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Kāi Tahu. Feminist barrister. Trans women are women. 2018 Wellingtonian of the Year. she/her. cis

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@StephDyhrberg
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2 years
@AmirTalai @serenity22 It’s the ‘Finally’ that made me throw up a little in my mouth.
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2 years
Have they tried turning America off and back on again?
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4 years
@litty_lyd @p_yangjin I’m so bothered she didn’t start at the B and do it neatly.
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2 years
Friend and I just stood up for a young waitress who a middle aged guy groped while she was taking his order. Manager shrugged it off so he got a telling off too.
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2 years
Government needs to fully fund ambulance services. Tell me why I’m wrong. One plausible argument. Just one.
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4 years
Like everyone calls out ‘thank you!’ when they leave a cafe, eh?
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5 years
Who the fuck cares that Grace’s blood alcohol level was twice the legal driving limit? She’s not the one on trial here!!!!
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9 months
I was out with government workers last night. Without exception they were intelligent, friendly, funny and kind. Hardworking and committed. And sad and anxious about the future. Anyone who is gloating about sacking lots of these people is horrible. They are people. With whānau.
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2 years
Just love politics. A PM like Trump or Boris do the things they do and loads of people still support them. A woman PM has a dance with her mates and the media lose their minds.
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2 years
Over it. No longer prepared to ever stay quiet while some old white guy opines about the vast majority of poor whānau making bad choices and being undeserving. Made for an uncomfortable dinner table as I hammered back at him about judging from a position of privilege.
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6 years
@___idi @ellhnada And let’s hope he doesn’t breed.
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3 years
I get the distinct impression those who can are informally locking themselves down??
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4 years
Just reading an update about Covid deaths in the thousands every day around the world. The only way to stop it is what New Zealand did and is doing. We should all be immensely grateful to our political and medical leadership. I’m so happy every day my loved ones and I are safe.
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I’m finally watching our PM’s speech in full and she is strong as fuck and yet empathetic. I have so much respect for her. #ChurArdern
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6 months
I’m calling it now. On every measure we will be worse off in 3 years.
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2 years
My dear old mum who can’t remember what day it is loves Cunk on Earth. She got quite a few of the jokes and roared laughing at the experts looking gobsmacked and trying not to laugh. I’ll treasure this memory.
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2 years
Now I’ve recovered I have to call out Auckland Airport. Last night there was no sign of a contingency plan, no coordination of food, water & blankets. Poor or no communication. No sign kids, the elderly & disabled were being prioritised. Disgraceful. I felt guilty escaping.
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@johnroderick Mum: look, this is how it works. Daughter: gee, thanks mum. Dinner is served. Time elapsed: 5 minutes. This is why women live so much longer.
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6 years
@Ceilidhann Hello I’m a female lawyer in any TV show or movie. My skirts are way too tight & short for a professional environment but I’m a tough cookie. Or a kook. I’m in a complicated relationship with a judge, colleague, cop or client but I never disclose a conflict of interest.
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2 years
My mother in law thinks I should grow my hair longer because it doesn’t suit me. So now I need to have it exactly like this for the rest of her life.
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@dbseymour I believe in democracy. I also believe in te tiriti as the founding document of a partnership of respect between the Crown and Māori. Your approach is divisive and disrespectful. Te tiriti means what it says and you have no legal right or mandate to reinterpret it.
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4 years
Labour and Greens: we have placed our trust in you. Lift people out of poverty. Focus on the empowerment of Māori. I am counting on you.
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4 years
After you finished eating your wee red pack of Sunmaid raisins, did you blow it like a harmonica or are you a weirdo?
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2 years
Ah the Greens. Punishing the only guy who is doing anything meaningful to tackle climate change because he’s not doing enough to tackle climate change.
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3 years
Pregnant people should get MIQ spots to return to Aotearoa ahead of holiday makers. I fail to see why this is too hard to understand.
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2 years
Mother in law turns up for lunch wearing a mask. ‘I’m not sick, I just have a cold. Oh and Covid has been going through the village again.’ Instant positive Covid test. Bye bye.
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1 year
If higher unemployment is ‘necessary’ to reduce inflation, how can you justify punishing people who can’t get jobs?
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2 years
I would much rather see young families helped with childcare than people who don’t need it get a tax cut.
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2 years
TVNZ hits new low, and not just because this guy made it through their screening. The premise means they must deliberately allow some men who have little respect for women other than as sex objects participate.
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3 years
I don’t want plastic bricks. I want food people can afford.
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2 years
Just had a row with a friend because he thought there was too much Māori stuff yesterday 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
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Tonight an older ex pat English couple we know started whining about their MIQ stay after visiting their kids and grandkids in the UK. I said far too cheerily ‘aren’t you lucky to have had a spot in MIQ?’ They hate Jacinda for being competent and a leftie.
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3 years
Taking one for the team has a whole new meaning now.
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4 years
Another day, another man furious because I used Te reo Māori to greet him.
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2 years
Jacinda so deserves to rest and have a life now. Also. Smart call: how to neutralise all the toxic madness in one move. I call @KiriAllan in…
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3 years
That alarming few seconds until you remember you had roasted beetroot with lunch yesterday.
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3 years
Solid gold reporting from Stuff. ‘About 50 police are moving the cordon up on Molesworth St…The protesters appear split about what they should be doing. Some are calling to form a line while others are saying it's time for breakfast.’
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6 years
@___idi @ellhnada Why did I need to see this? Yuck.
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1 year
I’ll just say it louder for those at the back. SEXUAL COMMENTS THAT ARE UNWELCOME AND OFFENSIVE TO THE RECIPIENT DON’T HAVE TO BE NEGATIVE TO BE HARASSMENT. So-called compliments that are sexual are not OK if unwelcome and offensive to the recipient.
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4 years
I would like some sort of award for scanning in every single place I have been for the past 7 months.
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4 years
It’s 3 days. Pay your staff.
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4 years
I really strongly feel New Zealanders should not have to pay for quarantine unless they leave from now for a holiday.
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2 years
I highly recommend this book, Not Now, Not Ever. Essays edited by Julia Gillard. Women discuss misogyny from different perspectives, 10 years on from her ground breaking speech. Much has changed, but also little. Look at the misogyny directed at our PM just for doing her job.
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1 year
It cracks me up that some twerp lambasted me for posting this picture. They pointed out the ‘real’ New Year’s Eve is 31 December. Matariki, Diwali, Rosh Hashanah, Spring Festival, Nowruz, Pahela Baishakh. All happen whether that clown likes it or not.
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1 year
Wow. Matariki sunset over Kāpiti Island.
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3 years
Just saw someone saying maybe our approach to deporting refugees should be more like Australia’s. I disagree. Like race relations and Covid, there’s nothing I can think of we should approach more like Australia.
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3 years
Hey @SiouxsieW you get a lot of gratuitous nastiness so here’s a gratuitous ‘You are awesome and doing a great job! Have a wonderful day!’ 🌹
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2 years
Anyone struggling financially still think Luxon and National are there for them?
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3 years
I know she’s 90 but the MIL & I are having rows over her casual racism about a Māori name. I insist on her using it properly. She refuses. I insist. She says Māori and Pākehā are the same. No, they’re not. I remind her I’m Māori. Not really she says. I correct her. Sigh.
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2 years
This England is an object lesson in why we in Aotearoa should be bloody grateful for the government and bureaucracy we had. And have.
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@RevDaniel I recall people saying Jacinda Ardern couldn’t be Prime Minister because she didn’t have kids. Then she got pregnant in office. Guess what they said then…..
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2 years
In the stupidest thing I have done in days, I bought an indoor plant (with a bunch of others) for $11. I missed the fact it was a hoya. I also missed a zero. Muzza was paying as I walked out. I didn’t realise my error until we got it home. I need a cup of tea & a lie down.
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Why can’t people with disabilities be trusted to do what they need to with their funding? Why aren’t they, like other people, entitled to their entitlements?
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Aw @AshBloomfield signed thank you to the interpreters and they did a wee dance. Lovely moment.
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2 years
Nearly everyone in Wellington Airport is masked. Ngā mihi nui e te whānau 👊
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9 months
John and I made it. We got ourselves a hikoi
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2 years
Mum rang me 7 times today while I was working. It was a bit exasperating but I kept reminding myself she has dementia, she can’t help it and one day I will think ‘I would give anything to hear my mum’s voice again’.
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3 years
I am terrible at taking my own photo but today’s outfit was cute.
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4 years
I have always been happy to pay more tax to ensure everyone in Aotearoa has a decent standard of living and no children go hungry. Corporates being under taxed and tax evasion need to be sorted too so everyone is paying their fair share. Stop taxing benefits.
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3 years
Marae looking after people like racism doesn’t exist.
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2 years
I reckon I know why Luxon sticks his foot in it so often and sounds so awkward. This is not his play book and these aren’t his true values. He’s faking. Look at his eyes. He’s uncomfortable with what he’s saying.
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2 years
Not me bawling in the car after putting a daughter on the plane for her OE.
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3 years
Let them self isolate, they demanded. What’s the worst that could happen?
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2 years
Daughter got on a bus in Wellington. Every single person masked. She masked up.
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4 years
I am very disappointed that neither Dr Ash nor Dr Siouxsie features in the New Years Honours list.
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5 years
@heyyguido Emotional is code for a woman standing up to men.
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3 years
Two old guys tonight: our PM is manipulative and we’d rather have ScoMo. Me: you are fucking idiots.
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2 years
Mum’s tested positive in the rest home. She is well but was upset. I’m sure she will be fine, but we have spent 2 years trying to avoid it. She’s old & frail & it’s scary. Kind thoughts appreciated but no comments - thanks. NB every person Covid affects is someone’s loved one.
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Just remembered I managed to say vulva and vagina in my lunchtime speech today. @emrazz
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2 years
Timeline cleanse: just invited an overseas couple with a baby into Koru as my guests.
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3 years
Without the DPB my mum couldn’t have fed us. Without income protection insurance we would have been financially screwed when my husband had cancer. If we all look after each other, we have a decent society.
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Personally, I’m thrilled Dr Ashley got to go to the cricket. He’s a legend, he’s worked his arse off to save us all for a year and he is incorruptible.
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I’m pretty fucked off all round. Harassment is not ok. Laughing about it is not ok. I can fend for myself but the other guy who laughed got a blast too. Muzza got told I was not impressed. Men, step up and hold other men to account.
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2 years
@DallasBarnett3 I hope you have some very shrill small children you can gift a drum kit to.
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2 years
A night at the opera coming up.
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2 years
I gave her a pep talk about not tolerating this shit and going to her manager. Spoke to the manager. My friend Sarah went and read the guy and his mates the riot act.
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2 years
What would I like for Mother’s Day? Less misogyny and racism, thanks.
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1 year
I’m revolted to acknowledge that 3 months of very regular exercise and sometimes healthier eating and drinking habits have actually made me feel much better. Ffs.
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2 years
Sue Grey is misrepresenting the scientific evidence. @NZMorningReport
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2 years
I can say it now. We had a bereavement of a much beloved elder member of the whānau in the night. Expected and a blessed release but it still hurts.
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3 years
I am crying. I forgot to put the comb on the clippers. Muzza now has a number zero.
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2 years
How the heck can 950,000 people be eligible for a booster shot and not get it??
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2 years
Happy birthday to me 🥳
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2 years
Oh this wahine Māori slaying the TV1 weather report incorporating te reo. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
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2 years
Off to work!
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3 years
I am useless at selfies but this colour combo made me very happy all day today. Bright blue top, lime green beads 🤗
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3 years
Yes Charlotte Bellis is privileged. Imagine how many underprivileged people are having similar experiences but have no ability to publicise it.
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3 years
Our PM sounds knackered. She is doing such an awesome job. @NZClarke please give her an extra hug from me whenever you see her next.
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Getting our country back on track evidently doesn’t include securing the Cook Strait crossing.
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3 years
Timeline cleanse.
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2 years
I’m no specialist, but even I know permanent disabilities don’t get better and the person will need more help over time, not less. 🤷🏻‍♀️ WINZ and ACC need to have legislative directions to provide people with proper support without repeated proof.
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2 years
I have discovered that if you actually open your cook books, buy the ingredients and follow the recipe, you can make delicious new meals. You’re welcome.
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3 months
Our health system was fantastic today. I had severe back and chest pain and sky high blood pressure and ended up in an ambulance to Wellington ED. Lots of hours, pain relief, tests and scans later I am all clear. Great care all day. Getting older sucks.
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4 years
Taupiri motorway stop. Walk into Robert Harris. Ancient pākehā customer greets the young Māori server with a hearty ‘Kia ora, kei te pēhea koe?’
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Happy birthday to our bold, wise, caring and funny Prime Minister, @jacindaardern . I hope @NZClarke bakes you a stunning cake.
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3 years
Has anyone else just twigged we won’t have to wake up hearing Collins on RNZ anymore?
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4 years
At Noel Leemings today. Older woman being given the run around re her 3 month old dishwasher having a fault. After 5 minutes of bullshit I lean over and say ‘Fair. Trading. Act. Don’t take this nonsense.’ She assured me she was not about to.
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We never did see the review report about the National Party’s culture of bullying, did we.
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