One in four 15 to 17-year-olds often drink a risky amount of alcohol

Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

Latest News

An alcohol watchdog hopes a survey that shows more than one in four teens aged between 15 and 17 often drink a risky amount of alcohol serves as a sharp wake-up call.

Alcohol Healthwatch director Rebecca Williams said more needed to be done to reduce the availability and cost of liquor, and the marketing of alcohol. Read more

Additional reading

News category: New Zealand, News Shorts.

Tags: Alcohol, teenagers at risk

We don’t need women deacons

Women deacons are in effect working well in the Church, except we do not call them deacons, and they are not ordained. This is the view of Dr Joe Grayland, theologian, author and parish priest of three parishes in Palmerston Read more

Love George Pell or loathe him, we should all be grateful that justice has been delivered

Some Australians, including many victims of child sexual abuse, revile George Pell. Others hold him in high esteem. Neither of these groups will have their minds changed about Cardinal Pell, regardless of what any court might determine. The majority of Read more

Editorial Comment: “See how they love one another”

The editors at CathNews New Zealand and Pacific have been saddened by some aggressive and even offensive comments that have been submitted to our website. Not all of them have been approved for publication. – Originally reported 29 May 2015. Read more

CathNews New Zealand