Come to the pub and get T-totalled

Wanaka's brand new Speights Ale House seems the perfect place for a quiet bevvy, except for one small thing - it doesn't sell beer.

The waterfront pub has been a bar without beer since before Christmas and punters, teased by Speights paraphernalia, have had to drown their sorrows with coke and orange juice. Wanaka liquor licensing officer, Sergeant Aaron Nicholson, said the ale house missed out on a liquor licence after not getting its public notification in on time.

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