Newsletter Choosy 'Abortion reversal' has made it from America to Aotearoa. We should be worried. Please be aware that challenging content follows.
Newsletter Nerd Sunday: A tale of two sicklies This is the story of a friendship, a furore, the limits of evidence and the necessity of hope.
Newsletter A father's love Tom, the guy from Marokopa, has become a kind of folk hero. I don't believe most of us think that way - his supporters are a minority. But minorities can be vocal, and more than that, they can be dangerous. For example, a lone person with a gun
Newsletter Busting This isn't a thing I was expecting to write - and truly, you've got New Zealand First to thank. Welcome to my unplanned memoir of toilets, mates, being a woman, and my love for my transgender kid.
Newsletter A poem for David Seymour What can I say? His profound vision for school lunches inspired me.
Newsletter Peter Stalking is having a cultural moment, prompting a desperately-needed conversation. Misogyny is a never-ending cultural moment. This post carries a strong content warning. Please be careful.
Newsletter A dirty three-letter word ending in X There are reasons I want to pay tax. They're old-fashioned - so go ahead and laugh at me if you like. I want school kids to be fed. I want whānau to be housed. I want workers to be safe, public servants to be valued. I want our
Newsletter Pet peeve I’m a cat person. It would take a special dog to win me over - and that dog was never going to be Chris Bishop's. His dog appeared at today's policy announcement. It was fluffy and vacuous, like it was barking indiscriminately at anything and
Newsletter The principal's office Kia ora, Principal. Mate, I don’t envy you. Every man and his dog has an opinion - and now some random 47-year-old lady is adding her reckons to the mix. I’m not going to tell you how to do your job either: it’s a tough role, and
Newsletter Thought for the day, 13 March 2024 On my mother's mother's side, there are medical people. They're intriguing for both their smarts and their grit, forged through the experience of bog Irish immigrants to Aotearoa. Many have made careers in medicine. The Murphy medical gene skipped me spectacularly, but I'
Newsletter Getting our House in order Update as at 9:41am Tuesday 2024. It's gone! Power to the people!
Newsletter Nerd Sunday: Robbing Peter to pay Paul If you liked the dark intrigue of The Davinci Code, I promise you'll love this.
Newsletter Dignity My son visited me at work on Wednesday, arriving as I microwaved leftovers for lunch. I went to wrap my arms around him, like I always have and I always will - because the moment a kid no longer needs such a thing is the moment he comes to cherish
Newsletter Thought for the day, 1 February 2024 Talked to a teacher this afternoon. He said the government's expectations on phones in schools were issued today. They replaced his school's existing policy that phones can't be used during class - a rule that was working perfectly well and everyone was happy with.
Newsletter Flat out of luck This was written partly on location: the shittiest location ever. Today, my 22-year-old son and his same-age partner moved out of the flat they've lived in for several months, even though their lease doesn't end for a few weeks. I offered to help clean. It was
Newsletter Let's not talk about sex, baby The 'gender, sexuality, and relationship-based education guidelines' are being axed. Critics believe the guidelines are ideological and parents don't know what's going on. They're kind of ... right.
Newsletter Nerd Sunday: School's out Our kids don't go to school anymore. We need to talk about the evidence, but with compassion. I'll do my darndest to weave these two things together in this post.
