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Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing - study The study found that 3 years after moving into public housing, alleged offences and court charges among young people reduced by 11.7 percent and 10.9 percent more than the general population.

How to reduce youth offending? Better housing!

Research shows offending decreased among teens living in public housing or getting accommodation supplement. Kids are able to attend school and develop community bonds. Parents spend more time with their kids.
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My husband is a teacher aide and I'm a teacher trained school counsellor. This feels personal.

Agree. This has been effective.

Abused people will bend over backwards to make their abuser more comfortable. This is often not because of any of the weird psychological shit that some people like to come up with.

It is for the extremely logical reason that they are trying not to be abused.

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An essential read.

"Packing a food parcel is not ‘being the hope of the world’ if you are not concurrently addressing the policies, inequities, and unjust practices driving poverty."

A thousand times this. A THOUSAND TIMES.

Repeat again. Did. I. Stutter? Again, *another thousand times*.

I agree. I found it difficult to decipher.

Treaty Principles Bill Aotearoa New Zealand history with Dr Vincent O'Malley. The New Zealand Wars, the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti, Māori and Pākehā relations and more

I have posted my submission on the Treaty Principles Bill here. Submissions close at midnight on 7 January and I have included a link to where you can make your own in the post.

www.meetingplace.nz/2025/01/trea...

Photo of laptop screen showing acknowledgement of submission on Regulatory Standards Bill.

Another submission done. This one was much harder for me than the last. A lot of jargon to decipher.

Photo of a laptop screen with the acknowledgement of a submission being made on the treaty principles bill.

Just sent. My submission opposing the Treaty Principles Bill. Now to get each member of my whānau to do one.

All the dudes with the most power in this country right now are the type of guys that you walk away from at parties

Post a pic YOU took. Just a pic. No description.

Science body urges PM to reconsider cuts to research funding Royal Society Te Apārangi weighs in on Govt-ordered cuts to humanities research grants.

"in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, the Royal Society Te Apārangi’s president, Distinguished Professor Dame Jane Harding, said the risks of not investing in social sciences and humanities would be “substantial”.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/marsden-f...

Portia Woodman-Wickliffe performing haka

Wow! What an image! What a woman! Wahine Māori Portia Woodman-Wickliffe.

Black Ferns season is about to start!

ātaahua! vt.tiktok.com/ZSj4GdNsQ/

Anyone else just hear "Toitu te tiriti o Waitangi" 🖤🤍❤️

Current hero

My favourite sign from the hikoi on Tuesday

What is the best way to have my settings? I keep drifting back to twi#er because it's familiar. How do I curate my feed to enjoy this side better?

Victim Support worker ‘bragged’ about smacking his children www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3502...

John Campbell: Are we on the cusp of something new or something old? Goodbye 2023 - but is it out with the old and in with the even older?

"New Zealand First would do almost anything for a vote now. They’re as principled as a cigarette": John Campbell

This is fkn great writing. It's a long read, but don't skimp. Treat it as homework but interesting.
www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/30/j...

Roly poly little bat faced girl

Forgot the fiction of men in dresses threatening women’s sport, it’s reality of these men in suits that have already proven to be the biggest danger to our participation and success.

Senior prizegiving ✅️
Mentor training✅️
Media briefing on the state of school Guidance Counselling ✅️
Arranged puppy sitters for Coco✅️
Finally travelling to MIL's tangi...

Picture showing match day information for women's rugby fifteens game. New Zealand versus England. Saturday 4 November 2023 7pm kickoff

This is going to be a cracker!

It’s Oct 28. Flashback to 1835 when the sovereign powers of iwi were recognised; the Declaration of Independence, a precursor to Te Tiriti. Just saying.

That was a hard week. Week 3 Term 4 first Board of Trustees meeting with our new Principal. More work than is humanly possible to complete and holding so much risk. Grateful for visiting therapists, great colleagues and clients who are healing and growing.