JaneH
@jhaka.bsky.social
Artist, dog lover, avid reader, it’s like they know me.
The world is going mad.
"Malinauskus was regularly agitating for Abdel-Fattah’s cancellation... Eventually, the board relented. They had seen what had happened at Bendigo, and they did it anyway."
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
The implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week
An autopsy of a festival
nickfeik.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The world is going mad.
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Two new posts today: I’m starting a new series called Keeping Up With the Coalition because wow this unruly chaos crew sure need a lot of keeping up with. All the horrible stuff + qs in desperate need of answers!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
Keeping up with the Coalition
Ok, well - I did think because it's Monday, it would be cruel to send out a newsletter about everything garbage going on. So I started writing about why Heated Rivalry is so important, and then I was ...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
January 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Two new posts today: I’m starting a new series called Keeping Up With the Coalition because wow this unruly chaos crew sure need a lot of keeping up with. All the horrible stuff + qs in desperate need of answers!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
Please share as that really helps me do this work!
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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The year ahead: Watching one child after another pack their bags for opportunities overseas, a former minister insists NZers can choose to do better.
A country is not its GDP, a country is its people
newsroom.co.nz
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The year ahead: Watching one child after another pack their bags for opportunities overseas, a former minister insists NZers can choose to do better.
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Yesterday I posted about my new web tracker of how often the parliament has gone into Urgency this term. #nzpol seemed to appreciate it and this evening I added a way to see the percentage of bills passed under urgency by each parliament.
The results are interesting!
See for yourself: nzpt.cjs.nz
The results are interesting!
See for yourself: nzpt.cjs.nz
December 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Yesterday I posted about my new web tracker of how often the parliament has gone into Urgency this term. #nzpol seemed to appreciate it and this evening I added a way to see the percentage of bills passed under urgency by each parliament.
The results are interesting!
See for yourself: nzpt.cjs.nz
The results are interesting!
See for yourself: nzpt.cjs.nz
Wow this is something else. What is a good collective noun for Act politicians.
How much is a life worth? What about that of a baby? A friend?
For too long, the current Government - led by Luxon, Seymour and Peters - have prioritised money and corporate donors/lobbyists over the lives of everyday Kiwis.
Please share and help spread awareness. Thanks, Tui.
#nzpol #kiwi
For too long, the current Government - led by Luxon, Seymour and Peters - have prioritised money and corporate donors/lobbyists over the lives of everyday Kiwis.
Please share and help spread awareness. Thanks, Tui.
#nzpol #kiwi
How much is a Kiwi's life worth?
How David Seymour, Brooke Van Velden and the right wing Coalition are prioritising money over Kiwi lives at every step
substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Wow this is something else. What is a good collective noun for Act politicians.
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❤️ Bailey ❤️
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
❤️ Bailey ❤️
$6.3 million WTAF. Meanwhile funding for disabled people has been cut, lifeline has had to cut hours and homelessness is increasing daily. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Michelin reviewers to rate New Zealand restaurants for first time
They will dine at restaurants in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown for a New Zealand edition of the famous food guide.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
$6.3 million WTAF. Meanwhile funding for disabled people has been cut, lifeline has had to cut hours and homelessness is increasing daily. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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Elizabeth fucking Rata
Contracts only matter when they suit us.
Otherwise they’re just make believe.
These people have to be removed from power. Arrgh
Contracts only matter when they suit us.
Otherwise they’re just make believe.
These people have to be removed from power. Arrgh
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Elizabeth fucking Rata
Contracts only matter when they suit us.
Otherwise they’re just make believe.
These people have to be removed from power. Arrgh
Contracts only matter when they suit us.
Otherwise they’re just make believe.
These people have to be removed from power. Arrgh
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#nzpol
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand. This 🎯 UK comment is a must listen.
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand. This 🎯 UK comment is a must listen.
"Privatisation is a failed experiment which takes all our money and pays it out to shareholders."
Do we pay enough tax for good Public Services?
Can you see the problem?
They are not Public, so they will never be good no matter how much you spend.
Do we pay enough tax for good Public Services?
Can you see the problem?
They are not Public, so they will never be good no matter how much you spend.
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#nzpol
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand. This 🎯 UK comment is a must listen.
Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand. This 🎯 UK comment is a must listen.
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I just drove this electric Polestar 3 from Auckland to Wellington on one charge! I've wanted to do this for a decade and now I finally can because the technology exists. Combustion is dead!
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I just drove this electric Polestar 3 from Auckland to Wellington on one charge! I've wanted to do this for a decade and now I finally can because the technology exists. Combustion is dead!
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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Impressive example of what quality tailoring can do. A client came in with an asymmetrical pelvic tilt, a considerable spinal misalignment, a bent knee in one leg, and an overhanging tummy. But properly tailored trousers create a clean line. He now looks great.
IG dylanandson
IG dylanandson
October 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Impressive example of what quality tailoring can do. A client came in with an asymmetrical pelvic tilt, a considerable spinal misalignment, a bent knee in one leg, and an overhanging tummy. But properly tailored trousers create a clean line. He now looks great.
IG dylanandson
IG dylanandson
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If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.
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Confirmed that Samuel Leason and Rana Hamida have been abducted by the IDF from the Global Sumud Flotilla
We’re waiting for confirmation re Yousef Sammour
All three are from Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa
As at 11.00am NZ Time
#NZPol
We’re waiting for confirmation re Yousef Sammour
All three are from Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa
As at 11.00am NZ Time
#NZPol
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Confirmed that Samuel Leason and Rana Hamida have been abducted by the IDF from the Global Sumud Flotilla
We’re waiting for confirmation re Yousef Sammour
All three are from Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa
As at 11.00am NZ Time
#NZPol
We’re waiting for confirmation re Yousef Sammour
All three are from Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa
As at 11.00am NZ Time
#NZPol
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URGENT: Sam Leason on peace flotilla detained by IDF. 🧵1
Please email now! It takes five minutes and could save multiple lives
[email protected]
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Please email now! It takes five minutes and could save multiple lives
[email protected]
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October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
URGENT: Sam Leason on peace flotilla detained by IDF. 🧵1
Please email now! It takes five minutes and could save multiple lives
[email protected]
⸻
Please email now! It takes five minutes and could save multiple lives
[email protected]
⸻
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Yes, this feels EXTREMELY not good. Especially considering this post from the official Israel Foreign Ministry account on Twitter pre-loading justification. (First 2000 characters in alt text)
Makes us real proud Kiwis, aye Luxon? 🤦♂️ #nzpol
Makes us real proud Kiwis, aye Luxon? 🤦♂️ #nzpol
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Yes, this feels EXTREMELY not good. Especially considering this post from the official Israel Foreign Ministry account on Twitter pre-loading justification. (First 2000 characters in alt text)
Makes us real proud Kiwis, aye Luxon? 🤦♂️ #nzpol
Makes us real proud Kiwis, aye Luxon? 🤦♂️ #nzpol
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Israel is about to do war crimes, including against NZ nationals, and I haven't seen a single NZ outlet livestreaming this. If they can somehow do a Charlie Kirk livestream, on multiple occasions, you'd think this would garner some journalistic attention
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Israel is about to do war crimes, including against NZ nationals, and I haven't seen a single NZ outlet livestreaming this. If they can somehow do a Charlie Kirk livestream, on multiple occasions, you'd think this would garner some journalistic attention
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Israel is about to do war crimes, including against NZ nationals, and I haven't seen a single NZ outlet livestreaming this. If they can somehow do a Charlie Kirk livestream, on multiple occasions, you'd think this would garner some journalistic attention
October 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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In April 2025 Chris Bishop increased the speed on the Otaki to Levin Road from 80 to 100kmh, against community opposition. Yesterday he called the road a 'death trap'. Yet he increased the speed on this 'death trap'.
www.levinnews.co.nz/2025/04/23/c...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.levinnews.co.nz/2025/04/23/c...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Community voice ignored in speed limit decision, says Horowhenua Mayor
Horowhenua District Council Mayor Bernie Wanden is disappointed speed limits on two state highways in the region will soon revert from 80 to 100 km/h. "The voice of the community has been ignored – a...
www.levinnews.co.nz
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In April 2025 Chris Bishop increased the speed on the Otaki to Levin Road from 80 to 100kmh, against community opposition. Yesterday he called the road a 'death trap'. Yet he increased the speed on this 'death trap'.
www.levinnews.co.nz/2025/04/23/c...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.levinnews.co.nz/2025/04/23/c...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Jacinda Ardern - “A Different Kind of Power” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The machinations of the right. Am I naive to think that this sort of political interference doesnt happen in leftwing politics?
mountaintui.substack.com/p/taxpayers-...
mountaintui.substack.com/p/taxpayers-...
Taxpayers Union isn't even a union - but they're coming for local control
Jordan William's outfit appears to be working in sync with the National Government - and the end goal could be privatisation of local assets
mountaintui.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The machinations of the right. Am I naive to think that this sort of political interference doesnt happen in leftwing politics?
mountaintui.substack.com/p/taxpayers-...
mountaintui.substack.com/p/taxpayers-...
This is interesting. I can’t stand artificial sweeteners, I’m one of those people who think they taste funny.
I was not aware this was ever in doubt. But in case you didn't know putting this shit in your body is a bad idea ...
"Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age"
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
"Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age"
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is interesting. I can’t stand artificial sweeteners, I’m one of those people who think they taste funny.
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“Private care does not "free up a bed" because the same limited pool of doctors and nurses work in private as well as public care.
… Who will really benefit from an influx of government money into the private system - patients in need of vital healthcare or business owners?”
Vital question to ask👇
… Who will really benefit from an influx of government money into the private system - patients in need of vital healthcare or business owners?”
Vital question to ask👇
NZ’s shift to more private healthcare will likely raise costs and reduce quality: what the evidence tells us
amp.rnz.co.nz
September 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“Private care does not "free up a bed" because the same limited pool of doctors and nurses work in private as well as public care.
… Who will really benefit from an influx of government money into the private system - patients in need of vital healthcare or business owners?”
Vital question to ask👇
… Who will really benefit from an influx of government money into the private system - patients in need of vital healthcare or business owners?”
Vital question to ask👇