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2 days ago | 
renews.co.nz | Rachel Barker
Content warning: This article discusses emotional and physical abuse. With a controlling or abusive partner, it can take months, or even years, to realise the extent of the control they have over your life and how much they’ve hurt you. This article is part of our new series on healthy relationships, sponsored by Love Better. Lone actions turn to patterns and the gut feeling you have that something is wrong never goes away.
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1 week ago | 
renews.co.nz | Rachel Barker
Relationships are full of issues and road bumps. Some are silly and messy and part of being young and figuring out how to get it right. Some have the potential to be more dangerous and harmful. Coercive control falls into the second category. This article is part of our new series on healthy relationships, sponsored by Love Better. Coercive control is a pretty serious-sounding term, and you might know it better as “controlling behaviour”.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
pharmacytimes.com | Rachel Barker |Raechel Lozano |Kimberly Finley
By the year 2030, it is estimated that 12.1 million people in the US will be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF).1,2 AF is the most common sustained arrhythmia with more than 5.6 million Americans currently diagnosed. In 2015, an estimated 591,000 cases of undiagnosed AF were reported; however, discovering the exact prevalence of undiagnosed AF can be challenging.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
vice.com | Rachel Barker
This year has been rough. It began with a bomb threat at The Waitangi Tiriti Grounds, hen we officially entered a recession, then just about every bar or pub or festival worth going to gradually began to announce the lights were turning off. And amidst it all 2024 has seen a huge amount of job losses, especially across the and public sector.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
vice.com | Rachel Barker
Last month, New Zealand Fashion Week 2024 was cancelled. And sure, not everyone cares about fashion. Sure, you could call it an often-reductive, rich-kids-showing-off-their-“jobs” convention. Sure, it’s fair to say that for most New Zealanders losing out on Fashion Week won’t be encouraging them to give up on their lives entirely. But Fashion Week getting lobotomised is indicative of something many of us can feel but no one wants to admit: Everything is dying in New Zealand.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
vice.com | Rachel Barker
Hiding your hangover isn’t always necessary —shout out to the bosses and managers who let us lie on the floor and snooze at our desks — But if you need to get through your work day without your ungodly state being detected, here’s our best advice: Shower. Please. Not getting some soap through your hair and pits will be your biggest regret, no matter how shit you feel when the day begins. Bring your toothbrush to work.
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May 30, 2024 | 
vice.com | Rachel Barker
The rural town of Eskdale, Hawkes Bay, was once home to vineyards, orchards and a small community – but since February 2023 it has been left a ghost of itself.The Esk River that runs through the town has a long history of flash flooding, with notable floods wreaking havoc in 1938 and 2018. February 2023 saw Cyclone Gabrielle sweep across Aotearoa, leaving devastation in its wake.
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May 14, 2024 | 
vice.com | Rachel Barker
Alternative hip-hop artist Jujulipps is the name on everybody's lips in Tāmaki Makaurau’s music scene. The South African-born multidisciplinary took home the Taite Music Awards title of Best Independent Debut in April, and her tracks ooze confidence, blending rap, afro beats and, well, anything she’s in the mood to get down to. And with lines like “Running your mouth when you lookin' like that, Something your mum should’ve swallowed or spat,” Jujulipps isn’t afraid of getting a little nasty.
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May 1, 2024 | 
vice.com | Rachel Barker
There’s no such thing as a “banned” baby name in Aotearoa. But if you try to call your tender newborn Lucifer, Fanny or King Killah, the Department of Internal Affairs will most likely step in – which hasn’t stopped people from trying. For 28 years the registrar-general of Birth, Deaths and Marriages has had the power to decline a baby’s name, based on 1995 legislation. A total of 64 got the sniff of disapproval last year.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
vice.com | Rachel Barker
Schools in Aotearoa are encouraged to follow the Relationship and Sexuality Guidelines laid out by the Ministry of Education. These take a holistic approach to guiding students towards “consensual, healthy and respectful relationships.” It’s incredibly important that people develop their understanding of things like consent, identity and managing intimate relationships on an emotional level. But what about… The Fucking?
