Facts about New Zealand Compared with some other countries,

New Zealanders are not heavy drinkers.Source of information: http://www.emigratenz.org/ReallyAndTruly.html

The average New Zealander drinks 5% less alcohol than the average Australian.

TV Ad for Binge Drinking in Australia. Part of the Queensland Goverment "Every Drink Counts" Campaign.http://www.everydrinkcounts

The average New Zealander drinks 12% less alcohol than the average Briton.

Found this old ad!

The average New Zealander drinks 30% less alcohol than the average German.

This is an MP3 from ‘Octoberfest’ in Munich, Germany. The quality is not good as it is from inside a tent. (Been there, done that!)

The average New Zealander drinks 40% less alcohol than the average Irish.

Pub culture• Many Irish people exceed their recommended weekly intake on a Friday or Saturday

night alone, leading to chaos in hospital casualty wards at the weekend. Many of these people may not see their bingeing as a problem, since they only drink once a week, but the habit of binge drinking actually exacerbates the problem.

• On the continent, alcohol is generally taken slowly and often accompanied by food. In Ireland, however, pub culture has us propped up at the bar for hours on end, shocking our organs with a week's worth of alcohol. The net result is the chronic levels of liver disease, heart disease and other alcohol related illnesses that take such a toll on our health service.

Retrived from ‘http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=1443’ on 30th August, 2009

Need I say more!

References• http://www.aa.co.nz/aadirections/driver/PublishingImages/drink_driving_story_main.jpg (Slide 1)• http://www.emigratenz.org/ReallyAndTruly.html retrieved August 24th, 2009 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYwu-MPPwrU retrieved August 26th, 2009 (Australian binge drinking)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74g4ZMftbLU&NR=1 retrieved August 25th, 2009 (British ad)

• http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=1443 retrieved August 26th, 2009 (Article Irish)• http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t2623.html retrieved August 28th, 2009 (German drinking song)