HISTORY!

I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike nyti.ms/2PQHCLH

My coach in HS had one goal for me (and all his runners)—that we would love running and be involved in the sport for the rest of our lives.

“He has been fighting for these issues for his entire life…. He did this when it was least convenient. He paid the highest political costs. He was fighting for these things since before I was even born.” –Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

How. Could you. Not. Like. Her!

3. And when you head to the fridge to grab the milk, stop and recognise that parents of at least 200,000 children across the country this morning are waking up to empty shelving #maketheuturn

National and maybe Labour have proposed a $3000 re-entry tax for NZ citizens wanting to come home. Some reasons to oppose it: (1) Benefit from quarantining doesn’t just go to individuals. There’s a public benefit to limiting the risk of spreading covid-19. Govt shd fund this. /1

(2) This will take the hardest toll on NZers overseas w/ little savings or low incomes. Not fair that these NZers shd face debt when visas expire or shd be particularly deterred from coming home if they can stay overseas longer. Move discriminates against lower income NZers. /2

(3) Quarantining is part of NZ’s health response to covid-19. Our public health system is generally publicly funded. This tax is a user-pays model that is inconsistent w/ that principle. (Yes, we don’t fund everything but we shd hv a starting point of limiting user-pays fees.) /3

(4) Legally there is a right for citizens to return to their country of origin. That right can’t be hollow or just a paper protection. Slapping a $3000 fee on citizens returning home significantly impedes that right, meaning it is being actively undermined through policy. /4

Overall, during the govt’s response to covid-19 it’s decided to bear a number of costs that would otherwise be incurred by individuals to keep everyone safe. Quarantining seems legitimately part of this overall framework at a time of emergency. This policy should be opposed. /6

THREAD: Today I wrote an op-ed in the nzherald (nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-om…). It details how Jim Huylebroek and I were rejected this week to return to my homeland NZ to give birth, because of covid restrictions. We are in Afghanistan.

Two more days until #NCAATF Indoor Champs! Get ALL your archived races on FloTrack!

Careers expo at Otago University with @TeamIntergen .

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Excited to have just bought the singlet worn by Peter Snell at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics! Kiwis deserve to see it 👍

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns tcrn.ch/2szv79w by lucas matney

Me when senior exec woman just got asked how she balances her work with 4 children as advice for all the 'women' in the room #ATC2017