Auckland pensioners claim Kainga Ora's quashing friday drinks

A group of Auckland pensioners claim Kainga Ora has been a party pooper quashing their regular Friday afternoon drinks. For 15 years the group of Ellerslie tenants at the complex, who age from their mid 50s up to 93, have met on a Friday afternoon for a few drinks and a catch up from 4 until 6pm - or 8:30pm if it's a special occasion like a birthday. But Kainga Ora, the landlord of the complex, said it's received complaints from other tenants about alcohol consumption and noise in the common room, and has restricted the hours the tenants can use the room. The doors are now locked at 4pm, Monday to Friday. Kainga Ora said there's a blanket ban across the country on drinking alcohol in its common room facilites. The tenants feel this is unfair, and that Kainga Ora hasn't been willing to compromise, moving straight to a rule change without negotiating an alternative, Reporter Luka Forman was in the common room and spoke to Lisa Owen.