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Taeao Malama - Alcohol use among Pacific peoples

This report provides an updated overview of alcohol use in Pacific peoples and looks at drinking patterns and attitudes in various Pacific subpopulations. Pooled data from two national surveys were analysed; the Ministry of Health’s New Zealand Health Survey and our own Attitudes and Behaviour towards Alcohol Survey.

Taeao Malama - Alcohol use among Pacific peoples: Infographic

This infographic is based on a report which provides an updated overview of alcohol use in Pacific peoples and looks at drinking patterns and attitudes in various Pacific subpopulations. Pooled data from two national surveys were analysed; the Ministry of Health’s New Zealand Health Survey and our own Attitudes and Behaviour towards Alcohol Survey.

Understanding alcohol use and subsequent harms in young people: An evidence...

A large number of factors affect youth drinking and subsequent alcohol-related harms; this evidence review aimed to improve understanding about three specific focus areas: age of first drink, patterns and trajectories of drinking, and parental supply of alcohol. Literature reviews looked at the link between each of the focus areas and alcohol-related harms in adolescence and adulthood.

Alcohol and pregnancy evidence summary

This evidence summary provides information on how alcohol affects the fetus and mother; the level of alcohol use during pregnancy in New Zealand; and whether there are safe levels and times for consuming alcohol when pregnant.

Substance and alcohol use data in the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI)...

This technical report has been written for researchers using New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) to undertake research into alcohol and other drugs. In the IDI there are multiple sources of data that contain information on substance and alcohol use.

Key facts about drinking in New Zealand: Infographic

This infographic provides high-level New Zealand statistics about alcohol use, hazardous drinking and harms from drinking alcohol.

Weekly alcohol use in New Zealand - Results from the 2018 Health and...

This infographic describes weekly alcohol use in men and women from the 2018 Health and Lifestyles Survey. It presents the prevalence of weekly drinking, average and maximum number of drinks consumed in a week and drinking by day of the week.

Drinking cultures of Rainbow New Zealanders

There is growing interest in how drinking cultures may be shifted to reduce alcohol-related harm.

Comparison of age of first drink and age of first intoxication: Journal

HPA researchers along with researchers from the University of Otago recently published an analysis in comparing the different impacts of an early age of first drink versus age of first intoxication.

Older New Zealanders’ alcohol use: Infographic

Key insights from four reports produced by Massey University and University of Auckland on the role of alcohol in older people’s lives and patterns of alcohol use in New Zealand. The four reports are:

New Zealanders’ alcohol consumption patterns across the lifespan

This report by Massey University and the University of Auckland looked at the initiation of alcohol use, the patterns of alcohol use across the lifespan, and transitions from hazardous to non-hazardous drinking.

The longitudinal patterns of alcohol use in older New Zealanders

Massey University and the University of Auckland were funded through HPA’s Research Investments for Priorities in Alcohol (RIPA) to look at the role of alcohol in older people’s lives, patterns of alcohol use, and how the drinking patterns of older New Zealanders compare with other countries.