A 71-year-old grandmother has admitted driving drunk, hitting and killing a cyclist.

Cheap liquor promotions are hurting the on-licence industry and contributing to NZ's drinking problem, alcohol watchdog services say.

Australian publicans are no longer legally responsible for the behaviour of people who become intoxicated in their bars.

The teen driver at the wheel of the van in which two friends were killed was last night at the hospital bedside of her boyfriend who is feared paralysed.

A man accused of deliberately driving his car into two other vehicles, killing a woman, said "he was going to f*** someone up", the High Court hears.

A man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles - killing a young woman - seemed to be "really drunk" that night, a petrol station worker told a court today.

The man accused of deliberately causing a fatal crash was found at the scene with a bottle of beer between his legs, a court hears.

More women are drinking because of stressful lives, according to a new study.

The grieving widow of the victim of an alleged drink-driver has lashed out at the law that allowed the accused back behind the wheel.