Kevin Hague
@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.
I know, obviously, that the private sector is inherently lean and efficient, but can anyone tell me, in the name of all that is holy, how on earth I can connect with someone at Spark who could take an order for a new broadband connection?
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I know, obviously, that the private sector is inherently lean and efficient, but can anyone tell me, in the name of all that is holy, how on earth I can connect with someone at Spark who could take an order for a new broadband connection?
Kia ora e hoa mā. I'm pleased to announce that I'm coming out of retirement to take up the role of Chief of Staff role for the Green Party in Parliament (think Malcolm Tucker, Leo McGarry). I'm not moving away from Te Tai o Poutini, but just now going the process of setting up a 2nd home in Wgtn.
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Kia ora e hoa mā. I'm pleased to announce that I'm coming out of retirement to take up the role of Chief of Staff role for the Green Party in Parliament (think Malcolm Tucker, Leo McGarry). I'm not moving away from Te Tai o Poutini, but just now going the process of setting up a 2nd home in Wgtn.
Warren Forster is absolutely right: this is exactly what ACC did in 2009-10. I’m proud of my part in the successful campaign to reverse that approach. Needed again.
ACC stops payments to record numbers of long-term clients www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ACC stops payments to record numbers of long-term clients www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ACC stops payments to record numbers of long-term clients
Many say they cannot work and worry they are being "dumped as a way to save money".
www.rnz.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Warren Forster is absolutely right: this is exactly what ACC did in 2009-10. I’m proud of my part in the successful campaign to reverse that approach. Needed again.
ACC stops payments to record numbers of long-term clients www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ACC stops payments to record numbers of long-term clients www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
There’s a double rainbow! Everything is going to be okay
September 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
There’s a double rainbow! Everything is going to be okay
Jon Stewart’s latest Daily Show was fantastic. Azerbaijan has never been at war with Armenia
September 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Jon Stewart’s latest Daily Show was fantastic. Azerbaijan has never been at war with Armenia
My go-to cafe in Invercargill was always Zookeepers, but the grieving can finally end. Kahu Ariki at SIT in Esk St is excellent
September 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My go-to cafe in Invercargill was always Zookeepers, but the grieving can finally end. Kahu Ariki at SIT in Esk St is excellent
I’m a simple man. I do not understand the ABs’ kicking strategy
September 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I’m a simple man. I do not understand the ABs’ kicking strategy
This hadn’t been a story I was following but was prompted to read this excellent article by being perplexed by the contradictory RNZ reporting, which said both that the data centres were ‘live’ and that they were still to be built. Emperor’s new clothes.
The truth about Amazon's NZ datacentre operations.
@newsroom.co.nz
@newsroom.co.nz
Amazon gives up building its own Auckland data centre, as power prices soar
Opinion: Tech giant Amazon's NZ boss makes one of the clumsiest and most embarrassing attempts in a long time to spin good news out of a fiasco, writes Jonathan Milne
newsroom.co.nz
September 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This hadn’t been a story I was following but was prompted to read this excellent article by being perplexed by the contradictory RNZ reporting, which said both that the data centres were ‘live’ and that they were still to be built. Emperor’s new clothes.
So great to be a Petri dish for experimentation by US libertarianism again: New Zealand’s Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
New Zealand’s Epstein Files
New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill looks like tidy lawmaking. But OIA documents reveal decades of foreign influence — embedding Richard Epstein’s radical “regulatory takings” theory into our laws...
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
So great to be a Petri dish for experimentation by US libertarianism again: New Zealand’s Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
Who'd have guessed? It turns out that the Regulatory Standards Bill is not only the decades-long ideological project of ACT and the NZ Initiative/Business Roundtable but also of the American extreme libertarian right:
New Zealand’s Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
New Zealand’s Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
New Zealand’s Epstein Files
New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill looks like tidy lawmaking. But OIA documents reveal decades of foreign influence — embedding Richard Epstein’s radical “regulatory takings” theory into our laws...
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Who'd have guessed? It turns out that the Regulatory Standards Bill is not only the decades-long ideological project of ACT and the NZ Initiative/Business Roundtable but also of the American extreme libertarian right:
New Zealand’s Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
New Zealand’s Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
Watching a film set in 1974 in the US. In one scene someone goes through an airport metal detector and then straight onto a plane. While in the air he pays for his ticket with cash, like a train. I don’t remember that happening. Anyone else?
August 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Watching a film set in 1974 in the US. In one scene someone goes through an airport metal detector and then straight onto a plane. While in the air he pays for his ticket with cash, like a train. I don’t remember that happening. Anyone else?
How sad it is that Moondance saved Van Morrison financially after Astral Weeks (objectively one of the best albums ever released) was a commercial flop
August 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How sad it is that Moondance saved Van Morrison financially after Astral Weeks (objectively one of the best albums ever released) was a commercial flop
We just watched the Thursday Murder Club movie. I won’t say anything about it, except to note how extraordinary it is that professional actor Pierce Brosnan seems completely incapable of adopting and maintaining an accent different to his own
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We just watched the Thursday Murder Club movie. I won’t say anything about it, except to note how extraordinary it is that professional actor Pierce Brosnan seems completely incapable of adopting and maintaining an accent different to his own
Look, I don’t like to be critical, but the Argentinian national anthem could really use some work
August 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Look, I don’t like to be critical, but the Argentinian national anthem could really use some work
Here's a link to our new report on the determinants of health and wellbeing, published today. It follows up on a landmark report from 1998 and finds that these determinants are largely the same, and we've done a patchy job (at best) of improvement.
I think this is what was meant to be linked. Thanks for your work on this and for sharing!
Determining our Future | Ministry of Health NZ
This independent report prepared by the Public Health Advisory Committee for the Minister of Health, reviews progress in addressing the determinants of health equity and wellbeing in Aotearoa, assesse...
www.health.govt.nz
August 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Here's a link to our new report on the determinants of health and wellbeing, published today. It follows up on a landmark report from 1998 and finds that these determinants are largely the same, and we've done a patchy job (at best) of improvement.
Reposted by Kevin Hague
I think this is what was meant to be linked. Thanks for your work on this and for sharing!
Determining our Future | Ministry of Health NZ
This independent report prepared by the Public Health Advisory Committee for the Minister of Health, reviews progress in addressing the determinants of health equity and wellbeing in Aotearoa, assesse...
www.health.govt.nz
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think this is what was meant to be linked. Thanks for your work on this and for sharing!
Reposted by Kevin Hague
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Awesome work Kevin! Mihi to you and your team.
And just love the "Reset Economic Levers" recommendations 🙂❤️🙂❤️.
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Awesome work Kevin! Mihi to you and your team.
And just love the "Reset Economic Levers" recommendations 🙂❤️🙂❤️.
🧵
Here's a link to our new report on the determinants of health and wellbeing, published today. It follows up on a landmark report from 1998 and finds that these determinants are largely the same, and we've done a patchy job (at best) of improvement. www.health.govt.nz/publications...
www.health.govt.nz
August 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Awesome work Kevin! Mihi to you and your team.
And just love the "Reset Economic Levers" recommendations 🙂❤️🙂❤️.
🧵
Awesome work Kevin! Mihi to you and your team.
And just love the "Reset Economic Levers" recommendations 🙂❤️🙂❤️.
🧵
Here's a link to our new report on the determinants of health and wellbeing, published today. It follows up on a landmark report from 1998 and finds that these determinants are largely the same, and we've done a patchy job (at best) of improvement. www.health.govt.nz/publications...
www.health.govt.nz
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here's a link to our new report on the determinants of health and wellbeing, published today. It follows up on a landmark report from 1998 and finds that these determinants are largely the same, and we've done a patchy job (at best) of improvement. www.health.govt.nz/publications...
Well, amongst other things: To fix health, minister advised he must fix climate, tax and Treaty newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/22/t...
To fix health, minister advised he must fix climate, tax and Treaty
Opinion: Comment: A major new independent advisory committee report paints a mixed picture of the country's health. Though there have been improvements, we are yet to address the social determinants o...
newsroom.co.nz
August 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Well, amongst other things: To fix health, minister advised he must fix climate, tax and Treaty newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/22/t...
Before the tūī start trashing all the flowers! They have started to arrive but so far are mostly focused on chasing other birds away
August 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Before the tūī start trashing all the flowers! They have started to arrive but so far are mostly focused on chasing other birds away
Does anyone know anything about ‘A Remarkable Place to Die’? It’s on TVNZ on Demand but I don’t think it was on any of their broadcast channels. But it’s much better than their usual streaming-only fare
August 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Does anyone know anything about ‘A Remarkable Place to Die’? It’s on TVNZ on Demand but I don’t think it was on any of their broadcast channels. But it’s much better than their usual streaming-only fare
I’m just engaging with the argument the phonics-only zealots are using as a smokescreen for the actual - racist (Elizabeth Rata, her hour come at last) - reason for removing Māori words from school books.
August 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’m just engaging with the argument the phonics-only zealots are using as a smokescreen for the actual - racist (Elizabeth Rata, her hour come at last) - reason for removing Māori words from school books.
What’s with the stories about sprucing up CVs? There’s a structural issue: way more people wanting work than jobs, along with inadequate social support. Deckchairs/Titanic
August 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
What’s with the stories about sprucing up CVs? There’s a structural issue: way more people wanting work than jobs, along with inadequate social support. Deckchairs/Titanic
I feel we can do a better job of celebrating the outstanding achievements of Niamh Fisher-Black, 5th in the Tour de France. Brilliant!
August 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I feel we can do a better job of celebrating the outstanding achievements of Niamh Fisher-Black, 5th in the Tour de France. Brilliant!
I’ve spent the weekend in Te Anau for the Half Marathon. Beautiful mostly off-road course - highly recommended - and great to be able to support local businesses in the off-season (in what’s obviously a very seasonal economy)
August 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I’ve spent the weekend in Te Anau for the Half Marathon. Beautiful mostly off-road course - highly recommended - and great to be able to support local businesses in the off-season (in what’s obviously a very seasonal economy)