Alcohol available for consumption continues downward trend
MEDIA RELEASE 25 August 2020 Just-released data from StatsNZ shows the amount of alcohol available for consumption per person over the legal purchase age continues a steady downward trend, and is now almost 10% [...]
Letter to the Editor: We don’t want Mum’s-to-be drinking
Letter 18 July 2020 NZABC's Bridget MacDonald responds to The Dominion Post on pregnancy warning labels. Dear Editor, The alcohol industry strongly supports the message that pregnant women, or women thinking of becoming pregnant, should [...]
THE SHOUT NZ: No extension to New Zealand’s wage subsidy scheme: Prime Minister
MEDIA RELEASE 6 July 2020 NZABC's Bridget MacDonald talks with THE SHOUT NZ about the end of the wage subsidy and what that means for the hospitality industry. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced [...]
NZABC opposes harsher marketing rules proposed in Health and Disability System Review
MEDIA RELEASE 23 June 2020 Calls for harsher marketing rules for alcohol do not make sense in an already tightly regulated market, the NZ Alcohol Beverages Council (NZABC) said today in response to the Health [...]