The Government will fund recreational drugs checks at festivals and concerts, giving $800,000 to a service that previously operated in a legal grey zone.
This summer will be unlike any other. Festivals are still on the cards, but disease modellers say they wouldn't "bet their house" on them going ahead.
A group of Kiwis in the entertainment industry have banded together to call on people to get vaccinated, so everyone can enjoy live music together this summer.
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