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Methamphetamine Treatment Outcomes

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 20 May 2026

A podcast explores the controversial $2.75 million gang-led meth rehabilitation program Kahu Kora, funded by crime proceeds and run by a former Mongrel Mob member, which was abruptly halted by the coalition government amid political backlash and questions about its effectiveness.

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

Alias drift

How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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In the press Methodology →

How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 1 article from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.

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Heard on radio

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  • A Mungrel Mob run meth rehab program ended up at the center of a fierce political fight. After being funded by Jacinda Ardern's government, the coalition government turned off the tap for drug rehabilitation program Kahu Kora. But behind the politics, did it actually help people get off meth? And what does it tell us about who is best placed to deliver addiction treatment? Today on the front page, NZ Herald's senior writer Derek Chang has gone through the reports on the program's intakes, and he joins us now to talk through what really happened and the role of gangs in frontline services.
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Sample framings

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the-front-page Government / N-A

mixed results amid structural barriers

Inside the $2.75 million gang rehab experiment
20 May
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