Australian MP and former deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has wound up in hospital after getting a little too adventurous with a drink in the Pacific Islands.
The Nationals MP has been travelling through the Pacific as a part of a bipartisan parliamentary delegation, with one occasion marked by the visitors being offered sakau, a form of Micronesian kava.
![The MP says he slept for 14 hours after becoming ill.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DMUHE5ZWSJFAPCJFWTONOFIBXM.png?auth=c59b7760dacb04354bbd40e6353daced2cddddc117dc41d33268eddececde607&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)
Sakau is meant to be sipped rather than gulped, as its much stronger than other types of kava, which are intended to be drunk in their entirety.
“Trouble is, I did stomach it!” Mr McCormack shared on Twitter.