A Tauranga drug dealer who shot another man in the leg with a cut-down rifle and was also caught with 18 cannabis 'tinnies' inside a coffin in his lounge, has been sentenced to 10 months' home detention.
A top Zealand-born Melbourne Cup jockey has been suspended for three months after testing positive to a banned substance.
Australian PM Julia Gillard is today trying to convince the Indonesian President to grant clemency to convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, according to a report.
An alleged cocaine smuggler who fled NZ nearly 10 years ago has resurfaced at the centre of an international drug syndicate.
New Zealand needs to overhaul laws governing the compulsory treatment of severe alcoholics and drug addicts, says the Law Commission.
A P-smoking mum has been charged with giving methamphetamine to her two daughters, aged 3 and 6.
The lawyer who represented the head of the "Mr Asia" drug syndicate has been awarded $140,000 in a defamation case.
The governor of Schapelle Corby's Bali jail is jeopardising a major cut to her sentence with claims she is faking a mental illness.
Michael Laws' estranged partner has revealed how she used to punch him in the face and became an alcoholic during their relationship breakdown.
The perception of cronyism, corruption and drugs has been a factor in the declining racing industry, and integrity must be restored for the industry to thrive, Racing Minister John Carter says.
An Iranian arrested at Auckland Airport was allegedly found with 1.4kg of concealed and swallowed in about 185 small latex "pellets".