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Colonial Meth Madness: Northern Advocates' Latest Episode of “Blame It on the Pākeha”

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Matua Kahurangi
Feb 15, 2025
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In a groundbreaking exposé, the Northern Advocate has revealed Kaikohe is grappling with a methamphetamine epidemic, because if there’s one thing this country loves, it’s a good crisis sprinkled with some light colonisation commentary.

Local recovering meth user Lesley Allen became the star witness in the paper’s cultural blame game, dropping some intere…

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