Andrew Williams wants government to look into excise tax "loophole".

Just as prices are about to soar, a 60-year-old Motueka man is fined $6000 for the unlawful manufacture of tobacco.

Trading shirts might be a post-match tradition in international sporting circles but faking shirts is something the New Zealand Customs Service treats very seriously – and it’s the clothing that appears to be copping the flack, according to the agency.

More than 1,000 counterfeit Rugby World Cup 2011 t-shirts were “detained” by Customs in December, a shocking press release announced today.