West Auckland Licensing Trusts Action Group

So, it’s finally official - no Beer Spot for New Lynn. Another example of the monopoly getting in the way of great local hospo. thetrusts.co.nz/blog/2026/04/0…

Toby Hyman, our candidate in the Waitakere ward for WLT on RNZ this morning. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

The Trusts’ annual meetings are coming up – a good opportunity to ask them questions directly: ▪️PLT: Monday 29 September, 6pm – Bricklane Restaurant & Bar, 5 Clark St, New Lynn ▪️WLT: Tuesday 30 September, 5pm – The Trusts Support Office, Level 1, 703 Rosebank Rd, Avondale

🏦Assets and Liabilities Net assets remains steady at $122M. The most notable feature is the $46M being held in cash deposits.

ℹ️Annual Report ℹ️ The Trusts have just released their annual report. A first look shows a mixed picture – some positive signs, but probably not the “outstanding” FY25 the CEO has described.

Why? 1️⃣ Pokies wreck the vibe 2️⃣ Pokies wreck lives 3️⃣ Pokies wreck the Trust And as non-pokie funding from the Trusts grows, we’ll take out the rest - ensuring the total amount of community funding available doesn't drop. 🎯 Check out all our policies trustsaction.org.nz/policies2025/

⚠️ Our policy: Fewer Pokies ⚠️ Pokies might be harmless fun for some, and they provide valuable funding. But on balance, they do far more harm than good - and pokies and the Trusts just shouldn’t mix. 💥 We’ll take out half the pokies immediately

Don’t sit this one out – every vote counts 📬 Voting packs arrive in your mailbox: Sept 9 – 22 📮 Post it back: by Oct 7 (free postage) 📦 Drop it in a vote box: by midday Oct 11 If you don't receive a voting pack in the mail, you can cast a special vote voteauckland.co.nz/en/information…

✅ VOTING IS NOW OPEN – 2025 Local Elections West Auckland – this is our chance. For over 50 years we’ve been stuck with a monopoly. Now your vote decides if we finally get the same freedom as the rest of NZ: 🍻 Better local bars 🍷 Wine & beer with your groceries

We'll ensure Trust assets are invested to deliver maximum community benefit. 🎯 Check out all our policies: trustsaction.org.nz/policies2025/

Step 2️⃣: Open the door to competition and grow it to $5M+ Market returns on Trust assets would deliver community distributions of $5+ million a year, perhaps $8 million. That's hard while they're obliged to run bars and bottle stores, but easier without.

💰 Our Policy: More Community Funding 💰 $121 MILLION in community assets. Only $1.5M given back yearly. We can do better. We want to grow community funding and we'll do it in two steps.

Check out all our policies 👉 trustsaction.org.nz/policies2025/

👉 Almost half of today’s voters were too young to vote then 👉 Only ~7% of today’s voters supported the monopoly in 2003 👉 The Trusts’ own 2023 research shows a majority would choose competition today It’s time to let the community vote again.

✅ Our Policy: Competition 🤜🤛 Monopoly ✅ The Trusts have held a monopoly on pubs and off-licences since 1971. In all that time, West Aucklanders have had just one vote - back in 2003.