Alcohol

Mark Knoff-Thomas, New Market Business Association CEO, speaks to Jim about a survey showing how many people shop while under the influence. Audio

Thirty-six per cent of 16-24 year-olds in full-time education in the UK are not touching booze. They're joining teetotal clubs and opting for alcohol-free accomodation. High levels of debt and the… Audio

A new slightly tongue in cheek paper in the British Medical Journal asks whether the depiction of alcohol on greeting cards undermines public health messages about harmful drinking. Audio

There may be a clearer answer in research out today in the journal Nature Neuroscience, into why some people become dependent on alcohol while other people don't... Audio

Alcohol could be banned at 20 Christchurch parks as Rugby League struggles to control sideline behaviour described as volatile and unsafe. Canterbury Rugby League says it's concerned for the safety of… Audio

How big brands use new digital marketing tools to create and sustain new markets for junk food, alcohol and tobacco. Professor Gerard Hastings is a renowned British marketing expert who has been a… Audio

Dunedin's mayor Dave Cull thinks local alcohol policy has been severely watered-down after it was appealed by a group that includes supermarkets and liquor stores.He believes commercial interests are… Audio

Alcohol companies will have to put warnings about drinking and pregnancy on their labels. The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation met yesterday and voted to make the… Audio

Gaining the vote was a battle hard won for New Zealand women. Episode one of Beyond Kate visits the petition, hears about the woman whose name sits atop it & looks at the lives of rural women then and… Audio

The Hawkes Bay DHB isn't serving any complimentary alcohol at its awards night this year. Unnecessary, or a sensible idea? Audio

Yesterday Dr Russell Wills of the Hawke's Bay DHB told us no level of drinking in front of children is good. The HBDHB has put the kibosh on the Port Ahuriri School fundraiser which would have seen… Audio

Hawke's Bay paediatrician Russell Wills opposed allowing Port Ahuriri School holding a fundraiser that involved alcohol. Many schools have events that include booze. We ask Dr Wills why was this event… Audio

Despite addiction often being tied up with other mental health problems, treatment tends to be separate and siloed - and aimed primarily at men - author, journalist and former addict Jenny Valentish… Audio

Residents living near the wharf at Māngere Bridge are frustrated and fed up with the continual late-night antics in their neghbourhood.  Audio

In the medical journal The Lancet, a study out of Seattle which looked at alcohol consumption and its effects on people between the ages of 15 and 95 in 195 countries between 1990 and 2016. Quite a… Audio

Experts who help families with children damaged by alcohol before they are born want explicit, hard hitting warnings about the danger of drinking while pregnant. Neuropsychologist, Valerie McGinn, who… Video, Audio