Anna McMartin/The End is Naenae
@annamcmartin.bsky.social
I owe Substack, but I owe the next writer too. I had to choose - and in the end, the choice was easy. See you on the other side.
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I'm ghosting Substack
Kia ora friends!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I owe Substack, but I owe the next writer too. I had to choose - and in the end, the choice was easy. See you on the other side.
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I started this piece committed to being open to the evidence. I’ve tried to write about it avoiding emotive language. But here’s what I’ve concluded. Get this wrong and children could die.
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Even though it is small it is precious
This is for Malachi and children like him. I've changed some details so the people I talk about aren't identifiable. Be aware: the discussion of family violence isn't graphic but is still distressing.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I started this piece committed to being open to the evidence. I’ve tried to write about it avoiding emotive language. But here’s what I’ve concluded. Get this wrong and children could die.
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People with a track record of behaving badly need to pay a career penalty. So long as people with track records get roles just to keep the peace, it will encourage them to wield the threat of chaos.
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Having a mayor? Why we need our local leaders to take a stand
It’s done and dusted.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
People with a track record of behaving badly need to pay a career penalty. So long as people with track records get roles just to keep the peace, it will encourage them to wield the threat of chaos.
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This is a story unearthed by my mum. It's about a little girl, my great-great-grandmother, who found herself at the centre of a remarkable tragedy.
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Waste land
What is not handed down must be found some other way; and so my mum, who is retired in Invercargill, spends her days uncovering our whakapapa from libraries and archives and genealogical sites.
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October 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is a story unearthed by my mum. It's about a little girl, my great-great-grandmother, who found herself at the centre of a remarkable tragedy.
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This post is a bit different, involving more mahi than expected, and getting stuck halfway through and feeling sorry for myself. I'm forever grateful to my paid subscribers for the space and grace to have a go at the harder stuff. Ngā mihi, friends.
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Waste land
What is not handed down must be found some other way; and so my mum, who is retired in Invercargill, spends her days uncovering our whakapapa from libraries and archives and genealogical sites.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This post is a bit different, involving more mahi than expected, and getting stuck halfway through and feeling sorry for myself. I'm forever grateful to my paid subscribers for the space and grace to have a go at the harder stuff. Ngā mihi, friends.
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I would love it if the US zeal for identifying the politics of shooters was matched by a zeal for stopping them.
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I would love it if the US zeal for identifying the politics of shooters was matched by a zeal for stopping them.
I've had a pretty shocking 72 hours. You probably know the Wellington region is notorious for its dirty politics - and I just got a very personal taste. The time to take a stand is right now.
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Playing chess with a pigeon
Content warning for harassment and misogyny. May cause existential despair.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I've had a pretty shocking 72 hours. You probably know the Wellington region is notorious for its dirty politics - and I just got a very personal taste. The time to take a stand is right now.
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I took the gamut of 'useless' subjects, including three weeks of art history, so if you don't want to read my hot take I'll understand.
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Who the **** is Rita Angus?
I took art history for approximately three weeks in 1993, at the beginning of my seventh form year.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I took the gamut of 'useless' subjects, including three weeks of art history, so if you don't want to read my hot take I'll understand.
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When the tantalising details run out, the breathless headlines are exhausted and the camera turns away, kids could still be in danger. Now is the time to call for an inquiry. This cannot happen again.
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A letter
When the tantalising details run out, the breathless headlines are exhausted and the camera turns away, kids could still be in danger. Now is the time to call for an inquiry. This cannot happen again.
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September 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
When the tantalising details run out, the breathless headlines are exhausted and the camera turns away, kids could still be in danger. Now is the time to call for an inquiry. This cannot happen again.
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"I almost can’t believe the brazen and nutty shit an inattentive world lets a middle-aged lady get away with."
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Hey hey! I'm grey!
It's a faffy, faffy thing, going au naturel.
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August 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"I almost can’t believe the brazen and nutty shit an inattentive world lets a middle-aged lady get away with."
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Thought for the day, 28 August 2025
I'm not watching the Loafer's Lodge trial.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
If you are a dad, a man, I implore you. You're better than this miserable stereotype - and you know it because you live it, every day you love your kids and respect their mother. Stand strong, get loud.
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Thought for the day, 20 August 2025
Here's a curious thing.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If you are a dad, a man, I implore you. You're better than this miserable stereotype - and you know it because you live it, every day you love your kids and respect their mother. Stand strong, get loud.
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The year was 1991.
It was the last time the Red Hot Chili Peppers would have an original musical idea. Terminator 2 came out and we loved it, because back then an apocalypse by rapacious humans and unfettered machine intelligence seemed like a bad thing.
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It was the last time the Red Hot Chili Peppers would have an original musical idea. Terminator 2 came out and we loved it, because back then an apocalypse by rapacious humans and unfettered machine intelligence seemed like a bad thing.
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Average
The year was 1991.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The year was 1991.
It was the last time the Red Hot Chili Peppers would have an original musical idea. Terminator 2 came out and we loved it, because back then an apocalypse by rapacious humans and unfettered machine intelligence seemed like a bad thing.
theendisnaenae.substack.com/p/average?r=...
It was the last time the Red Hot Chili Peppers would have an original musical idea. Terminator 2 came out and we loved it, because back then an apocalypse by rapacious humans and unfettered machine intelligence seemed like a bad thing.
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"Dropkicks may not always be elegant, especially panicked ones just before the full-time whistle, but they can still win matches."
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This one goes out to all the dropkicks
Some people in this life have their shit together naturally.
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July 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"Dropkicks may not always be elegant, especially panicked ones just before the full-time whistle, but they can still win matches."
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I'm not interested in boobs. We've elected enough of them already.
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Ray of hopelessness
It was Ray Chung who pushed me over the edge.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I'm not interested in boobs. We've elected enough of them already.
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Remind me again why when it comes to professional ethics, the ones at the top are so proud of their unaccountable race to the bottom?
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Thought for the day, 7 July 2025
Honestly, I've had the most extraordinary day.
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July 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Remind me again why when it comes to professional ethics, the ones at the top are so proud of their unaccountable race to the bottom?
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David Seymour was right, kind of. These may not be the words you want to hear right now. Stick with me a little longer.
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Heroes and zeroes
This sounds like it's going to be boring or just about numbers, but I hope you'll be surprised. As always, I'm writing in my personal capacity.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
David Seymour was right, kind of. These may not be the words you want to hear right now. Stick with me a little longer.
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Bless you, Brian Tamaki. I see your thugs marched today against both gays and immigration.
Did you think we've been importing gays? Because parents like me have been manufacturing them locally.
Did you think we've been importing gays? Because parents like me have been manufacturing them locally.
June 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Bless you, Brian Tamaki. I see your thugs marched today against both gays and immigration.
Did you think we've been importing gays? Because parents like me have been manufacturing them locally.
Did you think we've been importing gays? Because parents like me have been manufacturing them locally.
The problem with the topic of firearms is that it’s just so big. I keep tumbling down rabbit holes. Here’s one rabbit hole I think is important.
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Fit and proper
For months, I’ve been working on a piece about firearms, and I need to thank my paid subscribers especially for giving me the space and grace to do it.
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June 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The problem with the topic of firearms is that it’s just so big. I keep tumbling down rabbit holes. Here’s one rabbit hole I think is important.
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We watch these people hated and hunted while our own ancestors, just the same as them, look down from the pictures on our walls.
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Immigrant song
How quickly we forget that most of us were immigrants once, if you go back.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We watch these people hated and hunted while our own ancestors, just the same as them, look down from the pictures on our walls.
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"I want so much for our boys not to run it straight, but to run it straight back."
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Our disposable boys
Three things have bothered me these last few days, although they're really just symptoms of a bigger thing.
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May 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"I want so much for our boys not to run it straight, but to run it straight back."
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"Look, I don't have a problem with the C word. But like any responsible user, I appreciate there's some careful etiquette around it."
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See you next Tuesday
Look, I don't have a problem with the C word.
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May 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"Look, I don't have a problem with the C word. But like any responsible user, I appreciate there's some careful etiquette around it."
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