Best Motorbuys: June 05, 2019

PAGE 6 Wednesday June 5 2019
BAY HARBOUR
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Your Local Views
Readers respond to last
week’s Bay Harbour News’
article about a liquor store
planned for Redcliffs
Donald and Jan Simpson –
We wish to express very strong
opposition to the proposed liquor
outlet on Main Rd, Redcliffs
Village.
We do not need any more
liquor outlets in our area, bearing
in mind there are already more
than enough between Ferrymead
and Sumner and we have a New
World supermarket offering good
quality wines and beers already.
There is already an unwanted
and unpleasant problem in nearby
Beachville Reserve with drinking
and disorderly behaviour. We do
not need tobacco items or RTDs
sold there either.
Already there are too many,
with too easy access and the
granting of far too many new
licences. This is helping to
increase the appalling statistics
we have in New Zealand with too
much alcohol being consumed,
and the related problems of
alcoholism, family violence,
youth drinking, drink driving
and health-related illnesses.
The financial cost of the
problems relating to the drinking
and supply of alcohol and
cigarettes and the human cost is
eye-watering and we are at a loss
to understand why the granting
of yet another, and unwanted
licence in our area, is even being
considered.
Paddy Brocherie – Let’s
stop this now. We do not want
this in our Redcliffs Village.
Thank you for the opportunity
to have my say on the proposed
wine store. I say “no”.
Anna Majendie – Not sure
why Dr Fox mentioned the terror
attacks . . . had nothing to do
with alcohol. As far as I’m aware,
the whole of Christchurch was
affected.
Robyn Pearson – Living
within the required 1km
radius of this proposed liquor
application I put in a written
submission as required back
in January then attended the
hearing.
I felt obliged to do this as Jo
Bloggs average Redcliffs resident
representing the many in my
street who literally couldn’t go
through the requirements to
make opposing submissions.
However, even in my street,
and I’ve spoken to most, no
one had any enthusiasm for this
application – sensing a liquor
store could change what we
have – many of whom had made
a deliberate choice to live on the
flat, close to amenities to enjoy
the peace, quiet and safety that
Redcliffs offers.
It is a family and elderlyfriendly,
safe, quaint little
village with all essential
amenities established, including
a fully stocked New World
supermarket with well stocked
and monitored wine and beer
products.
Those who did manage to
negotiate the hoops and hurdles
of the process itself and attended
the two-da hearing found it
heavily weighted against the
community for a number of
reasons but mainly because
the agencies – police, medical
officer of health and city
council licensing inspector
‘have no issue’ with this planned
liquor outlet.
Therefore, the whole procedure
is expensive in time and
resources. Basically, it’s a lot of
rubber-stamping although the
tribunal is yet to make its final
decision.
This is astonishing given
alcohol-related harm is not only
acknowledged by the Liquor
Licensing Act 2012, but plenty
of research shows when a liquor
outlet opens, crime increases and
violent crime is up to 50 per cent.
It states harm from sale,
purchase and consumption must
be minimised.
Also good order and amenity
maintained. The greater
the availability and visibility -
the greater the alcohol-related
harm.
QUICKER, SAFER
TSUNAMI
EVACUATIONS
Those who live or work in Sumner are warmly
invited to attend a workshop to contribute their local
knowledge of the area, to help improve tsunami
evacuation planning for Sumner.
This research is part of a natonal programme working with communities
for tsunami preparedness.
Tuesday 11 th June 2019
WORKSHOP 1
1:00 – 3:00 pm
WORKSHOP 2
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Contact: matthew.hughes@canterbury.ac.nz
SUMNER CENTRE
PUORO-NUKU HALL
14-16 Wakefi eld Avenue,
Sumner, Christchurch