Redundancy on maternity leave and the sexism that followed at WINZ (work and income New Zealand)
This is my journey from being the working mum, to being made redundant during pregnancy, to finally being the stay at home parent after the government told me I was unable to be the āprimary earnerā, because I was a woman.... In the winter of 2013 I had a phone call from a work mate, it was a seemingly innocent phone call about whether I could pop into the office for a staff meeting. I was 5cm dilated and laughed through contractions during the phone call stating ānope, canāt
Enid and her two mums - book review
I cant lie, I had pretty much given this book my full respect and admiration before I even lifted up it's first page. Equality in the LBGTQ community has always been important to me, I even have a slightly neglected Facebook page "Humans who support LBGT rights" that is dedicated to... well... humans who just happen to identify as being as LBGTQ. This book opens up the dialogue to talk about children who might have not only two mums, but two dads, or one mum or even one dad.
My kid is turning FIVE! What to expect when enrolling them at school.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm quietly freaking out. Although I am pretty much telling everyone I know. and posting it on social media and writing a blog about it, so its not quietly freaking out, its quite loudly I think. Scarlett turned 5 yesterday and is off to school in 2 weeks! Its all a bit over whelming and I'm not sure what are the steps to take, am I forgetting stuff to do or forgetting things to ask the school? There is no one actually telling you what to expect, what pract
'Beyond the Known World' Review
Recently separated parents Carl and Julie, must unify in order to find their missing daughter in the depths of India. Where every desperate step forward for the pair into India, its inhabitants, scenery and culture creates mixed feelings of hope and despair. They discover along the way who her daughter Eva had become, away from the safety of New Zealandā¦ They learn about her innate desire for wanderlust in a country filled with beauty and spiritual spaces and who she becameā¦
