Alcohol Abuse
Liquor stores and poor communities - an uneasy mix
New Zealanders have very easy access to alcohol, and the choices are growing. But communities worried about the harm it's causing face big hurdles to stop liquor stores proliferating. Audio
Liquor stores and poor communities - an uneasy mix
New Zealanders have very easy access to alcohol, and the choices are growing. But communities worried about the harm it's causing face big hurdles to stop liquor stores proliferating.
AudioThree Minutes Max: Tommy Kapai Wilson on uplifting babies from their mothers
Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Tommy Wilson from the Te Tuinga Whanau Suport Services Trust on the issue of babies being uplifted from their mothers and why… Audio
Australasian medical staff report abuse from drunk patients
A survey out today finds almost all doctors and nurses in working in New Zealand and Australian emergency departments have been physically attacked or threatened by at least one drunk patient in the… Audio
Insurance companies warn intoxication may not pay out
New Zealand's largest travel insurer is urging tourists to be wary of hitting the bottle too hard while on holiday. Audio
Drink is part of our history, and culture - but at what cost?
Noelle McCarthy talks to Pam Corkery, Norm Hewitt, Ross Bell and Yvonne Lorkin. Audio
Olivia Laing on why writers drink
Tennessee Williams, F Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Cheever, Carver, Berryman… Six giants of American literature - and all addicted to alcohol. In her new book 'The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers… Audio
Ideas for 5 September 2010: Grog's Own Country
New Zealand's booze culture, the vested interests that promote it, and the tendency of far too many of us to binge drink has been much in the headlines lately. So what, if anything, can be done to… Audio
Insight Sunday 25 January: Drugs in Schools
Insight asks whether drug and alcohol education programmes in schools do any good. Audio
