Are magic mushrooms legal in New Zealand?
Illegal
Psilocybin is a controlled substance; possession is a criminal offence.
New Zealand is one of 39 countries classified “Illegal” for psilocybin mushrooms — 62% of the 63 with data. (Also searched as magic mushrooms, shrooms.)
Source
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Samoa
- Illegal Psilocybin is a controlled substance; possession is a criminal offence.
- Australia
- Legal Psilocybin possession is legal.
- Indonesia
- Decriminalized / tolerated Psilocybin possession is illegal but not enforced in practice.
- Philippines
- Legal Psilocybin possession is legal.
- Chile
- Illegal Psilocybin is a controlled substance; possession is a criminal offence.
- Taiwan
- Illegal Psilocybin is a controlled substance; possession is a criminal offence.
Other laws in New Zealand
- Cannabis
- Legal (Medical)
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Salvia Divinorum
- Legal / unregulated
- Khat
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Regulated
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