( CNN ) -- A motel owner in New Zealand -- fed up with one too many incidents of rowdy behavior -- has banned an entire town from checking in as guests . Steve Donnelly , an Australian , has been accused of racism following his decision . Steve Donnelly , the owner of the Supreme Motor Lodge in the town of Palmerston North , said he decided to yank the welcome mat for the 16,000 residents of Wainuiomata because `` each time they visited , our life became less exciting . '' `` I 'm not Santa Claus . I ca n't figure out who 's naughty and who 's nice , '' he said . `` So we went ahead and banned all of them . '' Wainuiomata , near the capital , Wellington , is about two hours ' drive from Palmerston North . Donnelly said he banned the town after three groups of people from Wainuiomata checked in on separate occasions over a six-month period , riling other guests at the 51-room hotel . `` We have moms and dads who come here with two or three kids to relax , '' he said . `` They do n't want some loudmouth spitting on the pavement , flirting with girls and swearing . '' The `` no vacancy '' extends to the members of parliament , as Wainuiomata lawmaker Trevor Mallard found out when he came to test the ban . `` He 's barging in here with a TV camera , trying to book a room to prove a point , '' Donnelly said . `` We just stood at the front door and said , 'You 're not welcome here . Go away . ' '' By `` we , '' Donnelly is referring to himself and his general manager , Malcolm Glen -- a Scotsman known in the community as `` Basil Fawlty '' after the iconic and paranoid John Cleese character in the British sitcom `` Fawlty Towers . '' News of the ban sent some former guests complaining , and others accusing Donnelly , an Australian , of racism . Many wanted to know whether he was violating the Human Rights Act , which prohibits hotel owners from discriminating based on race . `` Some people are making it out to be about the big Aussie brother giving his poor little Kiwi cousin a hard time , '' Donnelly said . `` They were flabbergasted that there was n't a law that stopped me . But it 's like having a pub . You do n't have to have a reason why you wo n't serve alcohol to any group of people . '' Donnelly , who 's owned the 25-year-old motel for the past two and a half years , said he might annul the ban in the future -- if Wainuiomata adjusts its behavior .
Mr King owns Supreme Motor Lodge in town of Palmerston North . 16,000 residents of Wainuiomata , near Wellington have been banned . He says people from the town are always rowdy . He says he might annul ban in the future -- if Wainuiomata adjusts behavior .