Methamphetamine
Dannevirke vs P: Battle hits the streets
Broken Bad - A Dannevirke group that has to hold its 'walk-in' clinic on a footpath is determined to tackle methamphetamine use in the small Tararua town.
Drug detection tested by inventive smugglers
Broken Bad - Increasingly inventive concealment methods used by drug smugglers are causing a headache for the government' research and testing institute.
Primary school children taking methamphetamine to school
Methamphetamine has become so endemic in New Zealand there are now reports of primary-age children taking the drug to school. Video, Audio
Schools grapple with rise in 'P babies'
Broken Bad - Methamphetamine has become so endemic in New Zealand there are now reports of primary-age children taking the drug to school.
New Zealand's methamphetamine problem
Anti-P campaigners are calling for more education for young people with reports children in primary school are selling the drug. Police are also warning about campervans being used for making P and… Audio
Campervan buyers warned of P lab risk
Broken Bad - Holidaymakers may be sleeping in campervans contaminated with the toxic chemicals used to make methamphetamine. Video
Funding uncertainty for Dunedin rehab service
Broken Bad - A Dunedin rehab centre with a waiting list of 142 people, most addicted to methamphetamine, will run out of money in two months.
Insight: Imprisoned by meth
Insight's reporter Teresa Cowie heads inside prison to find out more about the impact of New Zealand's meth epidemic. Video, Audio
Over half of prisoners used methamphetamine
It costs the taxpayer $353 million to keep criminals locked up whose crimes were directly attributable to methamphetamine. Why has P taken such a hold on society? Audio
Majority of prisoners use meth in lead up to jail - Insight
The meth epidemic sweeping New Zealand it not only causing personal heartache, it costing the prison service millions.
Recent research done by the Department of Corrections suggests more than half of… Audio
HNZ policy on meth contamination to change - Housing Minister
Phil Twyford announces live on Checkpoint he will change HNZ policy over evicting tenants for positive methamphetamine results. He said 900 homes were left empty, and $75m wasted over 'moral panic'… Video, Audio
High levels of meth found in Whangarei wastewater
Drug users in Whangarei are estimating to be using nearly four times the amount of methamphetamine compared to those in Christchurch. Audio
Police raid Tribesmen gang properties
Police have carried out raids on houses throughout Canterbury linked to a motorcycle gang in a search for drugs.
Ex-meth addict: 'I was stealing off my own family'
Methamphetamine is no longer just a big city problem, small Otago communities are also confronting the epidemic.
Massive meth shipment detailed at sentencing
A 26-year-old Australian was sentenced to 24 years in jail yesterday for his part in an attempt to smuggle 500kg of P into the country. Malachi Tuilotolava was part of a group that brought the drug… Audio
Meth haul 'leader' sentenced to 24 years
An Australian man who helped import more than half a tonne of methamphetamine into New Zealand has been sentenced.
P users share stories of addiction: 'I got sick. I lost my daughter, I lost my moko'
Methamphetamine users have shared harrowing tales about the personal cost of their battle with addiction at an anti-P rally in Whanganui.
Man sentenced for importing $20m of meth
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for importing $20 million of methamphetamine hidden in spatula sets.
Seven arrested after 100kg of meth found hidden in concrete
Seven people have been arrested for smuggling more than 100kg of methamphetamine inside concrete.
New sanctions could push young beneficiaries to P - Drug Foundation
Young beneficiaries who use drugs could turn to methamphetamine to avoid sanctions because it's harder to detect, the Drug Foundation warns.