The Portage Licensing Trust operate industry leading retail liquor stores and hospitality venues in the “Portage” area of West Auckland. Portage Licensing Trust is 100% community owned, which means profits from liquor are given back to the community rather than going into an owners back pocket.
Below you’ll find where the “Portage” area covers, who the current elected members are and information on their monthly public meetings.
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The Portage Licensing Trust covers the following areas of West Auckland: Glendene, Kelston, Glen Eden, Kaurilands, Titirangi, Laingholm, Parau, Cornwallis, Huia, Little Huia, Whatipu, Green Bay, New Lynn, Avondale, Waterview, Blockhouse Bay, New Windsor & Owairaka, (west of Richardson & Boundary Rds).
If your West Auckland suburb is not listed above, you might live in the area covered by the Waitakere Licensing Trust.
Every three years, as part of the local body elections, the West Auckland community votes for members of the community to represent their views on the licensing trust area they live in. The members elected are the community’s voice and an essential link between the community ownership of The Trusts and the management of the commercial businesses of The Trusts.
The most recent election for elected members to Portage Licensing Trust took place on Saturday the 12th of October 2019. You can view the results of this election here.
Below are the current elected members of Portage Licensing Trust. View the Portage Licensing Trust Standing Orders here.
Every month elected members of the Portage Licensing Trust meet to discuss the Trust’s activities at Bricklane, 5 Clark St New Lynn. The meeting has two sessions. Members of the public are welcome to attend the first session of each meeting and ask questions or provide feedback to their elected members and The Trusts senior leadership team. We cover a wide range of topics in these open forums. The second session is a closed meeting for the elected members.
The minutes from each meeting are made available after the following month’s meeting and can be found below. The minutes from previous meetings can be found here.
Monday 30 March
Given the Covid-19 and move to Level 4, the Portage Licensing Trust will move to an online platform for future meetings, which the public can access. This is currently being put into place and we will need to ask our community to be patient whilst we set up. The meeting scheduled for 30 March has been suspended. Further notices online and on the website will be provided in due course.
Tuesday 28 April
commencing at 6.00pm
Due to COVID-19, this meeting was held via web-conferencing and recorded for the public to view.
Watch Meeting Download Meeting DocumentsMonday 29 June
commencing at 7.00pm
Monday 27 July
AGM commencing at 7.00pm. An Ordinary Meeting will follow immediately after.
Monday 24 August
commencing at 7.00pm
Monday 28 September
commencing at 7.00pm
Tuesday 27 October
commencing at 7.00pm
Monday 23 November
commencing at 7.00pm