Police and a local board joined forces to ban Crate Day on Auckland beaches in 2018. An Auckland man's lip was torn open after drunk teens allegedly swarmed his car and punched him in the face on "Crate Day" on Saturday. READ MORE:* Crate Day: Liquor ban imposed and warning issued ahead of boozy shenanigans* Crate Day a 'throwback' NZ can do without* Participating in Crate Day? Save me a spot in hospitalTheir neighbour's teen son hosted a Crate Day party (a relatively recent Kiwi tradition heralding summer, where each participant is encouraged to drink a 'swappa crate' of beer) on Saturday. SUPPLIED Christian Kinzel says the inside of his lip was torn by a punch from a drunk crate day reveler.

Source: Stuff December 08, 2019 08:28 UTC