Kypros KypriLocal government is often failing to consult meaningfully with Maori over liquor licensing matters, new research has found. Prof Kypros Kypri, of the University of Otago department of preventive and social medicine, said legislation introduced in 2012 had aimed to ''improve community input into local alcohol licensing decisions''. Prof Kypri, who was the study's first author, said that Maori had engaged ''in good faith by making detailed submissions requiring technical expertise''. ''It seems that by devolving responsibility for the responsibility of liquor licensing to local government, the Crown has sidestepped its Treaty obligations,'' Prof Kypri said. The paper also called for legislative change to ensure councils undertook genuine consultation to develop Local Alcohol Policies (LAPs).

Source: Otago Daily Times March 26, 2019 14:03 UTC