Alcohol

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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