new rules for the city’s alcohol licences<\/a>, including capping the number of off-licences in high depravation areas – including the student quarter – and reducing alcohol trading and delivery hours.<\/p>\nCity councillor Russell Lund told RNZ\u2019s Checkpoint that Invercargill had a ban on supermarket sales of alcohol, and there were nearly half the level of alcohol-related emergency department admissions there than were seen in Dunedin.<\/p>\n
“[In Dunedin] one in 25 visits is alcohol-related harm. So if we want to be serious about it we’ve got to start having a good hard look at the idea that we should allow supermarkets to devote a huge amount of floor-space to selling alcohol,” Lund said.<\/p>\n
Lund said the council should not be “threatened” by supermarket opposition to restricting alcohol sales.<\/p>\n
He said he also strongly opposed any scheme to allow alcohol purchases to be made under buy now, pay later schemes.<\/p>\n
“No. One thousand percent no. It’s not a necessity. It defies any sort of logic or common sense to me,” Lund said.<\/p>\n
Lund said capping the number of new off-licences in high-depravation areas would be a useful tool to limit the extent of alcohol-related harm about the city.<\/p>\n
“If you want to control behaviours or try and get better results for society you have to put subtle barriers – you have to make it essentially a little bit harder and less convenient – and that’s just one obvious things you can do,” Lund said.<\/p>\n
He appealed to the public to get involved and make submissions to the consultation process.<\/p>\n
“If we want to stop being the worst city for alcohol-related harm you have to not just trim around the edges and – if people are serious and are willing to consider the idea that we should legislate against the supermarkets – then they should let us know,” Lund said.<\/p>\n
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