A decision on lowering the drink-drive limit should go to a select committee so the public can have a say, Labour leader Phil Goff says.

The Govt's decision to shelve plans to lower the drink-driving limit for adults and instead do more research has been attacked as gutless.

Tracy Kent was so drunk she couldn't remember getting behind the wheel and killing a pensioner.

Senior students from Auckland's King's College were suspended for two days for drinking sake on a night out.

A Masterton woman, who caused the death of an elderly dial-a-driver while she was three times over the legal blood alcohol limit, has escaped jail.

A prolonged heatwave across Russia combined with a prodigious consumption of vodka has led to dozens of drownings every day.

The Government is considering making it unlawful for adults to give alcohol to young people without their parents' consent.

The solicitor-general is to appeal the sentence imposed on Isaiah Tai for killing Bay of Plenty regional councillor Hawea Vercoe.

Today a petition was tabled urging Government action to reduce the "enormous negative impact that alcohol is causing".

Three knights and two dames among those to speak out in support of tougher drinking laws.

One 15-year-old girl is believed to have got so drunk before King's College's senior ball she had to be refused entry.