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.
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪
Information on the 2025 Marsden Fund round
Information about the number of funded proposals in the 2025 Marsden Fund round broken down by research area and institution, also including gender and ethnicity data
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm sure it's totally coincidental that the AoNZ government's changes to the Marsden Fund have been followed by successful applications led by female investigators dropping from 55% to 33%, and successful applications led by Māori investigators dropping from 13% to 5%. 🫠 🧪
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 😡
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
I don’t care how much you liked these stories, do not watch the new series or buy merch or read the books to your kids. Don’t support a genocide.
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I don’t care how much you liked these stories, do not watch the new series or buy merch or read the books to your kids. Don’t support a genocide.
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
Tuesday - storm causing significant damage and one death
Thursday - bigger storm resulting in state of emergency
Monday - storm forecast to hit same region, which is still without power in some areas
NACTFirst govt - argues for MORE fossil fuel
Thursday - bigger storm resulting in state of emergency
Monday - storm forecast to hit same region, which is still without power in some areas
NACTFirst govt - argues for MORE fossil fuel
"We've made massive progress by repealing Labour's ban on offshore oil and gas exploration".
What the fuck would we get from giving the mythical oil and gas to petrochemical companies?
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehous...
What the fuck would we get from giving the mythical oil and gas to petrochemical companies?
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehous...
The House: Parliament finds energy to debate power costs
This week, Parliament allocated an hour to debate New Zealand's struggling energy sector. While all parties agreed it was an issue, they diverged on how to solve it.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tuesday - storm causing significant damage and one death
Thursday - bigger storm resulting in state of emergency
Monday - storm forecast to hit same region, which is still without power in some areas
NACTFirst govt - argues for MORE fossil fuel
Thursday - bigger storm resulting in state of emergency
Monday - storm forecast to hit same region, which is still without power in some areas
NACTFirst govt - argues for MORE fossil fuel
Possums make rubbish long-term pets because they are nocturnal. They do not want to hang out with you during the day, they want to be asleep - and at night they will be very bored when you're asleep unless you let them free range, which would be terrible for wildlife.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Greater Wellington council wants people to stop adopting possums as pets
The Greater Wellington council says the marsupials pose a serious threat to native birds and plants.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Possums make rubbish long-term pets because they are nocturnal. They do not want to hang out with you during the day, they want to be asleep - and at night they will be very bored when you're asleep unless you let them free range, which would be terrible for wildlife.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Pōneke doing another of its post-rage "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, you know I love you really, you just make me crazy sometimes" mornings.
When will we learn it'll never change, and just leave?
When will we learn it'll never change, and just leave?
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Pōneke doing another of its post-rage "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, you know I love you really, you just make me crazy sometimes" mornings.
When will we learn it'll never change, and just leave?
When will we learn it'll never change, and just leave?
I know there is a lot of the day to go, but so far in Pōneke Tuesday was worse.
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I know there is a lot of the day to go, but so far in Pōneke Tuesday was worse.
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)
I don't even know where to start with the layers of privileged bubble horseshit in this piece, but maybe with: People generally aren't moving to Australia because they can't "build wealth" here. They're moving because they can't get a job, afford rent, or eat here.
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360845...
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360845...
Droves have headed to Australia for a better life. Here’s why the dream doesn’t always match reality
Moving to Australia doesn’t guarantee the financial security you crave. Your money habits matter more than your postcode, writes Katie Wesney.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I don't even know where to start with the layers of privileged bubble horseshit in this piece, but maybe with: People generally aren't moving to Australia because they can't "build wealth" here. They're moving because they can't get a job, afford rent, or eat here.
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360845...
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360845...
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
You can't fit thousands of job seekers into tens of jobs.
And while Luxon might call himself sorted, the country isn't, even if he doesn't want to do anything about it.
And while Luxon might call himself sorted, the country isn't, even if he doesn't want to do anything about it.
I am admittedly rage-posting now, but come the fuck on! Can we have an actual conversation about what we are doing as a country?
October 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
You can't fit thousands of job seekers into tens of jobs.
And while Luxon might call himself sorted, the country isn't, even if he doesn't want to do anything about it.
And while Luxon might call himself sorted, the country isn't, even if he doesn't want to do anything about it.
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
Analysis: If Willis' big fix for the energy market is to help gentailers finance new thermal baseload or firming plants, she's answering a question that nobody's asking, writes Jonathan Milne.
Govt flails to coax gentailers to build power plants
newsroom.co.nz
October 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Analysis: If Willis' big fix for the energy market is to help gentailers finance new thermal baseload or firming plants, she's answering a question that nobody's asking, writes Jonathan Milne.
We don't need to panic. We just need to stop installing - and replace existing - gas hobs.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
‘Don’t panic, but be aware’: Minister on gas stove study
“Any health risks, particularly those affecting children, are of concern,“ a Minister says after study links deaths, asthma to indoor pollution from gas stoves.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We don't need to panic. We just need to stop installing - and replace existing - gas hobs.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
Protect trans kids. Fuck RNZ, and specifically, fuck Ruth Hill and Mark Stevens, who apparently missed out that the Onion is satirical.
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...
theonion.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Protect trans kids. Fuck RNZ, and specifically, fuck Ruth Hill and Mark Stevens, who apparently missed out that the Onion is satirical.
The Government announcement on energy is so many levels of BS.
TL;DR: The actual pre-profit cost of electricity production is unaffordable for at least a third of the population, and cannot be solved without energy subsidies to lower income households.
TL;DR: The actual pre-profit cost of electricity production is unaffordable for at least a third of the population, and cannot be solved without energy subsidies to lower income households.
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Government announcement on energy is so many levels of BS.
TL;DR: The actual pre-profit cost of electricity production is unaffordable for at least a third of the population, and cannot be solved without energy subsidies to lower income households.
TL;DR: The actual pre-profit cost of electricity production is unaffordable for at least a third of the population, and cannot be solved without energy subsidies to lower income households.
Our gutless, spineless, heartless, brainless, thin-skinned turd golem of a Government may not recognise Palestine as a state, but the rest of us can.
.
Gaza
The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.
.
Gaza
The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.
.
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Our gutless, spineless, heartless, brainless, thin-skinned turd golem of a Government may not recognise Palestine as a state, but the rest of us can.
What I'd say to you is a high quality of service that is not the most effective way of doing it.
#Luxomatic
#Luxomatic
Type “what i’d say to you is,” and then use the auto suggestion to finish your very own automated Christopher Luxon statement.
What I’d say to you is, I think it’s the same as a normal human life.
#Luxomatic
What I’d say to you is, I think it’s the same as a normal human life.
#Luxomatic
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
What I'd say to you is a high quality of service that is not the most effective way of doing it.
#Luxomatic
#Luxomatic
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.
I think - or maybe it just feels like it because not my usual areas - I have done more media engagements in the last 3 days than in any other 3-day period in my career and it is a LOT for my internal stress monkey.
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I think - or maybe it just feels like it because not my usual areas - I have done more media engagements in the last 3 days than in any other 3-day period in my career and it is a LOT for my internal stress monkey.
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.
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
Aotearoa needs stronger gun controls and targeted prevention to keep suicide rates falling and reverse the rise in firearm assault.
Firearms incidents cost Aotearoa $322m a year: Strong laws save lives
New research shows strong firearm laws save lives, but rising firearm assaults and stark inequities mean Aotearoa must strengthen regulations and prevention efforts to reduce harm.
www.phcc.org.nz
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Aotearoa needs stronger gun controls and targeted prevention to keep suicide rates falling and reverse the rise in firearm assault.
I've been working on this paper unfunded for about 6 years, so it's great to see it finally published.
Firearm-Related Hospitalization and Death in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000 to 2023: A Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Firearm-Related Hospitalization and Death in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000 to 2023: A Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
ACP Journals
www.acpjournals.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I've been working on this paper unfunded for about 6 years, so it's great to see it finally published.
Firearm-Related Hospitalization and Death in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000 to 2023: A Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Firearm-Related Hospitalization and Death in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000 to 2023: A Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
First interview on a topic I haven't talked to media about before. Lessons: Even though I'm reasonably media-confident these days, a new topic dilutes the benefit of experience, so
- I should have practiced beforehand, and
- I should have had a drink of water handy
- I should have practiced beforehand, and
- I should have had a drink of water handy
September 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
First interview on a topic I haven't talked to media about before. Lessons: Even though I'm reasonably media-confident these days, a new topic dilutes the benefit of experience, so
- I should have practiced beforehand, and
- I should have had a drink of water handy
- I should have practiced beforehand, and
- I should have had a drink of water handy
Someone has engrossified the 'soft pendulous breasts' graffiti on the Ray Chung billboard by sticking little pictures of actual nipples over the black marker dots that were there previously.
I liked it better with just the black marker. Now it's a bit icky.
I liked it better with just the black marker. Now it's a bit icky.
September 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Someone has engrossified the 'soft pendulous breasts' graffiti on the Ray Chung billboard by sticking little pictures of actual nipples over the black marker dots that were there previously.
I liked it better with just the black marker. Now it's a bit icky.
I liked it better with just the black marker. Now it's a bit icky.
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hey Hutt folks, you may miss it when voting, but please don’t vote for Suzanne Levy! She sounds fine, but OOPS she runs the TERF organisation Speak Up For Women.
Reposted by Dr Lucy Tel-Bar
September 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM