Alcohol

Trends and Statistics

Alcohol Use in New Zealand: Key results of the 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey (www.moh.govt.nz) (2009)
The survey measured alcohol and drug use among more than 6,500 New Zealanders aged 16–64 years from August 2007 to April 2008.

New Zealand Drug Statistics (www.nzhis.govt.nz)

This report collates a diverse range of statistics relating to drugs and drug use in New Zealand. Its primary focus is on drugs used recreationally or due to dependence. It includes legal and illegal drugs.

Te Ao Taru Kino Drug Use Among Māori (www.aphru.ac.nz) (2000)

This document from the Whariki Māori Health Research Unit reports on a survey of Māori drug use and attitudes carried out in 1998.

Drugs in New Zealand National Survey (www.aphru.ac.nz) (1999)

This report summarises the results of a national survey of 5475 people aged between 15 and 45, conducted in 1998. They were interviewed about their use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drugs.

Drugs in New Zealand Comparison Surveys, 1990 and 1998 (www.aphru.ac.nz) (1999)

This report compares the results of regional surveys of drug use carried out in 1990 and 1998. In each survey, random samples of approximately 5000 people aged 15-45 from greater Auckland and the Bay of Plenty were interviewed about their use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drugs.

The Social Costs of Tobacco Use and Alcohol Misuse (Apr 1997)

This report was prepared for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC), the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) and the Public Health Commission (PHC) to bring together and extend the existing fragmented estimates of various aspects of the social consequences of tobacco use and alcohol misuse in New Zealand.

National Drug Policy New Zealand

Alcohol

Trends and Statistics