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Dairy owners' protest

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Dairy owners protested in August 2009 about proposed changes to liquor laws, which threatened to place restrictions on – or, in some cases stop – small shops selling wine and beer. In the 2000s a considerable proportion of many dairies' profits came from selling alcohol.

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Carl Walrond, Food shops – Dairies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/25498/dairy-owners-protest (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 19 July 2011, updated 1 September 2016.