What happens when a neighbourhood bottle store closes? We asked local residents

By Stephen Randerson, Research Officer in Drug Policy, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

For people living in New Zealand’s most deprived communities, alcohol is often far too accessible.

These areas have around three times as many off-licence supermarkets, grocery stores and bottle stores as the least deprived. Just within South Auckland suburbs Ōtara, Ōtāhuhu and Papatoetoe, there are 32 separate outlets.

Research suggests that concentration comes at a cost. Having more off-licence alcohol outlets nearby has been linked to violence,…

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