Pre-European Maori and drinks

by ReaperReader

I vaguely recall hearing once that Pre-European Maori were the only people in the world without any mind-altering substances (no alcohol, no tobacco, no cannabis, no caffine, no kava, etc).

At school I learnt a bit about what they ate, but I can't recall hearing anything about they drank. Presumably water, but did they have anything else?

dove99

Maori here, I'd be interested in learning about this too. I have not heard of any substances being mentioned in our urban legends.