The just released annual NZ Health survey [1] shows the cultural shift in the way Kiwis are drinking continues. Hazardous drinking [2] or harmful alcohol consumption among adults was similar to last year and has declined by 4.7 percentage points in the past 4 years to 16.6% (21.3% 2019/20). The largest decrease in hazardous [...]
Dr Ellie Cannon a General Practitioner from the UK sets out a series of easy-to-understand tips to promote drinking in moderation and responsibly. “Dr Ellie’s tips for drinking responsibly are aimed at adults who choose to drink, designed to be easily understood, and are applicable for various contexts, including New Zealand”, said NZ Alcohol [...]
Four out of five employers do not have alcohol in the workplace policies in place according to a report by the Work Foundation [1] from Lancaster University. The report commissioned by the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) also found that more than one third of managers agreed socialising in person is important given [...]
Recent data from Stats NZ [1] highlights record low levels of alcohol consumption. Additionally, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports that Kiwis drink below the OECD average. “Kiwis are drinking our beer, wine and spirits differently with many choosing higher value beverages and are drinking less”, said NZABC executive director Virginia [...]
Six leading digital platforms – Google, Meta, Pinterest, Snap, TikTok, and X – have joined forces with the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) beer, wine and spirits companies to further strengthen standards of responsibility for advertising on digital channels worldwide. In New Zealand IARD members Asahi, DB Breweries, Lion NZ and Pernod Ricard [...]
Research tells us that the vast majority of New Zealanders drink responsibly. New Zealanders are drinking more than 25% less now than they did in the late 1970s [1]. Further, harmful drinking – particularly among younger drinkers – has also fallen. Continued cultural change including targeted education and support programmes along with targeted interventions for [...]
A recent ‘Burden of Proof’ study summarises and evaluates the evidence on alcohol consumption’s effects on coronary artery disease (ischemic heart disease) has been published in the journal ‘Nature Communications.’ [1] [2] [3] The study finds reduced heart disease risk with low to moderate drinking. This study uses a method to pool estimates of [...]
Kiwis overwhelmingly support cars being confiscated from repeat drink drivers, the use of targeted support and alcohol education programmes to reduce harmful drinking, a survey shows. The annual NZ Alcohol Beverages Council [1] survey of 1000 people clearly shows that New Zealanders rank six key interventions when it comes to reducing poor drinking choices. [...]
Just released Stats NZ data on beer, wine and spirits consumption December 2023 [1] shows that we are drinking less and are drinking in a different way. Our consumption has declined in the past year over all categories by 4.3% to 477 million litres. Beer has declined by 4.4% to 281 million litres; wine [...]
The just released New Zealand annual Health Survey assessment of our health and wellbeing and the Stats NZ data shows positive change in our drinking behaviour [1]. “The Health Survey shows the lowest rate of hazardous drinking [2] since the survey began – sitting at 16% of the adult population (18.7% 2022). This reduction [...]
