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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
Concerned about Someone's Drinking? booklet
A booklet for people who are concerned about someone else's drinking and provides ideas about how to help others. It is one of the six booklets in the Alcohol and Your Health series.
View Concerned about Someone's Drinking? in PDF.
Cutting Down booklet
A booklet for people wanting to cut down their drinking. It has information and practical tools to help. It is one of the six booklets in the Alcohol and Your Health series.
View Cutting Down in 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
- low-risk alcohol drinking advice from Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
- information about standard drinks.
Guidelines for Managing Alcohol at Large Events
The Guidelines for Managing Alcohol at Large Events book provides best-practice models and other guidance information. It is for individuals and agencies involved with ensuring that alcohol consumption at large events is managed legally and effectively.
This resource will no longer be available in print once the current stock runs out. However, you can still download it as a PDF from resources@alcohol.org.nz
Is Your Drinking Okay? booklet
A booklet to help people decide if their drinking is okay and provides tools to help them cut down or stop drinking. It is one of the six booklets in the Alcohol and Your Health series.
View the Is Your Drinking Okay? PDF.
Ki te Ao Mārama - DVD & workbook
A DVD (which follows the journey of three people through their addiction, treatment and into their life of recovery) and an accompanying workbook. It is for Māori who are needing help to overcome any problems they may have with their alcohol and/or drug use.
This resource is being retired and will no longer be available once the current stock runs out.
View Ki te Ao Mārama PDF.
Maintaining the Change booklet
A booklet for people who have changed the way they are drinking and want to maintain this change. It contains information and tools to help stay on track or get back on track after a slip or relapse. It is one of the six Alcohol and Your Health series of booklets.
View the Maintaining the Change PDF.
Stopping Drinking booklet
A booklet to help people who have decided to stop drinking or are worried about their drinking and are looking for support to stop. It is one of the six booklets in the Alcohol and Your Health series.
View Stopping Drinking PDF.