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

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

The 18-year-old who fell from a central Auckland car parking building denies she had taken Ecstasy.

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

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

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.

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

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.

An airline pilot has been grounded and is under investigation after allegations of alcohol and drug abuse, including the suspected supply of an illegal substance to a female cabin attendant.

The brother of the man who killed liquor store owner Navtej Singh has been sentenced over an aggravated robbery of a tinnie house a day before the fatal shooting.

An ESR report that shows 48 per cent of road deaths over five years involved drugs or alcohol is a 'wake up call'.

A Customs broker has been charged with helping smuggle drugs worth up to $17 million.

Australia faces a major crackdown on drugs, gangs and street crime.