Housing New Zealand is putting tenants who manufacture the drug P in state houses on notice.

A P lab was found in a $750,000-plus townhouse in a street containing some of Auckland's poshest homes, including that of Auckland Mayor John Banks.

Chinese drug smugglers are posting P ingredients to NZ in thousands of parcels each year, in an apparent shift in tactics.

A clandestine meth lab found on one of the country's poshest streets shows the drug can make its way into all communities, street resident and Auckland City Mayor John Banks says.

Two men and one woman will face drug-related charges after the discovery of a P-lab on one of Auckland's most elite streets.

An anti-drug campaigner is calling for tougher regulations to ensure Kiwis know if their house has been used a P-lab.

Police are targeting criminals in the drugs trade as part of a clampdown on methamphetamine and drug trafficking.

There are two words for Yanina Wickmayer on the subject of drug-testing: Marion and Jones.

Only two people have been charged for driving while impaired by drugs since police started drug testing on November 1.

The man behind a letter asking hundreds of recipients to try the drug P has defended the stunt, saying it was designed to shock people into action.

An Auckland advertising agency has apologised for sending a letter to hundreds of people, inviting them to try the drug P.

Tragedies like Brittany Murphy's death suggest the celebrity habit of prescription pill-popping is spreading.

One thousand litres of hypophosphorus acid, a key ingredient in P manufacturing, was stolen from a factory in January, it was revealed this week.

If some beneficiaries are too dangerous to be dealt with face-to-face, their benefits should be cancelled says Kerre Woodham.

Top jockey Lisa Cropp has denied calling others in the racing industry "back- stabbing pricks", as she seeks to return from disqualification for a positive methamphetamine test.