It should not be assumed that changes to alcohol laws would mean an end to alcohol addiction, National Addiction Centre deputy director (liaison) Dr Daryle Deering said.
Convenience stores won't be able to masquerade as groceries and get liquor licences after a landmark ruling by the Liquor Licensing Authority (LLA), says Labour's justice spokeswoman Lianne Dalziel.
A cultural change is necessary to change New Zealand and Australian binge drinking habits, but firmer police enforcement is a step in the right direction, police say.
Two men who died in a microlight crash in northern Hawke's Bay last year were drunk, a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) investigation has found.
