The New Zealand Alcohol Beverages Council has welcomed the proposed changes to the Bill as this is a common-sense approach to help improve our licensing system. Virginia NichollsDunedin[Virginia Nicholls is executive director of the New Zealand Alcohol Beverages Council. On the other handI write in support of the editorial that proposed law changes to New Zealand’s alcohol laws downplays the harm alcohol does to our society. By making it impossible to easily log on to Manage My Health, those supposed to manage their health have no chance whatsoever, thereby dying perhaps prematurely, and decreasing the expenses of keeping people healthy. Richard HutchisonWānakaAddress Letters to the Editor to: Otago Daily Times, PO Box 517, 52-56 Lower Stuart St, Dunedin.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 22, 2026 15:33 UTC