Today the Council meeting reconvened for the Mayor and Councillors to weigh up the community’s views on how alcohol should be sold and supplied in Christchurch. Their deliberated three main ways of addressing alcohol-related harm in the district:

  • All off-licence retailers must stop selling alcohol at 9pm daily. This includes bottle stores and supermarkets.
  • A freeze on new off-licences in high-deprivation communities.
  • Restricting new bottle stores from setting up near addiction treatment/rehabilitation centres, secondary schools and primary schools.

You can watch the recording of today's meeting when it is available on our website.