Gareth Terry
@garethterry.bsky.social
He Pākehā ahau nō Tāmaki-Makau-Rau. Critical health psychology. Massey University. He/him #kikorangi #academicsky
It is significant and important that this guidance has been prepared by Women in Sport Aotearoa, given that so much of the anti transgender participation rhetoric is led by those claiming to speak for women in sport. Check out their toolkit here: www.wispainsighthub.org/insight/tran...
Transgender Inclusion in Community Sport Toolkit
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Last night, Women in Sport Aotearoa, alongside InsideOut and the Clare Foundation launched a new toolkit for community sports providers to support the participation of transgender and nonbinary people in sport. Filling the gap created by the deletion of the previous guidance by the Minister of Sport
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
So Simeon Brown taking credit for this new $6 million radiation therapy machine at Wellington Hospital. This was another step in the funding programme announced by Jacinda Ardern in 2019. Is always worth checking the origins of the Nats big announcements #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/national/114...
New $6 million radiation therapy machine installed at Wellington Hospital
A multi-million dollar radiation therapy machine which can precisely target tumours has been installed at Wellington Regional Hospital.
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All of National's policies for this election are: 1. Things that should have been done already 2. Things they're just saying to win votes 3. Things that would never fly with ACT/NZ First 4. Any combination of the above #nzpol
National promises to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected
National has pledged to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected.
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Announcing New Blog Co-Editors Our blog co-editors Jess and Franciska are handing over the reigns. Meet Craig Owen and Emer Cartwright!
Announcing New Blog Co-Editors
Our blog co-editors Jess and Franciska are handing over the reigns. Meet Craig Owen and Emer Cartwright!
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Clocking in for another shift at the ‘Tamatha Paul was Right’ factory. I talk more about this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/another-sh...
Omg. Delighted to see this champion of evidence-based policy stepping into the public arena — she’s been a fighter since forever, but goodness gracious she will still need us to have her back, e hoa mā…
Dr Lisa Te Morenga - Te Tai Tonga
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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Tired of AI hype posts? You might like my sober assessment of whether AI-generated summaries are suitable for studying and research. Spoiler alert, they are not. The text is primarily aimed at students and researchers, but has much broader relevance. So share freely!: www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...
Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research?
Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...
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It's incredible that the entire panic over "ultra-processed foods" is based on the results of just *five* RCTs, four of which were less than three weeks long. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Musk fomenting violent race riots in Northern Ireland should have everyone to the left of Reagan fleeing the platform he owns and directly controls but they've already excused so much more, they've abdicated their capacity for moral indignation and disgust
In amongst a lot of really callous shit, some extra callous shit. Please sign! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...
Stop the Discriminatory Bill Removing Disabled People’s Rights – Ensure Fair Due Process
Disabled people and their carers already face huge barriers just to live, work and care. This bill sets a dangerous precedent and strips away legal rights that other New Zealanders still have. It canc...
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This is SOLID reporting from Emily and every working NZ journo who's regurgitated this government's propaganda about "low attendance" or "tackling truancy" or framed the issue as Tough-Talking David Seymour vs Lazy Teacher Unions should sit down and take some goddamn notes
Emily@emilywrites.co.nz · 2mo agoI hate to use this word but this is a scoop: parents are being fined and chased by schools for having unwell, dying, and disabled children. Some have been fined of threatened for - among other things - keeping kids home when a parent has died. www.emilywrites.co.nz/parents-fine...
The role of Simeon Brown in enabling this nonsense is further highlighted here.
Marc Daalder@marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2mo agoGovernment lawyers told Winston Peters that NZ would still make its own decisions under updated WHO rules, but he insisted the changes put sovereignty at stake and rejected them. My report: newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/03/f...
Housing, education, and healthcare are the basic 'bread and butter' of a functioning, cohesive society. They are not the icing on top, or a lolly scramble at a birthday party - they are the meat and veg of society. Read more: #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
This budget fails to provide for people
Basics aren't bribes
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Former Wellington mayor turned NZ First MP Andy Foster says he claims the $36k annual accommodation subsidy because "the cost of owning a home in Wellington is not cheap". thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-...
NZ First MP Andy Foster claims $36k top-up to stay in home he’s owned for 26 years
The former Wellington mayor says he claims the accommodation subsidy because 'the cost of owning a home in Wellington is not cheap'.
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It’s not a distraction, it’s a plan. National signed onto and supported that plan by voting for the bill to select committee. #nzpol They’ve enabled the discussion about the right of a group to exist. There are no excuses or reasons that justify what they’ve done or the harm they’ve unleashed.
"We're the ones that are dealing with a failed energy policy from the last administration." Uh, you sure about that ya fukn bowling ball? #nzpol
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2meke immigrant check in English from Treaty partner PM Luxon. Tangata whenua te Tiriti partners would like to see a citizenship test in te reo for all Pākehā back dated to 1769 to remind migrants of Māori values.
Is contraception "Just Too Complex" for men? If you want to know how Australian men think about contraception, check out this paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... If a recruitment of men to talk to about contraception was "Just Too Complicated", see here www.researchgate.net/publication/...
“It’s Just Too Complex”: How Australian Men Perceive Sharing Responsibility for Contraception With Partners; A Qualitative Study - Cassandra Caddy, Meredith Temple-Smith, Jacqueline Coombe, 2026
Limited research explores the role taken by men in preventing pregnancy within their relationships. We conducted 15 qualitative semi-structured online or teleph...
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Time for my yearly update on how we're doing in AoNZ vis-a-vis PhD stipends (poorly). I use the Marsden Fund PhD and Masters stipends as the benchmark because they are at the *top* end of what is offered, btw. 🧪
He’s an anti-vaxxer by way of cynicism. Think of all the followers on X that he stood to lose by publishing that study!
Greg Folkers@gregfolkers.bsky.social · 4mo agoNYT: C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines Economist Jay Bhattacharya, who has never worked as a physician or biomedical scientist, overrules CDC experts. Axe=ground. by Apoorva Mandavilli @nytimes.com @apoorvanyt.bsky.social nyti.ms/3OVuSEk
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
NZ Govt has taken a huge bet on fossil fuels. NZ was already spending $8 billion a year importing fossil fuels, and now the global fuel crisis is going to make that worse. Betting on fossil fuels has turned out to be a losing bet for NZ. This is the 14 point policy record of 2 years of the NZ Govt:
The Green Party says a national electrification plan is needed to build NZ’s energy security as, unlike oil shipments, wind and solar can’t be held up in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran war: Greens call to ‘electrify everything’ and distance NZ from US
The Green Party says a national electrification plan is needed to build NZ’s energy security as, unlike oil shipments, wind and solar can’t be held up in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The RNZ article on reduced interest in sex among Gen Z is really not reading the room with its women blaming, manosphere coded bullshit. This on a weekend we hear about rape websites and their tens of millions of views.
