Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Drug Symposium day two: Māori women in the room https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374123#post374123 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374123#post374123 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:29:35 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374122#post374122 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374122#post374122 The berries from the Tutu plant (Coraria) were pulped and juice separated from the toxic (tutin) seed and stalks. The juice was consumed fresh, but also when fermented into wine. This was a potent intoxicant from accounts recorded by pakeha.

Hopefully more reliable accounts, though unlikely to be as entertaining…

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However;

Māori had no use for intoxicants before European contact

Is incorrect. The berries from the Tutu plant (Coraria) were pulped and juice separated from the toxic (tutin) seed and stalks. The juice was consumed fresh, but also when fermented into wine. This was a…

]]> Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:43:26 +1200 Ruth Connor https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374061#post374061 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374061#post374061 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:50:06 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374053#post374053 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374053#post374053 Holy shit. Oregon is decriminalising personal quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy.

And it's Republicans doing it.

Republican State Sen. Jackie Winters claimed the war on drugs as it currently exists amounts to “institutional racism” due to how more frequently minorities are charged with drug crimes than whites.

“There…

]]> Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:39:38 +1200 Hazel Heal https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374051#post374051 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374051#post374051 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:03:33 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374050#post374050 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-drug-symposium-day-two-maori-women/?p=374050#post374050 Discussion from blog post.

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