Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 10, 2019 17:19:00 GMT 12
HAWKE'S BAY COMMUNITY WANT TREATY OF WAITANGI PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO LIQUOR LAWS
Flaxmere community leaders fighting the renewal of a bottle store's liquor licence are hoping to set legal precedence by arguing that the Treaty of Waitangi principles should apply to liquor laws.
Their lawyer Janet Mason argued Treaty of Waitangi principals should apply to the Sale and Supply of Liquor Act given 58 percent of the community was Māori.
Other Māori and Pacific Island communities were watching this case as it could set a precedent, she said.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/386692/hawke-s-bay-community-want-treaty-of-waitangi-principles-applied-to-liquor-laws
Flaxmere community leaders fighting the renewal of a bottle store's liquor licence are hoping to set legal precedence by arguing that the Treaty of Waitangi principles should apply to liquor laws.
Their lawyer Janet Mason argued Treaty of Waitangi principals should apply to the Sale and Supply of Liquor Act given 58 percent of the community was Māori.
Other Māori and Pacific Island communities were watching this case as it could set a precedent, she said.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/386692/hawke-s-bay-community-want-treaty-of-waitangi-principles-applied-to-liquor-laws