Alcohol experts are warning parents to keep their children away from cheap, sweetly flavoured drinks laced with enough alcohol to kill them.

High-profile fixtures and events would struggle to survive if bans on alcohol advertising are adopted.

Drunks could be charged $250 for a night in police cells or a ride home in a police car.

Party politics still rule when it comes to tangling with the vested interests of the liquor and hospitality industries.

Two police officers were arrested on New Year's Day and charged in relation to a drinking incident.

NZ pilots are to be randomly checked to ensure they are telling the truth about any past drug and alcohol convictions.

A quick-thinking hero who pulled a driver from a fiery crash which claimed the lives of two people, including a baby, said the man stank of alcohol and didn't know what day it was.

New Zealanders are now strongly in favour of cutting the alcohol level for adult drivers - a proposal medical experts are pushing.

Jim Anderton fears that opponents of the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup could be forced to avoid a hailstorm of beer cans.

A police officer who works in a serious crash unit is under investigation for alleged drink-driving after he was reported for backing into a parked car.