Background: New Zealand was identified, in the context of the international criminal investigation of Kenneth Law, as a country where sodium nitrite had been exported to. Content: In this presentation, we will identify how novel methods are currently, and ideally, should be identified at a national level. In New Zealand, we were alerted to the Website initially via a public complaint to the Classifications Office (regulators for the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993) and soon after, via notification of importation of sodium nitrite from Interpol to NZ Police who alerted the Integrated Targeting and Operations Centre in NZ Customs. The Suicide Prevention Office investigated this via our national Coronial Data Service. We will outline the national response to restrict this novel method. This included 1) monitoring importations via Customs and following up consignees; 2) utilising regulatory avenues via the Environment Protection Authority; and 3) management of the online dissemination of this novel method by working with Internet Service Providers. Discussion: We will highlight 1) the need for robust real-time surveillance of suicide and self-harm to identify novel methods; 2) the limitations of the current regulatory and legislative context and need for reform 3) in this context, the critical role of our interagency relationships with Police, Customs, the Classifications Office, and the Office of the Chief Coroner 4) the need for an expansion of what constitutes ‘promoting’, ‘inciting’ and ‘aiding and ‘abetting’ suicide in terms of regulatory reform; 5) the need for new workforces e.g., to monitor online content; and 6) the need for international cooperation given the global nature of online dissemination novel methods.