Is there anybody out there?
Some people have a gift for technology, and I'm not one of them.
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Even though it is small it is precious
This is for Malachi and children like him. I've changed some details so the people I talk about aren't identifiable. Be aware: the discussion of family violence isn't graphic but is still distressing.
Another day stolen
In strict confidence for my paid subscribers.
Having a mayor? Why we need our local leaders to take a stand
It’s done and dusted. The recounts have been finalised. The inaugurations have been held, complete with fancy robes and oaths and sandwiches after. New mayors and councillors have found their places at big tables across the motu. There’s much to celebrate, and yet I wish I could unsee
Waste land
What is not handed down must be found some other way; and so my mum, who is retired in Invercargill, spends her days uncovering our whakapapa from libraries and archives and genealogical sites. Mum grew up some thirty kilometres from Invercargill in a place called Winton - somewhere you probably
Hungover
In confidence, for my paid subscribers.
Playing chess with a pigeon
Content warning for harassment and misogyny. May cause existential despair.
Who the **** is Rita Angus?
I took art history for approximately three weeks in 1993, at the beginning of my seventh form year. It was going fine, until I was asked to do an assignment on an artist. The artist was Rita Angus, and I thought to myself, "Who the **** is that?". I
A letter
When the tantalising details run out, the breathless headlines are exhausted and the camera turns away, kids could still be in danger. Now is the time to call for an inquiry. This cannot happen again.
That's entertainment
In confidence for my paid subscribers, because I don't want to sound like a cooker. I welcome your feedback on whether this should go public.
Hey hey! I'm grey!
It's a faffy, faffy thing, going au naturel. I started the transition two years ago, when I realised my hair was getting lighter, my body wasn’t, and that fighting what happens to us all didn’t make a lot of sense. My Facebook announcement at the time