District Licensing Committee

The District Licensing Committee (DLC) determines applications for new renewals and renewed alcohol licences, special licences, temporary authority orders, managers' certificates and any other duties as set out in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 

Public notices of hearings can be found on our Public notices page.


Membership 2025–28

Chair:  Councillor Bede Laracy

Deputy Chair: Councillor Glen Cooper   

Members: 
Deputy Mayor Martin Halliday
Jackie Elliott
Andrew Tringham
Philma Whelan
David Ritchie
Philippa Bascand
Julia Palmer (to February 2026)

Frequency: As required


Notices of Hearing and Decisions
Notices of hearing and the decision from each hearing are in PDF format and will be available for download or print from this webpage when hearings are called.

For decisions on applications that were determined on the papers (without a public hearing), visit New Zealand District Licensing Committee.


Hearings 2025–28

No hearings have been called thus far in the 2025-2028 triennium.

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