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Our work at the Health Promotion Directorate at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora to reduce alcohol-related harm is comprehensive in its approach. It includes national marketing campaigns, resources, and tools to support legislative requirements, community action, and health sector agencies as well as alcohol-related advice and research.
In this section, you can find our alcohol resources that are available to order in hard copy.
Other alcohol resources that are available to download only can be found in the publications section of our Alcohol Resources website.
Our alcohol research reports can be found here.
For more information about our alcohol advice and work, or if you are looking for items no longer in print, please see alcohol.org.nz
Alcohol & You: Facts and Effects booklet
This booklet outlines what alcohol is and what it does to the body, explains standard drinks, social harms caused by alcohol and benefits attributed to alcohol.
View Alcohol & You: Facts and Effects in PDF.
Alcohol and Older People booklet
A booklet for older people and their families, friends and carers. It is also for anyone interested in finding out more about alcohol and ageing.
It has information about:
- how our bodies become less able to cope with alcohol as we age
- how alcohol affects certain medicines and health conditions
- how much alcohol is too much when you’re older
- what older people can do if they think they have a drinking problem.
- what family/whānau can do.
View Alcohol and Older People in PDF.
Alcohol and Your Kids booklet
A booklet for parents and caregivers with helpful information and advice about alcohol and teenagers. It includes:
- tips about delaying their teens drinking as long as possible
- information about being a good role model and building and maintaining a good relationships with teens
- what the law says
- what to do when things go wrong.
View the Alcohol and Your Kids booklet pdf.
DrinkCheck pamphlet
A popular pamplet that includes:
- the Drinkcheck questionnaire (WHO's AUDIT tool) to test drinking levels, with information on how to understand the results
- HPA's low-risk alcohol drinking advice
- information about standard drinks.
Energy in alcoholic drinks infosheet
An infosheet about alcohol as a source of energy (kilojoules or Calories). It includes a graphic of kilojoules in alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and foods.
View the PDF here.
Long-term effects of drinking alcohol A4 poster
An A4 poster image of the long-term health effects of drinking alcohol.
This image can also be downloaded and printed on your printer. View Long-term effects of drinking alcohol in PDF.
Short-term effects of drinking alcohol A4 poster
An A4 poster image of the short-term health effects of drinking alcohol.
This image can also be downloaded and printed on your printer. View Short-term effects of drinking alcohol in PDF.
Straight up Guide to Standard Drinks pamphlet
A pamphlet that explains what a standard drink is and shows how many standard drinks are in a range of types of alcoholic drinks.
View Straight up Guide to Standard Drinks PDF.
What happens when I drink alcohol? A4 Infosheet
An infosheet explaining what happens in the body when a person drinks alcohol. It covers how alcohol gets into the blood and what happens next in different parts of the body and in an unborn baby.
View What happens when I drink alcohol? infosheet in PDF.