ALCOHOL IN OUR LIVES:AN ISSUES PAPER ON THE REFORM OF NEW ZEALAND’S LIQUOR LAWS (NZLC IP15, 2009) THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS 1. The Law Commission’s consultation document, Alcohol In Our Lives: An Issues Paper On The Reform Of New Zealand’s Liquor Laws (NZLC IP15, 2009) was published in July 2009 and invited feedback from the public on the proposed options for the reform of liquor laws in New Zealand. The consultation period was open for three months from 31 July until 30 October 2009. 2. The Commission received 2939 submissions through the public consultation process. We continued accepting submissions received in the post up to mid November 2009, in order to ensure all submissions posted prior to the close off date of 30 October 2009 were received. Electronic submissions received during this period were also accepted, and processed. Submissions received subsequently were read by the Commission’s project team but could not be included in the data analysis. 3. More than two thirds of submissions were received from individuals. Alongside these were several hundred submissions from a range of organisations including, central and local government, liquor companies and related industry organisations, liquor wholesalers and retailers, academics, the medical profession, advertising groups, the Police, the treatment sector and community groups. 4. The organisations that made a submission to the Commission are listed below. A set of submissions received from these organisations is available on CD from the Commission at a cost of $10.00 (incl GST). In some cases information has been redacted from submissions in accordance with the withholding provisions of the Official Information 1982. This is noted where appropriate. 5. A full set of the 2939 submissions received is available from the Commission on DVD at a cost of $25.00 (incl GST). In order to protect the privacy of natural persons, identifying information from individual submissions has been redacted under s.9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982. Submissions received from organisations in response to Alcohol In Our Lives:An Issues Paper On The Reform Of New Zealand’s Liquor Laws (NZLC IP15, 2009) Accident Compensation Corporation Brewers Association Clutha District Youth Council Accor Hospitality Brewers Guild Cock & Bull Hamilton ACT on Campus & Young Nationals Bush Inn Hotel Cock and Bull Botany Downs Active West Coast Business Roundtable Commercial Hotel, Te Awamutu Addiction Help Program Café for Youth Health Communication Agencies Association Addington Events Campbells Steak n Ale House Community Action on Youth and Drugs Otautahi Advertising Standards Authority Cancer Society Community Action on Youth and Drugs Te Tai Tokerau Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand - Pacific Candor Trust Region Reference Group Canterbury District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service Bay Of Plenty Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC) Canterbury West Coast Secondary Principals District Health Board Alcohol & Drug Assessment Services Ltd Canterbury Youth Services Community Alcohol and Drug Services Auckland Alcohol Drug Association NZ Capital & Coast District Health Board Community and Public Health West Coast Alcohol Healthwatch Capital Five Limited Community Law Canterbury All Saints Community Church CARE NZ Ltd Community Submission (Matt Matahaere (CAYAD Anglican Diocese of Christchurch Central Otago District Council Dunedin), Sofia Tuala (Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora, Aoraki Primary Health Organisation Challenge Trust Dunedin), Scott Blair (Adventure Development Aotearoa Alcohol & Other Drug Consumer Network Chartwell Church (Hamilton) Counselling, Dunedin)) Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Cheep Liquor Huntly Cosmopolitan Club Mt Maunganui Ashburton Club & MSA Child Advocacy Group Counties Manukau Grey Power Ashburton Community Alcohol & Drug Service Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service - West Crossroads Bar and Restaurant Ashburton District Council Coast District Health Board DB Breweries Association of New Zealand Advertisers Inc Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Auckland City Council Child Poverty Action Group Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago Auckland City Injury Prevention Forum Children's Commissioner Diageo Ltd Auckland District Health Board (Child and Youth Team) Christchurch Central Business District Alcohol Accord Distilled Spirits Association Auckland Regional Public Health Management Committee Dollar Brand Ltd Baptist Churches of New Zealand Christchurch City Council Doug Sellman (Alcohol Action NZ: 5+ Solution) Bar Africa Ltd Christchurch City Mission Drug ARM (Blenheim) Inc Barworks Hospitality Group Christchurch Tri-agency Group Dunedin City Council Be Free Incorporated City Club Inc Dunedin Community Law Centre Beam Global (NZ) Ltd City College Hall of Residence Eastern Southland Grey Power Beaujolais Wine Bar City Stop Edgeware Sports Bar Bethlehem College Claddagh Irish Pub Endowment for Human Life Blenheim Workingmen’s Club Inc Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland Escape to Picton Blue Ice Investments Clubs New Zealand Familial Trust Brainwave Trust Aotearoa Clutha District Council Families Commission Family First NZ Health Sponsorship Council Mangakino Safer Community Group Fetal Alcohol Network NZ Healthy Christchurch Manukau Alcohol Action Group Firemans Arms HighRes Youth - Kumeu Baptist Church Manukau City Council Foodstuffs (NZ) Ltd Hokitika Interagency Alcohol Advisory Group Manukau City Council Pacific Island Advisory Foundation for Advertising Research Hospitality Association of New Zealand (HANZ) Committee Franklin Christian Lobby Hospitality Licensing Ltd Manurewa-Clendon Community Action Youth and Drugs Franklin District Council Hotel Coachman Reference Group Frenzi Group Ltd Hotel Reefton 2003 Ltd Maraenui Community Council Trust Gibson Consultants Hutt Valley District Health Board Marlborough Youth Council Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club Inc Independent Liquor (NZ) Ltd Massey University Gisborne District Council Injury Free Counties Manukau Masterton District Council Glen Innes Drug & Alcohol Action Group Injury Prevention Network of Aotearoa NZ Inc Matsons Brewery Ltd Golden Mile Tavern International Missionary Society Health Education Matt Burgess (VUW) & Eric Crampton (Canterbury Good Group Ltd Service University) Gore District Council Invercargill Licensing Trust Maungakiekie Community Board Grey Power Auckland Invercargill Workingmen's Club Inc Maungaturoto Country Club Group Against Liquor Advertising (GALA) (2) Jezreel Women's Support Home Mawhera Ministers' Association Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board Johnsonville Club Inc Mayors Taskforce for Youth Palmerston North Hamilton City Council Kaiapoi Workingmens Club & MSA Mediterranean Food Warehouse Hamilton Methodist Parish Kapiti Club Inc Mediterranean Food Warehouse Nelson Hamilton South Neighbourhood Support Kapiti Coast District Council Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand Hamilton Youth Council Kawakawa RSA Mercury Bay Club HANZ Auckland Kawerau Cosmopolitan Club Inc Methodist City Action HANZ Buller & Westland Kawerau District Council Midhirst Tavern HANZ Marlborough Kiwi International Hotel Ministry of Woman's Affairs HANZ Northland Knox Church Social Justice Work Group Ministry of Youth Development HANZ South Canterbury Lakes District Health Board Mosgiel Tavern HANZ Southland & Central Otago Lands End NZ Mothers' Union Auckland Branch HANZ Taranaki Leviathan Hotel Mount Greens Sports Inc HANZ Thames Life Choices Charitable Trust Mount Ocean Sports Club HANZ Wellington Lincoln High School Napier Cosmopolitan Club Inc Hastings and Havelock North Alcohol Accords Lion Nathan Napier Pilot City Trust Hastings District Council & Napier City Council Liquor Licensing Authority National Advisory Group on Tertiary Student Drinking Hauraki District Council Liquor Retailer National Committee for Addiction Treatment Hawkes Bay District Health Board Lobster Inn Tavern National Council of Women - Hutt Valley Hawkes Bay Regional Council, RoadSafe HB Local Government New Zealand National Council of Women Christchurch Branch, Governance Group Lower Hutt Memorial RSA Women's Focus Committee He Oranga Pounamu Manaia Health Primary Health Organisation National Council of Women New Zealand Health Action Trust Nelson Manapouri Lakeview Motor Inn National Hospitality Health NZ Ltd Manawatu Health Promotion Development Group National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws New Zealand Medical Association Poplar Lanes Business Association Inc New Zealand Inc Newspaper Publishers' Association Porirua City Council National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Nga Miro Health Charitable Trust Porirua City Council Youth Advisory Group Zealand Night 'n Day Foodstores Limited Porirua Healthy Safer City Trust Nelson Bays Community Law Service NingNong Group Porirua RSA Nelson City Council North Shore City Council Porto Bello Bar & Grill Nelson Marlborough District Health Board Northern Hospitality Management Ltd Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa NZ Nelson Residents Association Northland District Health Board Presbyterian Support (Upper South Island) Nelson Youth Council Odyssey House Trust Prime Hotels Wellington New Plymouth District Council Opioio Treatment Service Prison Fellowship Inc New Zealand Aotearoa Adolescent Health and Oranga Community Centre Incorporated Problem Gambling Foundation Development Otago District Health Board Progressive Enterprises New Zealand Association of Dairies