Dakta Green, formerly Kenneth Morgan (born 1950, in Wellington) [1] is a former New Zealand cannabis law reform activist and political candidate. [2] He changed his name by public poll in 2008. He is the Activism co-ordinator for NORML New Zealand, the driver of Mary Jane the Cannabus, and founder of The Daktory. [3] He was a candidate for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party in the 2009 Mount Albert by-election.
In June 2019, Green announced to the public that he had opened a new cannabis club in Mount Victoria, Wellington. In an interview he claimed a membership of 700 for the newly minted club.[ citation needed]
He was jailed for one year in Shasta County, California in 1999, and for two years and eight months in New Zealand from November 2002. [1]
On 26 September 2011, the Solicitor General appealed the sentence of 8 months in prison [4] and the Court of Appeal almost tripled the sentence to 23 months in prison. [5]
Green is the focus of the 2011 TV3 documentary Inside New Zealand: High Time?, directed by Arik Reiss, and also features in the 2015 New Zealand documentary Druglawed.[ citation needed]
Dakta Green, formerly Kenneth Morgan (born 1950, in Wellington) [1] is a former New Zealand cannabis law reform activist and political candidate. [2] He changed his name by public poll in 2008. He is the Activism co-ordinator for NORML New Zealand, the driver of Mary Jane the Cannabus, and founder of The Daktory. [3] He was a candidate for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party in the 2009 Mount Albert by-election.
In June 2019, Green announced to the public that he had opened a new cannabis club in Mount Victoria, Wellington. In an interview he claimed a membership of 700 for the newly minted club.[ citation needed]
He was jailed for one year in Shasta County, California in 1999, and for two years and eight months in New Zealand from November 2002. [1]
On 26 September 2011, the Solicitor General appealed the sentence of 8 months in prison [4] and the Court of Appeal almost tripled the sentence to 23 months in prison. [5]
Green is the focus of the 2011 TV3 documentary Inside New Zealand: High Time?, directed by Arik Reiss, and also features in the 2015 New Zealand documentary Druglawed.[ citation needed]