Pip Adam

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Govt's Pharmac directive could 'exacerbate' inequity — expert www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/18/g...

Govt's Pharmac directive could 'exacerbate' inequity — expertwww.1news.co.nz The agency has been asked to consider wider financial and societal impacts when reviewing funding for drugs.

I thought it was maybe political but I think maybe Luxon is just really lazy and has no interest in doing any part of his job that isn't show pony.

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Look out for future mentions of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in Pharmac's calculations of value.

Pharmac likely to discriminate against disabled New Zealanders under Act's instructions.

Seymour's Pharmac directive could increase inequity — expertwww.1news.co.nz The agency has been asked to consider wider financial and societal impacts when reviewing funding for drugs.

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Congrats @darusha.ca @leemurraywriter.bsky.social @andiwrites.bsky.social and all the winners of the 2024 New Zealand Sir Julius Vogel awards. file770.com/2024-sir-jul...

C.J. Cherryh Named SFWA Damon Knight Grand Masterfile770.com The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has selected C. J. Cherryh as the 32nd Damon Knight Grand Master for her contributions to the literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy. The Damon…

'In his defence, Luxon only received that report last week'???? Who writes this stuff?

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Time to put Writers on Mondays in your diary on repeat! On 8 July we feature first essay collections by Airini Beautrais and Flora Feltham—women working out how to live their lives and how to write about them. 1215 Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa, free! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...

Writers on Mondays | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonwww.wgtn.ac.nz

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Great news for poetry lovers thanks to the Verb Festival: a special (and free!) event featuring Costa Prize winner Mary Jean Chan in August www.verbwellington.nz/events/mary-...

Mary Jean Chan: Bright Fear — Verb Wellingtonwww.verbwellington.nz For National Poetry Day, Costa Book Award-winner and Booker Prize judge Mary Jean Chan joins New Zealand Poet Laureate Chris Tse to discuss the complications of family, form, and the radical power o...

Happy return of prescription charges day! 😭

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Beware of the book festivals! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)

In this episode of Better off Read I talk to Rose Lu about work in progress, the novel and how our day jobs help us write. Thank you Rose. better-read.com/2024/06/28/e...

So hard not to crave the counterfactual where any one of the highly qualified younger people is debating Trump.

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This reminds me of someone…

Rishi always struck me as the kind of person who wanted to have 'Prime Minister of the UK' on his CV but without any interest in actually doing the job, he just wanted to have done the job so he could leverage it into something more lucrative or prestigious that he didn't really care about either.

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. Written in the 1950s by Mary — a 12-year-old at Oruaiti school in Northland #infrastructure . Telephone Wires In the far away distance I can hear the telephone wires Singing in churches Like pakehas. .

This sentence breaks my heart 'Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro will deliver the report to Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden.' To think of all that pain and work being put in the hands of someone who has proven they don't care about anyone. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Abuse in Care report handed to Governor-General Dame Cindy Kirowww.rnz.co.nz It is estimated between 110,000 and 255,000 people were abused in state or faith-based care from 1950 to 2019.

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"There have been 8943 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday, and 25 further deaths attributed to the virus. Of the new cases, 5389 were reinfections." I'm sorry, but wtaf! Given under-reporting that's got to be approx 25k cases in a week. #MaskUp #AoNZ

Covid-19: 8943 new cases, 25 further deathswww.rnz.co.nz There have been 8943 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday and 25 deaths.

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I’ll just leave this here again. #nzpol New ferries “The two new ferries would have meant double the passenger and vehicle capacity and triple rail capacity, while reducing the carbon footprint by about 40 percent.”

You know that thing where you decide to live off toast cause you have no money, and then you buy a really expensive pair of shoes cause you want them? That's what this government is. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

NZ First disagrees with Cabinet over current Covid-19 inquiry continuingwww.rnz.co.nz Winston Peters says the party disagrees with allowing the inquiry to continue as-is and with its current chair who, he says, risks a perception of bias.

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Those three words....so revealing. I. don't. care. Guess we can confirm he's an idealogue too. #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/24/i...

'I don't care': Fired-up Luxon defends boot camps for youth offenderswww.1news.co.nz The Prime Minister fired back at critics of the Government's plans to introduce military-style boot camps for teens and kids deemed serious offenders.

These are not serious people. CL saying loudly and desperately and over and over, 'Isn't it great!' Like if he repeats it enough and with enough volume it will become true. It's heartbreaking.

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The absolute state of it... | An ex-gun lobbyist is revising New Zealand’s gun laws, tightened after the 2019 mosque attack

An ex-gun lobbyist is revising New Zealand's gun laws, tightened after the 2019 mosque attackapnews.com Nicole McKee has pledged a review of the laws introduced after a 2019 terrorist attack at two mosques where an Australian man opened fire on Muslim worshippers, killing 51.

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Everyone, the anti-trans group LAVA are suing Wellington Pride over Pride not granting them a stall a couple of years ago. They have a givealittle for legal costs: givealittle.co.nz/cause/wellin...

Wellington Pride Festival - Legal Givealittlegivealittle.co.nz Wellington Pride Festival is being sued by representatives of an anti-trans group in the Human Rights Review Tribunal - Givealittle

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Speaking as someone with a PhD, I find the idea that anyone would be impressed by the idea of "PhD level intelligence" absolutely hysterical.

ChatGPT now to respond to all questions with “while compelling, that query is beyond the scope of this paper”

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Christopher Luxon's NZ is open for business! Don't miss out! Join the pylon!

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Doctor Who: We can go ANYWHERE in time and space! Also Doctor Who: Let's go to Wales again

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Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly (IIML MA19) is on the shortlist for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize!

Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize | Waterstoneswww.waterstones.com The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize is a celebration of emerging talent in fiction of all forms, set up to champion new voices and voted for by Waterstones booksellers.

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THESE MUTHAFUCKERS!!! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

‘As low as $2 an hour’: Disabled workers miss out on minimum wagewww.nzherald.co.nz Social Development Minister accused of an almost 'eugenic-type definition of productivity'

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Ooooh new issue of Satellites is out (limited run of issues inspired by the Aotearoa Asian Arts Archive), including a new essay by @vicciho.bsky.social on the future of HK film under the NSL GET AMONGST IT

Working, dancing, suffering | Satelliteswww.satellites.co.nz SATELLITES connects the past, present and future of Aotearoa Asian art.

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*extreme dudebro voice* "Oh, you're a fan of deregulation? Name 5 food-borne diseases you love."

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Toby Fitch reviews Catherine Vidler's Selected Visual Poems cordite.org.au/reviews/fitc...

Toby Fitch Reviews Catherine Vidlercordite.org.au In the late Catherine Vidler’s first full-length collection of poetry Furious Triangle (2011), a brilliant book of poems using regular old words, the spores to Vidler’s entirely wordless visual poe…