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Singapore to take harsher stance on drug-laced vapes

Singapore will take a harder stance against drug-laced vapes from September. Photo: Getty Images

Singapore to take harsher stance on drug-laced vapes

Singapore will take a harder stance against drug-laced vapes from September as it changes the classification of anaesthetic agent etomidate from a poison to a drug, the government announced today.

Otago study finds device design eases 'vaping's normalisation'

A researcher has found the design of vaping devices makes it easy to puff in secrecy. Photo:...

Otago study finds device design eases 'vaping's normalisation'

From designated smoking areas to no smoking zones to indoors to inside the wharenui, a researcher has found the design of vaping devices makes it easy to puff in secrecy.

NZ joins international partners in countering China-linked cyber attacks

NZ joins international partners in countering China-linked cyber attacks

New Zealand's cyber security agency has joined international partners in issuing guidance on malicious cyber activity it says is linked to China.

Cholera outbreak kills eight, infects 200 in Nigeria

A cholera outbreak in Nigeria, has claimed at least eight lives and infected over 200 people across 11 communities, residents and local officials said today

Sex offender breached supervision order 14 times

Eric Baker will be freed from Nawha Prison on a time-served basis in about two weeks. Photo:...

Sex offender breached supervision order 14 times

A high-risk convicted sex offender has gone on to breach his Extended Supervision Order (ESO) 14 times, including three times this year alone.

Largest-ever import of liquid ecstasy seized at border

An estimated 1950 litres of GBL was seized. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police

Largest-ever import of liquid ecstasy seized at border

The largest-ever import of GBL (gamma butyrolactone) - commonly known as liquid ecstasy - has been seized at the border in a joint police and customs operation.

Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

Ringleader gets life sentence in Fiji's largest meth operation

The amount of methamphetamine seized was valued at an estimated $FJ2 billion ($NZ1.49 billion)...

Ringleader gets life sentence in Fiji's largest meth operation

The ringleader of Fiji's largest-ever methamphetamine trafficking operation was sentenced to life imprisonment today.

Large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv

Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko. Photo: Getty Images

Large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv

Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing four people.

Man charged over imported meth lollies

Malaysian company Rinda, who made the legitimate sweets, were fully co-operative with police....

Man charged over imported meth lollies

Police have charged a man for allegedly importing blocks of methamphetamine, after potentially lethal doses of the drug were disguised as sweets and given out in Auckland last year.

Stuff staff to strike outside newsrooms

Stuff staff to strike outside newsrooms

E tū members at media company Stuff are going on strike on Thursday afternoon.

Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

A baby's extensive fractures were “almost certainly the result of abusive trauma”, a Dunedin trial has heard.

'Fairness and practicality': Alcohol laws to be loosened

Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

'Fairness and practicality': Alcohol laws to be loosened

The government has signed off on loosening alcohol restrictions with fewer hurdles for bars and bottle stores.

Manhunt continues after cops killed in Victoria

Manhunt continues after cops killed in Victoria

A manhunt in Victoria for a heavily armed accused police killer is entering its third day, with wintry conditions complicating search efforts.

Drunk woman who ran over mum avoids jail

The woman was sentenced in the Wellington High Court. Photo: RNZ

Drunk woman who ran over mum avoids jail

A Wellington woman who ran over her mother while drunk at the wheel after a tangi has avoided prison, and instead been sentenced to home detention.

Missing Lower Hutt three-year-old found safe

A missing Lower Hutt three-year-old who was the subject of an amber alert earlier today has been found safe.

Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

Clocktower Magnolia in full bloom

Magnolia in bloom seen from the Geology Building at University of Otago campus.

Clocktower Magnolia in full bloom

Magnolia in full bloom, welcoming spring in the heart of Dunedin.

Warning safety reforms risk another Pike River

Anna Osborne (left), Sonya Rockhouse and Bernie Monk lost family members in the Pike River mine...

Warning safety reforms risk another Pike River

Plans to reform workplace safety rules risk repeating the deadly failures of the Pike River mine disaster, officials warn.

Sex predator shouldn't have been back on streets: victim

Sex predator shouldn't have been back on streets: victim

A sex predator accused of trying to lure schoolgirls into performing inappropriate favours should never have been back on Christchurch's streets, a victim says.

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