In May 2023, Wymondley Discount Liquor in Ōtara closed after an application to renew its licence was declined. Ōtara Gambling and Alcohol Action Group and Massey University's SHORE & Whāriki Research Centre surveyed 21 local residents to find out what changed.
Read MoreSHORE & Whariki researchers Dr Simon Opit and Dr Linda Madden have examined the approaches schools take to maintaining after-hours community access to school grounds. Open school grounds are increasingly uncommon in Tāmaki Makaurau, particularly in lower-socioeconomic areas, where the majority of schools now restrict after-hours access.
Read MoreThe SHORE & Whariki Research Centre has begun a new collaboration with the University of Queensland and the Australian Internet Observatory, investigating the digital advertising people receive when using social media. The first phase is under way in Aotearoa New Zealand and we are working with collaborators in Viet Nam, Philippines, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa to collect data in these countries.
Read MoreThis is our first research update from the Affordable Alternative Housing Tenure Pathways project, investigating participant experiences of affordable housing and progressive home ownership programmes such as rent-to-buy, shared equity and community land trusts.
Read the full update here.
Read MoreAlcohol policy specialist Prof Sally Casswell says NZ's guidelines underestimate the health risks of drinking. She warns that damage begins at even one drink a day, and criticises the alcohol industry's lobbying influence.
Read MoreThis year's edition of the annual New Zealand Drug Trends survey reveals long-term trends in drug availability, price, and use of drugs. Professor Chris Wilkins discusses the findings in a 1 News interview. More detail can be found on the NZ Drug Trends webpage.
Read MoreAccording to recently published New Zealand study Exploring the substitution of cannabis for alcohol and other drugs., 60% of cannabis and alcohol users say weed makes them drink less. Associate Professor Chris Wilkins discussed the implications for cannabis legalisation and other findings from the study in an interview with the New Zealand Herald.
Read MoreSally Casswell writes that despite this modest drop in consumption, inequity in the damage from alcohol remains. Read more on The Conversation
Read MoreProfessor Chris Wilkins discusses the meth disguised as lollies found in Auckland City Mission food parcels, the shift in where meth in New Zealand is coming from, and the increase in detections of the drug in wastewater testing . Learn more at TVNZ Breakfast
Read MoreWhariki researchers Dr Belinda Borell, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Whakatōhea, and Dr Teah Carlson, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui, have each received a four-year fellowship from the Health Research Council. Read more about Belinda and Teah on Massey News and an item on Teah’s project published in the New Zealand Herald.
Read MoreCongratulations to Robin van der Sanden on graduating with a doctorate in Public Health from Massey University. Robin is pictured here with two of her supervisors, Marta Rychert and Chris Wilkins.
Read MoreA new study published in Addiction addresses a gap in understanding around the full scope of alcohol-related harm. It estimates the reduction in healthy years of life lived due to alcohol consumed by another was greater than the impact on the drinker themselves in Aotearoa New Zealand and provides further evidence of the disproportionate impact of alcohol products on Māori. See further detail at Massey News where lead author Sally Casswell discusses the findings.
Read MoreProfessor Chris Wilkins discusses the implications of the return of pseudoephedrine to New Zealand pharmacies in the context of the wider changes identified in the meth market in recent years. Learn more at TVNZ Breakfast
Read MoreFunded Māori MA Thesis Scholarship!
MA thesis opportunity in a Marsden funded Māori media project, commencing 2024. Applications close 29 February 2024, 5pm
Please contact: Angela Moewaka Barnes
a.mwakabarnes@massey.ac.nz
Third wave of research bulletins from 2022/23 NZ Drugs Trends Survey (NZDTS) on vaping, medicinal cannabis, cannabis law reform and help seeking released today. Download here:
https://shoreandwhariki.ac.nz/nzdts-research-bulletins-3
Read MoreThe second batch of research bulletins from 2022/23 NZ Drugs Trends Survey (NZDTS) on gangs, social media, darknets and victimization have been released today and can be accessed from this link https://shoreandwhariki.ac.nz/nzdts-research-bulletins-2
Read MoreNZ Drugs Trends survey results released today! NZDTS research bulletins — SHORE & Whariki Research Centre (shoreandwhariki.ac.nz)
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