New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring report 2013 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2014 The latest New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring Programme Report (NZ-ADUM) has found that 41 % of people detained by police had been drinking prior to…
Local government: Results of the 2012/13 audits Last Publication Date: 01 May 2014 Last year, when I set out the results of the annual audits of entities in the local government sector, I reported that 2011/12 was demanding. This…
Formative evaluation for the alcohol and other drug treatment court pilot Last Publication Date: 31 Mar 2014 The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court (AODT Court) pilot is designed to supervise offenders whose offending is driven by their alcohol and other drug (AOD)…
Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2012–2013 Last Publication Date: 04 Mar 2014 This report describes the microbiological and chemical quality of water in New Zealand drinking-water supplies serving populations of more than 100 people, and progress towards meeting…
Inquiry into property investments Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 In November 2012, I announced that my Office would carry out an inquiry into property investments by Delta Utility Services Limited (Delta), a council-controlled trading organisation…
People’s estimates of how many New Zealand adults smoke: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2014 In HPA's Health and Lifestyles Survey all respondents (aged 15+ years) were asked to estimate the number of New Zealand adults who smoked daily (as perceived…
Parental monitoring and substance use among Pacific youth: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Parents have a significant influence on the societal norms, values and behaviour learned by their children. Permissive parental rule setting and monitoring has been shown to…
Attitudes towards alcohol among 15 to 17-year-olds: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Understanding the attitudes this population group has towards alcohol is helpful in developing effective health promotion programmes targeting risky alcohol consumption. The Health Promotion Agency’s (HPA’s)…
Links between smoking and risky alcohol consumption - Fact Sheet Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 This fact sheet assesses whether the prevalence of risky alcohol consumption (defined as high levels of alcohol consumption on a single occasion) among New Zealand adults…
Tobacco brand recognition among New Zealand adults - Fact Sheet Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 This fact sheet uses data from HPA's 2014 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) to gauge tobacco brand recognition among New Zealand adults. This is achieved by…
