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The temporary alcohol-free area was first introduced in December 2018.
Editorial: Not the punchline former comedian Mike King wanted
OPINION: Mental health advocate Mike King is passionate about our rangatahi.
Opinion: An employment expert’s guide to lowering legal risks of debaucherous Christmas parties
OPINION: Work party shenanigans can cause HR headaches, but solutions are available.
Sasha Borissenko: The legal costs of reducing alcohol-related harm
OPINION: The question remains whether they are worth it.
'No remorse': Grieving dad yells at drink driver who killed 14yo boy
Tere Moekore was four times over the limit when she hit Kaea Matau - and kept on driving.
Alcohol merchants targeted as BNPL schemes thrive in weak economy
Buy Now, Pay Later providers are targeting alcohol merchants and products.
Opinion: Don't waste your precious first drink of the holiday on plane booze
Opinion: Too many travellers overindulge at the airport or in the air.
Editorial: Swearing by a member of Parliament is neither light-hearted nor unintentional
OPINION: Andrew Bayly's outburst was not in the Cabinet Manual.
What, exactly, is ‘moderate drinking’?
New York Times: What the research suggests and how to think about it.
Can exercise get rid of hangover symptoms?
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Police thankful for public's help in catching alleged intoxicated driver in Onerahi
Police arrested a man allegedly driving while three times over the legal alcohol limit.
'Really was terrible': Al Pacino details alcohol struggles and road to sobriety
The award-winning actor drank heavily to cope with his rise to global fame.
The 20-minute rule and other easy ways to drink less alcohol
Telegraph: How to cut down on the booze without it impacting your social life.
Editorial: Have Tui 'Yeah Right' billboards had their day?
OPINION: The infamous billboards have returned and been quick to cause controversy.
Alcohol addiction: ‘I had six cans of lager and two bottles of wine on the way to rehab’
Telegraph: After alcohol-induced seizures nearly killed him, Ben Robinson went to rehab.
Kāinga Ora bans elderly tenants from their happy hour drinks
Tenants claim a big night drinking for them ends by 8.30pm but Kāinga Ora wants it banned.
The things people say when I tell them I don’t drink (and how to respond)
Telegraph: I gave up alcohol for my own complex reasons, but here’s what I say to people.
Tui’s Yeah Right campaign is back - but is now the right time?
‘What worked in the early 2000s might come across differently today.’
Letters: The sweet and the sour on sugar tax; WFH should come with a pay cut
OPINION: More than 100 countries already tax sugar-sweetened beverages.
Giving up drinking: Sarah Frizzell on near-death and rehab
Sarah Frizzell tried drinking herself to death and nearly lost her marriage.
Deep links between alcohol and cancer described in new report
NYT: Scientists continue to rethink the idea that moderate drinking has health benefits.
Drink-driver nabbed three times over the limit in early booze sting
Canterbury police nab four drink drivers in an early-morning booze operation.
Annabel Fenwick Elliott: I took a pill to help fix my drinking problem
Telegraph - OPINION: What it's like to take a drug to stop problem drinking.
'Highly intoxicated': Former AB's daughter dragged man 30m to his death beneath her car
The advertising industry worker had been drinking at a Christmas work function.
‘No safe amount’: The push to raise Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder awareness
'Any amount is harmful, it is pretty much like Russian roulette.'
What drinking too much beer does to your sex life
Report finds football fans believe match day drinking culture is damaging their sex lives.
What alcohol is doing to your brain - and how much is a safe amount
Telegraph: It’s not just your liver you should worry about.
ANZ weighs ban on office-hours drinking after trader misbehaviour
Financial Times: Bank seeks to call time on drunk workers as part of culture review.
I once dreaded wine bottles clanking in the bin – now I’m over a decade sober
Telegraph: After crippling anxiety attacks I knew I had to learn how to cope without it.
Residents fear more alcohol-related harm if liquor licence approved
The applicant says he would not harm the community and only wishes to be part of it.
'I live in constant fear of death': Fatal crash victim's sister describes ongoing trauma
The repeat drink-driver who killed her brother has now been sent to jail.
Letters: A spreadsheet Govt with little humanity; bring back traffic cops
OPINION: 'That is the only way this Government is going to lower the crime rate.'
Editorial: The win for local communities in the battle over booze
OPINION: Locals should be the ones to decide on restricting alcohol sales.