Growing weed in NZ
Published 2014— archived from the original weed.nz. NZ cannabis law has moved on since; read it as a snapshot of its time. For information & entertainment, not advice.
It is illegal to grow cannabis in New Zealand.
Marijuana is scheduled under Class C of Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.
The maximum penalty for importing, growing, cultivating and/or supplying cannabis is eight years imprisonment.
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