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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.
Alcohol Healthwatch - Latest News [Page 7]
Hazardous drinking by uni students a serious issue
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 9:32 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch Director Rebecca Williams says that hazardous drinking by university students is a very real and serious issue and one that requires a strategic national response. Tertiary students are identified as high risk drinkers – they are shown ... More >>
End conscience vote on alcohol - Healthwatch
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 1:58 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch supports the Law Commission’s proposal to end the conscience vote on alcohol. The Commission released the first of three reports from its Review of the Regulatory Framework for the Sale and Supply of Liquor. In this report presented ... More >>
Warning Labels for Alcohol
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 1:50 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Coroners are calling for warning labels on alcohol. It’s time for policy makers to stop dithering and respond directly. A register of recommendations issued by coroners over the past 20 months is now available on the internet. A recurring recommendation ... More >>
Liquorland Sale Condemned
Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 9:29 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
The recent purchase of Liquorland by supermarket interests (Foodstuffs) demonstrates how ineffective our controls on alcohol are and just how vulnerable community health is to commercial interests. More >>
Alcohol Healthwatch sees double standard
Monday, 3 November 2008, 2:27 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch sees a double standard in Progressive Enterprises decision not to sell fireworks yet offer a three day special on booze. More >>
Where are the party policies on Alcohol?
Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 4:03 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch congratulates the Progressive Party for releasing its policy on alcohol and calls for all political parties to follow suit and make their policy on alcohol clear to the public during this election campaign. More >>
Liquor Law Changes
Friday, 8 August 2008, 2:41 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch welcomes the changes put forward by Associate Justice Minister Lianne Dalziel yesterday in the Sale and Supply of Liquor and Liquor Enforcement Bill. More >>
Action on Auckland City licensing hours spot on
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 10:59 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch fully supports an Auckland City Police call for an end to 24 hour licensing in the city. More >>
More Urgent Response Needed To Alcohol Sales
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 10:31 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch supports the Prime Minister’s call for a review of the Sale of Liquor Act but calls for a more urgent response to give back to the community a say into the number of liquor outlets in their neighbourhood. More >>
Community win on shorter opening hours
Friday, 6 June 2008, 3:28 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Community voice on liquor shop opening hours has been heard and honoured by the High Court in Christchurch. More >>
LLA Decision Brings Huge Relief
Friday, 30 May 2008, 9:58 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Liquor Licensing Authority (LLA) decision released today has rejected Progressive Foods application for a “store within a store” concept. The application was one of a range of strategies being used by supermarket interests to gain the ability ... More >>
Sauce Is A Cynical Ploy
Friday, 9 May 2008, 1:01 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
DB Breweries new product “Tuimato” Sauce is nothing but a cynical PR ploy to further brand New Zealand kitchens and BBQ’s with alcohol. More >>
Warning Labels for Alcohol on the Horizon
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 10:41 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Yesterday Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) called for comment on an application to amend the Australian New Zealand Food Standards Codes to require labelling of alcohol beverages with a pregnancy health advisory label. More >>
Visiting experts on Fetal Alcohol Disorder
Monday, 26 November 2007, 11:54 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Judge Anthony Wartnik, a former Senior Judge for the Superior Court in King County, Washington, United States of America is currently visiting New Zealand. Judge Wartnik is joined by Kathryn Kelly from the University of Washington’s Fetal Alcohol & ... More >>
Addressing Youth Drinking – Empty Proposals
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 2:09 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Government today released its proposals resulting from reviews into the sale and supply of alcohol to minors and the regulation of alcohol advertising. More >>
Australian Alcohol Guidelines – A Beacon of Hope
Monday, 15 October 2007, 4:29 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
The revised Australian drinking guidelines are out for consultation and Alcohol Healthwatch Director Rebecca Williams says they lay a stronger and sounder foundation for harm prevention efforts in this part of the world. More >>
Families short-changed by alcohol proposals
Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 5:24 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
It has been reported in the media recently that Justice Minister Mark Burton is seeking feedback from allied parties on a range of proposals to address youth drinking following a review into the sale and supply to minors. Alcohol Healthwatch believes that the ... More >>
Student Drinking
Monday, 27 August 2007, 4:48 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch calls for the implementation of more effective alcohol policies and specific strategies to deal with issues such as student drinking. Alcohol Healthwatch Director Rebecca Williams says the way alcohol is treated in society encourages the ... More >>
Alcohol, a key contributor to the burden of harm
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 2:00 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Asking mothers and caregivers questions about domestic violence will inevitably expose alcohol and drug use – particularly high risk consumption. More >>
Auckland Regional Alcohol & Road Safety Forum
Monday, 30 July 2007, 4:56 pm | Alcohol Healthwatch
Road Safety Stakeholders in the Auckland Region meet tomorrow to discuss issues relating to alcohol. The forum, hosted by Alcohol Healthwatch, is being held at the Waipuna Conference Centre. It brings together interested people from around the region to ... More >>
