Maraenui

Maraenui headlines with summaries.

• Police look to change 'inadequate' law to combat synthetic drugs crisis

  New Zealand health

  28 Aug 2018

  

  A law change to give police stronger powers to tackle makers and sellers of synthetic drugs could be on the cards, the police minister says.

  Police look to change 'inadequate' law to combat synthetic drugs crisis

• Maraenui: No local support for synthetic addicts

  New Zealand Hawkes Bay

  28 Aug 2018

  

  Synthetic addicts in the Napier suburb of Maraenui are giving up trying to quit the drug, saying getting help is simply too hard after a local free walk-in addiction clinic closed last year.

  Maraenui: No local support for synthetic addicts

• Maraenui: Hard for police to shut down synthetic cannabis sales

  life and society crime

  27 Aug 2018

  

  Police in Napier say they are doing all they can to stop sellers of synthetic cannabis in the suburb of Maraenui, but it's difficult to shut them down completely. Audio

  Maraenui: Hard for police to shut down synthetic cannabis sales

• Maraenui: The suburb swallowed by synthetics

  In Depth

  27 Aug 2018

  

  In Napier's poorest suburb, empty lots replace state housing, unemployment dominates, and, each evening, synthetic cannabis joints light up as 'The Nui' falls into darkness.

  Maraenui: The suburb swallowed by synthetics