Police data: Queenstown now the Cocaine Capital of NZ

New data from the National Drug Intelligence Agency shows an explosion of cocaine use in Queenstown.

The data is collected from wastewater and covers around 75% of the national population.

The latest data is from March 2025 with Queenstown recording 656 mg/day/1000 people, compared to a national average of 195 mg/day/1000.

The highest non-Queenstown/national cocaine use figure in the national data is 222 mg/day/1000 people in September 2024.

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