Outgoing Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has reminisced about her "punk hippie" past and acknowledged being arrested for cannabis possession.
Curran made the confession when speaking to Critic-Te Arohi editor Sinead Gill live on social media last night, saying: "I had a feeling you might ask me this."
She went on to say she was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana "quite some decades ago".
She was caught with "less than a gram" and fined $50.
"I did smoke dope as we used to call it then. Not a lot, but I used to smoke it for period pain."