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The technology used (FT-IR spectroscopy) can tell prospective drug takers exactly what substances their sample contains, including active ingredients, fillers, cuts or potentially dangerous substitutions or additives. It cannot measure purity. Previously, these organisations have operated in a legal grey area as by testing small quantities, they are technically in possession of illegal substances - meaning they are at risk of prosecution. However, the recent law change now provides the organisations with time-limited protection against prosecution for short-term possession of illegal substanc...

The Northern Beaches are currently under a stringent three-day lockdown, in a bid to stamp out the spread of the virus ahead of the holiday festivities. In a similar vein to New Zealand's first lockdown earlier this year, residents are only permitted to leave their homes for crucial reasons, including food shopping, essential work, exercise and accessing medical care. On Sunday, New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that further restrictions would be imposed from midnight, with residents in Greater Sydney - including the Central Coast, Illawarra-Shoalhaven and Blue Mounta...

Pavlova and chicken: What's on the menu at Auckland City Mission this Christmas Newshub 20/12/2020 © Getty Images The Auckland City Mission is preparing to provide thousands of Kiwis with food and necessities this Christmas but COVID-19 has changed things slightly.  CEO Chris Farrelly told Magic Talk's Mitch McCann instead of having a big lunch like they normally do, they will have five smaller ones to keep everyone safe.  "[With] the Christmas lunch... We looked at it very carefully this year and thought we can't bring 2000 people into the cloud given the COVID environment and yet we w...

'That could be us tomorrow': Sydney outbreak should serve as 'wake-up call' for NZ - Baker Newshub 20/12/2020 Lana Andelane © Video - Newshub; Image - RNZ / Getty Watch: Sydney's nightmare before Christmas worsened on Sunday with another 30 cases of COVID-19. The escalating cluster of coronavirus cases in Sydney's Northern Beaches should serve as a wake-up call for New Zealanders lulled into a false sense of security, says one of the country's leading epidemiologists. "It's such a wake-up call for us because that could be us tomorrow," University of Otago epidemiologist a...

'Jacinda o'clock': Collins reveals 'worst thing' that was 'absolute death' for National Newshub 16/12/2020 © Getty Judith Collins. Judith Collins has described Auckland's COVID-19 outbreak in August as the "worst thing" to happen to the National Party's election campaign. Speaking to Magic Talk's Sean Plunket, Collins reflected on the year that was and an election campaign that was marred by controversy. "The worst thing for us was, apart from disunity, was COVID - and that second lockdown," she said on Wednesday. "That second lockdown was absolute death in many ways because we had the c...