What to get your mean aunt and creepy uncle Every year, I try to do a passive-aggressive gift guide. Welcome to the 2025 guide! Christmas shopping for people you love is fun. But obligatory Christmas shopping for awful people? Not fun at all. But you can at least make it
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The government's latest attack on Māori is one we need to fight – even if it seems innocuous. Obligations for school boards to consider te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) have been removed. This isn't the usual dog whistle; it's part of an all-out
Last month, a great piece of clickbait popped into my feed: 8 things boomers refuse to stop doing that drive younger generations absolutely crazy. I immediately clicked because I had an absurd amount of mahi to do and was looking for something to distract me. Number one was exactly what
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A new education policy is gaining support from those who drafted it, formalised it and announced it. Education Minister David Seymour Winston Peters Nicola Willis Erica Stanford announced the policy to have a National, New Zealand First and/or ACT politician in every classroom to a packed room of National,
Fireworks are on sale right now and it's already been a terrible week for many. So I'm encouraging people to share this and take a pledge to not let off private fireworks. Subscribe to Emily Writes Weekly Empathy Not Explosives Pledge not to terrorise your neighbours
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You won't believe it!!! SHockiNG! OK, I'm sorry but it's becoming increasingly harder to get people to read posts about how we can all help each other. So I resorted to a tactic. Please forgive me. It's just that - Five Ways
Kia ora! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! It's so lovely to be with you again. We got through the week. And it's Halloween! So if you're lucky, you'll see some cute little ghouls and ghosts running around your 'hood! Let'
For the first time in a long time we haven’t had enough donations to give all of our families donations tomorrow. Every week on Fridays we send funds to all of our families plus 5-6 other mutual aid funds that have verified families needing support in Gaza. The ceasefire
Halloween in New Zealand is still not really a thing. But it should be. I love a good dress-up. If I had my way, every party I ever put on would be a dress-up party. So, let's be fair - I have always been easy to win over
As you may be aware, Aotearoa is facing a measles outbreak. We haven't had one since 2019. Since then, a cottage industry of cookers has emerged, and there's big money to be made in vaccine misinformation. We are already seeing that with this outbreak. For so
Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I have lots of links and recommendations for you to enjoy during your long weekend (apologies to those who will not be having one!). Usually Friday Night Chats is just for paid subscribers but I thought I'd open it up to everyone. And
Are you ready to show up? Tomorrow, more than 100,000 nurses, doctors, teachers, health workers, dentists, social workers, support staff, and teacher aides will strike. It's believed to be the largest industrial action we've had in more than 40 years. It's also a
Today, I'm happy to share a guest post from one of the best people I know. My dear friend Helen Gilby is so bright and so funny. And y’all loved her last posts, Seymour's Aotearoa: How to Lose a Country in 10 Clauses and America:
InIt's Friday Night Chats time! We had some sunshine in Te Whanganui a Tara so I am the happiest I've ever been. Summer is coming! I believe it! I believe it! Let's chat! Subscribe to Emily Writes WeeklySkip to comments if you read this
The rumour going around this week was that Christopher Luxon was going to be rolled as Prime Minister. But it didn't happen. I'm not really sure what I think about it because, to be honest, I don't really see him as Prime Minister. He&
There's a game that my children do not like, but I insist we play it. We have talked before about manufacturing consent for genocide in our media - this post is an extension of that. So, let's play. Subscribe to Emily Writes Weekly First of all,
Hello! It's Friday! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! It's so lovely to have you here. I am so glad it's the weekend. First week back of the school holidays and my gosh it's easier to write when I don't have