Whakatāne District Alcohol Strategy
Whakatāne District Council has worked with its community to develop a strategy to manage and encourage responsible use of alcohol by all its citizens.
Whakatāne District Alcohol Strategy
Vision
The Council's vision is: "encourage the development of an environment in which alcohol-related activity can be enjoyed with minimal risk of harm to the community".
The aim of the Whakatāne Alcohol Strategy (click link to view full version of the Strategy) is to reduce alcohol-related harm in the Whakatane District over the next five years. Research shows that people's drinking behaviour is influenced by their environment and communities can do a great deal to reduce alcohol-related harm.
Thus, Whakatāne District Council has taken the first step; by developing this Alcohol Strategy for District. The strategy will guide our efforts to address alcohol-related issues over the foreseeable future. The strategy will specifically:
• Help us to integrate and coordinate alcohol-related activities within our Council.
• Raise the profile and priority of Alcohol issues among Councillors and our staff.
• Raise awareness of social and community impacts of alcohol.
• Show Council leadership on alcohol issues, and work with stakeholder agencies to become a catalyst for community action for the minimisation of alcohol-harm within our District.
The Strategy identifies a range of initiatives to reduce alcohol-related harm that will be implemented over time. The strategy will also support the development of a Council liquor licensing policy and that will set future parameters to guide the alcohol regulatory functions of our Council.