Hayley
@writagal.bsky.social
Forever learning, opinions mine. Generally annoyed about something.
Aotearoa.
https://whereyouare0.substack.com/
Aotearoa.
https://whereyouare0.substack.com/
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The late Georgina Beyer would fight this BS tooth and nail. Her memory deserves better, as do the trans, queer, and Indigenous youths directly impacted by it. Healthcare is a human right
Labour is now the only Opposition party who has not put out an official press release denouncing the NZ government’s restrictions to healthcare access for trans youth and affirming their strong support for the trans, takatāpui and rainbow communities.
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The late Georgina Beyer would fight this BS tooth and nail. Her memory deserves better, as do the trans, queer, and Indigenous youths directly impacted by it. Healthcare is a human right
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The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”
life-saving treatment option”
PSNZ responds to government announcement on puberty blockers
www.paediatrics.org.nz
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”
life-saving treatment option”
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There's a massive feature in next week's Listener on the global rise of the right and its influence locally. Worth picking up a copy
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
There's a massive feature in next week's Listener on the global rise of the right and its influence locally. Worth picking up a copy
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
presented without comment
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Running the country ‘like a household’ is a political con #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Running the country ‘like a household’ is a political con #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
There is tremendous power and integrity in understanding how much there is to lose, and, with the platform and capacity you have, voicing strong dissent.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There is tremendous power and integrity in understanding how much there is to lose, and, with the platform and capacity you have, voicing strong dissent.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
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It’s freezing in Gaza and people need food/clothes. Emily Writes is raising funds to help 60 families. We are gonna have lots of Christmases in our future - let’s give these families a fighting chance: chuffed.org/project/1589...
Help us support 60+ families over Christmas
As our pōhutukawa bloom, we are asking you to help hope bloom in Gaza for our precious families.
chuffed.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s freezing in Gaza and people need food/clothes. Emily Writes is raising funds to help 60 families. We are gonna have lots of Christmases in our future - let’s give these families a fighting chance: chuffed.org/project/1589...
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If only there was a political party who would campaign for all of those things in 2026...
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If only there was a political party who would campaign for all of those things in 2026...
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
www.greens.org.nz/green_budget...
#nzpol
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Yes - we're working on some comms around this because there's also going to be a need for funds to support whānau affected by the ban, but you can donate via patha.nz/donate
DONATE | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yes - we're working on some comms around this because there's also going to be a need for funds to support whānau affected by the ban, but you can donate via patha.nz/donate
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BREAKING: PATHA has filed an urgent injunction in the high court seeking to prevent the puberty blocker ban from coming into force, as part of an urgent judicial review we are seeking to overturn the ban entirely.
November 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
BREAKING: PATHA has filed an urgent injunction in the high court seeking to prevent the puberty blocker ban from coming into force, as part of an urgent judicial review we are seeking to overturn the ban entirely.
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Emily Writes gift guide is well worth a look, a share and definitely subscribe if you can. #kikorangi www.emilywrites.co.nz/gifts/
The gift guide that gives back
This Christmas, do you want to support the community while buying presents? You can! This is our annual gift guide that gives back. Almost all of the gifts on this list are from not-for-profits or are...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Emily Writes gift guide is well worth a look, a share and definitely subscribe if you can. #kikorangi www.emilywrites.co.nz/gifts/
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Morning peeps! Final tally from my crowdfunding campaign is just over $194,500, incl the donations made directly. I’m blown away! Pledge Me will be in touch to collect your gifts shortly. Thanks so much for all your support!
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Morning peeps! Final tally from my crowdfunding campaign is just over $194,500, incl the donations made directly. I’m blown away! Pledge Me will be in touch to collect your gifts shortly. Thanks so much for all your support!
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I personally think NZ First has gone so far off the rails this time, that Labour partnering with them now would be morally repugnant.
November 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I personally think NZ First has gone so far off the rails this time, that Labour partnering with them now would be morally repugnant.
The thought of Labour willingly partnering with NZ First, a party that consistently posts vile thoughts (and progresses vile policy) targeting the trans community, is abysmal.
It’s also another argument for voting NZ Greens, who does not stay silent on trans rights.
Back vocal support - not silence.
It’s also another argument for voting NZ Greens, who does not stay silent on trans rights.
Back vocal support - not silence.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The thought of Labour willingly partnering with NZ First, a party that consistently posts vile thoughts (and progresses vile policy) targeting the trans community, is abysmal.
It’s also another argument for voting NZ Greens, who does not stay silent on trans rights.
Back vocal support - not silence.
It’s also another argument for voting NZ Greens, who does not stay silent on trans rights.
Back vocal support - not silence.
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This is a advertisement for the Green Party.
Vote Green in '26...!
Vote Green in '26...!
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is a advertisement for the Green Party.
Vote Green in '26...!
Vote Green in '26...!
This article talks about Labour deciding which voter bases to “target” which perfectly encapsulates why Labour always makes me feel like a box to tick as a rainbow voter.
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice heard.” - Liz Fosslien
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice heard.” - Liz Fosslien
Labour wants its 2020 mojo back – can it convince voters it still has the recipe?
Labour's party-heavy weekend conference revealed big dreams, and big gaps in its voter base.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This article talks about Labour deciding which voter bases to “target” which perfectly encapsulates why Labour always makes me feel like a box to tick as a rainbow voter.
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice heard.” - Liz Fosslien
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice heard.” - Liz Fosslien
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“New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week.”
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
Pay gap reporting needed: advocates
New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week. Although the country’s gender pay gap improved this year, campaigners say there is much...
www.odt.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week.”
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
“for every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehā woman 93c.”
“This would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.”
#nzpol
My bubble friend and I decided to do a lockdown project, and each bought a diorama to work on when we caught up.
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My bubble friend and I decided to do a lockdown project, and each bought a diorama to work on when we caught up.
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
“I want us to remember that our job is not just to oppose – it is to aspire and inspire.”
- Carmel Sepuloni, Labour Party Conference 2025
Reflecting that the list of policy many might call aspirational or inspiring is desperately needed, bare minimum policy, and we need leadership to call it that.
- Carmel Sepuloni, Labour Party Conference 2025
Reflecting that the list of policy many might call aspirational or inspiring is desperately needed, bare minimum policy, and we need leadership to call it that.
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“I want us to remember that our job is not just to oppose – it is to aspire and inspire.”
- Carmel Sepuloni, Labour Party Conference 2025
Reflecting that the list of policy many might call aspirational or inspiring is desperately needed, bare minimum policy, and we need leadership to call it that.
- Carmel Sepuloni, Labour Party Conference 2025
Reflecting that the list of policy many might call aspirational or inspiring is desperately needed, bare minimum policy, and we need leadership to call it that.
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From not allowing pets in rentals to closing down facilities to “moving people on” without giving them anywhere to go, to underfunding wrap around services, to deliberately ignoring the wealth distribution crisis, including ignoring the power/food oligarchies in NZ - our policy choices say it all.
Plunged into poverty: Hardship rising in Southland:
National, ACT & NZF failed economic policies are pushing more & more Kiwis into hardship, while the wealthy & foreign corporates get richer #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
National, ACT & NZF failed economic policies are pushing more & more Kiwis into hardship, while the wealthy & foreign corporates get richer #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Plunged into poverty: Hardship rising in Southland
Social service providers say there's been an uptick in people needing support to feed their family, going without heating, living homeless or sharing shoes.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
From not allowing pets in rentals to closing down facilities to “moving people on” without giving them anywhere to go, to underfunding wrap around services, to deliberately ignoring the wealth distribution crisis, including ignoring the power/food oligarchies in NZ - our policy choices say it all.
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"There is no policy too timid or incrementalist that the post election lesson won't be it was too radical" - Labour's Razor
Really.. 'too much ,too fast' was that really the last labour government's problem.
I remember it was more a self imposed fiscal cap & endless centrist incrementalism even before covid hit... it took them until their 6th year to bring in the fair pay act. #nzpol
I remember it was more a self imposed fiscal cap & endless centrist incrementalism even before covid hit... it took them until their 6th year to bring in the fair pay act. #nzpol
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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EXPECT MORE
Too many people act like decline is inevitable. It is not.
Expect more from our institutions, including honesty and transparency.
Expect more from our democracy, with real checks and balances.
Expect more from our economy, with fair wages and support that lets families breathe. 🧵1/3
Too many people act like decline is inevitable. It is not.
Expect more from our institutions, including honesty and transparency.
Expect more from our democracy, with real checks and balances.
Expect more from our economy, with fair wages and support that lets families breathe. 🧵1/3
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
EXPECT MORE
Too many people act like decline is inevitable. It is not.
Expect more from our institutions, including honesty and transparency.
Expect more from our democracy, with real checks and balances.
Expect more from our economy, with fair wages and support that lets families breathe. 🧵1/3
Too many people act like decline is inevitable. It is not.
Expect more from our institutions, including honesty and transparency.
Expect more from our democracy, with real checks and balances.
Expect more from our economy, with fair wages and support that lets families breathe. 🧵1/3
“We can’t do everything and actually, people hate us doing too much” is definitely one way of approaching the next election.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“We can’t do everything and actually, people hate us doing too much” is definitely one way of approaching the next election.
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Labour have been gifted opportunity by PATHA releasing gender affirming care guidelines, and still haven't said anything (AS A PARTY) to support human rights of trans people
If you're not pushing back on the National coalition then you're helping them along
If you're not pushing back on the National coalition then you're helping them along
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Labour have been gifted opportunity by PATHA releasing gender affirming care guidelines, and still haven't said anything (AS A PARTY) to support human rights of trans people
If you're not pushing back on the National coalition then you're helping them along
If you're not pushing back on the National coalition then you're helping them along