‘Performance begins where memory leaves off.’ Any high-performance athlete or coach will tell you this, and it applies equally well to the performing arts. I thought about this quite a lot last evening as I blubbed my way through Auckland Theatre Company’s watershed production of Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking, directed by Katie Wolfe (Ngāti Mutunga, […]
Tag: Politics
‘Tidying the House’~ when silence becomes a betrayal of principle
I was elected to my first governance role when I was eighteen. It was as a member of the board of a teacher union, a branch of the NZEI. I was elected to my most recent governance role – Deputy Chair of the Gender Equity and Inclusion Committee of the World Archery Federation – when […]
Chromosomes?
In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes. So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity. A reasonable conclusion. Fast […]
‘Murica, the Fourth Reich
It’s impossible to know what’s going on in America at the best of times, but what I do know is that, right now, it ain’t at all good for transgender people. Or for the disabled, black people, women, refugees – anyone Trump can ‘other’ as being a DEI hire. Somehow, trannies have managed to become […]
Superannuation, and the illusory ‘back pocket’
Among the raft of serious issues – and there have been plenty of them – created by the coalition government that have affected me directly, superannuation is close to the top. Why is this so? Because the income I receive from superannuation – my entitlement to which, to quote the Prime Minister, I am ‘entitled’ […]
‘Stronger Together’
What an INCREDIBLE three days – and what a difference ‘hope’ makes. 170+ of the best people it’s possible to imagine from every corner of the tertiary education sector and from almost every walk of life, all totally committed to making the world a better and more equal place for everyone. It’s not often that […]
Fundamentalists & Toilets
Here’s the thing: fundamentalist Christian hate group Family First are obsessed with who uses what toilet. This campaign attacks people whose gender is in conflict with what they were assigned at birth, people who live authentic lives in their true gender and are not a threat to anyone else using the bathroom. Family First base […]
Superannuation
Among the raft of issues created by the coalition government that have affected me, superannuation is close to the top. Why is this so? Because the income I receive from superannuation – my entitlement to which, to quote the Prime Minister, I am ‘entitled’ – is my primary source of earnings, and since the government […]
‘Murica, the Fourth Reich
It’s impossible to know what’s going on in America at the best of times, but what I do know is that, right now, it ain’t at all good for transgender people. Or for the disabled, black people, women, refugees – anyone Trump can ‘other’ as being a DEI hire. Somehow, we’ve managed to become the […]
Te Pâti Māori
I voted for Te Pâti Māori when they first entered the Whare Pāremata and they were fresh. To add joy to my vote, I cast it at the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo. I’ve always wanted them to do well but I lost faith in them when they opted to join John Key’s ratbag lot. […]
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