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.

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.

Whakapā mai

Mēnā e noho ana koe i tētahi whare a Kāinga Ora, ā, he āwangawanga āu mō te whakakino pōau-pī pea, tēnā toro atu ki tō Kaiwhakahaere Tautoko Whare Noho, waea mai rānei ki a mātou ki 0800 801 601 hei kōrerorero mō te whakarite i tētahi whakamātau. 

Kua whakahoungia te whārangi: 10 Mahuru 2025