1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: Bit of a start in the capitol over where the 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: booze should be advertised to university students. I know, I 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: thought they were like peas in a pod. Bar owner 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: Greg Wilson has been handing out flyers to students with 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: O Week specials on them. But the Victoria University Students Association, yes, 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: the group that represents the students, didn't like it. Complained 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: to the council, who told Wilson that he can't target 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: students anymore. Greg Wilson is with me, Hi, Greg da Ryan, 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: explain this madness to me. 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: Oh, look, so every year we hand out flyers to 11 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: the university students that descend upon the city. Of course, 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 2: Wellington being a student city, we think it's only right 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: that we let them know what's going on at the 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 2: bars for O Week. We have musical bingo nights and 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 2: trivia nights and so themed parties of course during the 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 2: Old Week. And so we handed out the flyers at 17 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: university and they're not too happy about it, tapping up 18 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: and down about it. 19 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: So you went on onto the campus, you went onto 20 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: the camp with some flyers. There was a disc what 21 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: was a discount? 22 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was twenty five twenty four point nine percent discounts. 23 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: It's the maximum we can advertise. So we had a 24 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: discount and attached to that ryan was that they had 25 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: to turn up before midnight. So the idea is to 26 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: drive the students into the bars before twelve o'clock where 27 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: we can better manage intoxication control in a controlled environment 28 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 2: and monetory they're drinking. Rather than being in a flat 29 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: and mount cock with a bottle of vodka, we think 30 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 2: it's better to have them in the earlier the premises 31 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 2: in the earlier evening. 32 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: Fair enough you had, you had a party bus ready 33 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: to go, all right, so you handed out and fly 34 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: on there. You get the complaint? Were you surprised to 35 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: hear it was actually from the student's association? 36 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, be wildered, to be honest, bewildered. 37 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: What was the reasoning? 38 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: Well, they're saying they think it's illegal that would to 39 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: for us to be advertising to monitor to minors because 40 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: some of the students are under eighteen. Well a word, 41 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: say that all the vast majority are at least eighteen. 42 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: And in fact, if you ask any parents in New Zeelands, 43 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: where they'd rather their eighteen year old daughter be drinking 44 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: at a flat and mountain back or a mount cop 45 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: or drinking a licensed premise. Now I know what the 46 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: answer is. 47 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: So the is it the council? So that the Students 48 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: Association goes to the Union, the UNI goes to the council, 49 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: the council comes to you. So what exactly is the 50 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: council saying you can't do? 51 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: The council have told us that we need to stop 52 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 2: handing out this fly as they're telling us it's illegal 53 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: for us to be promoting alcohol to these students. 54 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: Okay, is that their job? Is that their job? 55 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: Well, that's the thing. You've got so much bureaucracy Ryan. 56 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: Here in Wellington, it's the home of bureaucracy, and one 57 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 2: thing for sure, we're not going to let bureaucrats run 58 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: our businesses. And so we'll take some legal advice on 59 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: it because we want to buy by the law and 60 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: we always do in our businesses. We run excellent hospitality 61 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: outlets here in Wellington. So we'll take some advice. See 62 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 2: where it ends up. 63 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: Good luck, Greg, Greg Wilson, Wellington bar owner, just gone 64 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: twenty after five year on news talk bit. You'll tell 65 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: you what there would be no counselor no that could 66 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: come between me and we go out to the vodka 67 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: when I was at university. 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