The Whole Truth: Te Māramatanga – Stuff – 28/4/22
10/05/2022
The Whole Truth: Te Māramatanga explains public health topics prone to misinformation. It seeks to inform rather than inflame.
A few drinks a day - good for you or not?
There’s a belief the odd glass of wine is actually good for you. This is ...
Tony Farrell: Alcohol industry has us trumped, so let’s make our health system great again – NZ Herald 9/5/22
09/05/2022
OPINION
I often quip that we are a Second World country when it comes to medical advances.
Take empaglifozin, for example, a breakthrough in diabetes treatment that was approved for medical use in the United States in 2014.
This drug was funded o...
Media Release – Time for action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Aotearoa – 7/3/22
10/03/2022
Alcohol Action NZ welcomes Paula Penfold’s powerful documentary on FASD entitled “Disordered” that was released today, and encourages everyone to watch it.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the result of brain damage suffered before b...
Letter to the Editor: Alcohol Policy changes needed to protect communities
27/01/2022
The front page headline of the BOP Times on Friday indicates gruesome family harm (News, January 21).
On the next page we find a story about the good people of Te Puna fighting a new liquor licence.
These stories are inextricably linked, but I be...
Podcast: Alcohol Consumption in NZ (95bFM w/ Prof Jennie Connor) – 9/12/21
16/12/2021
Podcast: Alcohol Consumption in NZ - 95bFM speaks with Professor Jennie Connor)
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Statistics released last week by the Ministry of Health give us an updated insight into the drinking of New Zealanders as part of th...
Tauranga must be stronger in its draft policy to reduce alcohol harm – 10/12/21
10/12/2021
Alcohol harm reduction experts are deeply disappointed with Tauranga City Council’s draft
Local Alcohol Policy currently out for public consultation. They are calling for everyone to have
their say on the availability of the country’s most harm...
ONLINE CONFERENCE Public Health Action on Alcohol – the 5+ Solution – 12/11/21
08/12/2021
Alcohol Action NZ is pleased to advise that their conference that was postponed due to the August lockdown will go ahead online next week.
The conference will be held on Friday 19th November, and features four outstanding keynote speakers: Profess...
Justice is done in the Auckland Local Alcohol Policy debacle – 28/9/21
08/12/2021
The biggest city in Aotearoa/New Zealand has so far been unable to introduce a Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) to reflect the wishes of its communities to reduce the harm to health and wellbeing from alcohol. This is despite the process being establishe...
Alcohol Action NZ commends alcohol documentary – 16/11/21
08/12/2021
Alcohol Action NZ congratulates the producers of the alcohol documentary “Proof” featuring Guyon Espiner that screened on TV1 last evening, and recommends that all New Zealanders view it.
The documentary illustrated New Zealand in the grips of...