Alcohol outlets are within a short driving distance for most New Zealanders. Off-licence alcohol outlet density is greatest in the most deprived areas.
Hazardous drinkers living within the most deprived urban areas are more likely to live within two minutes’ drive of multiple off-licence alcohol outlets than hazardous drinkers living in the least deprived urban areas.
There are ways in which you can influence local decisions about alcohol in your community. For example decision about when and where alcohol can be sold and drinking in public places are decisions that are made by district councils.
In 2014/15 the Taranaki Alcohol Harm Reduction Group was heavily involved in developing a national resource for communities wanting to be involved in decision making about alcohol at a local level. Click
here for a digital copy of this toolkit.