Mr King said Ms Murrie was ``in immense pain'' and needed the cannabis to sleep, but was caught by a rigid policy. Housing NZ issued the eviction notice last year after police charged Ms Murrie with cultivating cannabis. Mr Ngaro's secretary referred him to Amy Adams, who picked up the senior Social Housing and Housing NZ portfolios after former Housing NZ Minister Bill English became Prime Minister last month. Mr King rang Ms Adams' Beehive office and spoke to her Housing NZ secretary for about half an hour. ``In this case, we're happy with the outcome of the meeting our regional manager held with our tenant, Ms Murrie.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 25, 2017 06:53 UTC