High Risk doesn’t mean Help
I’ve written before about mental health services in New Zealand, and about my own health. I talked about how there are three “stages” of coping with mental health. For me, Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Financial hardship
MY BODY. MY CHOICE. PART TWO.
This is a followup post to MY BODY, MY CHOICE – yesterday’s story regarding my friend who has been denied the right to remove her contraception. I’m so grateful for Continue Reading →
MY BODY. MY CHOICE.
My friend’s doctors have refused to remove her IUD, on the grounds that, in their opinion, she’s currently financially and mentally unfit to have children. I’ve been wanting to write Continue Reading →
About the thing
Some of you may have seen the thing my friend has started. I wanted to talk a little bit more about this thing. 1. This thing is amazing. This thing makes Continue Reading →
A beggar and a criminal
When I started writing I was doing it to process what I had been through, what I was going through. Then I was doing it because I thought it was Continue Reading →
A rock and a hard place
After another fruitful meeting with WINZ, I discover I can either commit benefit fraud, or tax evasion. (Hi, GCSB). This is an uncomfortable post, but I feel it’s necessary. I’m Continue Reading →
‘Home ownership is not a moral value’
As a small addendum to my piece on home ownership (Another Kiwi dream down the drain), I’d like to share these Tweets from Keith Bolland. I have nothing to Continue Reading →
Let’s talk about entitlement
“800 prosecutions a year for bene fraud. 50 a year for tax evasion. Even though it costs us 50x as much.” That’s a tweet from Max Rashbrooke, a journalist who Continue Reading →
Culture of fear
Being sick has changed the way I look. I’m thinner, I’m older. It’s scary. But the scarier thing is – I like it. I’ve mentioned before that since I’ve been Continue Reading →
Another Kiwi dream down the drain
Yesterday, the Reserve Bank finalised their updated regulations on home loans, forcing banks to restrict new lending, and making it unlikely that prospective first home buyers will be able to Continue Reading →