So while I completely understand what the case is and I sympathise with how race meetings are a Kiwi tradition, and I think Mr McKelvie captures it very well when he says "a glass of wine or a beer in the sun with some chips and a dip is a Kiwi tradition.", some race meets have allowed BYO for more than 135 years. The law should target the real harms and problems areas caused by alcohol rather than family-friendly events. My concern, Mr McKelvie, is that the way New Zealand drinks has changed. We drink more and we binge drink more. There are issues in and around those areas and we need our police service to be able to object when we have unhealthy or unsafe behaviours occurring.