One in three
This week’s column in the Nelson Mail investigated the link between the lack of accommodation in Nelson (and many others part of New Zealand) and vulnerable women. As usual I didn’t have Continue Reading →
Category Archives: WINZ/IRD
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 →
Numbers, predictions, and the usual WINZ terror
Last week I wrote a post at On The Left about “WINZ-speak” and how much of it is deliberate bureaucratic miscommunication. I wanted to say a few more things about 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 →
Every day’s a rainy day
This is Carina. She’s my best friend (which probably says a lot about my life). This week I thought she was going to die, and it cost me $700 to 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 →
Some thoughts on education and disability
I’ve been thinking a lot about what to do with myself next year. It’s been almost two years since I got sick, and I’ve done a lot during that time. Continue Reading →
All eyes on you
I have many fears for the next three years of government. It will come as no surprise that, selfishly, one of the biggest concerns for me is welfare reform.
Who benefits? What benefits?
I’ve so far avoided commenting on the issue dearest to my heart in the leadup to the election, but I’m all round furious, so let’s go.
On arthritis and diagnosis
Here’s my latest column for the Nelson Mail, ‘My illness finally has a face‘, where I talk about being diagnosed with Ankolysing Spondylitis – inflammatory arthritis in my spine.