1 Aug 2023

School protests new vape shop as rules around retailing change

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 1 August 2023

A school community has protested this afternoon against a new vape shop setting up near the school gate.

The shop is opposite Parakai School, near Helensville in west Auckland.

New rules come into force for the sale of vapes today.

Disposable vapes are now banned, and new shops soon won't be able to open within 300 metres of schools.

But existing ones can remain and some have got in with a license before the rules changed.

Now the government's being urged to tighten the laws further.

Our reporter Jordan Dunn and cameraman Nick Monro have the story.