
IR-01-25-22265
18 August 2025
G.Smith
G Smith <[FYI request #31336 email]>
Dear G Smith,
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 17 June 2025. Please
accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your request. You requested:
Please supply the number of clandestine Methamphetamine laboratories found by
the NZ Police, by month and district, for the 2 years May 2023 - May 2025.
The fol owing tables contain the breakdown by Police District of clandestine
methamphetamine laboratories found within the time periods requested.
Table 1: May 2023 – December 2023
District
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
Northland
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Waitematā
1
3
3
1
1
2
0
11
Auckland
City
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
Counties
Manukau
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
Waikato
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Bay of Plenty
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
5
Eastern
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Central
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Wellington
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tasman
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Canterbury
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Southern
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
2
7
4
4
1
4
2
2
26
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Table 2: January 2024 – December 2024
District
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Northland
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Waitematā
0
0
1
2
0
3
0
3
4
1
0
5
19
Auckland
City
1
0
1
0
1
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
9
Counties
Manukau
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
10
Waikato
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Bay of
Plenty
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
Eastern
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Central
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Wellington
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tasman
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Canterbury
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
Southern
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
4
0
4
6
6
9
1
7
5
2
2
7
53
Table 3: January 2025 – May 2025
District
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Total
Northland
0
0
0
0
0
0
Waitematā
1
0
0
0
1
2
Auckland City
0
1
3
3
1
8
Counties Manukau
0
0
0
1
1
2
Waikato
0
0
0
1
3
4
Bay of Plenty
0
0
0
1
0
1
Eastern
0
0
0
0
0
0
Central
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wellington
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tasman
0
0
0
0
0
0
Canterbury
0
1
0
0
0
1
Southern
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
1
2
3
6
6
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Yours sincerely,
Greg Wil iams
Detective Superintendent
Director National Organised Crime Group
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