Waitakere Licensing Trust operates industry leading retail liquor stores and hospitality venues in the “Waitakere” area of West Auckland. Waitakere 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 “Waitakere” area covers, who the current elected members are and information on their monthly public meetings.
Supporting Your Community
What drives us is giving back to West Auckland. On this page you can learn more about where the money we give back goes in your West Auckland community. In the 2018/19 financial year, we gave back just over $2.5 million. Our giving back budget is growing and for 2019/20 we have committed to giving back $3.5 million.
Waitakere Licensing Trust covers the following areas of West Auckland: Whenuapai, Hobsonville, West Harbour, Waitakere Township, Massey, Red Hills, Henderson, Ranui, Swanson, Taupaki, Te Atatu Peninsula, Te Atatu Sth, Sunnyvale, Oratia, Waiatarua, Karekare, Piha, Bethells Beach.
If your West Auckland suburb is not listed above, you might live in the area covered by the Portage Licensing Trust.
Licensing Trust Elections
Results are in and we’d like to thank all 34 candidates who put themselves forward for election this year, along with the tens of thousands of West Aucklanders who took the time to cast their votes.
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 of the area they live in. The members elected to each Trust 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 last election for elected members to Waitakere 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 for Waitakere Licensing Trust. You can view the Waitakere Licensing Trust Code of Conduct here and Standing Orders here.
Every month elected members of the Waitakere Licensing Trust meet at Quality Hotel Lincoln Green, 159 Lincoln Road, Henderson to discuss the Trust’s activities. 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 earlier meetings can be found here.
Wednesday 29 January
commencing at 5.00pm
Tuesday 25 February
commencing at 6.00pm
Tuesday 31 March
Given the Covid-19 and move to Level 4, the Waitakere 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 31 March has been suspended. Further notices online and on the website will be provided in due course.
Wednesday 29 April
commencing at 5.00pm
Due to COVID-19, this meeting was held via web-conferencing and recorded for the public to view.
Tuesday 26 May
commencing at 5.00pm
Tuesday 30 June
commencing at 5.00pm
Tuesday 28 July
commencing at 5.00pm.
Tuesday 25 August
AGM commencing at 4.00pm. An Ordinary Meeting will follow immediately after.
Tuesday 29 September
commencing at 5.00pm
Wednesday 28 October
commencing at 5.00pm
Tuesday 24 November
commencing at 5.00pm