A special licence application for a charity fashion show, intended to raise funds for suicide prevention and mental health awareness, has been met with opposition days before it takes place. Police and a licensing inspector have both opposed the licence over concerns about alcohol’s presence at the event. Organised by Tegan Rose Vickery, an Otago Polytechnic School of Fashion student, the event is set to take place at Dunedin’s Wall Street Mall on November 2 with the hearing taking place the day prior.
The application was received by Dunedin City Council on October 21, though Vickery supplied proof it was sent electronically on October 4 but for unexplained reasons was not received by council, leading to the expedited hearing. In her application, she said the show was not about selling and making a profit from the sale of alcohol, but creating awareness for mental health..
