Sharon Armstrong knew she was carrying a secret parcel in a hidden compartment in her suitcase - but she is adamant she had no idea it contained drugs.

A commercial methamphetamine business in a suburban Rotorua street went undetected for seven...

Brooke Mueller has reportedly gone back to rehab.

A sickness beneficiary acquitted of money laundering and methamphetamine charges this week after a lengthy trial has been evicted from his taxpayer-subsidised state home.

A gang member believed to be armed and using methamphetamine has been arrested in Huntly, north of Hamilton.

Prison authorities have caught out a 14-year-old boy who tried to take cannabis hidden in his shoe into Hawke's Bay Regional Prison.

A 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.

AC/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...

Boy George has been clean for three years and says he doesn't miss illegal substances

Legal 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...