\u201cSo when we ask for your ID, all we ask in return is that you kindly share it with those behind the bar. Perhaps throw in a line about looking youthful while you\u2019re at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement to the Herald, Parrotdog apologised for the breach and said it accepted the penalty.<\/p>\n
It said this is the first licensing breach for the bar since opening in 2018.<\/p>\n
As a result, the business has updated training and procedures with all bar staff with \u201crenewed emphasis on age verification, acceptable identification and escalation to the Duty Manager whenever there is any uncertainty\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe take our responsibility to serve alcohol safely and lawfully very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parrotdog said the closure is a significant financial penalty and a meaningful loss. Staff rostered on will still receive pay over the three-day closure. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe accept that consequence and are focused on learning from it and reopening as a stronger and safer venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful for the continued support of the Lyall Bay community and look forward to welcoming everyone back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parrotdog officially launched its first beer in Wellington in 2011. <\/p>\n
The Lyall Bay bar opened seven years later.<\/p>\n
Grace Symmans<\/a> is a Wellington-based reporter who covers news in the capital. Grace joined NZME in 2025 as a producer for Wellington Mornings on Newstalk ZB. She can be emailed at grace.symmans@nzme.co.nz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSo when we ask for your ID, all we ask in return is that you kindly share it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,17181,1561,682,26861,9525,78,19339,11926,93710,39937,111,43,139,69,87075,10903,74908,57437,18834,52],"class_list":["post-628901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-bar","tag-bay","tag-being","tag-brewery","tag-caught","tag-in","tag-licence","tag-liquor","tag-lyall","tag-minor","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-parrotdog","tag-popular","tag-serving","tag-sting","tag-suspended","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}