"Almost a year ago, on May 6 2025, the Government announced it was using urgency to alter the historic pay equity process agreed to under 2020 amendments to a long-standing law, the Equal Pay Act 1972.
It's hard to put into words how devastating these amendments were for working women in Aotearoa."

#NZPol #PayEquity #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-issue-this-government-hopes-you-forget-about/

"The clip of the USA Men's hockey team yukking it up on the phone with a rapist perfectly encapsulates how men keep kneecapping themselves with toxic masculinity.
...
All these men had to do was remember they're paid to be role models and be gracious. ...
...
Alas, toxic masculinity is, well... toxic. It's like sludge. You can't hide it; it always finds a way to foul a room."

#ToxicMasculinity #HealthyMasculinity #ProfessionalSport #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/how-do-we-protect-our-children-from-toxic-masculinity-in-sport/

"The strikers I've spoken to are striking because they are being put into situations that are against their moral code. Unsafe situations from classrooms to emergency departments. They're understaffed and under-resourced, which means they cannot do what they chose their professions to do. And they're seeing first hand how public sector cuts have harmed those that they care for, those that they've devoted their lives to ..."

#EmilyWrites #NZPol #Strike

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/strike/

"And here’s the kicker: that stat Upston loves to throw around, the one about the average beneficiary being on a benefit for 18 years, isn’t what she makes it sound like.
It’s a modelling estimate from MSD that projects how long people might receive a main benefit over their lifetime,
...
But Upston’s been selling it like every young person who signs up for Jobseeker is settling in for two decades of couch time."

#NZPol #Beneficiaries #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governments-creative-storytelling-must-be-addressed/

"Today, 14 October, the news will be dominated by the hostages released from Israel and Gaza. Now you might be thinking - hold on, what hostages were released in Israel?
Well, let's talk about the hostages taken by Israel, because you likely won't read about them."

#MediaLiteracy #Gaza #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-media-literacy-game/

just subscribed to #EmilyWrites... can recommend.

Excellent deconstruction of falsehoods - "Why are people lying about Covid-19 lockdowns?"

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/

"If things get any spicier than they already are, no one’s flying down here for a tour of Hobbiton. They’ll be after the water, the food, the infrastructure.
...
And if we’ve already sold off the ports, the supply chains, the processing plants? We won’t even get a say. We’ll be the pantry, not the people at the table."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #Aotearoa

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/seymours-aotearoa-how-to-lose-a-country

"Seymour has said he would like to see parents prosecuted if their child does not regularly attend school:...

As the parent of a child who cannot currently attend school, I find the idea that supports are available almost laughable. Don’t get me wrong, my child’s school is amazing. But there is only so much they can do without funding."

#NZPol #Education #SchoolAvoidance #EmilyWrites

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/guilty-shamed-and-traumatised-what

A HUGE thank you to #EmilyWrites for this incredible submission guide for a couple of dangerous #NZ bills on the cards.

If you're in #NewZealand I strongly recommend you get a couple of these done in the next ten minutes or so, before submissions close tonight: https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/ok-fine-what-submissions-do-i-have