Ex-Air NZ baggage handler Puapii Mokotua sentenced over Auckland Airport meth imports

Craig KapitanSenior Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·26 Oct, 2026 05:00 AM7 mins to read‌Ex-Air NZ baggage handler Puapii Mokotua has been sentenced, again, for illegal drug import schemes at Auckland Airport. Ex-Air NZ baggage handler Puapii Mokotua has been sentenced, again, for illegal drug import schemes at Auckland Airport. After an Air New Zealand baggage handler found himself at the centre of a major investigation into large-scale drug importations - resulting in his arrest and the loss of his job - he wasn’t deterred from pressing on with the high-risk, quick-money scheme. Puapii Mason Mokotua instead took