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#3454024 19-Jan-2026 08:11

Lias:

It's not specific to this bar thou. I've personally been in multiple bars that have had onerous licensing conditions forced on them around noise.

I wish they'd put onerous conditions on those damn Harley Davisons farting round the whole country.

I know (somewhat) off topic.

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#3454167 19-Jan-2026 12:11

Lias:

Bung:

It all came down to money. The bar owner didn’t want to spent any on more soundproofing and the building owner was offered a good deal by chemist warehouse. The fact that the bar owner was the building owner makes you wonder if the deal was done some time ago.

It's not specific to this bar thou. I've personally been in multiple bars that have had onerous licensing conditions forced on them around noise.

Call me cynical, but I believe it's part of a larger push to destroy the hospitality industry by anti alcohol / anti fun types.

Christchurch has been particularly hard hit, but at least the council down there are vaguely doing something.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/488216/christchurch-live-music-venues-fear-song-will-soon-be-over-as-inner-city-living-grows

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360593368/protection-central-christchurch-venues-another-18-months-away

Bars should be able to be open and noisy 24x7x365 IMHO.

I remember when apartment blocks were built around the Empire Tavern and they went from being an awesome live venue in the Inner City of Auckland, to an attempt at a gastropub/cafe.
Noise complaints were constant from the NIMBYs that moved into the INNER CITY where traffic noise would have been worse than the noise from the pub.

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#3454692 20-Jan-2026 19:16

If you would like a bit of local history ... they are selling the assets via "All about auctions"

Now I need to convince her in doors that I need a ~12m long bar ....

https://auctions.allaboutauctions.co.nz/auctions/1-BUJK4R/whangaparaoa-location-live-online-auction-paraoa-brewery-co-closing-down-sale-919-closing-from-10am-tuesday-27th-january-719a-whangaparaoa-road-stanmore-bay-whangaparaoa

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#3454693 20-Jan-2026 20:03

Yeah, we'd love that bar but no space :D

Wanna put funds together and we'll chop it up ? :D

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#3454821 21-Jan-2026 10:56

xpd:

Yeah, we'd love that bar but no space :D

Wanna put funds together and we'll chop it up ? :D

Hmm discussion with her in doors didn't go well so I have seen the error of my ways, unfortunately im out.
I have however discovered "I" would like a large planter ....