Our work is to achieve Pae Ora (healthy futures) through alcohol harm prevention.

We aim to improve Aotearoa New Zealand’s drinking culture by leading health promotion interventions that prevent alcohol-related harm and create environments to enable low-risk or no drinking as the norm.

We provide strategic leadership to ensure a cross-agency and community-engaged approach to address harm, with a specific focus on those with the most need. 

We deliver programmes that: 

  • promote healthy public policy through coordinated cross-sector action and building the policy evidence base 

  • strengthen community participation in alcohol-harm prevention opportunities in their neighbourhoods 

  • de-normalise alcohol in sports settings

  • support communities to drive innovative local solutions to address alcohol-related harm 

  • develop social marketing initiatives and provide accessible health information to change knowledge, attitudes and behaviours

  • improve capacity and capability for prevention within healthcare and other settings through strengthened alcohol screening, early detection and brief interventions. 

Our portfolio of work is funded from the levy on alcohol produced or imported for sale in New Zealand. 

More about our alcohol work