Eight unaccounted for ‘suicide kits’ sent to New Zealand

Monday, 15 June 2026

Inspector Simon James of Canada’s York Regional Police speaks to the media during a news conference in 2023 after Kenneth Law’s arrest.

The Canadian ‘suicide kit’ seller linked to six Kiwi deaths, including a Hamilton suicide, sent 14 packages in total to New Zealand - and police have admitted they have “no information on the whereabouts of the other eight shipments”.

The Waikato Times can reveal additional details of Kenneth Law’s offending after obtaining the 105-page agreed statement of facts document from the Canadian courts.

The document was released in the wake of his guilty pleas to assisting the suicide of 14 people in Canada.

Canadian man Kenneth Law had admitted assisting 14 Canadian suicides, and is named in seven New Zealand Coronial reports linking him to Kiwi deaths.

The Waikato Times had previously revealed that Law was linked to deaths in Hamilton, Wellington, Auckland, Taihape and Dunedin, and had been linked to 90 deaths in the United Kingdom.

While Coronial reports into the New Zealand deaths can account for six of the ‘kits’, the whereabouts of the remaining eight he sent to New Zealand remain a mystery.

The Waikato Times asked police and Customs whether they knew the location of the remaining New Zealand shipments and whether more New Zealand deaths may be linked to Law.

Detective Inspector Warren Olsson of the National Criminal Investigations Group said police had “no information on the whereabouts of the other eight shipments of ‘kits’ allegedly sent to New Zealand”.

Customs was tight lipped on the issue.

“Customs is aware of the offending by the Canadian man and has looked into the status of the eight other parcels sent to New Zealand by him,” a spokesperson said.

“Due to the sensitive nature of this case, we are unable to provide further details.”

The Office of the Chief Coroner told the Waikato Times they “don’t have any comment to make regarding the number of packages that were sent to New Zealand or what happened to them”.

The statement details 14 deaths in Ontario that prosecutors allege were caused by products sold by Law, with victims ranged in age from 16 to 36.

In each case, the document states it is admitted the death was caused by the use of products supplied by Law.

Strict legal restrictions on the reporting of suicides mean the Waikato Times cannot provide details about the products shipped by Law or their use.

The document also revealed that between January 1, 2020, and May 23, 2023, Law pocketed approximately NZ$480,000.