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If youāve still got the spoons to write subs on horrific nulls, this is a total goldmine of info.
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Yes it sucks dealing with a cavalcade of endless fuckery from the Government but you know what's worse? Not dealing with it!
www.emilywrites.co.nz/subs/
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A Submissions Guide For The Chaos Coalition's Horrific Legislative Blitzkrieg
Unfortunately, because of this government's ongoing commitment to attacking Aotearoa's most vulnerable people, we all have to spend our Monday making submissions against various awful bills they're pu...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/subs/
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Thanks to Dr Beth,
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I've never seen anything like this. The Coalition's attacks on disabled people and the people who care for them are just relentless. We need to get rid of this vicious government, and we must put all our energy into doing it.
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Breaking: the Government is attacking disabled people and their carers. Again.
Late last night, the coalition government snuck through another bill attacking disabled adults, children, and their families. The bill, introduced without consultation or warning, paves the way for in...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/breaking-the-government-is-attacking-disabled-people-and-their-carers-again/
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JFC.
@emilywrites.co.nz
spoke to RNZ journos when RNZ "alluded to foul, untrue rumours that amounted to gendered abuse of
@misswhanau.bsky.social
... editorial team knew story was untrue, & had been told by owners of the bar & other staff that it was untrue..."
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"How are we allowing this?" - A former mayor gives evidence at the Mana WÄhine Inquiry
The Mana WÄhine Kaupapa Inquiry has just heard two weeks of evidence about the prejudice and discrimination wÄhine MÄori experience as a result of Crown breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Former Te Wh...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/how-are-we-allowing-this-a-former-mayor-gives-evidence-at-the-mana-wahine-inquiry/
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KidOf60sTeens; The right wing is not your ally.
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This is a Big Deal. Please read and share
#NZPol
#PayEquity
#UN
#GovtDiscrimination
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Please please please share this post. There is some bizarre magic spell on the words "pay equity" that makes people's eyes glaze over but there's nothing boring about working women being robbed of BILLIONS of dollars by the chaos coalition
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Government's treatment of women in Aotearoa goes to the United Nations
One year after legislation killed existing pay equity claims and basically ended the opportunity to bring new claims, the government is being taken to the United Nations. It's a huge deal. The team ...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/governments-treatment-of-women-in-aotearoa-goes-to-the-united-nations/
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"The Government passed new urgency under legislation last night, hitting floods that occupied business premises without permission with instant fines. Errant waters that were fined multiple times would be jailed."
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Coalition Government announces crackdown on floodwaters
The Coalition Government is finally forcing floods to "move on", by passing new laws of physics.
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/coalition-government-announces-crackdown-on-floodwaters/
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We could just... fix everything, starting right now.
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A Two Bedroom House
The next new rule was: You first. Guy wants to start a war? Go for it buddy. Go duel the other guy who wants to start a war. You get a knife, each.
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/a-two-bedroom-house/
about 2 months ago
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We could just... fix everything, starting right now.
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A Two Bedroom House
The next new rule was: You first. Guy wants to start a war? Go for it buddy. Go duel the other guy who wants to start a war. You get a knife, each.
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/a-two-bedroom-house/
about 2 months ago
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Friday Night Chats is out and this one is FREE! I love free speech!
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FNC: Easter long weekend recommendations + chats
Eww what a bad week. But now it's the long weekend yay! And I am heading to TÄmaki Makaurau for the launch of Kiwi Health HeroesĀ by Caitlin Timmer-Arends, So-Young Cho and Rebecca Waddel. It features ...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/easter-long-weekend-re/#ghost-comments-root
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I'm really appreciating
@emilywrites.co.nz
and
@tworuru.com
's series of brighter future essays - in the midst of constantly worrying about money and energy, today's edition was sorely needed. Let's look ahead to a solar-powered Huntly (and Aotearoa)
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A Brighter Future for Huntly
At the beginning of the month, we launched a big campaign here at Emily Writes Weekly. The Brighter Future project is incredibly dear to me. It's kaupapa is simple. We are asking an important question...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/a-brighter-future-for-huntly/?attribution_id=69c9956b501a670001caf8cd&attribution_type=post
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Brookeās greatest hits on working kiwis that will result in early deaths, disability, & poverty had Seymour describing her political career āas near to perfect as humanly possibleā Thanks Emily Writes for laying out that āperfectionā for everyone to see. There is nothing to be proud of BvV.
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Oh look,
@emilywrites.co.nz
has written a whole-as post about this, with links and everything. WAAAAAYYY better than my quick angry rant. This is a proper researched angry rantš LOVE the ending "C U Next Tuesday, Brooke. We won't miss you."
www.emilywrites.co.nz/so-brooke-va...
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So, Brooke Van Velden, this is your life...
Growing up I used to love a show called This Is Your Life. Journalist Mike Munro would hold a giant red book and lovingly ambush a well-known Australian. My favourite episode was about Steve Irwin. Fo...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/so-brooke-van-velden-this-is-your-life/
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Let's recap some of Brooke Van Velden's greatest hits (on working Kiwis)
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So, Brooke Van Velden, this is your life...
Growing up I used to love a show called This Is Your Life. Journalist Mike Munro would hold a giant red book and lovingly ambush a well-known Australian. My favourite episode was about Steve Irwin. Fo...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/so-brooke-van-velden-this-is-your-life/
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New Friday Night Chats is out for paid subscribers with my new PODCAST! It's been forever coming but
@tworuru.com
and I finally did it, we're hoping to have a new one of these out every week.
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FNC - Crappy journalists and context collapse and a PODCAST?!
Welcome to Friday Night Chats! How are you? It's been A Week. Not helped by a ridiculous beat-up by a newspaper trying to get readers off the back of my writing. So letās go thereā¦This time we did a p...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/fnc-the-nz-herald-being-t/
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Emily Writes
@emilywrites.co.nz
and I are starting a new series called The Brighter Future, where writers and artists and poets and so on imagine what a better future might look like, if we actually did some of the needful that's right in front of us:
www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-brighter...
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The Brighter Future
What would this country look like in a decade or so if we actually did what so desperately needs doing?
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-brighter-future/
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JJW
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Newsletters I like and religiously read: -
@davidfarrier.com
ās Webworm -
@garbageday.email
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@vermontgmg.bsky.social
ās doomsday scenario -
@stilgherrian.com
ās Weekly Cybers -
@emilywrites.co.nz
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@biblioracle.bsky.social
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@404media.co
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@gilduran.com
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If any of these pieces resonated with you, please share them - sharing my work is by far the best way to support me without taking out a paid subscription. Thanks so much!
#nzpol
#kikorangi
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Itās been Guest Week on Emily Writes and here are the frankly incredible posts: First was this moving meditation on grief and loss and the passage of time by writer Helen Gilby
www.emilywrites.co.nz/on-living-lo...
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On living longer after loss than before it
An extraordinary guest piece by writer Helen Gilby
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/on-living-longer-after-loss-than-before-it/
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Super shocked by this scoop - the NZ police won't tell us whether or not the CSAM and non-consensual deepfake content generated on Grok might be illegal, or even provide advice on what to do if you (or your child!) is a target. Story here:
www.emilywrites.co.nz/nz-police-do...
#nzpol
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NZ Police don't know what to do about Grok child sexual abuse images...
What should you do if you or your child is a victim of a Grok deepfake? This question is simple, right? Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip t...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/nz-police-dont-know-what-to-do-about-grok-child-sexual-abuse-images/
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#nzpol
Follow
@emilywrites.co.nz
to keep up with the Coalition of chaos (& what we must do about it to ensure it's just one nightmare term later this year!).
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OIA emails show coordinated campaign between PSC and Ministers.
#NzPol
@tworuru.com
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What the hell is going on between the Coalition Government and the Public Service Commission?
It's not normal for public servants and the Government to collude against unions like this.
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-the-hell-is-going-on-between-the-coalition-government-and-the-public-service-commission
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The other piece is by
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for the Bad Newsletter asking how the hell the supposedly neutral Public Service Commission ended up running attack ads supporting the Government against teachers, doctors and nurses unions
www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-the-hel...
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Two new posts today: Iām starting a new series called Keeping Up With the Coalition because wow this unruly chaos crew sure need a lot of keeping up with. All the horrible stuff + qs in desperate need of answers! Please share as that really helps me do this work!
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Keeping up with the Coalition
Ok, well - I did think because it's Monday, it would be cruel to send out a newsletter about everything garbage going on. So I started writing about why Heated Rivalry is so important, and then I was ...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/keeping-up-with-the-coalition/
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I'm on Bluesky! Apparently it is not always terrible here! But what the government is up to is terrible so I made a round up of all the upcoming bills you can submit on
#nzpol
#kikorangi
www.emilywrites.co.nz/ok/
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OK FINE WHAT THE F DO I HAVE TO DO?!
We talked about how last year was The Year of Revolt - I'm hoping this year will be the Year of Being Horny on Main. But that seems less likely with every new day and we're only on day bloody six. I m...
https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/ok/
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