GANDALF ‘‘green fairy” NEEDS YOUR HELP
15th December 2025 Whangarei Courthouse. Adjourned until further notice 16th October 2025Whangarei Courthouse adjourned. 8th July 2025 Whangarei courthouse, adjourned. Auckland Patients Group October 12 at 11:06 AM · ### UPDATE ### GANDALFS COURT APPEARANCE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW HAS BEEN ADJOURNED UNTIL 15TH DECEMBER. APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TOMORROW. Thursday afternoon 16th October 2025 our Green Fairy Gandalf was again supposed to appear in the Whangarei District Courthouse regarding the police raid on his property earlier this year. Has been adjourned to the 15 December. Your supportive presence would be greatly appreciated by Gandalf. Bring your banners, voices and other noise making equipment for a peaceful protest against his arrest and charges. This October marks 50 years of Cannabis being held hostage under the Misuse of Drugs Act. It’s a nonsense that consecutive governments have maintained cannabis within the MODA when robust evidence has been produced showing it does not decrease harms to individuals and communities in fact harms have risen dramatically over the last 50 years and all caused by Prohibition not from the plant itself. Gandalf and other folk have courageously maintained their gardens through the years of Prohibition in order to provide quality organic cannabis products to unwell folk like myself and many others. Providing relief from pain and suffering such as Gandalf did, exposing himself and his family to the justice system is an incredible service to humanity. Now he stands to lose his freedom and possessions for the crimes of supporting sick and dying patients all over Aotearoa NZ. It is time our beautiful plant was released from the dangers of Prohibition and returned to our gardens so we may heal ourselves. In these current times of declining Public Healthcare and services we are obliged to find alternative ways of caring for our health and for me personally, and others, Gandalf and his organic oils and balms were a gamechanger for my quality of life. It’s my hope that one day in the near future he will again be able to grow and provide the products that gave me a quality of life not available with pharmaceutical products. We can help him during these terrible times by donating to his give-a-little fund to help cover his costs. https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/gandalf-needs-your-help You can also help by signing the Parliamentary Petition to extend the existing Palliative Exemption over ALL patients AND their providers including Green Fairies, until our current Laws that uphold Cannabis Prohibition are changed to reflect our current scientific knowledge and commonsense. https://petitions.parliament.nz/f6fefc9c-0228-4838-b595... Last weekend Gandalf attended our Cannaposium in Auckland, so I will add photos below of our beloved Gandalf our Alchemist, our Wizard, our wonderful generous human being. Kia kaha all you wonderful soldiers of change, the War on Drugs is still upon us but the end is nigh! Nga mihi Pearl Schomburg
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15th December 2025 Whangarei Courthouse. Adjourned until further notice 16th October 2025Whangarei Courthouse adjourned. 8th July 2025 Whangarei courthouse, adjourned. Auckland Patients Group October 12 at 11:06 AM · ### UPDATE ### GANDALFS COURT APPEARANCE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW HAS BEEN ADJOURNED UNTIL 15TH DECEMBER. APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TOMORROW. Thursday afternoon 16th October 2025 our Green Fairy Gandalf was again supposed to appear in the Whangarei District Courthouse regarding the police raid on his property earlier this year. Has been adjourned to the 15 December. Your supportive presence would be greatly appreciated by Gandalf. Bring your banners, voices and other noise making equipment for a peaceful protest against his arrest and charges. This October marks 50 years of Cannabis being held hostage under the Misuse of Drugs Act. It’s a nonsense that consecutive governments have maintained cannabis within the MODA when robust evidence has been produced showing it does not decrease harms to individuals and communities in fact harms have risen dramatically over the last 50 years and all caused by Prohibition not from the plant itself. Gandalf and other folk have courageously maintained their gardens through the years of Prohibition in order to provide quality organic cannabis products to unwell folk like myself and many others. Providing relief from pain and suffering such as Gandalf did, exposing himself and his family to the justice system is an incredible service to humanity. Now he stands to lose his freedom and possessions for the crimes of supporting sick and dying patients all over Aotearoa NZ. It is time our beautiful plant was released from the dangers of Prohibition and returned to our gardens so we may heal ourselves. In these current times of declining Public Healthcare and services we are obliged to find alternative ways of caring for our health and for me personally, and others, Gandalf and his organic oils and balms were a gamechanger for my quality of life. It’s my hope that one day in the near future he will again be able to grow and provide the products that gave me a quality of life not available with pharmaceutical products. We can help him during these terrible times by donating to his give-a-little fund to help cover his costs. https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/gandalf-needs-your-help You can also help by signing the Parliamentary Petition to extend the existing Palliative Exemption over ALL patients AND their providers including Green Fairies, until our current Laws that uphold Cannabis Prohibition are changed to reflect our current scientific knowledge and commonsense. https://petitions.parliament.nz/f6fefc9c-0228-4838-b595... Last weekend Gandalf attended our Cannaposium in Auckland, so I will add photos below of our beloved Gandalf our Alchemist, our Wizard, our wonderful generous human being. Kia kaha all you wonderful soldiers of change, the War on Drugs is still upon us but the end is nigh! Nga mihi Pearl Schomburg 〰️
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The missing question from New Zealand’s cannabis debate:
what about personal freedom and individual rights?
Published: September 24, 2020 7.58am NZST
Much of the debate on New Zealand’s referendum on recreational cannabis legalisation has focused on health, the economy, criminal justice and the uncertainties about the impact on youth and adult use.
But one argument is oddly missing from the debate
— personal freedom, autonomy and individual rights.
This is striking, because the issue of personal liberties has traditionally been at the forefront of cannabis reform activism.
At the heart of all public health laws is the conflict between the powers of the state and the individual’s liberty, privacy and autonomy.
In the past two years, constitutional courts in several countries have ruled the prohibition of use, possession and private cultivation of cannabis interferes with an individual’s right to privacy. They’ve said protecting public health and security does not justify state punishment.
It may come as a surprise, but about half of the countries in Europe do not prohibit the use of drugs (as New Zealand does). Instead, they choose only to ban their possession.
The difference is more than academic. Prohibition of consumption may give police extraordinary powers, such as taking biological samples from people as evidence. Drug testing is intrusive and should only be done if there is a significant public interest to protect.
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Some countries go even further. They ban possession and use of drugs, but only in public spaces, on the understanding that drug laws exist to prevent public nuisance.
In Spain, the distinction between use in public and private led to the so-called “cannabis social clubs”. Users grow and share cannabis among club members in private settings.
The rights and the risks
The fundamental personal right to ingest a substance that has little impact on others has long been argued by cannabis activists such as NORML (National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws).
With this argument largely absent from current debate in New Zealand (as well as many other jurisdictions contemplating reform), debate focuses instead on the potential to create jobs and tax revenue (Colorado), reduce arrests and discrimination (Illinois), address public security and drug-related violence (Uruguay) and restrict youth access to cannabis and enhance public health (Canada).
The aim of New Zealand’s proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill is to apply market controls to reduce harms associated with cannabis and restrict access by young people. But, as we have argued before, the goal of reducing overall use over time will be hard to achieve via a commercial market.
The personal rights argument can struggle to win over people concerned about the health and social implications of legalisation, especially given their experience of other public health debates.
The alcohol industry, for example, pushed individual rights and consumer responsibility to undermine effective public health measures such as higher taxes and bans on advertising.
Personal choice vs public health
The assumption all adults can make responsible choices about using psychoactive drugs is also challenged. There are risks of dependency that could interfere with personal autonomy, and the psychological influence of marketing that targets vulnerable groups such as the young and poor.
There is a fine line between respecting people’s right to choose and facilitating the normalisation and commercialisation of something that could lead to poor public health.
The use of any psychoactive substance carries the potential to harm personal and family relationships and cause unsafe driving or workplace accidents. This reinforces the argument that some degree of regulation and state intervention will always be necessary.
The age-old question is how best to balance the powers of the state with individual rights to privacy and autonomy, while protecting public health and vulnerable groups.
The absence of recreational users’ voices
Society appears more receptive to the personal right to use medicinal cannabis.
Despite the (as yet) limited scientific evidence for the effectiveness of cannabis in medical treatment, greater legal availability of medicinal cannabis attracts good public support. This is largely based on respecting a person’s decisions about how to treat their illness.
The right to use cannabis recreationally requires decision makers to consider the benefits people get from its use, such as pleasure or relaxation. But this is often forgotten or avoided in drug reform debates.
Medicinal cannabis users have been actively involved in the cannabis law reform debate, with a representative on the Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Group. But recreational cannabis users seem to be largely absent from the public debate.
Including more voices from recreational cannabis users could provide new ways of thinking about balancing the powers of the state with individual rights.
Given the current uncertainties about the long-term health and social impacts of legalisation, the individual rights issue may actually be among the more convincing arguments for reform.
Q: What do you think? Do people have a right to use cannabis for recreational purposes, in public or private? Post your comment below and be part of The Conversation.
AOTEAROA LEGALISE CANNABIS PARTY PRESS RELEASE 11 TH October 2023
“Promise for Cannabis Law reform could turn the political tide for Labour or National”.
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party calls upon National, Labour and any smaller party to attract the 250,000 odd young kiwi voters between 18 and 24 who did not vote in the last election, by promising to legalise cannabis for those over 18.
Labour did not take the opportunity to do so over the last 6 years, so there is a chance for National to garner these votes. And if any were to do so, we would encourage our voters to vote accordingly.
Some 1.4 million voted YES in the 2020 Cannabis referendum, they deserve representation.
This could result in one or two extra seats either way if National or Labour had the GUTS to go with cannabis law reform and ‘set the cannabis community free’ from the oppression of cannabis. Prohibition. If only they had the guts making them ‘the heroes of the revolution’.
Ending expensive, failed prohibition laws will save millions per annum on police, courts, prisons, and probation, at the same time the government will be able to make over a billion dollars in new taxes per annum from the medicinal, R!8 Recreational and the sustainable climate saving hemp industries.
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Who out of Hipkins or Luxon makes the biggest Chris dingus?
Both said no to decriminalisation –
but this week’s Marijuana Media
show has two other Chris’ for cannabis:
Fowlie from NORML discussing Coker from the Cannabis Party
(pictured), with Jonny and Corey from 95bFM Drive.
https://95bfm.com/bcast/marijuana-media-thanks-to-the-hemp-store-september-21-2023
Both Chris’ say they won’t decriminalise cannabis
On the TVNZ leaders debate this week, in a battle of the bland the two Chris’ who led Labour and National both said they would not decriminalise cannabis in response to “quick fire” questions by host Jessica Mutch-Mackay.
Stuff ranked it Number One in a list of
“A few surprising things from the first leaders' debate”.
Neither Chris thinks weed should be decriminalised
Both Hipkins and Luxon gave a quick “no” when asked if cannabis should be decriminalised.
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Politically, it’s somewhat surprising that both major parties have come to a consensus on an issue which the country is pretty much 50/50 on.
At the 2020 election, 48.4% of people voted in support of legalising cannabis. The referendum failed, with a very slim majority of 50.7% opposing the suggestion.
Decriminalisation is generally seen as a step below legalisation. Legalised cannabis would allow its sale and commercialisation, whereas decriminalisation would just remove the ability for police to charge someone with possession of cannabis.
After the debate, Hipkins told reporters he voted in favour of legalisation in 2020.
Newsroom’s political editor Jo Moir also listed it first among their litany of same as the other guy responses (“First leaders’ debate light on new insights”).
Their acquiescence to the status quo was also noted by Newshub (“Where Hipkins, Luxon stand on popular issues”)
and the NZ Herald (“Who won the TVNZ leaders’ debate as Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon clash”).
After the debate, Hipkins pointed out he voted Yes in the referendum. Unlike Adern and the Nats, he actually encouraged people to vote Yes. So that makes Hipkins the lesser of the Chris Dinguses.
But WTF was Hipkins doing, making up a “do nothing” policy? It means more gangs intimidating towns like Coromandel last weekend. It means more prohibition violence, discriminatory enforcement and lagging embarrassingly behind other countries. – thanks to The Hempstore!
Northland candidate Jeffery Lyes and
Te Taitokerau candidate Maki Herbert
debate at upbeat public meeting
11:51 am on 4 October 2023
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Audience members were encouraged to hold up signs rather than heckling. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
It was the last candidates meeting of the election campaign in Northland - and it was also the best.
More than 80 people gathered at Ōtiria Marae, near Moerewa - west of Kawakawa, on Tuesday night to hear from 12 would-be MPs contesting the Northland and Te Tai Tokerau electorates.
Three weeks ago, other candidates meeting in Kerikeri made headlines after Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime was shouted down and jeered any time she used a Māori word, and even the organiser was heckled for not being Kiwi.
The Ngāti Hine-hosted event at Ōtiria, by contrast, was a lovefest.
Candidates piled praise on each other, audience members were encouraged to hold up humorous signs instead of calling out, and anyone who wanted to claim one of the night's spot prizes had to sing a song about aroha.
A dozen candidates standing in the Northland and Te Tai Tokerau electorates took part in a lively meeting at Ōtiria Marae, near Moerewa. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Many weighty topics were debated - tax, the cost of living, Te Tiriti, and youth mental health to name a few - but there were also plenty of laughs.
New Zealand First's Shane Jones even found humour in his ejection from Parliament in 2020.
"I'm the fulla you sacked. Despite spreading money around Ngāti Hine you rejected me. It was a debilitating experience to be made unemployed three years ago, but hey, Freddy's back," he said, a reference to the Nightmare on Elm Street movies.
Taxes proved a popular talking point with National promising tax relief to offset the soaring cost of living, New Zealand Loyal pledging to replace income tax with a 1 percent transaction tax, and the Greens saying if Labour didn't have the guts to bring in a wealth tax, they would.
Jeffrey Lye of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
From left, Maki Herbert (Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party), Matt King (Democracy NZ) and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi (Te Pāti Māori) listen to the other candidates. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Green candidate Hūhana Lyndon said the party would make sure the "mega-rich" paid their fair share.
"Three hundred and eleven families, that are worth $270 million each as a household, are not paying the same amount of tax as your average nurse, or teacher," she said.
Labour's Kelvin Davis warned that ACT planned to rewrite the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and defended his party's record for Māori.
"We have been criticised for not doing enough for Māori. We think we've done heaps, and there are others who say we've done too much."
Davis also pushed back against claims the country is increasingly divided.
"People have said the country is divided like never before and I say they're probably right - but it's not a division on race, it's an ignorance division. There are some people who are so ignorant about te ao Māori [the Māori world] that they are threatened and frightened by anything to do with it."
Before the meeting began the audience was invited to submit questions, which were then drawn at random.
The chosen topics included the parties' positions on Te Tiriti.
All candidates present backed the Treaty with Democracy NZ's Matt King and National's Grant McCallum saying they wanted to see Ngāpuhi settle its claims soon, while Jones doled out some tough love.
He said it was an indictment on all descendants of Rāhiri, Ngāpuhi's founding ancestor, that the tribe's Treaty settlement process had drifted for so long.
"No more excuses. Nor more rationalisations as to why things haven't happened. In the event that I get into Cabinet again, I'm doing it. Do it with me, or I'll do it to you," he said.
Mike Finlayson of the Northland Party addresses the crowd. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Candidates Maki Herbert, left, (Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party) and Willow-Jean Prime (Labour) greet each other at Ōtiria Marae. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Housing was another hot topic. Maki Herbert, of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party, touted hemp as a low-cost, fast-growing building material, while Prime and Te Pāti Māori's Mariameno Kapa-Kingi talked up their house-building records in Northland as MP and iwi leader, respectively.
In contrast to the Kerikeri debate, there were no attempts to shout down candidates.
The Greens' Reina Tuai Penney said she had not been able to bring her children to any other candidate meetings.
"They don't need to hear that the Treaty's bad, they don't need to hear that Māori are the problem, because we're not. The system is the problem," she said.
The unexpected star of the night was Jeffrey Lye of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party, who, no matter what the question was, managed to make cannabis the answer.
Despite a serious message about harm caused by New Zealand's drug laws,
"We believe the local law creates the problem. You get five bros together drinking alcohol, they'll start a fight. You get five bros together smoking cannabis, they'll start a band and play music," he said.
Northland Party founder Mike Finlayson and New Zealand Loyal's Michael Feyen also took part.
Finlayson said his aim was to put the environment "first and foremost in everyone's faces" while Feyen said his party's goal was to abolish political parties.
"We are absolutely different to any party here. We do not want parties any more … We are a golden wave of discontent in this country, Māori and Pākehā," he said.
ACT did not attend.
Prime said the audience at Ōtiria, unlike the now infamous Kerikeri meeting, allowed everyone to be heard.
"My main disappointment with the debate in Kerikeri is that the supporters of the other candidates simply shouted me down so I could hardly answer a question. Here all of us were afforded the respect to just be able to get our points across."
McCallum agreed, saying it was easily the best meeting he had attended.
"Everyone got to have their say, and agree to disagree and make their points, without the angst and anger that we've struck at other meetings, which were just yell-fests and non-constructive," he said.
It's not clear which candidate came out on top after the two-hour debate, but the winners on the night were decency, debate and democracy.
Election day is 14 October. Early voting is underway with polling booths open daily around the motu.
