Argument writing about the Fenchurch Liquor Store

After discussions all the students in the group identified who they were addressing their argument writing to. One of the students decided to send her argument writing to the Prime Minister of New Zealand RT Honourable Jacida Adern. When asked about the rationale behind the choice of audience the student replied they would like to hear the views of the government about the issue.

Here is the letter which was sent to the Prime Minister.

RT Honorable Jacinda Adern

New Zealand Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister,

My name is ____. I am from Glenbrae School which is a small school in Glen Innes. Our community is a small community. We have kindergartens, primary schools and colleges in our area. We have been writing argument writing and have decided to focus on an issue which is in our community. The issue is the liquor store which is very close to our school.

Liquor store sells and advertise alcohol. When we walk past the liquor store everyday, we see the signs advertising alcohol and some inappropriate images sometimes. It is not good for little children to be exposed to alcohol signs everyday. We also often find bottles in the footpath and sometimes bottles are smashed on our playground when we come to school after the weekend.

The liquor store is also close to the local college. Some of the college students are already 18 and can buy alcohol. While it is legal for them to buy alcohol, they should not be drinking while they are suppose to be focusing on school work. Some under 18 can even ask adults to buy alcohol for them which is not good.

Alcohol causes a lot of issues in the community such as fights, loud noises, car accidents and many more. The police will have to come and sort problems out with drunk people. Alcohol is not good for a community who are trying to live in peace and safety.

The alcohol store is also serving a lot of parents who would rather drink alcohol than buy food for their children. This is reality for many families in our community. The store is open to very late and the parents buy alcohol and would go and buy more when they run out because the store is so close to home.

Prime Minister would the government be able to help with this issue in our community? Some of our group members are writing to the owner himself to relocate his shop or turn the liquor store into another shop.

I hope you can offer some advice about this issue.

Kindest regards