The two poverties
The Spinoff Daily, Monday June 12
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Today on The Spinoff, Duncan Greive reveals the new digital All Blacks platform that could spell trouble for Sky, Anna Pendergrast has a terrifying time in a self-driving taxi and Janhavi Gosavi discovers the truth behind the “therapy bunnies” of Cuba Street.
“Iosua, a 41-year-old Wellingtonian, lives in a boarding house because no better accommodation is on offer. After the rent is paid, he has $130 a week for food, clothing and other costs. Paul, a 50-year-old with multiple health conditions, applauds the government’s recent benefit increases and the less punitive attitude among agencies. These men both experience hardship, to varying degrees, and together they start to shape an answer to a pressing question: how much has been done, in truth, to alleviate poverty in this country, ever since that day in October 2017 when Labour came to power promising to transform the lives of the disadvantaged?”
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I caught a driverless taxi and it was terrifying
“Every time we spotted a hazard, we asked ourselves if the car would also ‘see’ it and react in time. And it did! It was fine. The feeling I can most equate it to was a rollercoaster, where it’s scary and fun but you know you’re most likely going to be safe.
That feeling changed when, about two-thirds of the way through our ride, we entered a busier part of town close to the central business district. For no reason we could ascertain, the car suddenly did a fast swerve towards parked cars before correcting itself. Our mood turned from giddy excitement to a feeling of ‘Oh shit, what did we get ourselves into?’”
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“People can be such assholes. Not the ones trying their best to rehome their dogs, the ones who judge the people trying to rehome their dogs. It’s never more lonely to be solo than when you’re making decisions that are right for your family while strangers on the internet vehemently judge and berate you on the basis of no information whatsoever.”
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