Seedlings, apparently planted by anti-Covid mandate protesters, have been removed after speaker asked for ‘weed to be weeded’
After a weeks-long illegal occupation that ended in a riot, New Zealand’s parliament has a new unwelcome visitor to contend with: cannabis seedlings popping up among its rose gardens.
“A lot of seeds had been scattered around, among other things left from the protesters,” the groundskeeper said. The New Zealand Speaker asked for the ‘weed to be weeded’ after cannabis plants were found growing on parliamentary grounds.A protester who had returned to the site told RNZ that the protesters were responsible for scattering the seeds and “many more will likely germinate for years to come”.The plants, which are illegal in New Zealand, have since been pulled out and destroyed after the speaker of the house, Trevor Mallard, asked “for the weed to be weeded”.
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