In this section
The Timaru, Mackenzie and Waimate District Licensing Committees (DLCs) are responsible for applications under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and its regulations, in their respective districts.
Functions of the DLC include:
- Determining applications for licences, managers’ certificates and renewals;
- Determining temporary authority applications;
- Varying, suspending or cancelling special licences;
- Referring applications to Alcohol Regulatory & Licensing Authority (ARLA);
- Conducting inquiries and making reports as required by ARLA; and
- Other functions conferred on it by any Act.
Please note that the District Licensing Committee has a compulsory shut down between 20 December and 15 January. What this means is that any applications received during this period will not be processed until after 15 January and these are not counted as working days. We are available in the office during this period to answer any enquiries.
A DLC is made up of a Chair or Commissioner and two members who have terms of office, for a period of up to five years.
The DLC makes decisions by majority vote, with three members hearing any opposed application and temporary authorities. The current people approved to be members of each DLC are:
Timaru District Licensing Committee
- Sharyn Cain (Commissioner)
- Peter Burt (Deputy Chairperson)
- Graeme Wilson
- Owen Jackson
Mackenzie District Licensing Committee
- Sharyn Cain (Commissioner)
- Mark Adams (subject to pending council resolution)
- Scott Aronsen (subject to pending council resolution)
- Jan Spriggs
Waimate District Licensing Committee
- Sharyn Cain (Commissioner)
- Craig Rowley (Deputy Chairperson)
- Lisa Small
- Sandy McAlwee
Each of the three District Councils have appointed members from the other two DLC’s so that they can use those members should any conflicts of interest in an application be notified by the members in their district (or if a member is unavailable on a date set for a hearing).
Where no objections have been filed, and no matters of opposition have been raised, the Commissioner, Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson alone may decide any of the following applications:
- An application for a licence;
- An application for a manager's certificate;
- An application for renewal of a licence or manager's certificate
The DLC may decide to consider an application which is unopposed either on the papers or at a public hearing.
For further information see the Standard Licencing Procedure Guide, available for download below.
Hearings
Upcoming
Super Liquor / Showgrounds - 23 February 2026
Monday, 23 February 2026
9.30am Timaru District Licensing Committee Hearing
Council Chambers, Timaru District Council
Previous
Mackenzie District
- Clara Tiberto - 26 November 2018 (pdf, 2.5 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- McKenzie Country Enterprises Limited - 7 April 2016 (pdf, 1.2 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
Timaru District
- Timaru South Cosmopolitan Club - Decision - 11 October 2024 (pdf, 243.1 KB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- Managers Certificate - G Singh - Decision - 10 May 2024 (pdf, 289.9 KB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- Bottle-O Pleasant Point - 22 March 2021 (pdf, 14.3 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- Canterbury Liquor - 22 February 2021 (pdf, 6.7 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- Super Liquor Timaru - 24 August 2020 (pdf, 11.0 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- Pleasant Point Four Square - 11 December 2017 (pdf, 4.7 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- JB & JM Williams Limited - 1 March 2017 (pdf, 4.0 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- General Distributors Limited - 6 April 2017 (pdf, 5.3 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
- Valley Brewing (2009) Limited - 14 November 2016 (pdf, 6.1 MB updated 10-Feb-2026)
Countdown Browne Street - 30 August 2021 (data to follow)
Waimate District
The Barn - 17 March 2025 (data to follow)
Last updated: 10 Feb 2026