New regulations proposed for methamphetamine contamination in rental properties

Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is developing new regulations to clarify what should happen when a residential rental property is contaminated with methamphetamine. Public consultation on these proposals has already taken place, and the Ministry is now preparing policy advice for Ministers.

Learn more about the proposed regulations.

O se faiga faalesoifua maloloina

E pei lava o isi o umia fale, faapena ona fetaiai foi Kāinga Ora ma faaletonu o le methamphetamine (meth) o faaleagaina ai nisi o fale. E le māmā ia i matou le tulaga lea. E le o lilo ia i matou le avea o le meth ma tuinanauga ma e afaina ai le soifua maloloina ma e afaina uma ai tagata o nonofo faatasi, e aofia ai tamaiti.

O le mafuaaga lena, ua matou fuafuaina ai se faiga faalesoifua maloloina e puleaina ai le meth e faasili ai le soifua ma le ola lelei o tagata ma aiga o nofoia fale.

Matou te faatulaga se siaki e fai i le fale, pe afai ua faailoa mai e se tagata nofo mautotogi se atugaluga i le lamatia o le soifua maloloina ma le soifua manuia o tagata o nonofo faatasi, ma ua masalomia le faaleaga o le fale i le methamphetamine. O le a matou faamautinoaina foi tulaga e tausisia ai pea le saogalemu ma le malupuipuia o tagata nofo mautotogi a o faagasolo taumafaiga e siaki ma faamamā ai se fale ua faaleagaina i mea ‘ona.

E matuai faasa le faaaoga o fale a le Kāinga Ora e gaosia pe faatau mai ai le meth, ma e tuuina atu i le Ofisa o Leoleo faamaoniga uma o le gaosia po o le faatau mai ai o le meth.

O le a matou faamautinoa foi le maua e tagata nofo mautotogi o faamatalaga i auala e maua ai le lagolagosua ma le nofoaga e maua atu ai faapena ma auaunaga tau tuinanauga fualaau faasaina.

Siaki mo le meth ma le faamamāina o mea na faaleagaina i mea ‘ona

A matou masalomia le faaleagaina o se fale i le meth, ma ua talafeagai mafuaaga e faamaonia ai, ona faagasolo lea o se faiga e siaki ai, ma faamamā ai pe afai o moomia. 

A faamaonia le faaleagaina i le meth i luga atu ma le 15 µg/100 cm2 mai le faaaogaina o le methamphetamine, ona mautinoa lea ua moomia ona faamamā vaega o le fale ua faaleagaina.

Matou te galulue faatasi ma konekarate faapitoa e faamamā mea na faaleagaina i le meth.

Maualuga faatapulaa o le meth

O le aso 29 Me 2018, na faailoa ai e lē sa avea ma Faufautua Sili Faasaienisi i le Palemia se lipoti faaulutalaina ‘Faaleagaina o fale o nofoia e tagata i le methamphetamine: Aafiaga, tulaga eseese o lamatiaga ma le faamatalaina o tulaga.’

Na ta‘ua i le lipoti “aafiaga o le methamphetamine mai le maualalo 15 µg/100 cm2 (15 micrograms o le methamphetamine i le 100 sikuea senitimita o fola na siaki) ma e itiiti tulaga e ono aliae ai faaletonu.”

Na tuufaatasia e le Housing New Zealand (ua ta‘ua nei o Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities) iuga mai le lipoti lea, e aofia ai ma le maualuga faatapulaa ua ta'ua, i le faiga e siaki ma faamamā ai fale ua leaga i le methamphetamine.

Faafesootai mai

Afai o lena e te nofo i se fale Kāinga Ora ma o iai se popolega e masalomia ai le ‘ona leaga o le fale i le meth, faamolemole faafesootai le Housing Support Manager po o le valaau mai i le 0800 801 601 e faatalanoa se siaki e fai.  

Uma na faafou le itulau: 10 September 2025