P CITYChristchurch meth files Sourced record · 1982—2026

Provenance

Sources

57 sources. Numbers in the margins of every page point here. Primary judgment text is labelled as such; everything else is attributed reporting, and reporting can be wrong — where two reports disagree, the page says so instead of choosing.

A few entries are carried for register completeness and are not linked from a chapter. Their presence here is not a citation of any claim on the site.

  1. [3]
    Papers Past | Newspapers | Press | 3 July 1990 | Three plead guilty1990-07-03 · media report
  2. [4]
    Arrest following search warrant, Redwood, Christchurch | New Zealand Police2024-03-28 · official Police release
  3. [6]
    The Press2026-02-10 · media report
  4. [7]
    Barber-turned-drug runner flew $200k in suitcases across NZ | The Press2026-02-12 · media report
  5. [8]
    Jailed senior Comanchero gang member holidayed in Bali, made $500k a year managing airborne drug network | The Pressdate not established · media report
  6. [9]
    Identical twins move $260k cash in a shoe box for gang’s drug enterprise | The Press2026-06-11 · media report
  7. [10]
    Gang workers ‘expected to be clean and business-like’ while pumping South Island with life-ruining drug2026-05-07 · media report
  8. [11]
    Comanchero commander calls court ‘a big waste of time’ as he walks free after time served2026-10-01 · media report
  9. [12]
    How an Australian gang dominated the South Island drug trade, then lost it all2026-10-03 · media report
  10. [13]
    Five found guilty in Operation Granite drugs trial2012-09-18 · media report
  11. [14]
    Operation Avon: Entire Christchurch Comancheros chapter convicted in major drug bust2026-07-20 · official release
  12. [15]
    Gang's South Island commander instructed men to 'mask poor quality' of life-ruining drugs2026-04-07 · media report
  13. [17]
    Operation Granite — police release (termination, 9 June 2010)2010-06-09 · official Police release
  14. [18]
    Drug investigation named after devil — The Press, Dean Calcott, 19 June 2004 (via MAP)2004-06-19 · media report
  15. [19]
    Trio jailed for roles in Christchurch meth dealing ring — Stuff, 19 Feb 20202020-02-19 · media report
  16. [20]
    Twelve Comanchero gang members arrested in Christchurch, Auckland — Stuff, Aug 20242024-08-30 · media report
  17. [21]
    How an Australian gang dominated the South Island drug trade, then lost it all — Stuff, 2 Oct 20262026-10-02 · media report
  18. [22]
    Ten people arrested, luxury cars seized in massive drug bust — NZ Herald (Operation Maddale)date not established · media report
  19. [23]
    Strip club boss sells 'NZ's Playboy mansion' for $6m — OneRoof, 20262026 · media report
  20. [24]
    'No doubt' affluent gang boss receiving dodgy cash - but judge clears him of million-dollar drug charges — The Press, 16 July 20262026-07-17 · media report
  21. [25]
    Drug Syndicate Leader Jailed For 12 Years — NZ Customs release via Scoop, 28 May 20262026-05-28 · media report
  22. [26]
    Operation Whoosh: Jamie Mannion's drug network ends in 12 years' jail — RNZ/Open Justice, 28 May 20262026-05-28 · media report
  23. [27]
    The tiny mistake that brought down a $20m dark web drug empire — The Post feature (Operation Whoosh)date not established · media report
  24. [28]
    Charlie Tereora sentenced for Operation Maddale — NZ Herald, 2 February 20242024-02-02 · media report
  25. [29]
    Dementry Higgins and Kayden Kelvin Wikaira sentenced — NZ Herald, 16 December 20252025-12-16 · media report
  26. [30]
    Kelvin James Wikaira sentenced — NZ Herald, 1 May 20262026-05-01 · media report
  27. [31]
    Lawrence Mervyn Olliver sentenced — NZ Herald, 23 September 20262026-09-23 · media report
  28. [32]
    Operation Italian Sky: sentencing register and supply lines — RNZ/Open Justice, 3 January 20262026-01-03 · media report
  29. [33]
    Vigers and Kelly sentenced — The Press, 22 December 20252025-12-22 · media report
  30. [34]
    Safi and Esefehani-Bahadori sentence appeal hearing — NZ Herald, 28 March 20232023-03-28 · media report
  31. [35]
    Unnamed Maddale car importer sentenced — NZ Herald, 3 September 20212021-09-03 · media report
  32. [36]
    Press issue 14 July 19901990-07-14 · archive publication record
  33. [37]
    Police analyse calls, texts after drug raids — NZ Herald/NZPA2010-06-23 · contemporaneous court report
  34. [38]
    R v Situ [2012] NZHC 30082012-11-01 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  35. [39]
    R v Smith [2012] NZHC 30032012-11-01 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  36. [40]
    McKenzie v R [2013] NZCA 378 — joint McKenzie and Miles appeals2013-08-19 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  37. [41]
    R v Harris [2012] NZHC 29422012-11-01 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  38. [42]
    R v Aitken [2012] NZHC 29012012-11-01 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  39. [43]
    R v Black [2012] NZHC 29022012-11-01 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  40. [44]
    Rota Beattie retrospective identifying two-year Diablo sentence — Stuff, 13 April 20152015-04-13 · media report
  41. [45]
    Peter Gordon Musselwhite: Diablo courier sentence and passport refusal — ODT/NZPA, 6 May 20092009-05-06 · media report
  42. [46]
    Operation Tsunami verdicts — NZ Herald/NZPA, 21 March 20072007-03-21 · media report
  43. [47]
    The Queen v Gordon-Smith [2008] NZCA 33 — eight-year total, sentence appeal dismissed2008-02-27 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  44. [48]
    R v McKenzie [2013] NZHC 3351 — sentencing, 13 December 20132013-12-13 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  45. [49]
    R v Manuel [2012] NZHC 264 — sentencing, 23 February 20122012-02-23 · primary judgment (archived NZLII)
  46. [50]
    McKenzie v R [2013] NZSC 109 — leave declined, 11 November 20132013-11-11 · primary Supreme Court judgment PDF; pdftotext extraction
  47. [51]
    Two arrested after meth lab found in Christchurch2022-10-27 · media report; full body retrieved
  48. [52]
    Meth lab in abandoned house house alleged2010-12-20 · media report; full body retrieved
  49. [53]
    Court story: Courtnews.co.nz | News from Christchurch courts2011-09-30 · media report; full body retrieved
  50. [54]
    Waltham P Lab Bust: Marsha Witehira And James Lines... | Stuff.co.nz2012-02-13 · media report; full body retrieved
  51. [55]
    Charges Dropped Against P-lab-Accused | Amy Louise... | Stuff.co.nz2013-07-11 · media report; full body retrieved
  52. [56]
    Meth-lab dangers cited at sentencing | Stuff.co.nz2012-10-05 · media report; full body retrieved
  53. [57]
    Court story: Courtnews.co.nz | News from Christchurch courts2011-11-07 · media report; full body retrieved
  54. [58]
    ▶️ Meth lab uncovered at Kāinga Ora property in North New Brighton, man arrested - Chris Lynch Media2025-02-22 · media report; full body retrieved
  55. [59]
    Meth lab found in Kāinga Ora Chch home, $10,000 cleanup needed less than a year after construction - Chris Lynch Media2025-03-03 · media report; full body retrieved
  56. [60]
    Woman denies drug smuggling — The Press, 8 March 19831983-03-08 · contemporaneous newspaper report
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    Woman acquitted of drug smuggling — The Press, 10 March 19831983-03-10 · contemporaneous newspaper report