Plans, policies and reports
Alcohol bans
Alcohol bans
Background |
Permanent alcohol ban areas |
Interim alcohol ban areas |
The process |
Powers of the police |
Applications for temporary alcohol bans
Background
Auckland City is concerned with the increasing level of disorderly behaviour and offending linked to the consumption of
alcohol in public places. In an effort to assist the police to proactively manage this problem, the council has introduced
alcohol bans in the central business district (CBD) and for specific large events around the city. In this instance, the
word alcohol refers to liquor as defined in the Sale of Liquor Act 1989.
At the request of the police, community boards and public, Auckland City asked Aucklanders for their views on extending
the CBD alcohol ban and introducing alcohol bans some suburban areas. After extensive
public
consultation Auckland City decided to extend the geographical area of the
original central city alcohol ban and extend
the time of the ban to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Alcohol bans have also been approved in shopping and business areas that have been identified
as a high priority, due to the scale, frequency and impact of alcohol-related problems in those areas.
The new bans have been implemented in the shopping/business areas of Panmure, Avondale, Onehunga, Glen Innes, Otahuhu and
Mission Bay beach from 10pm to 6am, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and Parnell and Newmarket from 10pm to 6am Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
The bans are part of Auckland City's wider agenda to make the city a safer, healthier and more enjoyable place. The bans
give the police the authority to ask people to stop drinking alcohol in public places, remove their alcohol or, in extreme
cases, arrest them. See Powers of the police for more information.
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