff (2020) Jackson, B.
• Coronavirus: Mataura Licensing Trust ‘in survival mode’. Stuff (2020) Kelly, R.
• Coronavirus: Invercargill Licensing Trust make 87 staff redundant. Stuff (2020) Jackson, B.
• ILT faces ‘heart breaking’ prospect of staff layoffs. Stuff (2020) Harding, E.
• Invercargill Licensing Trust to tighten belt on community funding. Stuff (2020) Savory, L.
• Invercargill avoids ‘prohibition’. Otago Daily Times (2020) Smith, L.
• Coronavirus: ILT bottle store sales at record levels. Stuff (2020) Harding, E.
• Invercargill Licensing Trust starts to feel impact of coronavirus situation. Stuff (2020) Savory, L.
• Rules broken by ILT candidates. Stuff (2019) Harding, E.
• Invercargill Licensing Trust plans to spend $7.5m on upgrades. Southland times (2019) Uncredited.
• Invercargill Licensing Trust ‘sticks to its knitting’ for 75 years. Southland times (2019) Savory, L.
• Invercargill Licensing Trust is two bars down but boss says no financial hit instore. Southland times (2019) Savory, L.
• Submissions show Whanganui residents want to decrease pokie machines. Wanganui Chronicle (2017) Carter, C.
• Licensing trusts set unrealistically ambitious goals. Manawatū Standard (2017) Du Fresne, K.
• Licensing trusts: Glass half full or empty?. The Dominion Post (2017) Du Fresne, K.
• Pokies money funding Waipa District Council projects. Hamilton News (2017) Rolston, B.
• Ban alcohol in supermarkets – doctors. Newshub (2017) Hollingworth, A.
• Gambling on a brighter future. Herald on Sunday (2017) Uncredited.
• Northlanders spend $30m on pokies. Northern Advocate (2016) Uncredited.
• Masterton trust shifts away from liquor. Wairarapa Times-Age (2015) Bonallack, A.
• Bay link to fraud charges suggested. Hawke’s Bay Today (2015) Laing, D.
• Pokie trusts told ‘cut salaries’. Sunday Star Times (2014) Kilgallon, S.
• Former gambling trust administrator sentenced over misuse of $1.7m. NZ Herald (2014) Uncredited.
• Near $8m loss for Masterton Licensing Trust. Wairarapa Times-Age (2013) Springford, V.
• $97k pokie deal ‘naked greed’. Stuff (2013) Kilgallon, S.
• MP keeps heat on pokie trusts. NZ Herald (2012) Fisher, D.
• The pokies fraud fall guy. NZ Herald (2012) Uncredited.
• Former Porirua mayor appointed head of national licensing trusts association. Kapi-Mana News (2011) O’Neil, A.
• Trust not able to grant funds. Otago Daily Times (2011) McNeilly, H..
• Under threat: Charity grants for local sport. NZ Herald (2009) Thompson, W.
• Voters turn out in force to dump licensing trusts. NZ Herald (2004) Uncredited / NZPA.
• Trust control rejected for sale of liquor [in Eden and Roskill]. NZ Herald (2000) Kara, S.
• Eden and Roskill open door to the demon drink. NZ Herald (2000) Mold, F.