All WINZ and no play
Some of you have asked, after all the attention in March: what happened next with WINZ? Have they changed? Has Labour done anything with all the stories of mistreatment I collected? Continue Reading →
Category Archives: About illness
AnkyloSarus
One of other Very Important Things I did while I was in Wellington was go with a whole bunch of wonderful people to the Te Papa Tyrannosaurus exhibit. I love Continue Reading →
How Does It Hurt?
Last week I was lucky enough to go to Wellington and spend some time with some really incredible people. I arrived home utterly exhausted and completely exhilarated. How Does It Continue Reading →
Somewhere beyond thank you
A couple of days ago, Cate Owen tweeted asking for examples of kindness people had experienced because of Twitter. She was inundated with some pretty incredible replies.
No Way TPPA
I’ve avoided writing anything about TPPA up til now, because frankly it just seemed too big and scary and I didn’t get it at all. I have a natural aversion Continue Reading →
Insomniacs Anonymous
It’s like one of those bad b grade horror movies where the main character wakes to a voice on the phone rasping “It’s 3am. Do you know where your daughter is?” Continue Reading →
Introducing On The Left
If you’ve not had your head under a rock this week, you might’ve spied the new kid on the blogging block – On The Left. I’m entirely partial, but I Continue Reading →
Poetry and Politics
A long time ago I wrote a poem called The Death of a Philosopher. It was about outspoken people meeting untimely ends because of their understanding and articulation of political issues. The Continue Reading →
Getting a benefit v studying – this week’s column
This week’s Nelson Mail column was on a topic I already wrote about here – education – but I thought I’d put the whole thing up so I can include Continue Reading →
Beating anxiety
I’ve been doing pyschotherapy since last December. It’s not something I talk about often, because it’s deeply personal and because of the stigma associated with mental health. But there’s things I’ve Continue Reading →