We didn't quite get to prohibition in New Zealand, but we (along with Australia) got what became known as the "six o'clock swill", because it was a race to get as much beer in from the end of the working day until the pubs shut an hour later.

To get around this one notorious pub started serving 'meals' that were nothing more than a bowl of rice. For 2/6 (approx 25 cents) you'd get an extra four hours drinking time.