Class 4 gaming venue application from the Cosmopolitan Hotel

Consultation has concluded.


If a gambling venue wants to increase the number of gambling machines, an application must be made to Buller District Council. All applications will be publicly notified, and submitters and applicants will be given the opportunity to speak if they wish to.

Who applied for an increase in gambling machines?

The Trust Community Foundation Ltd, 5 Langstone Lane, Northcote, Christchurch 8052, has applied to the Buller District Council to increase the number of gaming machines in an existing Class 4 gambling venue at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, 136 Palmerston Street, Westport 7825.

Currently, there are six gaming machines on the premises. The application requests an additional three gaming machines, bringing the total number to nine machines to be approved.

What was the consultation process?

Any person could make a written submission on this application, either online or by filling out the paper form. Submissions opened on Friday, 26 July, and closed at 4:30 pm on Friday, 9 August 2024.

Submitters who wish to speak about their applications can do so during the hearings in November. 

What was the outcome of the consultation?

Council considered the application and listened to submitters at their extraordinary council meeting in November. Due to a split vote, the decision has been deferred to the November Council meeting.


If a gambling venue wants to increase the number of gambling machines, an application must be made to Buller District Council. All applications will be publicly notified, and submitters and applicants will be given the opportunity to speak if they wish to.

Who applied for an increase in gambling machines?

The Trust Community Foundation Ltd, 5 Langstone Lane, Northcote, Christchurch 8052, has applied to the Buller District Council to increase the number of gaming machines in an existing Class 4 gambling venue at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, 136 Palmerston Street, Westport 7825.

Currently, there are six gaming machines on the premises. The application requests an additional three gaming machines, bringing the total number to nine machines to be approved.

What was the consultation process?

Any person could make a written submission on this application, either online or by filling out the paper form. Submissions opened on Friday, 26 July, and closed at 4:30 pm on Friday, 9 August 2024.

Submitters who wish to speak about their applications can do so during the hearings in November. 

What was the outcome of the consultation?

Council considered the application and listened to submitters at their extraordinary council meeting in November. Due to a split vote, the decision has been deferred to the November Council meeting.