One year after legislation killed existing pay equity claims and basically ended the opportunity to bring new claims, the government is being taken to the United Nations. It's a huge deal. The team bringing the complaint to the UN includes Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission and
I don't know why but people often ask me for advice. I get DMs all the time asking what I'd do in situations I hope I'll never find myself in and people ask me for tips when I clearly have very little wisdom. But,
Is this the greatest invasion of privacy in NZ history?
Happy Friday Night Chats! I'm so happy you're here. It's been rough this week, but I can already see the sun coming out, and that makes me happy. And it's a long weekend (sort-of I mean some of us have to work
The Coalition Government is finally forcing floods to "move on", by passing new laws of physics.
Devastating climate change is here, thanks to oil companies and politicians. What are we going to do about it?
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Kia ora! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! How are you? I'm in Tāmaki Makaurau today for a podcast recording. Back to Pōneke tomorrow. Let's chat! Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip to comments I am writing
Following the declaration of states of emergency for Cyclone Vaianu, Wairoa Mayor Craig Little said our little country is "becoming woke". Little, who arrived in Aotearoa on The New Zealand Company's first settler ship, the Aurora, in 1840, said Cyclone Vaianu was a "soyboy snowflake&
Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I am so happy you're here! I hope you had a lovely long weekend (if you had one) and, if you didn't, I hope your week hasn't been too taxing. Let's chat! 💡Oh and speaking of chatting:
The next new rule was: You first. Guy wants to start a war? Go for it buddy. Go duel the other guy who wants to start a war. You get a knife, each.
The spicy TV series Heated Rivalry has been a global phenomenon. Based on the Game Changers book series by Rachel Reid, the first season, directed by Jacob Tierney has broken records and broken (and mended) hearts. The series stars Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov,
A new series we will have here at Emily Writes Weekly is our group chat roundtable, where we will discuss everything that matters and everything that doesn’t. And we will do this with my friends because I think they’re smarter and funnier than every man on TV. OK,
Eww what a bad week. But now it's the long weekend yay! And I am heading to Tāmaki Makaurau for the launch of Kiwi Health Heroes by Caitlin Timmer-Arends, So-Young Cho and Rebecca Waddel. It features my Eddie, and his bestie and me are going to the launch
For two years now, my friends in Gaza and I have shared photos and videos of our children with each other. The difference is obviously stark. Here is my child doing kapa haka at an awards ceremony. There is their child filling water in a container and walking through flooded
At the beginning of the month, we launched a big campaign here at Emily Writes Weekly. The Brighter Future project is incredibly dear to me. It's kaupapa is simple. We are asking an important question of everyone in Aotearoa: What would this country look like in a decade
It's Friday Night Chats time! If you're new to Emily Writes Weekly - welcome! Friday Night Chats happens every Friday. You get a heap of recommendations for what to read, listen to, and watch. And now you get a podcast too! There's often a
Growing up I used to love a show called This Is Your Life. Journalist Mike Munro would hold a giant red book and lovingly ambush a well-known Australian. My favourite episode was about Steve Irwin. For an hour, Steve Irwin saw his impact on the world, on his community, on
The sun is shining (in some places) and it's the first day of the week - it's the perfect time to help your community! On the weekend we had the most gorgeous fundraiser. Honestly, it just filled my cup so much. It was so joyous. All