Methamphetamine
Insight: On a Bender - Meth Use Out of Control?
Methamphetamine is cheaper and easier to get hold of than ever before. Our police reporter, Carla Penman, asks authorities and gang members about who is to blame for the problem escalating. She also… Audio
Gangs begging government for help with their own P crisis
Gangs are approaching police and the government to help them deal with their own members who are hooked on methamphetamine, and out of control. Audio
Minister urges police, gangs to work together on P
The Police Minister is urging gangs to work with police to solve New Zealand's methamphetamine problem.
Late Edition for 24 April 2017
P is for public health, but there's not enough public health focussed on P, The Queen of Riverside Castle and in Dateline Pacific a mysterious property boom in Palau. Audio
Seven men get long jail terms for involvement in drug ring
The men have been given hefty jail terms for their involvement in a sophisticated drug ring that made and supplied methamphetamine. Audio
Head Hunters gang members sentenced for P ring
A Head Hunters gang leader who was the architect of a drug ring has been jailed for at least eight years and four months.
Mother's meth warning: 'It took four years to find out what was happening to my son'
Drug support groups say the government needs to fund public health advertising for P, as it does with tobacco and alcohol, to warn people of the dangers. Audio
Tauranga community suffering from P
Tommy Kapai Wilson talks about the devastating effects of methamphetamine in his community. Audio
Six arrested after major Wellington meth bust
Ten firearms, $400,000 in cash and $1.8m worth of assets have been seized by Wellington police after they busted a major methamphetamine ring in the district.
Hawke's Bay nannies fight against P
A group of Māori kuia in Hawke's Bay who say they have been abused by whānau who are high on P are fighting back.
Drugs worth up to $11.6m posted to Auckland, police say
Police arrested a young couple after packages of methamphetamine were posted from Canada to different inner-city apartments.
P in the sewers: New test results released
Authorities testing wastewater in Christchurch and Auckland for drugs have found about 700 grams of methamphetamine a week.
The Crown closes case on Dome Valley
The Crown has closed its case against Nicola Jones, Julie-Anne Torrance, Michelle Blom and Cameron Hakeke who faced charges relating to kidnapping a woman on two separate ocassions, and then leaving… Audio
New kind of meth 'labelled as dishwashing liquid'
A new kind of methamphetamine has been discovered smuggled into the country disguised as dishwashing liquid, police say.
Something in the water
Chris Wilkins of Massey University talks about the traces of methamphetamine and other drugs in Auckland's waste water. Audio
Surge in addicts prompts Waiheke's war on P
As Waiheke Island health teams deal with P addicts as young as 15, the community is banding together to fight its own war on methamphetamine.
Research backs evidence that P use is on the rise
Dr Chris Wilkins is a leading drug researcher at Massey University says the supply of methamphetamine has increased in New Zealand and we need to address it as a health problem "we can't just arrest… Audio
Surge in addicts prompts Waiheke Island's own war on meth
Auckland's Waiheke Island community is battling to rid themselves of the drug methamphetamine, or P. Audio
Nationwide P scourge leaving its mark on Waiheke Island
Waiheke Island clinical psychologist Paora Joseph talks with RNZ News police reporter Carla Penman about the wide reach of methamphetamine Audio
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