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Kōrero: English language in New Zealand

Wordy weed

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Wordy weed
There are distinctive New Zealand names for cannabis, an illegal drug. Two of the best known are Coromandel green and electric puha.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Otago Daily Times

Reference: 18 April 2009, p. 3

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Dianne Bardsley, English language in New Zealand – New words, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40333/wordy-weed (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Dianne Bardsley, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012.