The report, "Harming Me, Harming You: A community perspective on alcohol use in Wanaka'', was commissioned by the group and funded by the Health Promotion Agency, ACC and the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Ms Brown yesterday told the Otago Daily Times the report was not being made available because of an agreement between the groups involved in the research.
Ms Brown said it would be released at a public meeting in Wanaka in August.
The report was prepared by public health researcher Dr Vanessa Hammond and counsellor Rachel Cassaidy.
In a press release, Ms Brown said their research showed 28% of year 11 students [aged 15] at Mt Aspiring College students were "actively engaged in some form of alcohol use'' with 25% of those stating "they were doing it to get drunk''.
"For some, drinking has led to unsafe sex, injury, and/or doing things that could get them into serious trouble,'' Ms Brown said.
The purpose of the research was to provide a baseline of information so the effectiveness of measures to reduce alcohol-related harm could be measured.
A total of 334 pupils in years 9 to 11 at Mt Aspiring College were surveyed online and 104 were involved in focus groups.
The research included interviews with medical professionals, police and publicans.
"What stands us most apart is the fact that for our youth, alcohol appears to be more normalised in the home: the drinking habits appear the same, but the attitude is different. In the Wanaka community, adults are normalising drinking, adults are providing the alcohol, and adults are drinking themselves, with parenting consequences.''
Ms Brown said the strategies recommended in the report were for a local alcohol policy to be developed, for local support and addiction services to be publicised and a "family-based intervention'' to be developed.
Ms Brown said the students believed drinking could be reduced by "attractive alternatives'' being provided such as weekend trips and activities.
