Standing in a courtroom gallery in jean shorts and a T-shirt, controversial Auckland bar owner Shayne La Rosa attempted to shout a prepared statement this.
Promoters of the first Laneway Festival in Auckland for years are in a fight for a liquor licence amid opposition from police, a council inspector and health.
The Trusts’ five-year, $40 million expansion plan stumbled at its first hurdle, with an application to open a bottle store in low-income Glen Eden knocked.