Amanda Riddell
My current protests
So people can keep track: 1. Reviewing Question Time and founding AMPP. 2. Boycotting VUW for their questionable business decisions. 3....
top of page
Amanda Riddell
Jun 151 min read
Politics chat
Gary reckons we should set up an Upper House in our Parliament to veto bills that contradict He Whakaputanga, Te Tiriti O Waitangi and...
9 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
Jun 131 min read
the news today...
Riffing on the recent news about Te Pāti Māori. 'A satiric cartoon. A man with a facial moko (Māori carving) moving bits of paper from...
7 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
Jun 101 min read
Cops...
Well, despite my paranoia, Gary told me that 'they're never here for us' regarding all those Secret Service and cops that attend Question...
9 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
Jun 11 min read
Census 2023
For Amelia: this was supposed to be the first census that counted trans people, but I haven't seen hide nor hair of those results. 🏳️⚧️...
13 views1 comment
Amanda Riddell
May 301 min read
Still handwriting my notes
Can't join the Press Gallery; I'm not a member of the Media Council. It's bloody slow with this shit pen that I bought recently. The...
9 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 293 min read
Question Time 29.05.2024
There was a disability rights rally outside Parliament today calling for a return to flexible funding for disabled people and an end to...
13 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 281 min read
Eilish
You said that you read my blog, so let's see if you're still reading. You told me about your plan to wear a furry costume and distribute...
10 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 281 min read
Issues that I don't care about
Kids and education... I doubt anyone in my world is going to take the idea of homeschooling or alternative education very seriously: I...
17 views2 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 281 min read
Another troll
Hey Chloe, I see the Greens are in turmoil. Perhaps you should join AMPP?
8 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 233 min read
Question Time 23.05.2024
Reviewing from home. I'll try to update between questions. Wix is buggy atm... 1. Unkovich to Peters TU 4, WP 4 NZ FIrst patsy...
20 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 222 min read
Question Time 22.5.2024
I was writing a song, so I wasn't really all there today... 1. Chippy to the Prime Omelette C 9, PO 4 $24 million to Gumboot Friday....
7 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 213 min read
Question Time 21.5.2024
Avocadö Princess to the Prime Omelette AP 7, PO 5 'legacy of misery and financial mismanagement' - Luxon on Labour No-cause evictions...
10 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 181 min read
What's my crowd?
When I was younger, I was part of the alternative scene in Wellington. People that go to Kiwiburn, trippers and dropouts, circus people...
5 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 171 min read
Waiting In The Wings
I hadn't seen that one in ages: I was paranoid that I'd gone too far, but it was really funny. But yeah, I've left 2 skits unrealised,...
8 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 161 min read
'different rights for different citizens'
I think that's the dark message which the Dakumentary contains. That's the hypocrisy behind the current approach, which one could class...
14 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 131 min read
Why do I go to Parliament?
Well, it's the same reason as Gary: which is that I'm pointing out that I'm here because I've got the free time to be so, given that I'm...
7 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 81 min read
a brief invasion of Parliament
They bottlenecked at the gate, Having come straight from their lunch break To put the brakes on a controversial Bill. They carried some...
16 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 83 min read
Question Time 08.05.2024
I'm writing a poem about the Māori Party protest this arvo, but this is Question Time + a half-hour debate that opened the session. ...
3 views0 comments
Amanda Riddell
May 73 min read
Question Time 07.05.2024
Cameron to Hoggard The dairy industry rides again! 'Allow farmers to get back to farming' - Hoggard, who was sporting an eye patch. ...
7 views0 comments
bottom of page