How Golden Triangle superlabs and Kiwi gangs are getting meth on NZ streets at record levels

Golden Triangle superlabs are manufacturing methamphetamine at record rates and the devastating drug is increasingly coming to New Zealand through new trafficking routes and methods. Kurt Bayer reports on the new ways global organised crime is getting it here. When they swooped, officers clocked the teabags straight away. The brand was a trademark, a calling card often associated with drugs […]

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Emmerdale in fresh race row as security staff fired for 'racist' rant

Emmerdale is plunged into new race row as security guard is fired after ‘insulting Chinese tourists and ranting about the Koran’ Security guard Duane Gardner, 49, fired for alleged ‘offensive and racist’ rant Colleagues on Emmerdale set made grievance claims against Gardner  The Afghanistan veteran, of Harrogate, Yorks, claims he has been ‘victimised’    Emmerdale has been rocked with fresh […]

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Auckland Zoo’s male rhino dies after sudden illness

By RNZ Auckland Zoo’s male rhinoceros was euthanised on Wednesday after a sudden untreatable illness. Last weekend, 20-year-old Inkosi suddenly stopped eating and became very lethargic, Auckland Zoo said in a statement. The rhino was administered pain relief and antibiotics but after vets did a full examination of the animal it was found Inkosi had signs of kidney failure. The […]

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