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Alcohol Healthwatch
Reducing inequities in alcohol-related harm
Alcohol Healthwatch is an independent charitable trust working to reduce alcohol-related harm. We are contracted by the Ministry of Health to provide a range of national health promotion services. These include: providing evidence-based information and advice on policy and planning matters; coordinating networks and projects to address alcohol-related harms, such as alcohol-related injury, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and supply to minors; and coordinating or otherwise supporting community action projects.
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Evidence to support greater restrictions on liquor outlets
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 10:14 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Evidence to support greater restrictions on liquor outlets hours and density will be presented at research seminar in Auckland. The seminar is one of three featuring visiting Associate Professor Peter Miller from Deakin University in Australia. Professor ... More >>
Shorter trading hours key to reducing alcohol harm
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 4:32 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Leading Australian alcohol researcher, Associate Professor Peter Miller, says New Zealand needs to reduce the hours licensed premises are open if it wants to address night time alcohol-related crime and violence in its cities. More >>
Lower blood alcohol level for drivers announced
Monday, 4 November 2013, 4:56 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Today’s announcement by Minister of Transport Gerry Brownlee that the legal blood alcohol limit is to drop is met with relief and jubilation at Alcohol Healthwatch. More >>
Auckland marks World FASD Awareness Day
Friday, 6 September 2013, 9:07 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Monday 9 September is World FASD Awareness Day. At precisely 9.09am people around the world take a moment to reflect on the harm that can happen when alcohol is consumed during pregnancy, which can result in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). More >>
Trade deal will undermine public health efforts
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 12:07 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Round 18 of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) are currently underway in Malaysia. Alcohol Healthwatch director Rebecca Williams says her organisation has just learnt that trade negotiators are discussing text for inclusion in the TPPA ... More >>
Passing of the Alcohol Reform Bill
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 4:24 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch believes that for the many New Zealanders who have called for alcohol law reform, the passing of the Alcohol Reform Bill in Parliament today will be met with relief. Director Rebecca Williams says that the waiting is finally over, ... More >>
Women reveal the cost of their drinking in documentary
Thursday, 6 December 2012, 10:12 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
“I didn’t realise my baby was as drunk as a skunk,” says Jackie, a married Hawke’s Bay mother of three, talking about the effect drinking while she was pregnant has had on her young son. More >>
Australian FASD inquiry prompts call to action in NZ
Friday, 30 November 2012, 12:34 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Media Release 30th November 2012 Australian FASD inquiry prompts call to action in NZ Alcohol Healthwatch calls on the New Zealand Government to take note of the Parliamentary inquiry into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Australia, and ... More >>
Warning labels a must for alcohol
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 6:25 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch fully supports Coroner JP Ryan’s call today for all alcohol products to carry health warnings. More >>
Tomorrow’s Project – Yesterday’s Tactics
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 1:51 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Media Release 20 November 2012 Tomorrow’s Project – Yesterday’s Tactics The alcohol industry’s social change initiative being launched tomorrow is nothing short of a desperate public relations exercise, and is an example of a well worn ... More >>
From Harm to Harmony - A two day symposium
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 9:21 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
“From Harm to Harmony” – A two day symposium on in Auckland from tomorrow asks how alcohol-related harm can be more effectively addressed in New Zealand. More >>
Parliament has grossly let down people over alcohol vote
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 6:26 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Parliament has grossly let down the 78% of New Zealanders who have expressed their wish for the minimum purchase to be raised in order to reduce the harm experienced by our young people. More >>
Alcohol Healthwatch: govt's backdown on liquor industry
Friday, 24 August 2012, 4:27 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
The Government’s back down this week from regulating ready-to-drinks (RTDs) in favour of more industry self regulation has turned the alcohol law reform process into a farce, says Alcohol Healthwatch director Rebecca Williams. More >>
Scandalous perpetuation of brain damage to children
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 3:44 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch launched an on-line resource today to assist health professionals talk to their pregnant patients about alcohol. The rate of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is about 1% in Western Countries, which would mean that about 600 ... More >>
New Alcohol and Pregnancy Resource for Health Professionals
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 10:59 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
A new online resource has been launched to assist the many New Zealand healthcare professionals who say they don’t feel adequately trained to discuss alcohol use with their pregnant patients. More >>
Pregnancy warning on alcohol products
Friday, 16 December 2011, 2:45 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch is pleased that, after more than a decade of dithering, there will finally be a pregnancy warning on all alcohol products in Australia and New Zealand. More >>
Rugby Union advised to look in its own backyard
Friday, 16 December 2011, 11:17 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
The New Zealand Rugby Union needs to look beyond punishing players who get into trouble with alcohol, says Alcohol Healthwatch. More >>
Alcohol Reform Bill Second Reading 13 September 2011
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 3:05 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
The Alcohol Reform Bill is on the agenda for its second reading today in Parliament. National MP for Hamilton West Tim Macindoe will be tabling an amendment in relation to the legal purchase age for alcohol. More >>
Online Guide to Decisions about Drinking During Pregnancy
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 5:24 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
While the country gears up for the launch of the Rugby World Cup, Alcohol Healthwatch is launching a new Online Guide to inform women of the risk of drinking during pregnancy. Spokesperson Christine Rogan says many New Zealand women continue to drink during ... More >>
Select Committee Report - Alcohol Reform Bill
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 5:30 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
The Select Committee Report released today on the Alcohol Reform Bill kicks sand in the faces of all those from the community who have participated in the arduous process of alcohol law reform. More >>
