KnowYourStuff will be at the AUM New Years Festival, Northern Bass, Twisted Frequency and Rhythm and Alps in Wānaka, while the Drug Foundation will be at Gisborne's Rhythm and Vines. KnowYourStuff spokesperson Casey Spearin said one in 10 drugs on the black market were not what they were sold as. "We recommend that anyone who is planning on taking drugs this summer tries to get them checked before they do consume if possible. Spearin said there was concern about synthetic cathinones ('bath salts', for example) being sold as MDMA (ecstasy). Often people are buying… ecstasy pills, and we do see these coming through with multiple doses of MDMA, you know, sometimes two to three doses.

Source: Stuff December 28, 2025 01:06 UTC