{"version":1,"id":"nz","name":"New Zealand","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/nz/","count":6,"totals":{"reports":6,"arrested":6,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":1,"prosecution":2,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-14","reports":[{"id":"new-zealand-taranaki-six-arrested","code":"CET-TSNJB8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-taranaki-six-arrested/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TSNJB8/","date":"2026-10-14","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":"New Plymouth, Taranaki","coordinates":[-39.057,174.079],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Six arrested in Taranaki drug raids, cannabis seized","summary":"A three-month operation ended with search warrants at two New Plymouth properties, six arrests and the seizure of cash, cannabis, methamphetamine, a rifle and a homemade taser. A 27-year-old woman faces cannabis supply charges and was remanded until 29 October.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":6},"tags":["taranaki"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"sources":[{"title":"Cuffs on six offenders following drug and cash operation","url":"https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/cuffs-six-offenders-following-drug-and-cash-operation","publisher":"New Zealand Police","date":"2026-10-14","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261020064825/https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/cuffs-six-offenders-following-drug-and-cash-operation"}]},{"id":"new-zealand-transtasman-cannabis-sting-2026","code":"CET-2TMW4S","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-transtasman-cannabis-sting-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2TMW4S/","date":"2026-09-24","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police seize 270 kg of cannabis in a week-long trans-Tasman operation","summary":"A week-long Australia–New Zealand operation in September 2026 carried out 85 search warrants in New Zealand and arrested 34 people. Police seized 270 kg of loose cannabis and 6,183 plants, along with methamphetamine, opium, MDMA, cash and firearms. The cannabis came from grow houses in Auckland linked to Vietnamese organised crime.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-transtasman-cannabis-sting-2026","sources":[{"title":"Police seize 270kg cannabis and arrest 34 across New Zealand in major drug sting (24 September 2026)","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-seize-270kg-cannabis-and-arrest-34-across-new-zealand-in-major-drug-sting/6NR7QME7JFE5XBNDMLKTI5Y6ME","publisher":"NZ Herald","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-cannabis-convictions-2025-26","code":"CET-A54ATZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-cannabis-convictions-2025-26/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/A54ATZ/","date":"2026-09-15","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"Cannabis charges fall slightly but imprisonments hold steady","summary":"The Ministry of Justice's cannabis offences tables for the year to 30 June 2026 show 5,690 finalised charges, down from 5,854 a year earlier, and 3,543 people charged, down from 3,606. Convictions were stable: 2,551 people were convicted, against 2,600 in 2024/25, and 558 received imprisonment as their most serious sentence, about 22%.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-cannabis-convictions-2025-26","sources":[{"title":"Justice statistics data tables (updated 17 September 2026)","url":"https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/justice-statistics/data-tables/","publisher":"Ministry of Justice","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"Cannabis offences data tables, June 2026","url":"https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/487Lyf_Cannabis-offences_June-2026_v1.0.xlsx","publisher":"Ministry of Justice","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-operation-blackout-2026","code":"CET-2T9WMR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-operation-blackout-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/2T9WMR/","date":"2026-08-25","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Police shut a cannabis grow-house syndicate and seize five tonnes","summary":"Police announced on 25 August 2026 that a 10-month investigation had shut down a Vietnamese-organised cannabis grow-house syndicate in Auckland. Twelve people were arrested in 19 raids; police seized about NZ$1.25 million of cultivation equipment, 35 kg of cannabis and NZ$80,000 in cash.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-operation-blackout-2026","sources":[{"title":"Blackout: Operation descends on Vietnamese organised crime group linked to cannabis (25 August 2026)","url":"https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/blackout-operation-descends-vietnamese-organise-crime-group-linked-cannabis","publisher":"New Zealand Police","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-possession-charges-2025","code":"CET-ZCSYAD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-possession-charges-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZCSYAD/","date":"2026-03-24","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"prosecution","also":[],"title":"New Zealand's cannabis possession charges reach an eight-year high","summary":"Ministry of Justice figures reported in March 2026 showed 3,438 people charged with possessing cannabis in 2025, up from 2,881 in 2024 and 2,287 in 2023, the highest number since a 2019 law change told police to consider a health-based response first.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-possession-charges-2025","sources":[{"title":"Cannabis possession charges surge 50% in two years, hitting 8-year high (24 March 2026)","url":"https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/cannabis-possession-charges-surge-50-in-two-years-hitting-8-year-high/","publisher":"Newstalk ZB","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"new-zealand-operation-beryl-2025","code":"CET-08DZC4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/new-zealand-operation-beryl-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/08DZC4/","date":"2025-09-25","country":"nz","country_name":"New Zealand","place":null,"coordinates":[-41.702,172.922],"precision":"country","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Police destroy more than 10 tonnes of cannabis in Auckland grow-house raids","summary":"Police announced on 25 September 2025 that a month-long operation in Auckland had shut 120 cannabis grow houses, destroyed more than 11,000 plants and seized more than 10 tonnes of cannabis. Thirty people were arrested, most Vietnamese nationals facing deportation, and police put the black-market value at more than NZ$50 million.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"new-zealand-operation-beryl-2025","sources":[{"title":"Police deal significant blow to organised crime, uprooting 120 cannabis grow houses (25 September 2025)","url":"https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/police-deal-significant-blow-organised-crime-uprooting-120-cannabis-grow-houses","publisher":"New Zealand Police","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}