Kōrero: Liquor laws
Whārangi 5. Hononga, rauemi nō waho
Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
Alcohol New Zealand
Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC) is a Crown entity that aims to reduce misuse of alcohol.
Liquor Licensing Authority
The Liquor Licensing Authority makes decisions on applications for liquor licences and managers’ certificates that have been referred to it by district licensing agencies.
Liquor review report of the advisory committee
The 1997 report of an advisory committee that considered public submissions in response to a review of the Sale of Liquor Act.
Removing temptation: New Zealand’s alcohol restrictions, 1881–2005
A 2006 PhD thesis by Paul Christoffel.
Review of regulatory framework for the sale and supply of liquor
This section of the Law Commission’s website looks at their work on reviewing liquor laws and regulation.
Temperance movement
The section of the NZ History website looks at the history of the anti-alcohol movement in New Zealand.
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
- Bollinger, Conrad. Grog’s own country: the story of liquor licensing in New Zealand. Auckland: Minerva, 1967.
- Christoffel, Paul. ‘Prohibition and the myth of 1919.’ New Zealand Journal of History 42, no. 2 (2008), pp. 154–175.
- Eldred-Grigg, Stevan. Pleasures of the flesh: sex and drugs in colonial New Zealand, 1840–1915. Wellington: Reed, 1984.
- The sale of liquor in New Zealand: report of the Working Party on Liquor. Wellington: Department of Justice, 1986.
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Paul Christoffel, Liquor laws, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/219640/sources (accessed 25 June 2026).
He kōrero nā Paul Christoffel, i tāngia i te 17 December 2012, updated 1 December 2014.