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FNC - It's my party and I'll....

Welcome to Friday Night Chats. Tonight I am at the launch for season 3 of The Good Sex Project! I'll be reading a 'letter to my libido' so watch out! I hope you've had a great week. Let's chat! Feel free to

50 reasons The Definitions of Woman and Man Bill is wrong, unscientific, non-biological, misogynist, and just catastrophically stupid

The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill is a wrong, unscientific, non-biological, misogynist, catastrophically stupid, bigoted, unworkable, expensive solution to a non-existent problem. But that’s not all. Below are 50 reasons why the bill is horrible. It's not too late to stand against

Her name is Dina, and she was murdered

To kill a teacher as she leaves school is a horrific crime. And yet, you are unlikely to see anyone talking about Dina's murder. Here, we will always talk about the crimes ignored by the world's media. Here is Dina's story. Feel free to

Parents fined $30 a day for having unwell, dying, or disabled kids

Katie's son, 13, was running through school when he slipped over and hit his head. Hard. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a serious concussion and brain injury. For the last ten weeks, his parents have been run ragged as he has had appointment after appointment with ACC&

FNC - Thanks Pōneke 😤🫩😐

Hello! Happy Friday Night Chats! We made it through the week. And as you read this, I'll be celebrating my birthday, and I might just be a margarita deep already. Let's chat! Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your

Is your child posing a real, catastrophic risk to society?

The headlines were frightening: "Social media compared to smoking" and "Report warns of 'wave of radicalised children'. Could it be true? Could we be facing a war with our ‘socially isolated and anxious’ children?! Are our children just waiting for us to fall asleep before

FNC - Boring budget is boring (so we're not talking about it)

Leaked! NZ First Members Bills you weren’t meant to see!

Gosh, what a week it’s been! And it’s only Wednesday! For the last ten days or so, coalition MPs have been obsessively talking about trans people to hide the fact that they’re accumulating massive wealth while you struggle to pay your rent or mortgage. ACT’s Parmjeet

A Submissions Guide For The Chaos Coalition's Horrific Legislative Blitzkrieg

Unfortunately, because of this government's ongoing commitment to attacking Aotearoa's most vulnerable people, we all have to spend our Monday making submissions against various awful bills they're pushing through under urgency. There's no time to spare, unfortunately - we have to get started

FNC - Let's meet up in the park to scream

We are so CRASHING OUT

Breaking: the Government is attacking disabled people and their carers. Again.

Late last night, the coalition government snuck through another bill attacking disabled adults, children, and their families. The bill, introduced without consultation or warning, paves the way for income testing and asset testing for disabled adults and children. It also narrows the ability of families to get support for their

"How are we allowing this?" - A former mayor gives evidence at the Mana Wāhine Inquiry

The Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry has just heard two weeks of evidence about the prejudice and discrimination wāhine Māori experience as a result of Crown breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Former Te Whanganui-a-Tara mayor Tory Whanau gave evidence last week. With permission, I am sharing her testimony