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The Health Promotion Agency, FCB and Flying Fish highlight the dangers of drinking during pregnancy

The Health Promotion Agency for alcohol and pregnancy and FCB have released a campaign called ‘Don’t know? Don’t drink’ produced by Flying Fish, highlighting the fact that there is no known safe amount and no known safe time to drink alcohol during pregnancy.

The campaign features a 30-second video which focuses on the moment a woman has to decide whether or not to drink, even though she suspects she could be pregnant.

In the TVC the young woman is hanging out with her friends and then leaves to go and get a drink before being confronted by her own reflection in a window as she reaches for some liquor.

Her reflection acts as a rather critical guardian angel, urging her not to drink, even if she’s not certain that she’s pregnant, saying “Seriously what if it hurts the baby?”

The campaign is targeted towards young women aged 18 to 30 years who drink at moderate to risky levels, the Health Promotion Agency’s website says.

The campaign will primarily be seen in targeted online environments and in bar settings, the website says.

A spokesperson for the agency says drinking is an important public and personal health issue in New Zealand. “We have a strong drinking culture, young women have high rates of drinking and hazardous drinking, and we have a high rate of unplanned pregnancies – two out of five pregnancies in New Zealand are unplanned. This increases the risk of women drinking alcohol, potentially to harmful levels, when they are pregnant but do not yet know it – and irreversible harm being done to a developing foetus.”

The spokesperson says many young women will be aware that heavy drinking can cause damage to an unborn baby, however other will be completely unaware of this risk. “Drinking through pregnancy hurts babies, the goal of this campaign is to stop women drinking if they think there is a chance they could be pregnant.”

Research on the agency’s website says drinking alcohol during pregnancy can result in miscarriage, still birth and a baby being born with a range of lifelong effects. “In the child, alcohol exposure in pregnancy can result in premature birth, brain damage, birth defects, growth restriction, developmental delay and cognitive, social emotional and behavioural deficits.”

The research says foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is estimated to effect between 600 and 3000 New Zealand babies are born every year.

Credit list:

Health Promotion Agency for Alcohol and Pregnancy

Regional Executive Creative Director:            James Mok

Executive Creative Director:                            Regan Grafton

Senior Creative Writer:                                    Matt Williams        

Senior Creative Art Director:                           Freddie Coltart

Creative Services Director                               Jenni Doubleday

Head of Craft:                                                    Nick Smith

Photographer:                                                   Mike Braid

Planner:                                                             Carl Sarney

Head of Content: Producer:                             Pip Mayne

Group Account Director                                   Jane Wardlaw

Account Director:                                              Chanelle McDonald

Media Manager:                                                Roxane Vosper

Media Planner / Buyer:                                   Dan Roberts

Digital Media Manager:                                    Lucy Sorensen

Digital Campaign Manager:                             Kate Kennedy

Client:                                                                 HEALTH PROMOTION AGENCY

Senior Account Lead:                                        Kathy Compton

Production

Production Company:                                      Flying Fish

Production Company Director:                       Paolo Rotondo

Production Company Executive Producer:    James Moore

Production Company Producer:                     Sam Attenborough

Director of Photography:                                 Simon Raby

Post Production

Offline editor:                                                    Ken Sparks | Mandy

Post Production:                                               Mandy

Sound

Sound Studio:                                                    Franklin Road

Sound Engineer:                                               Shane Taupiri

Music:                                                                 Library

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