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Kiwi booze giant Lion set to axe 30 NZ jobs

The job losses are understood to affect sales roles.

Heineken's big brand shopping spree

Dutch brewing giant is growing its stable of brands and growing its business Downunder.

NZ Hops strikes oil with UK deal

NZ Hops announced a new partnership deal with UK-based Totally Natural Solutions (TNS).

Beer sales fall flat: How DB Breweries plans to turn around market

Beer seltzer is the next innovation in the alcoholic drinks market.

NZ beer named world's best - again

A family-owned Christchurch boutique brewery has scooped global giants.

Where is New Zealand’s oldest pub? It's complicated.

It's a hotly contested claim to be New Zealand's oldest drinking establishment.

Brewer disrupted after cyber-attack

Plans to return breweries to full-production for level 1 thwarted by hackers.

Liquor stores record 1800% spike in business ahead of lockdown

Alcohol industry concerned liquor stores could be targeted by looters.

Pernod Ricard to close Tamaki site, 90 jobs at stake

Production facility making Brancott Estate and Stoneleigh wines will close.

'Common sense' needed when selling 0 per cent beer, Consumer NZ says

Countdown refused to sell alcohol-free beer to a customer.

Popular brewery to close for rebuild after devastating fire

Owners of the Sawmill Brewery say they've been left "gutted" by devastating fire

The Godfather of craft: Man who changed NZ brewing

How Richard Emerson's beer journey has shaped the country's beer industry.

Speedy arrest after West Auckland robberies

Police arrest 33-year-old man following series of aggravated robberies.

DB Breweries acquires licensing rights to India's much-loved Kingfisher brand

From 2020, Kingfisher beer will distributed by DB Breweries in New Zealand and Australia.

Police flood Te Atatu after liquor store robbed

Armed police were posted outside the shop, a witness said.

Bar wars: Campaigners close on booze vote

The battle over alcohol sales in West Auckland has reached a key point.