6 Aug 2025

Cabinet paper suggests govt U-turn on alcohol policy

From Morning Report, 7:06 am on 6 August 2025

A leaked Cabinet paper shows the government was planning to restrict the hours bottle stores and supermarkets could sell alcohol. But the documents obtained by RNZ show it has backed away from those plans to focus on making business easier for the alcohol industry. Guyon Espiner spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss