
DHB seeks $28,000 for heroin removal operation
A DHB is seeking $28,000 from a student to pay to remove a condom of heroin he swallowed.
A DHB is seeking $28,000 from a student to pay to remove a condom of heroin he swallowed.
A neurosurgeon charged over the cocaine-related deaths of two escorts has been refused bail.
A man has been jailed for six years and nine months for raping a 13-year-old girl in west Auckland and forcing her to smoke cannabis.
Eminem admits he stopped taking drugs after he "almost died" from a near fatal double overdose in 2007.
Drug control groups want a tightening of laws relating to synthetic cannabis products.
A former drug addict who was convicted of smuggling ecstasy into New Zealand has opened a $560-a-day clinic in one of Auckland's swankiest suburbs.
Two prisoners' mothers and a girlfriend are facing criminal charges, after trying to smuggle drugs.
The Weekend Herald delves into the underworld of car theft and discovers a thriving multimillion dollar industry.
Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.