Odd. No same sex couples. And no same sex couples with kids. I choose to see this as some heteronormative oversight that reinforces all the worst stereotypes and not something sinister. Not a ‘heads must roll’ moment but certainly time for a nanosecond’s ‘pause for thought’. On a bad day I would take it on […]
Rāhui Day 10 (12)
Rāhui Day 10 (12): Body clock chimed all day. Saturday is Youth Archery & club shoot day but not today. A good smattering of nostalgia between the funny Facebook quizzes, some long overdue cleaning, and all that Twitter hate. I give as good as I get on Twitter and I’m actually much funnier than most. […]
COVID19 Posts – Sunday 05 April, 2020 A
Brilliant. As a parent of a now 17 year old young man this issue has worried me since around the time we decided to have a child. I’ve always worried that my generation would be remembered as the one who screwed it all up because we did. Not my tribe, of course, all we wanted […]
COVID19 Posts – Sunday 05 April, 2020
Went for a walk for the first time since two days before the lockdown. Apparently it’s Sunday. We saw a nice friendly man who said ‘hullo’ who kept his distance, terrified of my stick and my angry face (not really). He was taking his small ginger puppy for a walk. He was very patient with […]
With Power Comes Responsibility – an intuitive response to the Israel Folau saga.
So Israel Folau is it again. Barely a year after his last homophobic outburst Folau has again hit Instagram with an appalling post anchored in his need to share his religious beliefs. ‘Christianity’ he calls it, but it’s as far from ‘love thy neighbour’ as I am from being an All Black. Why does he […]
The Gender Self Identity Bill Deferral
A journalist contacted me today and asked for my comment on three questions. He asked: ‘Why do you really think the gender Self ID Bill has been deferred?’ I replied: Much of the rhetoric around this issue is fear-mongering smoke and mirrors. Stripped right back, these changes don’t make a skerrick of difference to anyone other than […]
PAPA Speak Out About the Auckland Pride Parade
https://gayexpress.co.nz/2018/11/papa-speak-out-about-auckland-pride-parade/?fbclid=IwAR0_FoxG7Kwamk3rQuOPI1VTB3KAIOCk7_6VFunCzDPT9b6OpFmWhMD6tOI I guess the sad part about Emmy’s articulate response is that the pro-police lobby won’t believe a word of it. Why? Because it doesn’t fit their narrative. What am I hearing from the pro-police team: PAPA is bad because they’re radicals whose politics is repugnant and they’re just dumb Maoris. The truth is they’re […]
We Wont Be Erased
https://www.vogue.co.uk/video/we-wont-be-erased?fbclid=IwAR2HSelpcH6IavPFIw8bS5BQzFV69VCCUuWlwYaJECR2AWZudFnOdkQlLzQ Nice. I watched and asked myself ‘why this is even a thing?’ It’s a thing because the other side of this coin is the hate directed at us by individuals, groups, churches and other institutions and the knowledge that the greater the power imbalance the greater the likelihood of violence against us, or the […]
‘Wāhine Kākano – the 1st New Zealand Young Women’s Festival’
‘Wāhine Kākano – the 1st New Zealand Young Women’s Festival’ On Saturday 26 May, 2018, Auckland University of Technology hosted 300+ young women leaders ranging in age from 16 to 22 attending ‘Wāhine Kākano – the 1st New Zealand Young Women’s Festival’. AUT was the venue sponsor and the entire event took place in the […]
Pride and the Police
Trans academic Lexie Matheson on she and her community’s complex relationship with the police. It seems cop cars seem have always played a part in my life, and, since my coming out, even more so. As a young, middle class, white male professional, I seemed to be treated quite well – even though I was […]
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