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ALAC’s vision and mission are outlined here with links to our corporate documents that describe how we are working to achieve our mission.
Corporate documents and reports can be downloaded from here.You will find information about ALAC and its structure. Council members and Senior management are profiled.
- Who We Are
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This is where you can find out what we are working on and how we achieve our goals.
- Priority Population Action Plans
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- Policy Advice & Research
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- Alcohol & You
Want to know if your drinking is okay? Or are you considering making some changes to your drinking but want to know more? Do you know exactly how big a standard drink is?
Play the online games in the section to find out. Find out all about your relationship with alcohol here...
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- Legislation & Policy
Check out this section for NZ legislation and local strategies and polices relating to alcohol.
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- Research & Resources
This is the ALAC research and resources section. This is where you can find alcohol statistics and researched topics.
ALAC has two blogs, a research blog and our general blog. Take a look at some of the interesting conversations that are happening here.
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