A Gisborne bar has been granted permission to set up shop just a few doors down from a kaupapa Māori school, despite strong opposition at a recent hearing. Anjuna Beer Garden will open on the city's main street near Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Hawaiki Hou, which highlighted a number of concerns to the Gisborne District Licensing Committee. The kura has operated at an address on Gladstone Road for five years and expressed concerns the bar would create an unsafe environment for young people. It hoped the application would be declined because of a section of the local alcohol policy which restricts the issuing of licences based on proximity to sensitive sites which exist at the time of the application.

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