Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
@lucytelbar.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow, He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago.
Mostly researching housing, health, and winter illnesses, but easily distracted.
Mostly researching housing, health, and winter illnesses, but easily distracted.
Guess the govt has no confidence its policies will improve homelessness any time soon - so better just make it invisible instead 😡
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Guess the govt has no confidence its policies will improve homelessness any time soon - so better just make it invisible instead 😡
I also have an (even) pricier part scholarship available to UWC Thailand ($83k+/year), and an unfunded place at UWC Atlantic in Wales (~$118k/year).
(I don't really expect to fill these, but you never know).
(I don't really expect to fill these, but you never know).
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I also have an (even) pricier part scholarship available to UWC Thailand ($83k+/year), and an unfunded place at UWC Atlantic in Wales (~$118k/year).
(I don't really expect to fill these, but you never know).
(I don't really expect to fill these, but you never know).
I also have needs-assessed part scholarships/places available at 6 other UWCs. These require a minimum contribution from family/whānau. Costs (including expenses) for the four least expensive are:
China ($22k+/year)
Hong Kong ($28.5k+/year)
Costa Rica ($47k+/year)
India ($51.5k+/year)
China ($22k+/year)
Hong Kong ($28.5k+/year)
Costa Rica ($47k+/year)
India ($51.5k+/year)
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I also have needs-assessed part scholarships/places available at 6 other UWCs. These require a minimum contribution from family/whānau. Costs (including expenses) for the four least expensive are:
China ($22k+/year)
Hong Kong ($28.5k+/year)
Costa Rica ($47k+/year)
India ($51.5k+/year)
China ($22k+/year)
Hong Kong ($28.5k+/year)
Costa Rica ($47k+/year)
India ($51.5k+/year)
So far I have at most 14 applicants eligible for the high-need scholarship to Canada, and 10 eligible for the two Māori/Pacific scholarships (Norway, Singapore).
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So far I have at most 14 applicants eligible for the high-need scholarship to Canada, and 10 eligible for the two Māori/Pacific scholarships (Norway, Singapore).
Do you know a school teacher or parent of Year 11 students?
My scholarship committee has THREE full scholarships to award this year to international boarding schools - one for any NZ student with high financial need, two for Māori/indigenous Pacific.
(Plus 6 partial scholarships of varying levels)
My scholarship committee has THREE full scholarships to award this year to international boarding schools - one for any NZ student with high financial need, two for Māori/indigenous Pacific.
(Plus 6 partial scholarships of varying levels)
![Poster for UWC Aotearoa New Zealand. Text as follows:
[Logo] UWC Aotearoa New Zealand
Full 'Dare to dream' scholarship
UWC Pearson College, Canada
If you are…
- Passionate about social change and community
- Academically strong and emotionally resilient
- 15 or 16 years old on 1 August 2025
- Resident and citizen of Aotearoa
- Ready to represent Aotearoa in a diverse international boarding school in Canada (starting August 2026)
…and can show high financial need
Visit www.nz.uwc.org/how-to-apply/
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 20 OCTOBER 2025".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g5tqoucinqf2t35jepkndbg2/bafkreiamh5ey2azlk7ytjdzh47xo4zo3jjfgivsuikp5ssfwdg3kposgda@jpeg)
![Poster, text reads:
[Logo] UWC Aotearoa New Zealand
(up to) FULLY FUNDED 2-YEAR OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MĀORI OR PACIFIC STUDENTS
If you are…
- Passionate about social change and community
- Academically strong and emotionally resilient
- 15 or 16 years old on 1 August 2025
- Indigenous to Aotearoa or another Pacific nation
- Resident and citizen of Aotearoa
- Ready to represent Aotearoa in a diverse international boarding school in Norway or Singapore (starting August 2026)
- All scholarships are need-assessed
Learn more about the UWC experience at www.nz.uwc.org
Questions? Please get in touch! Email: selection.nz@nc.uwc.net".
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 20 OCTOBER 2025"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g5tqoucinqf2t35jepkndbg2/bafkreihsxp6hgs7imipzchmwmyh2g22fg3ooyhfiv6mluvpxsqxnnkcwt4@jpeg)
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Do you know a school teacher or parent of Year 11 students?
My scholarship committee has THREE full scholarships to award this year to international boarding schools - one for any NZ student with high financial need, two for Māori/indigenous Pacific.
(Plus 6 partial scholarships of varying levels)
My scholarship committee has THREE full scholarships to award this year to international boarding schools - one for any NZ student with high financial need, two for Māori/indigenous Pacific.
(Plus 6 partial scholarships of varying levels)
Thought I'd take a look at the actual regulations the gas industry says all gas hobs are required to meet.
IANAL but my reading of the regulations is that, given the new evidence of harm ("damage") directly attributable to gas stove emissions, it should now be illegal to install a gas hob.
IANAL but my reading of the regulations is that, given the new evidence of harm ("damage") directly attributable to gas stove emissions, it should now be illegal to install a gas hob.
September 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thought I'd take a look at the actual regulations the gas industry says all gas hobs are required to meet.
IANAL but my reading of the regulations is that, given the new evidence of harm ("damage") directly attributable to gas stove emissions, it should now be illegal to install a gas hob.
IANAL but my reading of the regulations is that, given the new evidence of harm ("damage") directly attributable to gas stove emissions, it should now be illegal to install a gas hob.
Clearly* firearm mortality and autism prevalence have the same drivers, so we could act against guns as well as Tylenol.
Or alternatively, reduce autism prevalence with thoughts and prayers?
Or maybe Tylenol causes gun violence?
*Or not
Sources in alt text.
Or alternatively, reduce autism prevalence with thoughts and prayers?
Or maybe Tylenol causes gun violence?
*Or not
Sources in alt text.
September 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Clearly* firearm mortality and autism prevalence have the same drivers, so we could act against guns as well as Tylenol.
Or alternatively, reduce autism prevalence with thoughts and prayers?
Or maybe Tylenol causes gun violence?
*Or not
Sources in alt text.
Or alternatively, reduce autism prevalence with thoughts and prayers?
Or maybe Tylenol causes gun violence?
*Or not
Sources in alt text.
Without landlords, there would a rapture of houses
September 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Without landlords, there would a rapture of houses
Is this journalist seriously describing Phillips' 12-year old daughter - abducted when she was 8, and not in any position to do anything except what her father tells her - as an "accomplice"? That's pretty rude.
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Is this journalist seriously describing Phillips' 12-year old daughter - abducted when she was 8, and not in any position to do anything except what her father tells her - as an "accomplice"? That's pretty rude.
A salute to whoever had the Vivid and courage to do what needed to be done!
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A salute to whoever had the Vivid and courage to do what needed to be done!
I have this website permanently open in my tabs but damn it counts down much more slowly than I feel like it should.
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I have this website permanently open in my tabs but damn it counts down much more slowly than I feel like it should.
Two words: Epistemic Trespassing.
philpapers.org/archive/BALE...
philpapers.org/archive/BALE...
September 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Two words: Epistemic Trespassing.
philpapers.org/archive/BALE...
philpapers.org/archive/BALE...
New (to me) phishing or other scam method. I knew immediately this was fake because I'm 100% sure there's no other Telfar Barnard in the world, but if they'd used just one of those surnames I may well have clicked the link.
Warn any genealogy-interested relatives!
Warn any genealogy-interested relatives!
September 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
New (to me) phishing or other scam method. I knew immediately this was fake because I'm 100% sure there's no other Telfar Barnard in the world, but if they'd used just one of those surnames I may well have clicked the link.
Warn any genealogy-interested relatives!
Warn any genealogy-interested relatives!
I mean... we could. It's not really that different from when we pulled out of ANZUS in 1984, and as reported by Hager in 'Secret Power', it might not even make any practical difference to that work.
August 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I mean... we could. It's not really that different from when we pulled out of ANZUS in 1984, and as reported by Hager in 'Secret Power', it might not even make any practical difference to that work.
It's at most 470 days until next election. I'm suspicious that the govt is preparing to dump Luxon simply to take a new face into the next election, pretending they're different but continuing with the same policies which will still be bad even (especially?) if more effectively managed.
August 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's at most 470 days until next election. I'm suspicious that the govt is preparing to dump Luxon simply to take a new face into the next election, pretending they're different but continuing with the same policies which will still be bad even (especially?) if more effectively managed.
More conference as horror show... I stuck my hand in this.
(NB This is silicon etc, not real.)
I didn't try the VR cannula insertion though because I wouldn't even know where to start.
(NB This is silicon etc, not real.)
I didn't try the VR cannula insertion though because I wouldn't even know where to start.
August 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
More conference as horror show... I stuck my hand in this.
(NB This is silicon etc, not real.)
I didn't try the VR cannula insertion though because I wouldn't even know where to start.
(NB This is silicon etc, not real.)
I didn't try the VR cannula insertion though because I wouldn't even know where to start.
My favourite CSANZ poster.
Implications:
- (flippant) Don't have a heart attack this weekend.
- (serious) We need to have enough staff that quality care isn't compromised when they need to keep up with new and best evidence.
Implications:
- (flippant) Don't have a heart attack this weekend.
- (serious) We need to have enough staff that quality care isn't compromised when they need to keep up with new and best evidence.
August 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My favourite CSANZ poster.
Implications:
- (flippant) Don't have a heart attack this weekend.
- (serious) We need to have enough staff that quality care isn't compromised when they need to keep up with new and best evidence.
Implications:
- (flippant) Don't have a heart attack this weekend.
- (serious) We need to have enough staff that quality care isn't compromised when they need to keep up with new and best evidence.
Seems like the Minister still finds the word "racism" confusing.
August 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Seems like the Minister still finds the word "racism" confusing.
@thespinoff.bsky.social I think you're missing a sharing option here?
July 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@thespinoff.bsky.social I think you're missing a sharing option here?
And I turned to the page with the children's birthday party spread in the Edmonds Cookbook (here is a picture of the page) and pointed to the very pink, very frilly cake, and said "that one".
June 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
And I turned to the page with the children's birthday party spread in the Edmonds Cookbook (here is a picture of the page) and pointed to the very pink, very frilly cake, and said "that one".
So, I know Shit Is Up in the world, but not exactly what, because Mr BarTel turned the news off on the way to the beach for a walk, because it's my birthday.
Here is my birthday cake, which I have baked and decorated over the last few days.
Here is my birthday cake, which I have baked and decorated over the last few days.
June 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
So, I know Shit Is Up in the world, but not exactly what, because Mr BarTel turned the news off on the way to the beach for a walk, because it's my birthday.
Here is my birthday cake, which I have baked and decorated over the last few days.
Here is my birthday cake, which I have baked and decorated over the last few days.
I'd like to see a system where any landlord who hasn't paid a Tribunal fine within, say, 31 days, automatically has a lien placed on their property until the debt is paid.
These landlords sold the property for $1.7m but still haven't paid their former tenants. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
These landlords sold the property for $1.7m but still haven't paid their former tenants. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
May 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I'd like to see a system where any landlord who hasn't paid a Tribunal fine within, say, 31 days, automatically has a lien placed on their property until the debt is paid.
These landlords sold the property for $1.7m but still haven't paid their former tenants. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
These landlords sold the property for $1.7m but still haven't paid their former tenants. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
"Too many homes" will not be a thing until all rents everywhere are routinely less than 25% of the minimum wage.
Still, good to see the Ardern government being credited for these lower rents. Lower rents are a huge help to the cost of living and I'd hate to see National take the credit.
Still, good to see the Ardern government being credited for these lower rents. Lower rents are a huge help to the cost of living and I'd hate to see National take the credit.
![RNZ news story reading "Property investment coach Steve Goodey said a number of property investors were struggling.
"It's a classic oversupply, we added so many houses to the market with the Ardern [government's] incentives, that we have too many homes and renters have so many options.
"Add to that the massive increase in the cost to supply a home to market and you get a situation where landlords will have to discount to get homes full and we have a renters' market. If you have a $700-per-week house empty for eight weeks you're $5600 down so it's better to take it down to $600 per week and get it rented in two weeks." "
"Too many homes" is highlighted in blue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g5tqoucinqf2t35jepkndbg2/bafkreifrjzstjhjas6x5xufgoicbaz3vzwqp6an4j2paeamgzytatxj4ea@jpeg)
April 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Too many homes" will not be a thing until all rents everywhere are routinely less than 25% of the minimum wage.
Still, good to see the Ardern government being credited for these lower rents. Lower rents are a huge help to the cost of living and I'd hate to see National take the credit.
Still, good to see the Ardern government being credited for these lower rents. Lower rents are a huge help to the cost of living and I'd hate to see National take the credit.
Dear journalists.
Please stop calling them "reciprocal" tariffs. There's nothing reciprocal about them - their calculation did not include any assessment of existing tariffs.
It's lazy, and it's inaccurate. Try "trade-weighted tariffs" if you want to distinguish them from the 10% tariff.
Please stop calling them "reciprocal" tariffs. There's nothing reciprocal about them - their calculation did not include any assessment of existing tariffs.
It's lazy, and it's inaccurate. Try "trade-weighted tariffs" if you want to distinguish them from the 10% tariff.
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dear journalists.
Please stop calling them "reciprocal" tariffs. There's nothing reciprocal about them - their calculation did not include any assessment of existing tariffs.
It's lazy, and it's inaccurate. Try "trade-weighted tariffs" if you want to distinguish them from the 10% tariff.
Please stop calling them "reciprocal" tariffs. There's nothing reciprocal about them - their calculation did not include any assessment of existing tariffs.
It's lazy, and it's inaccurate. Try "trade-weighted tariffs" if you want to distinguish them from the 10% tariff.