Southland licensing trust leaders have accused Act MP Simon Court of attempting to sidestep ... Ben Tomsett is a multimedia journalist for the New Zealand Herald, based in Dunedin.

West Auckland-based ACT MP Simon Court has lodged a new member’s bill to abolish New Zealand’s last remaining liquor monopolies and treat Westies who want to have a drink like adults. “In West ...

ACT MP Simon Court, who sponsors the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Repeal of Licensing Trust Monopolies) Amendment Bill, responds to recent reporting and feedback on the bill: “My bill has ...

Photo / 123rf “Silly rules” limiting where West Aucklanders and some Southlanders can buy and publicly drink alcohol are in the sightlines of Act MP Simon Court. The West Auckland-based list ...

The Youth Climate Statement has been sent to Simon Watts and the New Zealand delegation heading to Azerbaijan for COP29.

The Courts Minister has told an MP the courts backlog in his constituency will be partly reduced by relocating cases to ...