"This is a warning to those with interim retail licences that the requirements of the act need to be strictly adhered to."
A suspended licence meant the holder could not sell psychoactive substances while the authority investigated whether the licence should be revoked.
Anna Long Ltd is in the same building as the former Supreme Dairy and Superette, later known as Hardy's Dairy. The act prohibits dairies, service stations, liquor stores and supermarkets from selling the drugs.
Attempts by the Chronicle to reach the sole director and shareholder, Xiao Long Li, were unsuccessful.
Three licences have been issued in Wanganui and Stardust Creations and A & V Holdings' The Tobacconist, both on Victoria Ave, have drawn protest action.
The first picket, led by Ken Mair and Philippa Baker-Hogan, attracted upward of 50 protesters, but the numbers have shrunk to fewer than 10 on the occasions the Chronicle has attended. One attracted counter-protesters who urged the group to picket bottle stores as alcohol caused greater harm than "legal highs".
Ms Baker-Hogan said further protests would be held on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings outside Stardust and A & V's shop until further notice.
There have also been small protests outside Hawera Discount Tobacconist by members of the Salvation Army, according to reports. That shop is the only licensed seller in South Taranaki, although an application from a Manaia business is under consideration.
The Ministry of Health said prior to the act coming into force on July 18 there were about 4000 psychoactive substance retailers nationwide and 110 retail licences had been issued to date.
LICENCE ISSUED
Yan Lin t/a Hawera Discount Tobacconist, 109 Princes St, Hawera.
Alois Josef Muller t/a A & V Holdings, 78A Victoria Ave, Wanganui.
Stardust Creations t/a Stardust Creations Limited, 148 Victoria Ave, Wanganui.
UNDER CONSIDERATION
Zhen Sheng Lu t/a Vitoria [sic] More Discount Smokes Ltd, 259 Victoria Ave, Wanganui.
LICENCE SUSPENDED
Lina Fan t/a Lina Fan, 32 Alma Rd, Wanganui.
Xiao Long Li t/a Anna Long Ltd, 3A Glover Rd, Hawera.