Meet the crew who built New Zealand's booze ban islandFLEUR KNOWSLEY/SUPPLIED The island diggers: standing, from left: Fussell (USA), Spruce (NZ), Leon Hayward (NZ), Shaun (NZ). They call themselves the island diggers, but to the rest of the world they're known as the group who engineered New Zealand's greatest booze ban dodge. Waikato eastern area commander Inspector John Kelly and his officers were heavily enforcing the the liquor ban over the weekend. Under the Local Government Act, police enforcing a liquor ban are able to search vehicles without notice, provided there is at least one clearly marked sign indicating the ban. If no liquor ban signage is present, police must first provide an opportunity for a person to remove their vehicle from the area.

Source: Stuff January 03, 2018 01:27 UTC