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kevinhague.bsky.social
Ko Māwhera te kāinga. Ko Kevin tōku ingoa. Retired, Pākehā, gay, vegetarian, conservationist, public health advocate. Still on boards and things, so just to be clear, this is my personal account.
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Turns out the cost of certification is not high after all. In fact in this case, FIANZ would have done it for free. But nobody asked.

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

Life expectancy in Gaza has dropped from 75.5 years to 40.6 years https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02810-1/abstract?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3F99FCiO7aUK4ZmCkTVkkQc_kIAlI1X4_REv4Jo8HaQvN0mTTjQMgjN5s_aem_HAUojJ7htkq1k_htaTY6AA

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

Some great submissions today from @drdeanknight.bsky.social @kevinhague.bsky.social Hekia Parata, Andrew Judd, Horiana Irwin-Easthope, Maui Solomon, the KCs and others. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-...

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

And I will be 10 minutes later

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

On the bus currently on Courtney Place and see that Mockingbird has closed down. Another victim of bike lanes, obviously

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Oral submission done and dusted. An honour to present alongside superstars like the 50 KCs, Dean Knight and Andrew Judd. Only heard one submission supporting the bill while I was there. As with others I’ve heard, hopelessly confused and oblivious to the racism underpinning his central argument

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Something important fell out of my pocket on the Wellington waterfront last night. Is there some kind of ‘lost & found’? Police?

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Wellington proclaims its trans-ally status

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

A few years back, when Ineos was announced as the new ABs sponsor, NZRugby adopted a “talk to the hand” response to everyone expressing disapproval they had tied a team and tradition we valued highly to the murderous fossil fuel industry. I, for one, am very happy the deal has blown up in their face

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

‘The Twisted Chain’, written by my friend Jason Gurney, is in part a love letter for his father and also a compelling epidemiology of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. No other disease better illustrates the catastrophic effects of income inequality and structural racism. Just saying

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

kevinhague.blog/2025/02/10/s...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

POLL: “Nearly 90% of people in Aotearoa believe Te Tiriti o Waitangi is important for everyone to feel a sense of belonging, and that New Zealanders are largely united in their support of Te Tiriti." Link: horizonpoll.co.nz/page/711/90-... #ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

MPs are approached by many individuals asking them to champion their cause. There is no obligation to do. If considering doing so, some diligence is required. There seems no other conclusion - except sheer naivety - than Seymour was attempting to influence a Police murder investigation

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

“The Treaty bill is not just about legal wording — it’s about economic power. If Te Tiriti is successfully reframed as symbolic rather than contractual, the Crown will have removed one of the last barriers standing in the way of total economic control.” — Joshua Koko.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments