The Auckland City Council need to think twice about 285,0000 New Zealanders children/families and communities already in poverty due to their wrong decision making and long history of broken promises. They need to put their promises/money in to the right direction and stop making profit out of the high risk area such as building another liquor store next to where our children are. The future of this country rely heavily on the health and well being of families/communities and especially our children,we have more than enough poverty to deal with than creating high risk environment and behaviors particularly where the high risk population are congregated. To build a liqor store next to the school is bad enough right next to the low deciles school. We have Early Childhood Education, Primary School and Secondary School, all next to this liqor store is this what exactly you are target for...Please, please, please as a parent and from a team of health professions, We have seen the struggle, the pain as a result of your bad, unfair decision making. We stand as a team of Public Health Nurses and health promoters to  take your liquor store to the city, far away from our children, here in Mangere. The city council authorities need to keep their promises to the communities by raising a healthy and vibrant communities/population rather than making bad profit out of the their wrong decision making. We  endorsed this petition very strongly. ALiki(Public Health Nurse)

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Agree, well said