Kerre Woodham: Bring in licence to drink

A major review of the Sale of Liquor act could mean major changes to the way New Zealanders drink. Photo / Dean Purcell

The Government is looking at a revamp of the liquor laws and a caller to my show this week had a great idea.

We have a licence to drive, he said. Why not a licence to buy liquor? Drink and drive, you lose both your driver's licence AND your drinker's licence. Act up in a bar and having a licence will make it a lot easier to for the publicans to ban you. And photographic ID would make it harder for underage minxes to create havoc in nightclubs.

A drinking licence - what do you reckon?

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