A Timaru man is threatening to go on a hunger strike if he is jailed for marijuana charges today, claiming the 45 plants he grew were for medicinal purposes.
AC/DC rocker Phil Rudd has seen his conviction for cannabis possession quashed by a judge in New Zealand so it won't prevent him from touring the world with the band.
Wellington police will decide later today whether to lay charges against legalise cannabis protesters who pushed a shopping trolley full of burning marijuana into the central police station foyer.
NORML New Zealand has revealed that police, in secret meetings with Internal Affairs departmental heads, are trying to get High Times, Norml News and Cannabis Culture magazines completely banned.
New Zealand police have shut a chain of home garden supply shops called Switched On Gardener that they allege form part of the backbone of the country's illegal cannabis industry.