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Pacific Blue named as pilot's employer
A pilot fighting to get his job back after being sacked amid allegations of alcohol and drug abuse worked for Pacific Blue.

Revealed: NZ's thriving underbelly
A man who spent three years infiltrating Auckland's crime networks has uncovered a drug trade on a staggering scale.

Freedom or your home - you choose
A $465,000 house has been seized from a commercial cannabis grower as punishment instead of an 18-month prison sentence.

<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Drug decriminalisation makes sense
The War on Drugs makes the Afghan campaign seem like a blitzkrieg akin to 1967 when Israel cleaned up Egypt, Syria and Jordan in six days and rested on the seventh.

Hide denies hinting Roy used drugs
Rodney Hide has emphatically denied in Parliament ever suggesting to another minister that Heather Roy had used drugs.

Police bust 'significant' P lab
Police displayed weapons and drugs, including two "unusually large" rocks of crystal meth, from a bust on a Coromandel P lab.

'Major players' caught in P bust
Police say some major players "are now out of the drug industry" after a nationwide P bust that was six months in the making.

P lab bust in Ponsonby
Police have uncovered a P lab in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby.

Kiwi criminal deported from Australia
A New Zealander with a long list of criminal offending has been deported from Australia after losing an appeal.

Parents reveal biggest fears
Kiwi parents' biggest fear is that their children will spiral into drug and alcohol addiction, a survey has found.

I didn't take Ecstasy: teen
The 18-year-old who fell from a central Auckland car parking building denies she had taken Ecstasy.

Users rate Ecstasy brands on website
Dealers are competing "like Pepsi and Coke" to sell ecstasy, says the NZ Drug Foundation, and users are rating their experiences on the web.

Girl's 6-floor city plunge
A North Shore 18-year-old is lucky to be alive after falling multiple storeys from a carpark building during a night of drinking and taking Ecstasy.

12-year-old drug dealer stuns school
A drug dealing 12-year-old took a kilogram of cannabis to sell to his mates at an intermediate school.

Air NZ wants suspended pilot named
Air NZ is unhappy about the suppression of the name and employer of an airline pilot fighting to keep his job after he was sacked amid allegations of alcohol and drug abuse.

Jail for raping mate's drugged wife
A woman's discovery that a friend had sexually violated and raped her with her husband while she was drugged was the ultimate betrayal.

Man kidnapped student, demanded money for P
A student had a knife held to his throat by a man who threatened to cut off his fingers and kill him if he didn't give him $100 to buy P.