alcohol Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Keep alcohol purchasing age at 18 - by Gareth Hughes



    Today I was proud to be part of cross-party group of MPs that launched a petition in support for the Keep It 18 campaign, which is opposing the Government’s plans to raise the alcohol purchasing age to 20. Keep it 18 comprises a number of unlikely bed-fellows – the youth wings of The Greens, ACT, [...] read more
    May 3, 2011 8:34 pm - 25 Comments
  • Sue Kedgley

    Supermarkets explain cheap booze at hearings - by Sue Kedgley



    Foodstuffs New Zealand, New Zealand’s largest supermarket chain, admitted to a select committee hearing this morning, that it puts a mark-up of between 1 and 10% on alcohol that it sells in its supermarkets. This is in sharp contrast to the 100%-500% mark-up that supermarkets put on fresh fruit and vegetables, according to a Green [...] read more
    March 7, 2011 4:59 pm - 51 Comments
  • frog

    Submit on the Alcohol Reform Bill - by frog



    Until Friday we have a unique opportunity to help change New Zealand’s heavy drinking culture. At the moment the Justice and Electoral Select Committee is taking submissions on the Alcohol Reform Bill. The Bill is a very very very small itsy bitsy step in the right direction, but it does not go anywhere near as [...] read more
    February 14, 2011 9:37 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Manufacturing Bullshit - by frog



    Every year in New Zealand the alcohol industry spends $73 million on alcohol advertising. That’s $73 million spent manufacturing an image. The facts presented in this video are startling. It’s time the Government regulated alcohol advertising and took New Zealand’s heavy drinking culture seriously. Have your say on regulating alcohol advertising on yourshout.org.nz by 18 [...] read more
    February 4, 2011 10:41 am - 11 Comments
  • frog

    Alcohol Bill is a weak drink - by frog



    Sue Kedgley just delivered the Green Party’s first reading speech about the Alcohol Reform Bill (ARB). The final bill glosses over a lot of the essential recommendations from the Law Commission’s report. It fails to address the main causes of alcohol related harm: price, saturation advertising and marketing, and decreasing the blood alcohol limit to [...] read more
    November 11, 2010 5:50 pm - 1 Comment
  • frog

    Drinkin’ yourself to death - by frog



    Alcohol is a pretty cheap commodity in New Zealand. This video shows some of the best ways you can try and drink yourself to death and offers a remedy This of course brings up the question: Why is John Key’s Government not even considering raising the tax on alcohol? Their own advice admits it is [...] read more
    November 9, 2010 3:54 pm - 14 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    Taking a bet with gambling - by Kevin Hague



    It’s ironic that on a day that is supposed to be about not gambling Sky City choses to eschew all responsibility for problem gambling. Their release this morning, entitled “The issue isn’t gambling, it’s PROBLEM gambling” (note the capitalisation of PROBLEM) is a slap in the face to all the people who have gone through [...] read more
    September 1, 2010 1:57 pm - 32 Comments
  • frog

    Drunk in charge of a sickness benefit - by frog



    No amount of work-testing is going to get people who cannot work because of alcohol or drug dependency back into the workforce. All that will do is make them feel harassed and more likely to sink deeper into the faux refuge of their dependency. read more
    March 19, 2010 8:17 am - 20 Comments
  • frog

    Canterbury DHB needs to rethink drug rehab policy - by frog



    The Canterbury DHB’s new alcohol and drug rehabilitation services policy flies in the face of the principle of harm minimisation and discriminates against people whose drug and/or alcohol problems have resulted in them falling foul of the criminal law. Often these are the very people who the greatest danger to themselves and others in the community and are most in need of help. read more
    March 15, 2010 12:52 pm - 13 Comments
  • frog

    A lag for a stoner, a gong for an über-dealer - by frog



    Isn’t it time our drugs policy focused on harm minimisation? Instead, we imprison Lionel Paul Joseph Taumata for possessing one drug for his own personal use, while rewarding Arthur Douglas Myers for selling vast quantities of another drug, which is arguably more harmful, with one of New Zealand’s highest honours. read more
    January 10, 2010 11:01 am - 22 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    Salvation Army & Law Commission support rational alcohol laws - by Metiria Turei



    On Tuesday the Salvation Army released their submission to the Sale of Liquor Bill currently before the Justice and Electoral select committee, calling for the bill to be scrapped. They said that the bill simply tinkered with the issues and didn’t deal with the almost complete cultural acceptance of the harm this highly dangerous and [...] read more
    April 30, 2009 8:30 am - 25 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    Youth fundraising efforts just gets more drugs into homes - by Metiria Turei



    I have received a disturbing letter from Liz Read, Corporate Affairs Direcctor of Lion Nathan New Zealand and Graham Dingle, co-founder of the Foundation for Youth Development. They have jointly launched a major fundraising initiative to support the Foundation’s programmes. They say: The Non-Event of the Year, as it has been billed, asks New Zealanders [...] read more
    March 25, 2009 4:01 pm - 44 Comments
  • frog

    Bottoms up to financial growth - by frog



    Peter Kean, the Managing Director for Lion Nathan New Zealand gave a unique insight on Morning Report this morning into what happens when the need for financial growth detaches itself from social well being: The beer market and the alcohol market have been very resilient. We’re not complacent about that but it is a positive [...] read more
    November 19, 2008 2:56 pm - 27 Comments