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Te whakahaere i te whakakino nā te pōau-pī i ō mātou kāinga

Kei te ngako o tō mātou aronga ki te whakahaere i te whakakino nā te pōau-pī i ō mātou kāinga te hauora me te oranga o ā mātou kiritaki, o ā mātou kaimahi, o ā mātou kaikirimana hoki.

New regulations for methamphetamine contamination in rental properties

Kāinga Ora has updated how we manage situations where methamphetamine (meth) contamination is found in our homes to align with new Government regulations.

We already decontaminate homes until testing confirms methamphetamine levels are 15 micrograms per 100cm² or below, which meets safety standards. Under the updated regulations, only the affected rooms or areas need to be decontaminated if levels exceed the standard, rather than an entire house. This targeted approach allows homes to be made safe more quickly, and helps return properties to people in urgent need of housing sooner.

When appropriate, we may now establish a baseline meth test for a property. This helps provide certainty about contamination levels over time and ensures fairness for both tenants and Kāinga Ora.

As a firm but fair landlord, Kāinga Ora will continue to treat methamphetamine use as a health and wellbeing issue and work with tenants to connect them with appropriate support services. However, there will be consequences for instances of repeated meth contamination of a tenancy and in serious cases, a tenant will not be rehoused in another Kāinga Ora home. Any evidence of manufacture or supply will be referred to Police.

Further detail on the regulations

He aronga pūtake-hauora

Pērā i ērā atu kairetiwhare, e aro atu ana a Kāinga Ora ki te take o te whakakino a te pōau-pī (meth) i ētahi o ō mātou kāinga. He tino mārō tō mātou aronga ki tēnei. E mōhio ana hoki mātou ko te take mātāmua o te whakamahi pōau-pī ko te hauora me te waranga, ā, ka pā pea ki ngā tāngata katoa o tētahi kāinga tūtahi, tae atu ki ngā tamariki.

Koinei te take, kua whai mātou i te aronga pūtake-hauora ki te whakahaere i te pōau-pī ka whakamātāmua ai i te whakarite kia ora te noho a ngā tāngata, a ngā whānau hoki i ō mātou nei kāinga.

Mēnā e āwangawanga ana tā mātou kairēti ki te hauora me te oranga o te hunga i tōna kāinga tūtahi, ā, ka whakapae i te whakakino nā te pōau-pī pea, ka whakarite mātou kia whakamātauhia te papanoho. Ka whakarite hoki mātou kia noho tonu ngā kairēti ki te whare noho haumaru, whita hoki, i a mātou e whai ana i tētahi tukanga whakamātau me te whakawātea.

Kāore mātou i te whakaae ki te whakaputanga, ki te whakaratonga rānei o te pōau-pī i ngā kāinga e whakahaerehia ana e mātou, ā, ka tuku a Kāinga Ora i ngā whakaaturanga o te whakaputanga, o te whakaratonga rānei ki Ngā Pirihimana.

Ka whakarite hoki mātou kei ā mātou kairēti te mōhiohio mō te ara, mō te wāhi hoki ka taea te whiwhi tautoko, āheinga hoki ki ngā ratonga waranga pōau.

Te whakamātau me te whakawātea pōau-pī

Ina whai mōhio mātou ki te whakakino pōau-pī e whakapaetia ana ki tētahi papanoho, ā, he whaitake te whakapono he pono tēnei, ka whai mātou i tētahi tukanga mārō hei whakahaere i te whakamātau, i te whakawātea hoki mēnā ka hiahiatia.

Ina whakaū ngā hua whakamātau i te whakakino pōau-pī o te neke atu i te 15 µg/100 cm2 mō te whakamahinga pōau-pī, ka whakatakea mai te hiahia mō te whakawātea o ngā wāhanga e pāngia ana o te papanoho.

Ka mahi mātou ki ngā kaikirimana ngaio, whai pūkenga hoki he mātanga ki te whakawātea pōau-pī.

Ngā pae pōau-pī

I te 29 o Mei i te tau 2018, i whakarewaina e tā te Pirimia Kaitohutohu Pūtaiao Matua o taua wā tētahi pūrongo e kīia nei ko ‘Methamphetamine contamination in residential properties: Exposures, risk levels and interpretation of standards’.

Ko tā te pūrongo "ko te huranga ki ngā taumata o te pōau-pī kei raro i te 15 µg/100 cm2 (15 karamu moroiti o te pōau-pī ki ia 100 mitarau pūrua o ngā mata ka tīpakohia) he tino iti nei te tūpono ka whakaputa i ngā pānga kino".

Nā Housing New Zealand (ināianei ko Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities) i whakauru ngā kitenga o taua pūrongo, tae atu ki ēnei pae, ki te aronga ki te whakamātau, ki te whakawātea hoki i ngā papanoho e pāngia ana e te pōau-pī.

Kua whakahoungia te whārangi: 16 Paengawhāwhā 2026