Simon Yip faced the Auckland District Licensing Committee (DLC) on Monday, on behalf of Uea Entertainment Limited, which runs the Deluxe karaoke bar in Mt Albert. Two months later, police issued an infringement after they found the bar was selling spirits in measures over 500mls. Police alleged bar staff would sell bottles of spirits to customers, then keep the bottle and decant it out in small amounts. Yip said later that Deluxe had closed for business, but he would await advice on whether the company could still operate the karaoke business without a liquor licence. "If we are able to run the karaoke business, we will change the style and make it more family-oriented, rather than the past, when it was drinking and karaoke rooms."

Source: Stuff February 04, 2026 02:43 UTC