New Zealand In Shock After Massive Quake

Earlier today were wrote about the massive quake that hit the Christchurch area of South Island New Zealand and of multitude of effects it had on the area. See Massive Earthquake in New Zealand, State of Civil Emergency Declared. People have started to talk about the event on the web, here are some reactions from…

Kids Caught Smoking Cannabis At School

Two separate stories about groups of school kids smoking cannabis  have made the news recently. The cases highlight how widespread the problem is within the community in New Zealand and how inconsistently the punishment is dealt with by schools, time for a national strategy to deal more effectively with drug and alcohol use in schools…

Six Year Old Kids Take Dope To School

From NZHerald, 21 Sept 09 “Northland children as young as 6 years old are being caught with cannabis at school. Police say many Northlanders smoke cannabis – this week it was revealed that of the 141,000 plants seized nationally in the 2008-09 season, almost half were in Northland – and many parents are exposing their…