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Wednesday 17 February 2016
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Alcohol licence fees are slashed Community groups won’t have to pay so much to sell alcohol at fundraising events after the Tasman District Council made two key changes to its liquor licensing regulations. The cost of a special licence to sell alcohol at events ranges from $63 to $575 depending on the number of people attending. The organisers of community fundraisers have been critical of the “excessive costs” and council has responded by agreeing to reduce their charges. The cost of a licence for a large community or charity event with over 400 people will decrease from $575 to $207 while a licence for a medium-sized event with 100 to 400 people will drop from $207, to $63.20. There will not be any changes for community events with less than 100 people or any commercial event. “For events like the Brightwater Wine and Food
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Festival or Sarau Festival, it will mean that more of the fundraising goes to the community,” council regulatory services coordinator Graham Caradus says. “It’s seems a lot fairer and it’s also in line with the policy adopted by the other councils in the top of the South Island.” However, Graham says council can’t reduce the cost of a special licence for community events with less than 100 people because of government legislation. A minimum cost of $63.20 will be charged for all small events. Graham says the second change addressed two anomalies in the government’s regulations that were highlighted in letters council received, including
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Cooper House’s, from left, Grace Young, Tane MacDonald, Ben Thomas and Josh Moffatt get into their house chant at the start of Waimea College’s house sports last Friday. Photo: Brittany Spencer.
House sports injects colour and noise Red, blue, green and yellow hordes stormed across the Waimea College playing fields last Friday for the school’s House Sports day. Each year, the school’s four houses take to the sports field for a day of chants, sport and fun activities. Cooper, Sheppard and Rutherford houses themed their chants on cheerleaders, sailors and the jungle, but at the end of the day Hillary’s daycare-styled performance stole the show. Hillary house captains, Casey Ogilvie and Mardi McBride say they couldn’t be prouder.
“It’s a bit overwhelming right now, we put in so many hours throughout the whole holidays and to see the whole house come together, it’s awesome,” Casey says. Mardi says yellow plan to dominate the whole year. “We want lots more wins.” New principal Scott Haines says the house sports are a great way to start the year. “It’s been a fantastic day, I’ve really enjoyed the competition and camaraderie of all the houses, and it’s awesome to see this really cool house spirit,” Scott says. “The school I’ve come from had a
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really strong house sports culture, but this is just a whole different level,” says Scott. “In a big school like this with 1555 kids, it’s a really great way to break that down into smaller units and have not just school pride, but pride in your house too.” The houses were judged on creativity, colour, signs, chants and bribes. “What clinched it for Hillary today was the full package, their chant was awesome, they had a really original, well-thoughtout song, they were creative and just really nailed it,” says Scott.
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