Matakana business appeals licence cancellation

All three hospitality establishments have suffered the consequences of serving customers who were underage. Matakana Liquor Centre is appealing an Alcohol Regulatory Licensing Authority decision to cancel its licence, effective from May 1. Centre owner John Walsh confirmed the appeal, but declined to elaborate on the grounds for the appeal. The authority cancelled the licence on a police application, after the centre was found to have served alcohol on multiple occasions to 16-year-old Silas Sims last July. Silas later died in a single motor vehicle accident on Leigh Road. Additionally, two ot...