Yet another guest visiting the businessman Kim Dotcom was detained by the Customs Service for hours. Welcome to New Zealand - unless you're here to see Kim Dotcom.

A mother who spotted a blood-thirsty tick embedded in her daughter's shoulder at Auckland airport did the right thing by alerting biosecurity officials.

A $22 million drug haul intercepted at Auckland Airport is the second biggest border seizure in New Zealand's history.

An expensive designer handbag, a preserved scorpion, human ashes and an unwrapped tennis ball are some of the 100,000 "undeliverable" mail items sent via New Zealand Post that have been destroyed or sold in the past year.

It happened just out of Cairo and it really wasn't my idea. I was visiting some pyramids - about the only tourist in town - when the lonely soldier standing guard decided to walk with me.

A man accused of manslaughter after his mother-in-law died transporting drugs in her stomach has been cleared by a jury.

Customs developed a special process for releasing public information to the media which included an increase in delays, according to documents provided to the Herald.

A man who imported child pornography in his luggage said watching it made him "a better person".

Public servant who says he was ordered to bury bad news wants the Government to release the reports it is relying on to claim it was cleared of the allegations.

A former high-ranking Customs lawyer says he resigned from his job after allegedly being told to bury information that could embarrass the Government.

The bumbling New Zealand boss of a Taiwan-based methamphetamine operation has been jailed for more than 11 years.

The drug mule who yesterday admitted hiding heroin inside her body and smuggling it into New Zealand was reportedly on the run from South African police.

A South African drug mule has today admitted hiding heroin inside her body and smuggling it into New Zealand.

A South African woman who has been accused of importing heroin with a street value of $1.2 million has had a hospital bedside court hearing.

Less than 45 minutes after a Colombian woman was driven to Auckland Hospital's emergency department by Peter Phillip Leaitua, she was dead.

Phone companies have revealed the extent of Govt agency spying on their networks, with more than 70 secret wire taps last year in New Zealand alone.

A drug mule caught importing almost 1kg of cocaine in New Zealand found it too difficult to smuggle his haul inside him so instead sewed most of it into a travel pillow.

A Brazilian drug mule who stood to gain just over $20,000 for smuggling 2.35kg of cocaine through Auckland Airport has been jailed for six years.