New ZealandP lab undetected for 7 years in RotoruaA commercial methamphetamine business in a suburban Rotorua street went undetected for seven...22 Apr 02:45 AM
EntertainmentBrooke Mueller back in rehab - reportsBrooke Mueller has reportedly gone back to rehab.18 Apr 10:33 PM
New ZealandEvicted: State house tenant with $250,000 carsA sickness beneficiary acquitted of money laundering and methamphetamine charges this week after a lengthy trial has been evicted from his taxpayer-subsidised state home.15 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandMother tells of role in prison run drug ringA middle-aged mother has admitted her role in an alleged methamphetamine ring run by prison inmates.08 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandP lab gang's Nazi code revealed in wire-tapsNazi catchphrases were among some of the coded conversations that convicted an underworld heavyweight.07 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandGang member spotted in court and arrestedA gang member believed to be armed and using methamphetamine has been arrested in Huntly, north of Hamilton.05 Apr 03:00 AM
New ZealandBoy, 14, caught trying to bring cannabis into prisonPrison authorities have caught out a 14-year-old boy who tried to take cannabis hidden in his shoe into Hawke's Bay Regional Prison.03 Apr 10:30 PM
New ZealandP mum's case is a legal firstA P-smoking mother has been convicted of giving her young daughters methamphetamine through second-hand smoke inhalation, in what experts are calling a legal first.02 Apr 04:30 PM
New ZealandAC/DC drummer's appeal succeedsAC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, who lives in Tauranga, has had his cannabis conviction quashed on the grounds that it would have stopped him from continuing to tour with the rock band. The 56-year-old pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined...01 Apr 01:18 AM
EntertainmentBoy George in the woods againBoy George has been clean for three years and says he doesn't miss illegal substances 31 Mar 08:14 PM
New ZealandRestrictions on legal highs comingLegal products that mimic the high given by smoking cannabis are set to be banned for under-18s. Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today signalled the Government will tighten up its controls on synthetic "cannabinoid" substances...30 Mar 01:30 AM
EntertainmentWhoopi Goldberg stoned before Oscar winWhoopi Goldberg smoked cannabis before accepting her Oscar in 1991.24 Mar 07:52 PM
New ZealandMan killed in P-lab explosionA man died in an explosion at a P-lab in a house south of Auckland last night, with neighbours saying "everyone knows" the house was used to cook methamphetamine. Children did not go near it "for that reason", one man said. It was only a24 Mar 04:30 PM
