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Kiwi booze will have to carry pregnancy warning labels
Australia-NZ Ministerial Forum votes in favour of mandatory warning labels for alcohol
Calls to restrict alcohol marketing around children
Kiwi children exposed to alcohol ads nearly 5 times a day
Drinking while pregnant like 'Russian roulette'
Almost quarter of Kiwi women drink during their first trimester of pregnancy.
Study: Drinking culture leads to ER
Experts say our problem with binge-drinking is to blame.
Teen drinking leads to adulthood alcohol problems: Study
Substance abuse in adulthood has been connected to frequent teen drinking.
Light drinkers have lower risk of getting cancer than non-drinkers
A few drinks a week could be better for you than not drinking at all, new study suggests.
Dad speaks on teen's alcohol death: 'Mitchell was bullied into sculling'
"We still miss him like hell so it just brings it all back up again."
Hawkesby: Saluting Hayley Holt's brave booze admission
COMMENT: Again the alcohol industry still seems unable to regulate itself.
Kiwi Olympian insists beer campaign was 'truthful'
Eric Murray says he respects ruling to remove him from parts of a beer campaign
Kiwi Olympic great removed from beer campaign
Eric Murray has been removed from a beer campaign after a ruling by the ASA.
Older Kiwis' boozy drinking culture revealed
New Zealand is second to England when it comes to the proportion of older drinkers.
Warning to Govt: Set alcohol price floor or people will die
Alcohol Healthwatch says bringing in a minimum price for alcohol will save lives.
Council 'yes' to earlier bottle store opening
Earliest opening to be 7am under draft bottle-shop rules.
Kiwis among world's prolific 'pre-loaders'
Kiwis have been revealed as being among the world's most prolific pre-loaders.
Claims Uber driver bought teens booze
A set of Auckland parents have been left fuming after allegations an Uber driver bought alcohol for a 15-year-old on his way to a
Boozy Aucklanders most likely to be hospitalised
Aucklanders aged between 60 and 64 are a shocking 107 per cent more likely to be hospitalised for alcohol-related harm than people in any other part of the country.
Teen's drink death: Parents forgiveness
The mother of a 17-year-old boy who died after drinking heavily says she has no resentment towards his older friend who supplied him alcohol.
Auckland may join booze-ad ban
Auckland Council may follow the example of its transport arm and ban the advertising of alcohol on its land and buildings.
'Intervention' for NZ's worst drink driver
The country's worst drink driver has undergone a lengthy prison rehabilitation programme aimed at stopping him offending again upon his release next month.
MPs consider law change to lower drink driving limit
MPs at a select committee are considering a law change that would lower the drink driving limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg.
More beer and wine on shelves
Rising economic confidence and "aggressive" marketing techniques are seen as the driving factors behind an 8.9 million litre rise in alcohol availability last year.
Verity Johnson: Navigating the line between party and paralytic requires maturity
As a teenager, there is a huge pressure to accept the cool pragmatism of "this is how it is" when it comes to binge drinking, writes Verity Johnson.
Shelley Bridgeman: Are you 'almost alcoholic'?
Some experts claim that there may be an entire spectrum of possibilities that lie between the non-alcoholic and the alcoholic state.
Alcohol helps kill one in 20 - study
Alcohol causes more than one in 20 deaths of New Zealanders aged under 80, new University of Otago research suggests.
Major alcohol reforms pass into law
Major alcohol reforms have been passed in Parliament this evening, concluding a four-year debate over drinking laws in New Zealand.
Cheers! Now drink responsibly
A project designed to encourage New Zealanders to drink responsibly has been launched, but has been met with suspicion by alcohol health advocates.