Booze ban blunder

New Plymouth: Bar owners in New Plymouth say they have noticed more unruly behaviour in the city since a New Plymouth District Council blunder meant the city’s liquor ban is no longer enforceable.

A Local Government Act amendment required all councils to review their alcohol control bylaws and if they did not, they automatically expired in December 2018.

The council said its review ‘‘fell through the cracks’’ and it was ‘‘sorry for the slipup’’. — RNZ