The institutional stupidity continues without checking it seems. Apart from the hypocritical dismantling of women to specific organs or functions from those who scream about others having "genital obsessions", we have the familiar "chestfeeding" inclusion:
This distinction makes it very clear that language is being changed at the behest of people who dictate according to feelings. Both women and men have breasts. Babies are fed from the breast – not the chest.
Don't even get me started on the throwaway advice regarding the effects of hormones on the baby.
Let alone the supported use of drugs to create a form of discharge for men so they indulge their wants, instead of nourishing a newborn child.
Can I breastfeed if I was assigned male at birth?
Yes, you can. You don’t have to have ovaries or a uterus to breastfeed. The hormones responsible for milk production (prolactin) and milk ejection (oxytocin) are released from the pituitary gland at the base of both the male and female brain. Some trans women and non-binary parents have a full milk supply. We recommend connecting with your healthcare provider about the best path forward considering your body and health. You can read a case study of induced lactation in a trans woman here.
Trans women can use a protocol similar to adoptive and other non-gestational mothers and stimulate their milk supply: it is called the Newman-Goldfarb protocol.
Breastfeeding used to be promoted as an optimal choice for the baby.
Scotland is currently introducing SPAth – inspired by Wpath and of course is trying to get 'non gendered healthcare ' to be a thing. Cause we are all the same and the only reason Men have never birthed anything is because they were to busy and occupied with other things, otherwise they would all have birthed their own children. Totally.
Yes, it is only recently I became aware that due to indoctrination by social constructs, neither my partner nor I thought to share the role of gestator and child bearer.
A Wellington woman is speaking out about her shock at the state of the hospital's emergency department when she was there earlier this month.
She says a nurse handed her the Health Minister's contacts so she could tell him what she'd seen.
The woman took her teenage daughter to the ED with pneumonia and says she saw people taking up every available space.
Many of them vulnerable and facing long waits. The woman has asked not to be identified to protect her daughter's privacy.
About a minute into this report I was wondering who it was: Nicola Willis, Erica Stanford, Brooke van Velden, Louise Upston, or an offspring of Michelle Boag. Classic hit piece anyway.
Yeah, right because it is the first time that long waiting times are an issue because a person was fearful for their offspring.
Never mind that we had a 4 year old die of tonsilitis gone wrong and the lack of medical care.
That child did not even die 4 weeks ago, but i guess that is already ancient history.
Healthcare in NZ currently is just fucked. Fucked beyond believe. And no, i don't give a fuck about John Key, no more then we allowed people to blame Helen Clark for the fuckery that was the John Key Government at the time. This mess is bipartisan, and people die.
"about a minute into this report I was wondering who it was: Nicola Willis, Erica Standford". et
Have you not be following about the Health Workforce crisis aj? I post regularly about it here. And almost everyday the media are covering this.
My own experience in ED in June and my relatives experience more recently was the same variation on a theme of the women in the article.
When I was there in June on a Monday morning, it was like a war zone. Patients two deep in the hall way. Paramedics having difficulty wheeling in sick patients as the wards were so full. Long, long wait (the wait times in ED are up) and we have a desperate shortage of nurses. I will find some links to confirm what I am saying and post
hey Anker, when you’re not using the Reply button, can you please put something at the start of your comment so show what you are responding to? eg aj at 9.22am, then the quote. Or aj at comment 2
(likewise with your subsequent reply to your own comment).
If people reply to aj using the reply button, your comment will drop down the page, sometimes quite a long way, and then it's hard to know what is about.
If you need tech support with using the Reply on whatever device you are on, please ask.
Yes I'm well aware of the crisis and have had grandchildren involved in the long waits. I'm not saying this is manufactured, I'm just saying it's another day with a very well constructed critical article that sounded like an opposition press ambush/release, with absolutely no background to why we are in this position. A little balance at the end from Little.
I find Ian Powell the former head of Salaried and Medical Specialists a good balanced read on this stuff. He posts on The Daily Blog.
He recounts how he told David Clark (former Min of Health) five years ago, that there were three problems with health. The healthwork force shortage, the health workforce shortage and the health work force shortage.
Best I share my recent experience seeing as everyone else seems to think the trauma was the ED not the wound.
I cut myself recently with a serrated saw – very nasty, light duties for a month. Within minutes arriving at ED a temp patch up had been done. Within a few hours I'd been processed, including initial exam, temp dressing, second opinion examination regarding if tendons were severed, then the stitches and dressing, paperwork for ACC, instructions for me, prescriptions, note for doctor… AMAZING.
Amazing service. And everyone was lovely. Yes, a student nurse stitched me up, but only after getting the double check. Very Professional. Hugely grateful.
Glad for you DB. How the health system should work and shows what excellent work our health workforce does.
I take it you do not use your own outstanding experience to dismiss or minimize that there is a significant workforce shortage and staff feel burnt out and unappreciated?
From the patient's perspective the medical system looks ok if you don't turn up when everyone else has. ED is a nightmare once capacity is reached. Workforce shortages are highlighted by peak periods. How much of current shortages are exacerbated by staff sickness I wonder? (covid in particular).
What capacity should ED's have to cope beyond historical peak periods? Should staff numbers be such to have the ability to cope with 'average' numbers over a weekend, or should they roster on enough people to cover say 50% more patients? Which would be a waste of resources on many days. I don't see any simple solution to this, and it's not possible to ramp up trained staff overnight. As Anker suggests this has been a long time in the making.
I have nothing but respect for the people who have worked tirelessly in the health sector in the last few years.
I've felt burnt out and unappreciated in a number of roles that's not something new or unique to health services. To fix said problems whining about Labour would do absolutely nothing. It's employers, union busters, unscrupulous bosses and shoddy laws that empower them.
As for worker shortages, you want to put that on the government too? Lazy, petty politicking.
DB @ 3.3..1.2. I don't understand what you mean by "its employers, union busters, unscrupulous bosses an shoddy laws that empower them"
I have no power to fix such problems. You can call it whining if you like but that is a perojorative term. I post a lot of articles on T S about the health workforce crisis.
The govt were told five years ago there was a health work force shortage, but I have yet to see a plan to address that (feel free to produce Labour's plan if you know of one).
Labour are in Govt and Little is Minister. Given this they are responsible for the health system.
"Lazy. (I am not sure how you think it is lazy of me to post frequently, usually from articles about Dr's nurses etc saying things are in crisis. What would be an example of covering this issue that isn't lazy.
"petty" I don't think this issue is petty at all. People not getting timely access to health care, is about as serious as it gets).
"Politicking " This is a political website, or am I missing something here.
This is another example of someone not engaging with the arguemnt. If you think the health systems doing fine (and maybe you do after your recent experience) well and good.
"NZNO says it is pleased with Health Minister Andrew Little's recent annoncement that paid placements for nursing students are under active consideration"
"We are in the middle of an horrific nursing shortage crisis and it seems like a no-brianer that we must do everything possible to attract students into nursing…….." "NZNO has been suggesting paid placements for sometime now and we are frankly surprized it has taken so long to even be considered"
The ED problems still have the influx of people seeking care for items that could be dealt with by a GP.
You have to enrol, and depending on your financial status or the age of the people wanting treatment you may have to pay. Far easier to front up at the ED.
I often wonder if they had a GP clinic running in parallel, ie in the same building as the ED if this would make a difference. The cost is nothing if you arrive at the ED prepared to wait and happy to clog up the works for relatively simple GP related aspects. I am so appreciative that our ED workers do, in the majority of cases, get it right.
The triage of blood and breathing seem to get attended to.
To ease the pressure on our EDs what can we suggest?
I think people who have jobs with unsympathetic bosses who don't let them have time off to see a GP during the day are part of the problem, with the only other time being after work and the only free place being the ED. .
Hence the idea of having a GP practice actually at the hospital. Wgtn has an after hours clinic but it still requires paying an amount for the consultation. It is a couple of blocks away from the hospital.
Yes fees and not able to access time off are the things needing to be looked at. Fees especially to stop the clogging up of EDs. GP clinics need to be 24 hour set-ups. Good if they are co-located.
To paraphrase my sister the nurse manager after a few wines – “people live dog-awful lifestyles, do doing nothing to look after themselves, make multiple visits to EDs, are no-shows at out-patient clinics and then, when they're very, very ill, are admitted to the unit and they expect us to fix them”
Exactly, they also take too many illicit drugs, end up in my institution with a drug induced psychosis, assault staff, end up secluded for days, require restraint and intramuscular medication, slowly recover only to repeat the experience two weeks later, that's why your depressed Grand Mother can't access good timely appropriate care. Half the people in ED don't need to be there, the ingrown toenail can wait.
Ok, you have felt burnt out and under appreciated in the past. In no way do I wish to denigrate or minimise your experience.
You may or may not know of a moral injury. Akin to burn out, where there is a perceived or actual lack or short-coming in the individual, only with a moral injury the lack or short-coming is with the system. Usually due to a lack of resources (staff, facilities, drugs), time or will.
Time and time again, through a shift, health staff have to make shitty priority decisions. Tell that elderly diabetic couple that she will have to wait 12 hours to be seen to get the very low sodium addressed (coeliac).
To do this day in and day out, with no change in sight.
UK nurses are entering strike action, and as Frankie Boyle observes, during Covid, when lots of folk would applaud the health professionals he didn't realise he should have done it sarcastically.
In the first couple of mins * some salty language* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2LRp4anKXE
As Anker says, the health shortages ain't new. It is the profound lack of creativity and imagination in Nats and Labour (particularly the 2nd choice Health Minister Dr Doolottle) that is making a dire situation worse.
Pay the tuition fees for all nurse and G.P. students and if they happen to be Maori or P.I. a $300 a week payment that is forgiven three years after graduation if they are still working in Aotearoa.
NZ trade deficit blows out to an annual 12.9 b$, from last years 4.9b$.
Dairy export values saving it from being worse.The blowout on the national credit card is going to be expensive going forward in a high debt,high interest rate world.
George Galloway interviews an interesting guest Johnny Mills who's reporting from Donesk they discuss such things as Ukraine's kill list , the lack of any mainstream reportage from the area because of the ' unpalatable ' nature of the truth and the fairly vicious sanctions applied by both Germany and the UK to reporters who are in eastern parts of Ukraine and reporting truthfully the situation there .
I found this Kim Hill interview in February this year a fantastic backgrounder on the separist Ukraine regions before the Russian invasion this year. Well worth listening to.
If people want to understand why there is concern about how hate crime legislation is being developed, here's one of the reasons why.
Kellie Jay Keen (in the above 4m video) is a British gender critical activist who believes that women are adult human females. She runs rallies in public outdoor spaces where women are free to step up to the mike and talk about the issues as they see them. She's right wing, allies with conservatives including in the US, and doesn't call herself a feminist (I think because of the parts of liberal feminism which insist in including trans women in feminism). If any of that bothers you, know that No Debate has ensured that the narrative is often controlled by the right, so you can't really complain if you support No Debate.
KJK is charismatic, clever, strategic, and her motto is is that she always wins. She may also be transphobic (in the sense that she dislikes trans people for who they are), but I find it hard to tell because her rhetoric is blunt and no holds barred.
In this 4m video she records a phone conversation with the Brighton police who are asking her to attend a voluntary interview in Brighton (not where she lives) because they are investigating "an allegation against you about a hate crime".
When asked what hate crime, the police woman says "use of words or behaviour that stir up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation". She also says they have looked at the evidence (noting this because UK police have had to back track on actions like this). And later clarifies that they have substantial evidence that KJK has committed a hate crime.
The voluntary bit is she can go to Brighton and if she doesn't her local police may come and arrest her and do the interview that way. In other words, it’s voluntary unless you don’t do it and then we will arrest you.
KJK says under her YT vid that she has no intention of attending the interview, and I will guess that she already has a good legal and media strategy planned if they do arrest her. It’s extremely unlikely that she did said anything to stir up hatred about LBG people, but socially there has been a significant shift in what sexual orientation means eg lesbians can be biological males. So saying something like lesbians don’t have dicks may now be considered incitement. Certainly gender activists are pushing hard for this kind of interpretation.
Helen Joyce (author of Trans) and Maya Forstater (the woman who successfully won an employment case that established that gender critical views are protected under UK law ie you cannot fire someone for those views) were both at the rally.
I was there at the rally in Brighton, as was @MForstater – and as were a large number of lesbians and a decent showing of gay men. The idea that PP committed a hate crime based on horrible words about sexual orientation is simply absurd. This is using the police for harassment
Context here is that there are indeed an increasing number of complaints to UK police about gender critical views. People have been arrested for tweets that may be rude and even offensive but sit well within the cultural norms of what we are allowed to say.
Complaints are obviously being used as a political tactic to try and take out prominent GC activists. There will be lefties who think good, but the problem here is that the bar is incredibly low for what is being considered a hate crime. People have been arrested with no notice, at home in front of their kids. For tweeting. Often once it all plays out, it turns out that the statements made weren’t in fact a hate crime, but there is still a record of the incident.
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has intervened a number of times, and it appears there is now some change in how some police forces interpret and act and record. But obviously this shit is still going on today.
So when progressives in NZ push for hate crime legislation, and MPs cannot clearly state where the boundaries will be and how the legislation will be used, many of us are looking at what has already happened in the UK and failing to see how this is a good idea.
Myself, I'm agnostic on hate crime legislation per se (and don't know if it can be handled by existing legislation better applied). My objection here is the way it is being done and that it comes at a time when there is intentional activism to stop women speaking about women's rights.
I watched her 'speakers corners' live from Brighton, and there was nothing transphobic – unless we consider the noting wanting men in female prisons and female single sex spaces and such as transphobic – nor was there hate speech on grounds of sexual orientation. The interesting bit is that the whole 'speakers corner ' was live streamed and is still accessible.
Which is funny as sexual orientation under the transumbrella is a no no – genital preferences are transphobic by default as they are based on sex and thus exclusionary and if one wants to be gay or a lesbian then that is same gender orientated. Thus two transwomen can be lesbians, two transmen can be gay, a transwomen and a 'woman' can be lesbians, a transwoman and a man can be gay.
So the only thing that could have been a hate crime against 'sexual orientation' would be the assertion of women who don't want to date female dick or men who don't want to date male pussy.
There was however a women who works for the local Labour doodah of Brighton who yelled at a father that he raises his toddler to be a fascist for standing around listening to the speeches a whole raft of women gave. And the dude that was arrested with a bag full of knives.
I would also not consider KJK 'right wing' but rather old fashioned conservative. Work until pregnancy, stay at home Mum, swing voter, user of contraception, atheist, drinker of alcohol, haver of fun etc.
But then anyone who who goes against the “left” must be by default a right winger. Just another number of words that have become meaningless and are applied willy – nilly not to state a truth but to paint someone with a brush of disapproval. And maybe some on the left should really think about using these brushes as the left in England is losing women voters for precisely the reasons KJK and her supporters raise ever time they hold a speakers corner.
I for one will watch this with much interest. If she will put up a Go fund me I will throw some moolah at her and her lawyers.
do you know where the Brighton video is? Had a look on her YT and FB and can't see it.
I don't consider naming someone RW to be a brush of disapproval, it's more just an acknowledgement of where she sits on the political spectrum. Joyce is centre right as well. Stock is left wing but not radfem and so on. For me it's not a big deal, but it is helpful within gender critical thinking given how far of the political spectrum gender identity criticism stretches.
I think Keen would be comfortable with the Tory government in the UK assuming they keep pushing back against GI.
again, we don't know where she sits on the political spectrum. She is on record for having voted for Labour. She now maybe votes conservative – who knows. The Tories by all means are not right wing, in fact they are not even conservative, very much like National here.
She is on record for being unapologetically pro-female human of all ages. And no, in this case i don't give a fuck abut spectrum. If the left wants to shut down the debate because they have decided that men are women and those that used to to be called woman are no longer that or are now a sub category below men, than that is an issue the left can take up with the official political left, but so far the left has valiantly refused to do, in fact the left is the one wielding the brush of disapproval and shame for the non consenters. She uses conservative media, very much like Kara Dansky does as this is the media that will actually listen. Again, that is the fault of the left leaning media. They can invite either of these women and a whole bunch more if they wanted to have that debate but they won’t, they actually can’t.
Kellie Jay Keen aka Posie Parker would be comfortable with any government that would keep transgenderism out of womens toilets, refuges, rape crisis centers, hospital wards, school girls sports and changing rooms, female sport, female awards, female jobs in general. She would vote for any government that would put a stop to the mutliation and castration/sterilization of children. Sadly, like all of us we are between a rock and a hard place as the right gives no more care to us then does the left.
This right now for women is the issue:
The left would look us up in a prison cell with a fully intact rapist and offer us one abortion after the other, while the right would force us to carry that rapists child and co-parent. Neither parties are in any form or shape good for people like us, neither has any care for us, other then every few years they are reminded that we are good for vote harvesting and fwiw, the left still depends on that vote. See the US were birthing bodies voted for access to abortion, something the left government – any and all of them actually – refuses to codify in law, as they know full well that without abortion those birthing bodies might be voting differently and for other reasons.
And i am really keeping it with the suffragettes here…..On the grounds of my sex………
If you don't care about the political spectrum why are you talking about it?
As I said, imo she is right wing (even if she has voted Labour in the past, plenty of RW swing voters). It's not a slur to say that, there's no defence needed.
Because you raised it and think it is important. I did not raise her political allegiance as i don't think it actually matters. Our issues stem from our sex, not our political affiliations.
In the end it matters not one bit if the women is apolitical, left, or right, their oppression is on the grounds of their sex and child bearing abilities. See Afhganistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and even the US and UK etc.
And even if all of the females turned into males it will then be 'males' who will be oppressed on the grounds of their sex and child bearing abilites.
There are many of us who oppose transgendersim – the cult – who are of different back grounds, religions, class/caste, educational background, race, and yet we all have one thing in common. Our sex.
And it is getting tedious that anyone who does not tow the official line will get called a right winger, or a phobe, or a bigot, or a fascist on one side or a nazi on the other.
What really is important is that an officer of the police is harrasing someone for the audacity to have an opinion which may or may not have hurt the feelz of a penis having person who considers themselves a lesbian and who demands access and validation from said lesbians.
I now fully understand why some choose not to declare themselves a feminist. The word has so many different understandings, from within the self-declared as well as amongst the critics, that it is of very little use in indicating what view is held by a feminist. I have a personal definition, but there is no doubt in my mind it is unlikely to be the one shared by the person I engage with, so it is of no worth to refer to myself as a feminist. It leads to the possibility for misinterpretation right from the start of a conversation.
The same appears to be true in regards to referring to anyone as left or right. The meanings of left and right in terms of political views are so subjective, they are now useless.
Because we are not feminists. We are simply female. I don't even think that the suffragettes thought themselves as feminists. They were females who wanted to have the right to vote. ditto for everything else. Academia coined the term and wrote many books that few females read because tedious most of them, and that use that status to some extend even to shut down women whom they consider not enough or not the right kind of feminist.
One can be an ultra conservative women and still believe in the rights to abortion, self fulfilment, work and earning a pay to keep, education and so on and to fight for these rights. The issue was never the hijab, the issue is the forced wearing of said garment. In Trekkie universe i consider the people that would want us to shut up to the Ferengi. Women have no other rights then to negotiate their womb rental / occupancy, other then that they are to be naked (no clothes for females) and at home. And i personally fear that this is were we are headed.
I read this yesterday and i guess it uses better words then i do.
Kellie Jay Keen aka Posie Parker would be comfortable with any government that would keep transgenderism out of womens toilets, refuges, rape crisis centers, hospital wards, school girls sports and changing rooms, female sport, female awards, female jobs in general.
I do not feel as strongly on this aspect
She would vote for any government that would put a stop to the mutliation and castration/sterilization of children
So long as children below the age of consent are not able, through sleight of hand, to access physical changing (hormones/surgery) but can be counselled.
i believe her sincere enough. Would she vote labour if they said they would stop it? I would think so. Would she trust Labour to uphold to do it? That is another thing altogether. Ditto for the Tories. In fact ditto for any Party, not a single women – the born ones at least – should trust any party in regards to these issues. For them we don't exist.
Social transition for children is not benign. So the removal of access to hormones and surgery is only dealing with part of the harm.
The indoctrination occurring via our education system and other funded community promotions and materials has a psychological impact on all children who come in contact with it.
Patient centred care based on evidence would take a watchful waiting approach for minors, instead we have legislation that would put anyone advising or promoting this approach at risk of prosecution. People will avoid that approach as a pre-cautionary measure to maintain their professional status and livelihoods.
Yes I know what you are saying…..I pointed out that my first priority as a woman was to seek to preserve our hard-won gains, while others would focus on the why are they allowing this to happen to our children. They are not mutually exclusive.
yeah but only in the last five minutes and because the country was about to collapse. It's Minto's rhetoric around tax policy and public sector spending in a few areas. It's not that the Tories are left of NZ Labour across the board.
Thanks weka. The hate crime legislation assumes a continuation of current identified vulnerable minorities. With a change of parliament, who knows what characteristics will be added to the list?
I have an aversion to adding a more valued or more persecuted layer of protection to certain victims of crime. Sentencing after conviction should be equal as determined by the crime – not by the social status of the victim. There are too many variables in what is considered hate, and how that applies under legislation.
We have examples from overseas of the use of the police authorities and hate legislation to harass, and persecute women such as above.
That is the point of such legislation. To keep in check those that might be of the mind to say NO, and we all know who in society is not allowed to say NO.
Did think about whether to post, but once again, this is current and NZ relevant.
It is also directly relevant to ongoing discussions around how inclusiveness rhetoric often excludes the voices of the unapproved Māori and women – in this case – when dealing with the NZ Midwifery Council
Michelle Uriarau (Mana Wāhine Kōrero) once again, writes comprehensively about the problems in formal submission:
I really need to go read the relevant docs, because I cannot understand how they got from midwifery that centres women to decentering women to the point of invisibility.
But fret not :), the social constructs previously known as men, now known as semensquirters and ejaculators also fall into this world and they will be treated no better.
We are again peasants and Leibeigene. – Leibeigener m (adjectival, definite nominative der Leibeigene, genitive (des) Leibeigenen, plural Leibeigene, definite plural die Leibeigenen, feminine Leibeigene)
unfree person; slave, serf or indentured servant (male or of unspecified gender)
see how nice that is, male or ‘unspecified gender – that would be us. 🙂 back in the 1300.
There was a doctor in India a few month ago that stated that he was going to do uterus transplants for men. I wonder how the men that he is using for his butchery are doing. And next, how can we get the mens organs to move should they get pregnant, or do we really not at all care what they are doing to us – us being the humans of this planet. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3177787/indian-doctor-plans-perform-transgender-womb-transplant
it's this stuff that makes me go, bring on the collapse of Western civ. I've read to much scifi (and GC analysis) to believe that this will not end badly.
I would hope that common sense would prevail which would make further actions unnecessary. Such a large expenditure of energy required to hold ground in terms of respect for women.
The list of contributors includes a couple of the usual suspects, I noticed.
We have barely started the fight. This is an ideology that has no common sense but seeks to destroy the old fully and entirely and make our bodies into profit centres. Connected interests again re-defining what women are and what they can be. Read the article that i linked you yesterday and compare to what mana wahine is saying.
That is certainly who it is about. It is not about those few women who demand we call them men who have not managed to completely opt out of their biology and who do that most female of things and have a child,
It is not about those who can – it is about those who cannot.
The autogynephiliac men who want to completely take to themselves the concept of "woman" have a problem. While they can perform "femininity" they cannot perform women's reproductive functions. Therefore those things have to be uncoupled from the word "woman" and relegated elsewhere. Some just out into the public sphere -"pregnant people" and some removed from humanity entirely – the famous Lancet front page of "bodies with vaginas" that is so far removed that it encompasses dogs and giraffes as well as human beings. This is all done so that the entire concept of "woman" can be possessed by those who are not women.
This is not even about these people. This is about who will control the reproduction of the human species.
I have said it some time ago, any Transwomen who legally is a 'woman' can not be happy about what is done, as it will affect them too. This is a movement that is using Transpeople to hide behind.
"So, Te tatou o te Whare Kahu | Midwifery Council is the body that regulates all midwives in Aotearoa New Zealand. It just published its proposed Revised Scope of Practice for midwives. In it the words women and mother are removed and replaced with the word whānau.1 Ex-midwife and health researcher Sarah Donovan responded to this. Dr Donovan is concerned about the removal of these words given, as she states, midwifery is “arguably the most woman-centred and mother-centred of all health professions”.
While arguing that the changes are made to better support Māori women not all Māori are in agreement. In this interview Michelle Uriarau, from Mana Wāhine Korero argues that the Māori women chosen for consultation were handpicked and are far from representative of all iwi in Aotearoa. Uriarau also considers that Te Tiriti o Waitangi2 is being used to justify changes actually wanted by key transgender advocates who are big fans of degenderising language3.
It’s a great interview where Uriarau refuses to comply with the entirely theory-based gender woo that would try and take biology out of even the most visceral embodied experiences.
“When you give birth it’s not a philosophical act” said Ms Uriarau. Gold."
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Look around us…Nicola Willis’ promises of balancing the books, of cutting spending without reducing services, and of delivering game changing tax cuts are disappearing before her eyes.Everyday we see stories of violent crime ending in horrific injuries, or worse. The cost of living worsens, whereas the PM claimed renters would ...
TL;DR: My top six news of note on the morning of Thursday, March 28 include:The Government will have to borrow between $10 billion to $15 billion more than previously expected in order to make up for a slowing economy and to pay for $14.9 billion of tax cuts, according to ...
This story by Naveena Sadasivam and Kate Yoder was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The long-awaited jobs board for the American Climate Corps, promised early in the Biden administration, will open next month, according to details shared exclusively ...
Should landlords be able to deduct the interest on the loans they take out to bankroll their property speculation? The US Senate Budget Committee and Bloomberg News don’t think this is a good idea, for reasons set out below. Regardless, our coalition government has been burning through a ton of ...
Treasury’s first report on the economy since the change of government presents a damning indictment of Labour’s economic management. The problem for National is that it is so damning that logically, coupled with a rapidly slowing economy, Finance Minister Nicola Willis should respond to it by postponing or even cancelling ...
Budget tensions are becoming evident within the Coalition Government. Winston Peters made numerous political points in his speech to the NZF annual conference. But the attack on his own government’s fiscal policies raised issues of substance. ‘Today in the Sunday Star Times, journalist and former advisor to the Labour ...
Buzz from the Beehive The media – sure enough – have been binging on Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ release of the Budget Policy Statement and a statement headed Government announces Budget priorities This assures us – or rather, this parrots the Luxon team mantra – that the Budget “will deliver ...
The Ides of March brought me COVID followed by a bereavement. No wonder they tell you to be careful of them.I’m home now and have resumed the interrupted recuperation. Very much looking forward to getting back to regular things. Meanwhile, some thoughts…OneThis new Prime Minister guy just keeps getting more dire. ...
News that the Chinese ATP 40 cyber-hacking unit penetrated parliamentary internet networks in 2021 has renewed concerns about the PRC’s malign intentions in Aotearoa. But is the hack that significant given the length of time that has passed since its … Continue reading → ...
When Parliament passed the Intelligence and security Act in 2017, they assured us all that it was full of safeguards. Any intrusive surveillance of New Zealanders would be subject to a "triple lock", requiring the approval of the Minister and (supposedly independent) Commissioner of Intelligence Warrants, as well as post-facto ...
Eric Crampton writes – Richard Harman’s Politik newsletter provides a bit of the context that ought to have been showing up in other media reports on potential reductions in public service staffing. Media has been reporting on staffing cuts on the order of about 7%. Is that ...
Mike Grimshaw writes – It’s becoming increasingly apparent that many perceive free speech to have become the preserve of the politically right wing, the religiously conservative, the libertarian fringe, the anti-trans, the anti-Māori and…. well, just fill in with whatever groups or individuals you don’t like and don’t ...
Don Brash writes – As everybody who is not blind and deaf is aware, there is a huge political preoccupation with climate change at the moment, a widespread (though by no means unanimous) belief that global temperatures are rising mainly as a result of the greenhouse gases created ...
TL;DR: My six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy on Wednesday, March 27 include:Chris Bishop laid out his vision for filling Aotearoa-NZ’s $100 billion infrastructure deficit in a speech yesterday, emphasising user pays and private funding, but failed to say how to achieve bipartisanship on population, public borrowing and ...
Bryce Edwards writes – Former Finance Minister Grant Robertson and former Prime Minister Chris Hipkins have been conveying how unhappy they are with the tax system. Last week in his valedictory speech, Robertson called for the introduction of a wealth or capital gains tax. And this week Hipkins ...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...
Buzz from the Beehive China has loomed large in Beehive considerations over the past 24 hours, largely because of that country’s mischief-making in the cyber espionage department. Two media statements emerged on that subject hard on the heels of the PM baulking at questions put to him on RNZ’s Morning ...
Chris Trotter writes – WHY IS THE NATIONAL PARTY doing so much for landlords, property developers, trucking, and construction companies, and so little for everybody who isn’t already pretty well-off? It’s as if protecting landlords’ investments and building apartments and roads now constitute the whole of National’s ...
Bryce Edwards writes – When she was campaigning to be Minister of Finance last year, Nicola Willis pledged that she would resign from the job if she failed to deliver tax cuts in her first Budget. Now, it’s that pledge, along with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s ...
Robert MacCulloch writes – The Reserve Bank has doubled staff numbers in five years to 510, with personnel costs rising to $80 million in 2023 from $32 million in 2018 – up by a whopping 150%. I guess when you print $50 billion and flood markets with liquidity, ...
The furore. In case you didn’t notice there was a controversy in the weekend involving dolphins in a little town off the South Island. Don’t panic, they haven’t declared independence and resumed whaling, this was simply a sailing event.The problem began when racing was cancelled on the opening day of ...
For 20 years or more, the case for a meaningful capital tax gains has been mulled over and analysed to death, including by the tax working group chaired by Sir Michael Cullen. More than once, the International Monetary Fund has said a CGT would be a good idea for New ...
TL;DR: My top 10 news and analysis links this morning include:Today’s must-read: The Public Health Communications Centre (PHCC) call for urgent preventive action and a risk assessment survey of long covid in this briefing noteLocal scoop: NZ road deaths surpass OECD rates, so why is the govt reversing safety plans? ...
This story was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. This story is part of a collaboration with Grist and WABE to demystify the Georgia Public Service Commission, the small but powerful state-elected board that makes critical decisions about everything from raising ...
This is a guest post from Robert McLachlan Global warming is accelerating; 2023 was off the charts. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. In New Zealand, transport accounts for half of all fossil fuels burnt. In the Emissions Reduction Plan, transport emissions fall 41% by 2035. As the ...
Labour productivity has been receding rapidly over the past two years, reversing a post-lockdown rise. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: My six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy as at 6:26am on Tuesday, March 26 include:Workers have been treading water in output per hour worked for 12 years, ...
TL;DR: The key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to April 2 include:Today, Parliament resumes sitting at 2pm for the second week of a two-week session. Officials for SIS and GCSB report their annual reviews in public to the Intelligence and Security Select Committee from 5.10pm.Tomorrow, ...
Faced with a barrage of criticism over the promised tax cuts from usually supportive commentators, Finance Minister Nicola Willis yesterday reaffirmed her intention to include them in this year’s Budget. The Government is up against it over the cuts just about every way it turns. Commentators like Fran O’Sullivan, Matthew ...
Here’s my pick of today’s substack posts as of 6:26pm on Monday, March 25: writes via his substack that Market-rate housing will make your city cheaper writes via his substack about the problems talking to double-cab ute (truck) drivers about their vehicles. today about moments of radicalisation in ...
Buzz from the Beehive Just before Christmas, Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered something that was pitched as a mini-budget and brayed about the decisive action being taken to repair the Government books and support income tax relief in Budget 2024. In a statement headed Fiscal repair job underway. she introduced ...
My sister Belinda asked Dad yesterday what one word would describe Mum best. He said: vivacious.If you only knew her from the photos on the slideshow we've made for today,you might wonder about that, because the camera tended to lie with Mum.If ever she saw a camera pointed at her, she ...
There are two major public consultations closing in the next week, Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP), and the draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS). Closing dates and times: LTP closes Thursday 28 February, at 11.59pm – a minute to midnight! GPS closes Tuesday 2 April, at 12pm noon – note that’s ...
From Kiwiblog’s David Farrar – Bryce Wilkinson writes: Senior Fellow Bryce Wilkinson’s analysis reveals that since March 2009, New Zealand has spent $158 billion more overseas than it has earned, but its NIIP has only fallen by $32 billion.Statistics New Zealand shows that receipts from overseas reinsurers have ...
Is she hinting that the Coalition Government will have to back down on key promises it made in Opposition? Brian Easton writes – The Minister of Finance, Nicola Willis, is telling an evolving story about her fiscal challenges. In Opposition she was confident that she could ...
Dear Nicola Willis,Right now you’ve probably got lots of competing demands coming at you. Ministers who’ve inherited quite a mess, or so you’ve told us, looking for money in the budget to improve things. I imagine that’s why they came to parliament - to make things better.You’ll have to make ...
The Local Government, Transport and Auckland Minister hasthreatened councils with intervention if they don’t merge water assets to take them off balance sheet, just as the now-repealed Three Waters plan directed. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: My six things of note this morning for Monday, March 25 include:Simeon ...
A listing of 36 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 17, 2024 thru Sat, March 23, 2024. Story of the week Thanks to John Mason having the stamina to sit down to watch "Climate - the Movie" ...
This morning the Q&A programme had Simeon Brown on to talk about National’s replacement for Three Waters. In case anyone’s forgotten the three are - drinking water, waste water, and sewerage. It’s quite important not to get them mixed up. In much the same way that you wouldn’t want to ...
Today’s newsletter comes with a mini-podcast conversation between me and my buddy Liv Tennet, talking about her time as a child actor in Lord of the Rings. It’s a conversation with a lot of giggles as she talks about falling off a horse, and becoming a meme. Read ...
The Desmog Climate Disinformation Database documents, "individuals and organisations that have helped to delay and distract the public and our elected leaders from taking needed action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and fight global warming." It's a who's who of the organised climate change denial movement, in other words. In ...
Bob Edlin writes – A High Court judge has decided miscreants who have mana – or who claim to have mana – should be treated differently from miscreants who have none. It’s a ruling that suggests indigenous law-breakers have a better chance of securing a discharge without conviction ...
Welcome to the first, and possibly last, edition of Brickbats, Bouquets and Bull’s Wool. In which I’ll take a look at the events of the last week or so, and rate them.In such ratings the numbers usually have more to do with the opinions of the reviewer, than the actual ...
Roger Partridge writes – My earlier column this month, New Zealand’s highest court could be facing a turning point, prompted a flood of feedback from business readers and lawyers alike. A common query was what Parliament can do to restrain an overreaching judiciary. This week I discuss two steps Parliament ...
TL;DR: In today’s ‘six-stack’ of substacks at 6.16pm on Friday, March 22: writes about New Zealand's Building Boom—And What the World Must Learn From It over at his substack. challenges the Auckland Council’s use of a 3.8 degrees of warming forecast to oppose a wave-park and data centre project ...
Is she hinting that the Coalition Government will have to back down on key promises it made in Opposition?The Minister of Finance, Nicola Willis, is telling an evolving story about her fiscal challenges. In Opposition she was confident that she could deliver her promised income tax cuts. Appointed minister, she ...
Buzz from the Beehive Ministers of the Crown have drawn attention to one sector of the science sector which is unlikely to be subjected to heavy spending cuts, a state-funded broadcaster which is doing nicely, thank you, and a sporting event that had $5.4 million from the public purse puffed ...
Abbott’s Freestyle Libre sensors allow continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The sensor is applied to the back of the patient’s arm, with a thin filament under the skin measuring glucose levels constantly. But it costs around $100 per sensor and must be replaced once every 14 days. Photo by BSIP/Universal Images ...
The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) recently released a report in which he exposes the existence of a foreign intelligence partner-controlled technological “capability” inside the headquarters of the GCSB, NZ’s 5 Eyes-affiliated signals intelligence collection and analysis agency. … Continue reading → ...
Peter Dunne writes – Nearly three decades after the introduction of MMP and multiparty governments there should be a greater level of understanding about their finer points than often appears to be the case. The reaction to the despicable outburst from the Deputy Prime Minister at the weekend highlights ...
The sweet kisses from fruit of summerHave slowly been turning dullerYou say, "those times"And "remember the daysWhen we went outside and there still was the shade?"Taking no reason into play…Autumn. Clear, blue days shortening to longer nights, growing colder. Aotearoa.That’s us. The temperature dropping, the looming car crash - so ...
Bryce Edwards writes – “It is often said that behind every great man is a great woman”. This is the pitch by the National Party Botany electorate branch to attend their “Ladies Afternoon Tea with Amanda Luxon”. For $110 including GST, you can turn up on Saturday 20 April ...
David Farrar writes – The Electoral Commission has published the expense returns for political parties for the 2023 election. I’ve put them in a table with how many votes a party got so we can see the spend per vote. National only spent $3.34 for every vote they got, almost ...
Winston Peters’ headline-making actions over the past week may have been a show of political power intended to strengthen his hand in Budget negotiations. It was no accident that his State of the Nation speech was as it was. He made it as New Zealand First Leader, not as Deputy ...
Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribers in the last week included:Former Labour Finance Minister Grant Robertson bowed out of politics this week, giving a series of exit ...
Graham Adams writes — If you love the law or sausages, as the saying goes, best not to look too closely at how they are made. And after watching the orgy of self-pity when Newshub’s closure was announced on February 28, television journalism should definitely be added to the list of those ...
Venerable New Zealand political commentator, Chris Trotter (https://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/), is a sad creature these days. Once one of the most reliable Leftist writers out there – Economic Left at that – Trotter seems to have absorbed the worldview of Auckland culture-war obsessives. It is not for me to categorise what he ...
The cruelty of short-term memory loss is that each time you ask where she is, you get the fresh shock and grief of the news. That was Dad's day yesterday.Comfortingly, it seems to be less so today. Last night he looked crumpled, today he seems more settled. There's a card ...
Photo by Alvan Nee on UnsplashIt’s that new day of the week (Thursday rather than Friday) when and I co-host our ‘hoon’ webinar with paying subscribers to The Kākā for an hour at 5 pm. Jump on this link on YouTube Livestream for our chat about the week’s news ...
Buzz from the Beehive One minister is talking tough while a colleague – whose ministry had acted tough and drawn a barrage of flak – has shown an official softening. Some ministers are doing what Labour was good at, which is distributing public funds to causes regarded as worthy or ...
A ballot for 4 Member's Bills was held today, and the following bills were drawn: Insurance Contracts Bill (Duncan Webb) Income Tax (Clean Transport FBT Exclusion) Amendment Bill (Julie Anne Genter) Crimes (Increased Penalties for Slavery Offences) Amendment Bill (Greg Fleming) Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) ...
One of the strongest narratives about "our" spy agencies is that they are basically institutional traitors, working for foreign powers (or just themselves), without any control or oversight by the elected government. And today, we have yet another report from the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security which explicitly confirms this. ...
“It is often said that behind every great man is a great woman”. This is the pitch by the National Party Botany electorate branch to attend their “Ladies Afternoon Tea with Amanda Luxon”. For $110 including GST, you can turn up on Saturday 20 April to meet the Prime Minister’s ...
The Coalition Government’s plan to ‘get Auckland moving’ is a cuts cover-up that will ultimately cost Aucklanders more to move around the city, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
Slashing the Ministry of Pacific Peoples by 40% will have a devastating impact on pacific communities and further highlights how little this government cares about anything other than cutting taxes for the wealthiest few. ...
Labour has proposed an urgent inquiry to investigate the ever-increasing profits of supermarkets, aiming to lower costs for shoppers and food producers alike, says Labour Spokesperson for Commerce and Consumer Affairs Arena Williams and Primary Production Spokesperson Cushla Tangaere-Manuel. ...
With 14% of jobs on the line at the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, the responsible Minister Melissa Lee is failing to stand up for the very communities she’s meant to be representing. ...
COURT OF APPEAL: TRIFECTA OF VICTORY FOR NZ FIRST, TRIFECTA OF FAILURE FOR OPPONENTS For the third time since April 2020, New Zealand First has defeated the Serious Fraud Office and all those complicit in a malicious attack against a political party going about its lawful business in a lawful ...
The Green Party stands with people who live in public housing, people in dire housing need, experts and advocates in demanding better than the Government’s archaic approach to housing those who need our support the most. ...
New Zealand has recently lost the hosting rights of some major international sporting events including the America’s Cup, the Rugby Championship, Netball World Cup, and the Wellington Sevens. We are now at a huge risk of losing SailGP as well. And it won’t stop there. The recent issues with SailGP ...
A Member’s Bill drawn this week would modernise insurance law and make things fairer and more transparent for consumers, Christchurch Central MP Duncan Webb said. ...
The Minister for Disability Issues has confirmed she was aware of funding issues in mid-December and did nothing to stop it. On 14 March, she signed off on changes that were announced and implemented on 18 March without any consultation with disability communities. ...
Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter says her members' bill is an opportunity for the coalition government to plug the gap in electric vehicle incentives. ...
The National Government continues to talk about irresponsible tax cuts that will only drive up inflation, despite the country entering a technical recession. ...
The Minister for Disability Issues must act urgently to reinstate flexibility around the funding for disability support and apologise to disabled carers. ...
This story has been initiated by a leftie shill reporter who proactively sought to call a member of a former band, which disbanded twelve years ago, give their biased appraisal of what was said in my speech, and concocted a ham-fisted attempt at a story that does nothing but show ...
The Government has accepted Labour’s change to the Road User Charge (RUC) discount for hybrid vehicles, meaning there will still be some incentive for people to buy greener vehicles. ...
Many in the mainstream media have taken what was said in New Zealand First’s State of the Nation Speech in Palmerston North on Sunday and deliberately, deceitfully, and ignorantly misrepresented what I said and why I said it. The headlines and commentary on the news stated that I compared ‘co-governance ...
Kicking the most vulnerable people out of state housing and pushing them towards homelessness will result in a proliferation of poverty and trauma across our most vulnerable communities. ...
Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi has penned a letter asking MPs to support his members bill to remove GST from all food. The bill is expected to go through its first reading in parliament this Wednesday. “I’m calling on all political parties to support my ...
Good afternoon. Thank you for, in your very busy lives, turning up to this meeting today. On October 14th last year New Zealanders overwhelmingly voted for change. That is exactly what this new government is bringing. New Zealand First campaigned to ‘take back our country’ and stop the disastrous economic ...
This year is about getting real with Kiwis and discussing the tough issues, as the National Government exacerbates inequality and divides New Zealand, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said ...
The Government adding Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) to its already roaring environmental policy bonfire is an assault on the future of wildlife that makes Aotearoa unique. ...
After 12 years of fighting to protect our moana we are finding ourselves back at square one and back at court. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is sitting in Hawera to reconsider an application from Trans-Tasman Resources to dig up 50 million tonnes of the seabed in South Taranaki. This ...
Minister Shane Jones’ decision to step away from a seabed mining project is evidence of the murky waters surrounding the Government’s fast-track legislation. ...
The growth of Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation caused so much worry that a special oversight group was set up by the last government in a bid to get greater coherence in the publicservice on Treaty matters. When ministers first considered the need for tighter oversight in 2021, there ...
The growth of Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation caused so much worry that a special oversight group was set up by the last government in a bid to get greater coherence in the publicservice on Treaty matters. When ministers first considered the need for tighter oversight in 2021, there ...
The Coalition Government’s miscalculation saga continues as it has forgotten an eyewatering $90 million gap in its interest deductibility cost figures, say Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds and Revenue Spokesperson Deborah Russell. ...
He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission has today released advice that says if the Government doesn’t act now New Zealand is at risk of not meeting its climate goals. ...
The Coalition Government has today confirmed it is abandoning first home buyers who are struggling to get ahead, says Labour Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds. ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed the passing of legislation to move light electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) into the road user charges system from 1 April. “It was always intended that EVs and PHEVs would be exempt from road user charges until they reached two ...
New Zealand is strengthening its ability to combat illegal fishing outside its domestic waters and beef up regulation for its own commercial fishers in international waters through a Bill which had its first reading in Parliament today. The Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2023 sets out stronger ...
Economists Carl Hansen and Professor Prasanna Gai have been appointed to the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is the independent decision-making body that sets the Official Cash Rate which determines interest rates. Carl Hansen, the executive director of Capital ...
Apartment owners and buyers will soon have greater protections as further changes to the law on unit titles come into effect, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “The Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Act had already introduced some changes in December 2022 and May 2023, and ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Egypt and Europe from this weekend. “This travel will focus on a range of New Zealand’s traditional diplomatic and security partnerships while enabling broad engagement on the urgent situation in Gaza,” Mr Peters says. Mr Peters will attend the NATO Foreign ...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown is encouraging all road users to stay safe, plan their journeys ahead of time, and be patient with other drivers while travelling around this Easter long weekend. “Road safety is a responsibility we all share, and with increased traffic on our roads expected this Easter we ...
About 1.4 million New Zealanders will receive cost of living relief through increased government assistance from April 1 909,000 pensioners get a boost to Superannuation, including 5000 veterans 371,000 working-age beneficiaries will get higher payments 45,000 students will see an increase in their allowance Over a quarter of New Zealanders ...
Ensuring social housing is being provided to those with the greatest needs is front of mind as the Government restarts social housing tenancy reviews, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. “Our relentless focus on building a strong economy is to ensure we can deliver better public services such as social ...
The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary will not go ahead, with Cabinet deciding to stop work on the proposed reserve and remove the Bill that would have established it from Parliament’s order paper. “The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill would have created a 620,000 sq km economic no-go zone,” Oceans and Fisheries Minister ...
Dam safety regulations are being amended so that smaller dams won’t be subject to excessive compliance costs, Minister for Building and Construction Chris Penk says. “The coalition Government is focused on reducing costs and removing unnecessary red tape so we can get the economy back on track. “Dam safety regulations ...
The coalition Government is expanding the medium-scale adverse event classification to parts of the North Island as dry weather conditions persist, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced today. “I have made the decision to expand the medium-scale adverse event classification already in place for parts of the South Island to also cover the ...
The passing of legislation giving effect to coalition Government tax commitments has been welcomed by Finance Minister Nicola Willis. “The Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill will help place New Zealand on a more secure economic footing, improve outcomes for New Zealanders, and make our tax system ...
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins and Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds today announced plans to transform our science and university sectors to boost the economy. Two advisory groups, chaired by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, will advise the Government on how these sectors can play a greater ...
The Budget will deliver urgently-needed tax relief to hard-working New Zealanders while putting the government’s finances back on a sustainable track, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. The Finance Minister made the comments at the release of the Budget Policy Statement setting out the Government’s Budget objectives. “The coalition Government intends ...
The coalition Government will look at options to address a zoning issue that limits how much financial support Queenstown residents can get for accommodation. Cabinet has agreed on a response to the Petitions Committee, which had recommended the geographic information MSD uses to determine how much accommodation supplement can be ...
Cabinet has agreed to a short extension to the final reporting timeframe for the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care from 28 March 2024 to 26 June 2024, Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says. “The Royal Commission wrote to me on 16 February 2024, requesting that I consider an ...
The coalition Government is delivering an $18 million boost to New Zealanders needing to travel for specialist health treatment, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says. “These changes are long overdue – the National Travel Assistance (NTA) scheme saw its last increase to mileage and accommodation rates way back in 2009. ...
The Government is recognising the innovative and rising talent in New Zealand’s growing space sector, with the Prime Minister and Space Minister Judith Collins announcing the new Prime Minister’s Prizes for Space today. “New Zealand has a growing reputation as a high-value partner for space missions and research. I am ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand’s concerns about cyber activity have been conveyed directly to the Chinese Government. “The Prime Minister and Minister Collins have expressed concerns today about malicious cyber activity, attributed to groups sponsored by the Chinese Government, targeting democratic institutions in both New ...
Independent Reviewers appointed for School Property Inquiry Education Minister Erica Stanford today announced the appointment of three independent reviewers to lead the Ministerial Inquiry into the Ministry of Education’s School Property Function. The Inquiry will be led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully. “There is a clear need ...
State Highway 1 across the Brynderwyns will be open for Easter weekend, with work currently underway to ensure the resilience of this critical route being paused for Easter Weekend to allow holiday makers to travel north, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Today I visited the Brynderwyn Hills construction site, where ...
Introduction Good morning to you all, and thanks for having me bright and early today. I am absolutely delighted to be the Minister for Infrastructure alongside the Minister of Housing and Resource Management Reform. I know the Prime Minister sees the three roles as closely connected and he wants me ...
New Zealand stands with the United Kingdom in its condemnation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-backed malicious cyber activity impacting its Electoral Commission and targeting Members of the UK Parliament. “The use of cyber-enabled espionage operations to interfere with democratic institutions and processes anywhere is unacceptable,” Minister Responsible for ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins today announced New Zealand will provide logistics support for the upcoming Solomon Islands election. “We’re sending a team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel and two NH90 helicopters to provide logistics support for the election on 17 April, at the request ...
The European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill received Royal Assent today, completing the process for New Zealand’s ratification of its free trade agreement with the European Union. “I am pleased to announce that today, in a small ceremony at the Beehive, New Zealand notified the European Union ...
Public consultation on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into COVID-19 Lessons has concluded, Internal Affairs Minister Hon Brooke van Velden says. “I have been advised that there were over 11,000 submissions made through the Royal Commission’s online consultation portal.” Expanding the scope of the Royal Commission of ...
Hardworking families are set to benefit from a new credit to help them meet their early childcare education (ECE) costs, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. From 1 July, parents and caregivers of young children will be supported to manage the rising cost of living with a partial reimbursement of their ...
A specialised Independent Technical Advisory Group (ITAG) tasked with preparing and publishing independent non-binding advice on the design of a "green" (sustainable finance) taxonomy rulebook is being established, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. “Comprising experts and market participants, the ITAG's primary goal is to deliver comprehensive recommendations to the ...
Defence Minister Judith Collins has thanked the Chief of Army, Major General John Boswell, DSD, for his service as he leaves the Army after 40 years. “I would like to thank Major General Boswell for his contribution to the Army and the wider New Zealand Defence Force, undertaking many different ...
25 March 2024 Minister to meet Australian counterparts and Manufacturing Industry Leaders Small Business, Manufacturing, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly will travel to Australia for a series of bi-lateral meetings and manufacturing visits. During the visit, Minister Bayly will meet with his Australian counterparts, Senator Tim Ayres, Ed ...
Government commits almost $3 million for period products in schools The Coalition Government has committed $2.9 million to ensure intermediate and secondary schools continue providing period products to those who need them, Minister of Education Erica Stanford announced today. “This is an issue of dignity and ensuring young women don’t ...
Good morning, it’s great to be here. First, I would like to acknowledge the New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors and thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning. I would like to use this opportunity to outline the Government’s ambitious plan and what we hope to ...
Minister for Pacific Peoples Dr Shane Reti has announced the Government’s commitment to the Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, more commonly known as Polyfest. “The Ministry for Pacific Peoples is a longtime supporter of Polyfest and, as it celebrates 49 years in 2024, I’m proud to ...
Before moving onto the substance of today’s address, I want to recognise the very significant and ongoing contribution the Breast Cancer Foundation makes to support the lives of New Zealand women and their families living with breast cancer. I very much enjoy working with you. I also want to recognise ...
New Zealand has notched up a first with the launch of University of Canterbury research to the International Space Station, Science, Innovation and Technology and Space Minister Judith Collins says. The hardware, developed by Dr Sarah Kessans, is designed to operate autonomously in orbit, allowing scientists on Earth to study ...
Introduction Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today and I’m sorry I can’t be there in person. Yesterday I started in Wellington for Breakfast TV, spoke to a property conference in Auckland, and finished the day speaking to local government in Christchurch, so it would have been ...
The Coalition Government is contributing more than $1 million to support the establishment of an emergency multi-agency coordination centre in Northland. Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell announced the contribution today during a visit of the Whangārei site where the facility will be constructed. “Northland has faced a number ...
New Zealanders have enjoyed a broader range of voices telling the story of Aotearoa thanks to the creation of Whakaata Māori 20 years ago, says Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka. The minister spoke at a celebration marking the national indigenous media organisation’s 20th anniversary at their studio in Auckland on ...
Commercial catch limits for some fisheries have been increased following a review showing stocks are healthy and abundant, Ocean and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The changes, along with some other catch limit changes and management settings, begin coming into effect from 1 April 2024. "Regular biannual reviews of fish ...
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog RSF (Reporters Without Borders) has appealed for information about the “disappearance” of Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan. She was reportedly last seen on March 19 among people “sequestered” in this week’s raid and siege of Al Shifa hospital by Israeli troops in ...
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11438917/The-genderbread-person-NHS-start-sticking-unscientific-posters-up.html
An NHS trust in Wales, UK is considering posting the genderbread person poster up at the Trust. Experts decry it as “unscientific nonsense”.
The institutional stupidity continues without checking it seems. Apart from the hypocritical dismantling of women to specific organs or functions from those who scream about others having "genital obsessions", we have the familiar "chestfeeding" inclusion:
This distinction makes it very clear that language is being changed at the behest of people who dictate according to feelings. Both women and men have breasts. Babies are fed from the breast – not the chest.
Don't even get me started on the throwaway advice regarding the effects of hormones on the baby.
Let alone the supported use of drugs to create a form of discharge for men so they indulge their wants, instead of nourishing a newborn child.
Where is it from Molly?
the Daily Mail link.
Thanks Weka. Didn't read right to the end of the article. I can only tolerate small doses of this stuff
Anything about transwomen being fed a cocktail of chemicals to induce 'lactation' and chestfeeding?
No, it appears they leave that up to the specialist breastfeeding services and organisations:
https://lactationnetwork.com/blog/breastfeeding-faq-for-trans-and-non-binary-parents/
https://www.laleche.org.uk/support-transgender-non-binary-parents/
Breastfeeding used to be promoted as an optimal choice for the baby.
Now, it's a choice for any adult so inclined.
Scotland is currently introducing SPAth – inspired by Wpath and of course is trying to get 'non gendered healthcare ' to be a thing. Cause we are all the same and the only reason Men have never birthed anything is because they were to busy and occupied with other things, otherwise they would all have birthed their own children. Totally.
Yes, it is only recently I became aware that due to indoctrination by social constructs, neither my partner nor I thought to share the role of gestator and child bearer.
Such a stunning, brave new world.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018868039/woman-says-ed-nurse-handed-her-card-with-minister-s-details
About a minute into this report I was wondering who it was: Nicola Willis, Erica Stanford, Brooke van Velden, Louise Upston, or an offspring of Michelle Boag. Classic hit piece anyway.
Yeah, right because it is the first time that long waiting times are an issue because a person was fearful for their offspring.
Never mind that we had a 4 year old die of tonsilitis gone wrong and the lack of medical care.
That child did not even die 4 weeks ago, but i guess that is already ancient history.
Healthcare in NZ currently is just fucked. Fucked beyond believe. And no, i don't give a fuck about John Key, no more then we allowed people to blame Helen Clark for the fuckery that was the John Key Government at the time. This mess is bipartisan, and people die.
"about a minute into this report I was wondering who it was: Nicola Willis, Erica Standford". et
Have you not be following about the Health Workforce crisis aj? I post regularly about it here. And almost everyday the media are covering this.
My own experience in ED in June and my relatives experience more recently was the same variation on a theme of the women in the article.
When I was there in June on a Monday morning, it was like a war zone. Patients two deep in the hall way. Paramedics having difficulty wheeling in sick patients as the wards were so full. Long, long wait (the wait times in ED are up) and we have a desperate shortage of nurses. I will find some links to confirm what I am saying and post
hey Anker, when you’re not using the Reply button, can you please put something at the start of your comment so show what you are responding to? eg aj at 9.22am, then the quote. Or aj at comment 2
(likewise with your subsequent reply to your own comment).
If people reply to aj using the reply button, your comment will drop down the page, sometimes quite a long way, and then it's hard to know what is about.
If you need tech support with using the Reply on whatever device you are on, please ask.
Sure will do. Once I had posted the first comment, I couldn't post the link when editing it didn't work for some reason
Yes I'm well aware of the crisis and have had grandchildren involved in the long waits. I'm not saying this is manufactured, I'm just saying it's another day with a very well constructed critical article that sounded like an opposition press ambush/release, with absolutely no background to why we are in this position. A little balance at the end from Little.
I find Ian Powell the former head of Salaried and Medical Specialists a good balanced read on this stuff. He posts on The Daily Blog.
He recounts how he told David Clark (former Min of Health) five years ago, that there were three problems with health. The healthwork force shortage, the health workforce shortage and the health work force shortage.
Labour were warned
Best I share my recent experience seeing as everyone else seems to think the trauma was the ED not the wound.
I cut myself recently with a serrated saw – very nasty, light duties for a month. Within minutes arriving at ED a temp patch up had been done. Within a few hours I'd been processed, including initial exam, temp dressing, second opinion examination regarding if tendons were severed, then the stitches and dressing, paperwork for ACC, instructions for me, prescriptions, note for doctor… AMAZING.
Amazing service. And everyone was lovely. Yes, a student nurse stitched me up, but only after getting the double check. Very Professional. Hugely grateful.
Glad for you DB. How the health system should work and shows what excellent work our health workforce does.
I take it you do not use your own outstanding experience to dismiss or minimize that there is a significant workforce shortage and staff feel burnt out and unappreciated?
From the patient's perspective the medical system looks ok if you don't turn up when everyone else has. ED is a nightmare once capacity is reached. Workforce shortages are highlighted by peak periods. How much of current shortages are exacerbated by staff sickness I wonder? (covid in particular).
What capacity should ED's have to cope beyond historical peak periods? Should staff numbers be such to have the ability to cope with 'average' numbers over a weekend, or should they roster on enough people to cover say 50% more patients? Which would be a waste of resources on many days. I don't see any simple solution to this, and it's not possible to ramp up trained staff overnight. As Anker suggests this has been a long time in the making.
I have nothing but respect for the people who have worked tirelessly in the health sector in the last few years.
I've felt burnt out and unappreciated in a number of roles that's not something new or unique to health services. To fix said problems whining about Labour would do absolutely nothing. It's employers, union busters, unscrupulous bosses and shoddy laws that empower them.
As for worker shortages, you want to put that on the government too? Lazy, petty politicking.
DB @ 3.3..1.2. I don't understand what you mean by "its employers, union busters, unscrupulous bosses an shoddy laws that empower them"
I have no power to fix such problems. You can call it whining if you like but that is a perojorative term. I post a lot of articles on T S about the health workforce crisis.
The govt were told five years ago there was a health work force shortage, but I have yet to see a plan to address that (feel free to produce Labour's plan if you know of one).
Labour are in Govt and Little is Minister. Given this they are responsible for the health system.
"Lazy. (I am not sure how you think it is lazy of me to post frequently, usually from articles about Dr's nurses etc saying things are in crisis. What would be an example of covering this issue that isn't lazy.
"petty" I don't think this issue is petty at all. People not getting timely access to health care, is about as serious as it gets).
"Politicking " This is a political website, or am I missing something here.
This is another example of someone not engaging with the arguemnt. If you think the health systems doing fine (and maybe you do after your recent experience) well and good.
Using Google, I found this in less than 10 seconds:
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-plan-boost-health-workers [1 August 2022 from Andrew Little]
Quantity ≠ quality
Thanks Incognito. A useful contribution.
A bit Little and a bit late though imo
Here you go, still warm off the press:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/130538174/health-minister-asks-for-patience-as-gps-demand-changes-to-souldestroying-conditions
https://www.nzno.org.nz/resources/nursing_reports/pid/4779/ev/1/categoryid/25/categoryname/nursing-shortages
"NZNO says it is pleased with Health Minister Andrew Little's recent annoncement that paid placements for nursing students are under active consideration"
"We are in the middle of an horrific nursing shortage crisis and it seems like a no-brianer that we must do everything possible to attract students into nursing…….." "NZNO has been suggesting paid placements for sometime now and we are frankly surprized it has taken so long to even be considered"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/130526726/uk-nurses-turn-to-hospo-jobs-after-waiting-8-months-for-nz-work-approval
How's Andrew Little's relationship with the Nursing Council?
A shame these two are having to get jobs in hospo when they could be working in ED
Why do you ask? The pain point pointed out in the piece is clearly with the Nursing Council of NZ and CGFNS International (based in the US).
The ED problems still have the influx of people seeking care for items that could be dealt with by a GP.
You have to enrol, and depending on your financial status or the age of the people wanting treatment you may have to pay. Far easier to front up at the ED.
I often wonder if they had a GP clinic running in parallel, ie in the same building as the ED if this would make a difference. The cost is nothing if you arrive at the ED prepared to wait and happy to clog up the works for relatively simple GP related aspects. I am so appreciative that our ED workers do, in the majority of cases, get it right.
The triage of blood and breathing seem to get attended to.
To ease the pressure on our EDs what can we suggest?
I think people who have jobs with unsympathetic bosses who don't let them have time off to see a GP during the day are part of the problem, with the only other time being after work and the only free place being the ED. .
Hence the idea of having a GP practice actually at the hospital. Wgtn has an after hours clinic but it still requires paying an amount for the consultation. It is a couple of blocks away from the hospital.
A private walk-up GP clinic shares a waiting area with the Whanganui ED.
Triage refers anything other than an emergency to the GP clinic so people turn up after hours at the ED to avoid the fee.
https://www.wrhn.org.nz/whanganui-accident-and-medical
http://203.167.250.179/content/treatment-and-cost
Yes fees and not able to access time off are the things needing to be looked at. Fees especially to stop the clogging up of EDs. GP clinics need to be 24 hour set-ups. Good if they are co-located.
To paraphrase my sister the nurse manager after a few wines – “people live dog-awful lifestyles, do doing nothing to look after themselves, make multiple visits to EDs, are no-shows at out-patient clinics and then, when they're very, very ill, are admitted to the unit and they expect us to fix them”
Exactly, they also take too many illicit drugs, end up in my institution with a drug induced psychosis, assault staff, end up secluded for days, require restraint and intramuscular medication, slowly recover only to repeat the experience two weeks later, that's why your depressed Grand Mother can't access good timely appropriate care. Half the people in ED don't need to be there, the ingrown toenail can wait.
Ok, you have felt burnt out and under appreciated in the past. In no way do I wish to denigrate or minimise your experience.
You may or may not know of a moral injury. Akin to burn out, where there is a perceived or actual lack or short-coming in the individual, only with a moral injury the lack or short-coming is with the system. Usually due to a lack of resources (staff, facilities, drugs), time or will.
Time and time again, through a shift, health staff have to make shitty priority decisions. Tell that elderly diabetic couple that she will have to wait 12 hours to be seen to get the very low sodium addressed (coeliac).
To do this day in and day out, with no change in sight.
UK nurses are entering strike action, and as Frankie Boyle observes, during Covid, when lots of folk would applaud the health professionals he didn't realise he should have done it sarcastically.
In the first couple of mins * some salty language*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2LRp4anKXE
As Anker says, the health shortages ain't new. It is the profound lack of creativity and imagination in Nats and Labour (particularly the 2nd choice Health Minister Dr Doolottle) that is making a dire situation worse.
Pay the tuition fees for all nurse and G.P. students and if they happen to be Maori or P.I. a $300 a week payment that is forgiven three years after graduation if they are still working in Aotearoa.
Continuing from my comment above
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/130260342/nurses-fearful-of-working-in-overloaded-hospital-emergency-departments
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/130368598/long-waittimes-parked-ambulances-and-patients-in-the-corridors-in-demandsurge-at-ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm0hI0aJanc&list=PLyKXau0q4qDND-qGM3U4fVs1UFraBLjYM&index=231
a bit of sunshine and excellent music
NZ trade deficit blows out to an annual 12.9 b$, from last years 4.9b$.
Dairy export values saving it from being worse.The blowout on the national credit card is going to be expensive going forward in a high debt,high interest rate world.
https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/overseas-merchandise-trade-october-2022/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4IdyQ6h2AU
George Galloway interviews an interesting guest Johnny Mills who's reporting from Donesk they discuss such things as Ukraine's kill list , the lack of any mainstream reportage from the area because of the ' unpalatable ' nature of the truth and the fairly vicious sanctions applied by both Germany and the UK to reporters who are in eastern parts of Ukraine and reporting truthfully the situation there .
Is that the George Galloway with shows on Russia-funded RT media?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018832118/professor-david-marples-putin-s-true-motives-for-invading-ukraine
I found this Kim Hill interview in February this year a fantastic backgrounder on the separist Ukraine regions before the Russian invasion this year. Well worth listening to.
Posting with little commentary, but with reference to proposed hate crime legislation:
on tiktok
This loose application of perceived hate is an example of good intentions going awry.
https://youtu.be/SC905EneF0s
replaced the tiktok embed with YT, just because it displays better on TS.
Thanks
I was nearly finished with some long commentary 😉
If people want to understand why there is concern about how hate crime legislation is being developed, here's one of the reasons why.
Kellie Jay Keen (in the above 4m video) is a British gender critical activist who believes that women are adult human females. She runs rallies in public outdoor spaces where women are free to step up to the mike and talk about the issues as they see them. She's right wing, allies with conservatives including in the US, and doesn't call herself a feminist (I think because of the parts of liberal feminism which insist in including trans women in feminism). If any of that bothers you, know that No Debate has ensured that the narrative is often controlled by the right, so you can't really complain if you support No Debate.
KJK is charismatic, clever, strategic, and her motto is is that she always wins. She may also be transphobic (in the sense that she dislikes trans people for who they are), but I find it hard to tell because her rhetoric is blunt and no holds barred.
In this 4m video she records a phone conversation with the Brighton police who are asking her to attend a voluntary interview in Brighton (not where she lives) because they are investigating "an allegation against you about a hate crime".
When asked what hate crime, the police woman says "use of words or behaviour that stir up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation". She also says they have looked at the evidence (noting this because UK police have had to back track on actions like this). And later clarifies that they have substantial evidence that KJK has committed a hate crime.
The voluntary bit is she can go to Brighton and if she doesn't her local police may come and arrest her and do the interview that way. In other words, it’s voluntary unless you don’t do it and then we will arrest you.
KJK says under her YT vid that she has no intention of attending the interview, and I will guess that she already has a good legal and media strategy planned if they do arrest her. It’s extremely unlikely that she did said anything to stir up hatred about LBG people, but socially there has been a significant shift in what sexual orientation means eg lesbians can be biological males. So saying something like lesbians don’t have dicks may now be considered incitement. Certainly gender activists are pushing hard for this kind of interpretation.
Helen Joyce (author of Trans) and Maya Forstater (the woman who successfully won an employment case that established that gender critical views are protected under UK law ie you cannot fire someone for those views) were both at the rally.
Joyce said this on twitter,
Context here is that there are indeed an increasing number of complaints to UK police about gender critical views. People have been arrested for tweets that may be rude and even offensive but sit well within the cultural norms of what we are allowed to say.
Complaints are obviously being used as a political tactic to try and take out prominent GC activists. There will be lefties who think good, but the problem here is that the bar is incredibly low for what is being considered a hate crime. People have been arrested with no notice, at home in front of their kids. For tweeting. Often once it all plays out, it turns out that the statements made weren’t in fact a hate crime, but there is still a record of the incident.
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has intervened a number of times, and it appears there is now some change in how some police forces interpret and act and record. But obviously this shit is still going on today.
So when progressives in NZ push for hate crime legislation, and MPs cannot clearly state where the boundaries will be and how the legislation will be used, many of us are looking at what has already happened in the UK and failing to see how this is a good idea.
Myself, I'm agnostic on hate crime legislation per se (and don't know if it can be handled by existing legislation better applied). My objection here is the way it is being done and that it comes at a time when there is intentional activism to stop women speaking about women's rights.
that should have been a post of course, but No Debate 🤷♀️
You would think the UK Police might have learned a bit after this – but no.
Harry Miller (Fair Cop) v College of Policing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-59727118
I watched her 'speakers corners' live from Brighton, and there was nothing transphobic – unless we consider the noting wanting men in female prisons and female single sex spaces and such as transphobic – nor was there hate speech on grounds of sexual orientation. The interesting bit is that the whole 'speakers corner ' was live streamed and is still accessible.
Which is funny as sexual orientation under the transumbrella is a no no – genital preferences are transphobic by default as they are based on sex and thus exclusionary and if one wants to be gay or a lesbian then that is same gender orientated. Thus two transwomen can be lesbians, two transmen can be gay, a transwomen and a 'woman' can be lesbians, a transwoman and a man can be gay.
So the only thing that could have been a hate crime against 'sexual orientation' would be the assertion of women who don't want to date female dick or men who don't want to date male pussy.
There was however a women who works for the local Labour doodah of Brighton who yelled at a father that he raises his toddler to be a fascist for standing around listening to the speeches a whole raft of women gave. And the dude that was arrested with a bag full of knives.
I would also not consider KJK 'right wing' but rather old fashioned conservative. Work until pregnancy, stay at home Mum, swing voter, user of contraception, atheist, drinker of alcohol, haver of fun etc.
But then anyone who who goes against the “left” must be by default a right winger. Just another number of words that have become meaningless and are applied willy – nilly not to state a truth but to paint someone with a brush of disapproval. And maybe some on the left should really think about using these brushes as the left in England is losing women voters for precisely the reasons KJK and her supporters raise ever time they hold a speakers corner.
I for one will watch this with much interest. If she will put up a Go fund me I will throw some moolah at her and her lawyers.
do you know where the Brighton video is? Had a look on her YT and FB and can't see it.
I don't consider naming someone RW to be a brush of disapproval, it's more just an acknowledgement of where she sits on the political spectrum. Joyce is centre right as well. Stock is left wing but not radfem and so on. For me it's not a big deal, but it is helpful within gender critical thinking given how far of the political spectrum gender identity criticism stretches.
I think Keen would be comfortable with the Tory government in the UK assuming they keep pushing back against GI.
The #LetWomenSpeak events are posted under LIVE, not VIDEOS.
Part 1, below:
https://youtu.be/ZXLyRpKiwqk
part one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXLyRpKiwqk
part two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WV_KWnH5hU&t=2s
some more here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFR-BovzTuY
some more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UldMrr2YmlY
plus there are a whole raft of videos on twitter that were posted on the day itself.
again, we don't know where she sits on the political spectrum. She is on record for having voted for Labour. She now maybe votes conservative – who knows. The Tories by all means are not right wing, in fact they are not even conservative, very much like National here.
She is on record for being unapologetically pro-female human of all ages. And no, in this case i don't give a fuck abut spectrum. If the left wants to shut down the debate because they have decided that men are women and those that used to to be called woman are no longer that or are now a sub category below men, than that is an issue the left can take up with the official political left, but so far the left has valiantly refused to do, in fact the left is the one wielding the brush of disapproval and shame for the non consenters. She uses conservative media, very much like Kara Dansky does as this is the media that will actually listen. Again, that is the fault of the left leaning media. They can invite either of these women and a whole bunch more if they wanted to have that debate but they won’t, they actually can’t.
Kellie Jay Keen aka Posie Parker would be comfortable with any government that would keep transgenderism out of womens toilets, refuges, rape crisis centers, hospital wards, school girls sports and changing rooms, female sport, female awards, female jobs in general. She would vote for any government that would put a stop to the mutliation and castration/sterilization of children. Sadly, like all of us we are between a rock and a hard place as the right gives no more care to us then does the left.
This right now for women is the issue:
The left would look us up in a prison cell with a fully intact rapist and offer us one abortion after the other, while the right would force us to carry that rapists child and co-parent. Neither parties are in any form or shape good for people like us, neither has any care for us, other then every few years they are reminded that we are good for vote harvesting and fwiw, the left still depends on that vote. See the US were birthing bodies voted for access to abortion, something the left government – any and all of them actually – refuses to codify in law, as they know full well that without abortion those birthing bodies might be voting differently and for other reasons.
And i am really keeping it with the suffragettes here…..On the grounds of my sex………
If you don't care about the political spectrum why are you talking about it?
As I said, imo she is right wing (even if she has voted Labour in the past, plenty of RW swing voters). It's not a slur to say that, there's no defence needed.
Because you raised it and think it is important. I did not raise her political allegiance as i don't think it actually matters. Our issues stem from our sex, not our political affiliations.
In the end it matters not one bit if the women is apolitical, left, or right, their oppression is on the grounds of their sex and child bearing abilities. See Afhganistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and even the US and UK etc.
And even if all of the females turned into males it will then be 'males' who will be oppressed on the grounds of their sex and child bearing abilites.
There are many of us who oppose transgendersim – the cult – who are of different back grounds, religions, class/caste, educational background, race, and yet we all have one thing in common. Our sex.
And it is getting tedious that anyone who does not tow the official line will get called a right winger, or a phobe, or a bigot, or a fascist on one side or a nazi on the other.
What really is important is that an officer of the police is harrasing someone for the audacity to have an opinion which may or may not have hurt the feelz of a penis having person who considers themselves a lesbian and who demands access and validation from said lesbians.
I now fully understand why some choose not to declare themselves a feminist. The word has so many different understandings, from within the self-declared as well as amongst the critics, that it is of very little use in indicating what view is held by a feminist. I have a personal definition, but there is no doubt in my mind it is unlikely to be the one shared by the person I engage with, so it is of no worth to refer to myself as a feminist. It leads to the possibility for misinterpretation right from the start of a conversation.
The same appears to be true in regards to referring to anyone as left or right. The meanings of left and right in terms of political views are so subjective, they are now useless.
Because we are not feminists. We are simply female. I don't even think that the suffragettes thought themselves as feminists. They were females who wanted to have the right to vote. ditto for everything else. Academia coined the term and wrote many books that few females read because tedious most of them, and that use that status to some extend even to shut down women whom they consider not enough or not the right kind of feminist.
One can be an ultra conservative women and still believe in the rights to abortion, self fulfilment, work and earning a pay to keep, education and so on and to fight for these rights. The issue was never the hijab, the issue is the forced wearing of said garment. In Trekkie universe i consider the people that would want us to shut up to the Ferengi. Women have no other rights then to negotiate their womb rental / occupancy, other then that they are to be naked (no clothes for females) and at home. And i personally fear that this is were we are headed.
I read this yesterday and i guess it uses better words then i do.
https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2022-11-21/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/how-feminists-are-failing-haredi-women/00000184-91c8-d53f-a5fe-bbca33510000
Good points Sabine.
This is my unchanging bottom line
I do not feel as strongly on this aspect
So long as children below the age of consent are not able, through sleight of hand, to access physical changing (hormones/surgery) but can be counselled.
i believe her sincere enough. Would she vote labour if they said they would stop it? I would think so. Would she trust Labour to uphold to do it? That is another thing altogether. Ditto for the Tories. In fact ditto for any Party, not a single women – the born ones at least – should trust any party in regards to these issues. For them we don't exist.
Social transition for children is not benign. So the removal of access to hormones and surgery is only dealing with part of the harm.
The indoctrination occurring via our education system and other funded community promotions and materials has a psychological impact on all children who come in contact with it.
Patient centred care based on evidence would take a watchful waiting approach for minors, instead we have legislation that would put anyone advising or promoting this approach at risk of prosecution. People will avoid that approach as a pre-cautionary measure to maintain their professional status and livelihoods.
Yes I know what you are saying…..I pointed out that my first priority as a woman was to seek to preserve our hard-won gains, while others would focus on the why are they allowing this to happen to our children. They are not mutually exclusive.
I didn't say they were mutually exclusive.
Just added social transition to the hormones/surgery harms you identified for children.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/11/21/british-tories-are-raging-socialists-compared-to-our-labour-party-government/
On a related note John Minto on the Daily Blog says the conversative party in the UK under Sunak is more to the left (raging socialists) than Labour
yeah but only in the last five minutes and because the country was about to collapse. It's Minto's rhetoric around tax policy and public sector spending in a few areas. It's not that the Tories are left of NZ Labour across the board.
Thanks weka. The hate crime legislation assumes a continuation of current identified vulnerable minorities. With a change of parliament, who knows what characteristics will be added to the list?
I have an aversion to adding a more valued or more persecuted layer of protection to certain victims of crime. Sentencing after conviction should be equal as determined by the crime – not by the social status of the victim. There are too many variables in what is considered hate, and how that applies under legislation.
We have examples from overseas of the use of the police authorities and hate legislation to harass, and persecute women such as above.
That is the point of such legislation. To keep in check those that might be of the mind to say NO, and we all know who in society is not allowed to say NO.
Kellie Jean is brilliant. I hear she is coming to NZ
Did think about whether to post, but once again, this is current and NZ relevant.
It is also directly relevant to ongoing discussions around how inclusiveness rhetoric often excludes the voices of the unapproved Māori and women – in this case – when dealing with the NZ Midwifery Council
Michelle Uriarau (Mana Wāhine Kōrero) once again, writes comprehensively about the problems in formal submission:
https://rexlandy.substack.com/p/from-mana-wahine-korero?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
wow. That is incredible.
I really need to go read the relevant docs, because I cannot understand how they got from midwifery that centres women to decentering women to the point of invisibility.
Because we are on the way of degendering the human way of reproduction, artificial wombs and all.
I think this might be an interesting read.
https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/45856/1/Claire%20Horn%20final%20thesis.pdf
Went to the conclusion, and started there.
So many alarm bells are ringing, I'm taking a break to get my hearing back.
Yes, i am reading very slowly one page after the other. I also requested a document to be send from 2008. If i get it send i will post it here to share if that is permitted. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/medlr16&div=22&id=&page=
But fret not :), the social constructs previously known as men, now known as semensquirters and ejaculators also fall into this world and they will be treated no better.
We are again peasants and Leibeigene. – Leibeigener m (adjectival, definite nominative der Leibeigene, genitive (des) Leibeigenen, plural Leibeigene, definite plural die Leibeigenen, feminine Leibeigene)
unfree person; slave, serf or indentured servant (male or of unspecified gender)
see how nice that is, male or ‘unspecified gender – that would be us. 🙂 back in the 1300.
No, that’s not permitted. You are not allowed to distribute or disseminate a document of 23 pages that is subscription-only access. Check it out here:
https://help.heinonline.org/kb/heinonline-user-rules/
Benjamin Boyce just tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/BenjaminABoyce/status/1595113558739939330?s=20&t=KRFPpoRMx6NLU9gzAKWuJQ
There was a doctor in India a few month ago that stated that he was going to do uterus transplants for men. I wonder how the men that he is using for his butchery are doing. And next, how can we get the mens organs to move should they get pregnant, or do we really not at all care what they are doing to us – us being the humans of this planet.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3177787/indian-doctor-plans-perform-transgender-womb-transplant
Did you ever watch children of men? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men
Yes.
it's this stuff that makes me go, bring on the collapse of Western civ. I've read to much scifi (and GC analysis) to believe that this will not end badly.
I hope they (Michelle et al) take a case to Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal against the craziness coming out of the Midwifery Council.
Making all bio women invisible is one way I guess to be able to concentrate on those who really are deserving of help……chest feeders etc. sarc/
I would hope that common sense would prevail which would make further actions unnecessary. Such a large expenditure of energy required to hold ground in terms of respect for women.
The list of contributors includes a couple of the usual suspects, I noticed.
We have barely started the fight. This is an ideology that has no common sense but seeks to destroy the old fully and entirely and make our bodies into profit centres. Connected interests again re-defining what women are and what they can be. Read the article that i linked you yesterday and compare to what mana wahine is saying.
Yeah, hope was the wrong word. Should have been "sincerely doubt".
I'll posr your link again, for the curious:
https://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/10/04/this-is-how-they-broke-our-grandmothers/
That is certainly who it is about. It is not about those few women who demand we call them men who have not managed to completely opt out of their biology and who do that most female of things and have a child,
It is not about those who can – it is about those who cannot.
The autogynephiliac men who want to completely take to themselves the concept of "woman" have a problem. While they can perform "femininity" they cannot perform women's reproductive functions. Therefore those things have to be uncoupled from the word "woman" and relegated elsewhere. Some just out into the public sphere -"pregnant people" and some removed from humanity entirely – the famous Lancet front page of "bodies with vaginas" that is so far removed that it encompasses dogs and giraffes as well as human beings. This is all done so that the entire concept of "woman" can be possessed by those who are not women.
This is not even about these people. This is about who will control the reproduction of the human species.
I have said it some time ago, any Transwomen who legally is a 'woman' can not be happy about what is done, as it will affect them too. This is a movement that is using Transpeople to hide behind.
That would be the way to go. Another crowd fundraiser/bake sale to throw money and donations for sale at.
another good submission
https://theministryhasfallen.substack.com/p/submission-to-the-nz-midwifery-council?sd=pf
I think it's worh posting the opening paragraphs:
"So, Te tatou o te Whare Kahu | Midwifery Council is the body that regulates all midwives in Aotearoa New Zealand. It just published its proposed Revised Scope of Practice for midwives. In it the words women and mother are removed and replaced with the word whānau.1 Ex-midwife and health researcher Sarah Donovan responded to this. Dr Donovan is concerned about the removal of these words given, as she states, midwifery is “arguably the most woman-centred and mother-centred of all health professions”.
While arguing that the changes are made to better support Māori women not all Māori are in agreement. In this interview Michelle Uriarau, from Mana Wāhine Korero argues that the Māori women chosen for consultation were handpicked and are far from representative of all iwi in Aotearoa. Uriarau also considers that Te Tiriti o Waitangi2 is being used to justify changes actually wanted by key transgender advocates who are big fans of degenderising language3.
It’s a great interview where Uriarau refuses to comply with the entirely theory-based gender woo that would try and take biology out of even the most visceral embodied experiences.
“When you give birth it’s not a philosophical act” said Ms Uriarau. Gold."