Alcohol
Heavy drinkers fail to pay costs
Twenty percent of New Zealanders are heavy drinkers who are responsible for drinking three quarters of the country's alcohol, yet they aren't paying the costs of cleaning up their mess. That was one… Audio
Alcohol delivered to your door
There are four businesses in New Zealand that will deliver alcohol to you at home, within in an hour. Alcohol Healthwatch says this business model could see a rise in unhealthy drinking. Audio
Avondale Bowling Club's financial woes
In Auckland the once-mighty Avondale Bowling Club is struggling now for members. As Stuff points out, it was once a haunt of Phil Goff's, and Helen Clark was its patron. Audio
Calls for restrictions on alcohol ads around kids
Booze is everywhere - well, at least the marketing of it is. New camera research has found kiwi kids are exposed to alcohol marketing 4.5 times a day, and it's far more for Māori and Pasifika… Audio
23 percent of women drink during first trimester
Nearly a quarter of women drink alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy, with some drinking heavily, and 13 percent continued to drink further into pregnancy, a longitudinal study has… Audio
Drinking during pregnancy
A new study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal shows a third of women continue to drink during pregnancy despite the it may cause to babies. 13 per cent keep drinking after the first… Audio
Gin and Beer it in Parliament
Jamie Tahana from RNZ International jumps into the studio to give us a brief history of nearly everything to do with New Zealand parliament's boozy past. Audio
The House: Parliament's boozy past
Black Sheep isn't back yet but William has found another podcast episode you might enjoy - all about the history of booze in New Zealand's parliament. Audio
Gin and beer it: Parliament's boozy past
Today it's babies and playgrounds but Parliament's early days were more like a drunken party. Jamie Tahana takes a look at Parliament's liquor infused beginning. Video, Audio
South Dunedin bar closure
You may have read about the forced closure of a very well-known South Dunedin bar, Heff's. Heff's Hotel, Heff's Sports Bar as it's now known. The Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority has… Audio
Drink flying
Budget European airline Ryanair wants airports to call time on drinking before flights. It wants a limit placed on the number of drinks a passenger can have bvefore boarding their plane. Audio
NZ hits 'peak booze'
New statistics show hazadarous drinking has increased for older groups and Alcohol Heathwatch's execuitve director warns partys of the population have reached 'peak booze'. One-third of hazardous… Audio
Booze laws ineffective
Alcohol abuse costs the country billions of dollars a year: accidents, crime, addiction, not to mention all the doctors and nurses in our emergency departments abused and assaulted by drunks. There… Audio
Rebecca Stevenson on West Auckland's Licensing Trusts
The Spinoff's business editor, Rebecca Stevenson has been looking into the monopolies that are the licensing trusts in West Auckland. Audio
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder lacking recognition
Around 5 per cent of New Zealanders are believed to suffer from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Associate Professor Anita Gibbs from the University of Otago says Teina Pora, acquitted over the 1992… Audio
The not so beautiful truth behind alcohol advertising
The Advertising Standards Authority's chief executive Hilary Souter lays out what happens next after Alcohol Healthwatch complained about an ad with several celebrities pushing a campaign called… Audio
Alcohol in supermarkets
Alcohol Action NZ says supermarkets are the country's biggest drug dealer. Should alcohol be taken out of supermarkets? Audio
Alcohol advertising on city buses
An Auckland councillor is demanding Auckland Transport immediately pull alcohol advertising from city buses, but as Laura Tupou reports AT has no control over the ads until it takes over later this… Video, Audio
Prof David Nutt: 'It's irrational to deny people access to LSD'
A former drug policy advisor to the UK's Labour government is in New Zealand to talk about how psychedelic drugs could help control a number of mental health problems and why the war on drugs is a… Audio
Reseacrh finds link between cancer and alcohol
UK scientists have found for the first time that drinking alcohol raises the risk of cancer by damaging DNA. Audio