Online alcohol deliveries: age verification processes of online alcohol delivery companies in Auckland, New Zealand.

Aim: This study aims to document the age verification processes for online alcohol deliveries in Auckland, New Zealand, with a focus on rapid alcohol delivery (delivery within 2 hours of ordering).

Methods: Alcohol orders from Auckland online alcohol delivery companies were placed by a researcher under 25 years of age over a 2-month period in 2023. Procedures were recorded around speed of delivery and age verification processes.

Alcohol advertising near schools in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

Aim: There has long been concern about the exposure of children and young people to alcohol advertising, which places them at risk. This study aimed to measure the prevalence, type and location of alcohol advertisements within a 500-metre radius of schools in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was used to quantify alcohol advertisements within a 500-metre radius of 52 Auckland schools selected using stratified random sampling.