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n alcohol ban is now in place at a troubled east Auckland location where a man was fatally stabbed last month. The Howick Local Board was asked at its monthly business meeting this month to implement the ban at the Highbrook boat ramp and car park in Lady Fisher Place, and on publicly accessible adjacent grass and coastal areas. A report says Auckland Council received two requests in September for an alcohol ban at the location. The area was the site of an altercation last month that left one man dead and several others injured. Work by council staff found moderate to high levels of alcohol-related disorder at the location. They identified three potential alcohol ban options and recommended a ban on weekends and holidays only. There were 17 incidents of disorder caused or made worse by alcohol in the area
Helping to open the new Howick Police station were, from left, Inspector Scott Gemmell, Howick Local Board chairperson Damian Light, Inspector Matt Srhoj, Assistant Commissioner Auckland Sam Hoyle, Sergeant Brett Meale, Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown and Police Kaumatua Jeff Tukua. Story page 2. Times photo Wayne Martin
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over a period of 10 months. Examples include four involving intimidation, aggression toward the public or assault with a weapon. One saw 15 people fighting, two gunshots fired, one person suffering a gunshot wound and bottles thrown at a person on the ground. In another, a group of eight to 10 people were drinking in the car park, disturbing bystanders by arguing and throwing glass bottles on the ground and in front of businesses. Another occasion saw 30 youths and 10 vehicles in the car park, drinking and throwing bottles, blocking an entrance to private property, dancing in the road and playing loud music. An alcohol ban request form submitted by one local business states its gate has been blocked by people who were drinking. “We have had our people shouted at and recently one staff member has had bottles thrown at him while he has been outside his car.” Several people spoke to the board in support of the
alcohol ban including workers from businesses near the trouble hot spot and senior sergeant Anson Lin and Botany community constable Nicci Gibson, of Counties Manukau East Police. They urged the board to implement a 24/7 alcohol ban and the officers also asked for the ban to cover an extended area along the waterfront. Board member Bruce Kendall expressed disappointment toward two council staff that the issue hadn’t been drawn to the board’s attention earlier. “I’m a little bit surprised this request has come to us so late considering the evidence we’ve seen today. This has been going on for a long time and it is pretty high levels of bad behaviour and violence. “We could have potentially knocked this on the head before somebody got killed.” The board unanimously voted to implement a 24/7 alcohol ban in the extended area as requested and to allocate $2000 toward signs publicising the ban.
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