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The country's worst drink driver has undergone a lengthy prison rehabilitation programme aimed at stopping him offending again upon his release next month.

MPs at a select committee are considering a law change that would lower the drink driving limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg.

Rising economic confidence and "aggressive" marketing techniques are seen as the driving factors behind an 8.9 million litre rise in alcohol availability last year.

As a teenager, there is a huge pressure to accept the cool pragmatism of "this is how it is" when it comes to binge drinking, writes Verity Johnson.

Some experts claim that there may be an entire spectrum of possibilities that lie between the non-alcoholic and the alcoholic state.

Alcohol causes more than one in 20 deaths of New Zealanders aged under 80, new University of Otago research suggests.

Major alcohol reforms have been passed in Parliament this evening, concluding a four-year debate over drinking laws in New Zealand.

A project designed to encourage New Zealanders to drink responsibly has been launched, but has been met with suspicion by alcohol health advocates.

Children as young as nine are among hundreds under 16 being treated by specialist clinics for alcoholics and drug addicts in greater Auckland. One-hundred and ninety were treated last year, and that's the tip of the iceberg.

Alcohol Healthwatch has told the Government it is supporting "legalised drunk driving" by delaying moves to lower the drink driving limit.

A "zero-tolerance" policy will fine teenage drivers $200 and 50 demerit points if they have any alcohol at all in their system.

A British sailor charged on Anzac Day with having excess breath alcohol twice the drink-driving limit escaped prosecution after high level intervention.

A shock Herald test saw a member of staff able to down nine beers before hitting the legal drink drive limit.