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After consulting with St Joseph’s principal Aroha Stewart, Hewison advised the offer was not acceptable. Earlier in the day, Hewison attempted to have a statement from Stewart and another concerning the state of the town read out, but this was rejected by Kelly. Riches said he had not seen the statements, the application had been heard, this was an appeal and the statements would constitute new evidence.
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Mandeep Singh and his lawyer Andrew Riches. In his submission to the hearing, Hewison said the key issues were compatibility having a bottle store in that location, and the fact the bottle store would be in clear line of sight from the school playground and classrooms approximately 60 metres away.
STUFF At a meeting on Friday, the board voted 3-1 to keep the name. Two of the board members, city councillors Mike Davidson and Pauline Cotter, were absent. Board chair Emma Norrish said her reasoning for keeping the name was “quite simple really”, saying the name of the lane was not the same as the disgraced liquor baron.
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Earthworks at 480 Hills Rd – a property linked to businessman Harjit Singh. “The name of the lane is, to the general public, not associated with him unless people delve into the history,” she said. Norrish worried about the precedent the board could set if it revoked the name.
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Members of Communities Against Alcohol Harm protesting outside a liquor store in Ōtara.
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Clevedon Road Liquor store owner Satnam Singh Jador has been fined $20,000 and ordered to repay $97,361.66 to four employees for a range of breaches, including not paying the minimum wage for all the hours staff were working.
The Labour Inspectorate noted this case had all the hallmarks of exploitation, due to the workers needing the job to retain their visa status.
The Employment Relations Authority ruling is the second in South Auckland this year.
Super Liquor Papatoetoe was ordered to pay close to $50,000 for exploiting a migrant worker in February, while over the last 18 months, Thirsty Liquor East Tamaki was fined $1000 and Thirsty Liquor Wickman Way in Māngere was fined $2000, both for failing to comply with employment laws.