Alcohol Healthwatch is thrilled that Christchurch City Council has joined Auckland Council in supporting MP Chlӧe Swarbrick’s Private Members’ Bill "The Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Harm Minimisation) Amendment Bill" (the Bill), and to request that the Government review the country’s liquor laws
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Living in the sky isn’t as scary as you might think.
OPINION: People were alarmed when my wife and I decided to move into a high-rise apartment sitting more than 25 storeys up from street level in central Auckland. “Isn’t that a bit too high?,” was the most common reaction. The question wasn t totally unjustified. If the fire alarms at our new apartment building went off nearly as often as at our previous apartment in Wellington we would face a regular and punishing staircase descent of more than 25 floors any time our neighbours encountered a culinary misadventure. Choosing a place to live involves tradeoffs between risks and rewards, and our willingness to take on this particular risk wasn t simply because we made a calculation that Auckland apartment dwellers were less likely to burn their toast.