New Zealand Rolls out Alcohol Law Reform

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern holds a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (out of frame) following talks on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2022. Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images

The New Zealand (NZ) government has granted communities greater powers to set their own rules around alcohol sales, but wider alcohol law reform is expected to take time.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she wasn’t comfortable with the way alcohol was currently marketed in the country.