Man takes hotel to tribunal over Coke No Sugar dispute

Saturday 1 February 2025 · 4 outlets · 3 reports · updated Sat 1 Feb 2025, 9:03pm

In this story Victoria University of Wellington

Taiming Zhang has filed a human rights complaint against the James Cook Hotel in Wellington. The dispute arose after the hotel ran out of Coke No Sugar on New Year's Eve, leading to an argument with a bartender and Zhang's subsequent ban from the hotel.

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1. RNZSat 1 Feb 2025, 7:09pm

   Taiming Zhang takes James Cook Hotel to tribunal after argument about Coke Zero v Coke No Sugar (opens in new tab)

   Also on NZ Herald (opens in new tab)

2. Otago Daily TimesSat 1 Feb 2025, 7:36pm

   Man takes hotel to court over Coke dispute (opens in new tab)

3. StuffSat 1 Feb 2025, 9:03pm

   Man makes human rights complaint against hotel which ran out of Coke No Sugar (opens in new tab)