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Journalist. Tutor. Former editor. “Disaster of a human being.” Daisy.h @theguardian .co.nz

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Daisy Hudson
2 years
No matter your political views, the abuse, sexism, and vitriol Jacinda Ardern has had to endure has been beyond hideous. I truly hope she enjoys no longer having to put up with that.
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Daisy Hudson
7 years
When your granny trolls the entire world. #BuckinghamPalace
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7 years
I haven't been this disappointed in America for possibly electing a sexual harasser since the last time they did EXACTLY THE SAME THING. #AlabamaSenateElection
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
I’m not 100% on this but I *think* if the PM gets COVID the next person in the line of succession is the Briscoes lady
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5 years
Shoutout to all the New Zealanders who aren’t into cricket, and who will essentially be carrying the country’s productivity tomorrow.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Protestor refers to the PM as “some girl in a skirt who’s on a power trip” Hmm, I wonder why her gender is relevant? 🙄
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4 years
America: is our leader going to undermine the election, sparking violence and unrest? New Zealand: is our leader going to DJ at a music festival?
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Enid Blyton strikes again
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Five arrested in cocaine bust off Spain's Canary Islands
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3 years
Good morning to everyone except the social media manager for the All Blacks
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3 years
By taking seven days of annual leave in April you can get 17 days off because of Easter/Anzac this year. RT to save a life
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3 years
You’re mad about Australia detaining Novak Djokovic? Okay now do Nauru/Christmas Island
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
My cousin told me earlier in the week she probably wasn't going to get the vaccine as she had concerns about the push to get it etc. We had a chat, tried to explain why I got it without being pushy. She just messaged to say she'd had her first jab!
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Can we talk about how protestors have been legally harassing women getting abortions for DECADES?
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3 years
Oh Lena 💔 Next time you think a woman is overreacting for being worried about walking or running alone, remember this. She should have been safe.
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3 years
“Sorry your honour, I only did all that shoplifting because the payments would’ve looked bad on my mortgage application”
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3 years
Petition to lower the retirement age to 30
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3 years
I, too, often bring New Zealand flags and anti-government protest signs to my family picnics.
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
The fear of Ashley Bloomfield reading out my activities if I get Covid is a great excuse to never leave my flat.
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
I spent two hours at an Advance New Zealand meeting tonight for work, so for the love of god please read tomorrow’s ODT.
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4 years
The Timaru restaurant I’m in has a framed photo of Dr Bloomfield on the counter 😂
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
When you realise how much you’ve spent on blazers
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2 years
I'm no HR expert, but if I was trying to prove I was a good boss and had not bullied staff, I probably wouldn't be posting serious allegations about said staff on social media.
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
If you think what happened to Sarah Everard doesn't matter here in New Zealand, pretty much every woman I've spoken to in the past couple of days has brought it up. We're angry.
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Daisy Hudson
5 years
Replace the giant eagle at Wellington Airport with the kid from JoJo Rabbit kicking Hitler, you cowards.
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
If “should we be able to bully children on a national radio station” is where the current debate is at, we might have a problem fam
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
Imagine having to tell your boss you lost 3.2 tonnes of coke in the ocean.
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
🚨personal news klaxon🚨I’ve known since I was at journo school that I wanted to be an editor someday. Nine years later, getting to do that at the site of my first job is a special full circle moment. I’m starting as the editor of the Ashburton Guardian next month.
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
Remember when we thought @SiouxsieW was going to cause the biggest PR headache for Air New Zealand this month?
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Shoutout to the strange guy in his 40s/50s at the beach who wouldn’t stop staring at me, followed me down the esplanade, and when I politely said no when he asked me to get coffee, called me a slut. I was *literally* just standing there.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Our 1pm pandemic press conferences are now littered with inside jokes for the small number of Kiwis on Twitter, just as nature intended.
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
How are we mad at Marama Davidson when Chris Hipkins was practically a walking ad for Coke Zero
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
Ricky Gervais complaining about not being able to make fun of certain things any more and then blocking everyone who says something critical of him is funnier than anything in his Netflix special
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Daisy Hudson
5 years
Six years of journalism and this is probably the proudest moment of my parents' life.
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#WATCH : When Paul Henry's new show was announced last week, it was greeted with both great excitement and criticism. This was the moment Paul addressed some of the feedback head-on 📺 Rebuilding Paradise with Paul Henry | @ThreeNewZealand
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
David Clark has done the impossible- he’s united Twitter.
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Daisy Hudson
1 year
Did anyone else stress about the Bermuda Triangle far more than they needed to as a kid
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Daisy Hudson
6 years
Politicians are never allowed to moan about disengaged youth again, if they criticise the climate strikes. I don’t make the rules.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Someone got off the bus without thanking the bus driver. Absolutely raging.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
If the Briscoes lady isn’t at vaxathon I swear to god
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Daisy Hudson
11 months
How much money is going to spent doing rebranding/new signage etc to remove Te Reo from public organisations?
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Hipkins winning the hotly contested Most Memeable Politician of 2021 award
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Daisy Hudson
6 years
Ordered this on Friday morning. Feels even more relevant in light of Christchurch. @RonanFarrow
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
Michael Woodhouse three days ago: “This is unconscionable and unacceptable that those suffering from the incredibly dangerous virus now have to suffer further with their private details being leaked.”
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
‘Person turns 100’ stories are the best because they either advocate prayer and clean living, or they’re the foulest mouthed thrice divorced alcoholics you’ve ever met
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
If you can’t make your argument without being sexist or racist, you’ve already lost.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Now we know why
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3 years
Genuinely can’t believe we’re 4 and a half hours in and we Dave Dobbyn hasn’t made an appearance at #vaxathon
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
I had a go at Wordle and it turns out you can enjoy the fun lil game by yourself! I thought it must force you to share your results, but it’s a choice! You have the power! Something to think about.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Trust people to self-isolate at home after travel? Have you met people??
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3 years
Half of Dunedin doesn't leave the house when it's hot because they only have puffer jackets and leggings in their wardrobes.
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2 years
Some personal news: really thrilled to share with everyone that I have decided to give up. Grateful for this opportunity and excited about what's to come 🙌
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Everyone’s acting like Pete Davidson has some magic powers when he probably just responds to txts and does his share of the dishes
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Daisy Hudson
5 years
Classic New Zealand: interviewing an MP on the phone and then having to wait while they pick up a hitch hiker.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
No new cases in Christchurch!
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
I’m not a big Six60 fan, but this kind of musical snobbery is the absolute worst. Just let people enjoy the music they like FFS.
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Daisy Hudson
5 years
I wish you could still have summer jobs as an adult. Like, for nine months of the year I’m a journalist, but from Dec-Feb I’m a lifeguard.
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Job news: Thrilled/terrified to announce as of Jan 10 I'll be taking on a new investigative role as Southern Issues reporter at the Otago Daily Times. Hopefully this new role will provide even more in-depth reporting on the issues that affect those in the South.
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
All New Zealanders have an 8pm curfew to avoid Kiwi laser strikes. #NZHellhole
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
The northern approach to Dunedin has to be the best entrance view to a NZ city, hands down
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
So if the thing you’re protesting gets changed, are you just.....living in the Octagon? 🤔
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
Alert: sincere tweet incoming. I’m quite blow away by how the vast majority of Kiwis just took a life changing burden of a five week lockdown to combat a pandemic in their stride. Stay in your bubble? Yeah nah, sweet as.
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Daisy Hudson
6 months
Sending love to all of the Newshub team. You did the f***ing news, and you did it f***ing well.
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Daisy Hudson
1 year
My grandad died last night. He was the best. Nobody could shout at referees on the telly like he could 💔
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
One of my best friends from high school shared a GB News clip hating on the NZ media/Ardern and it’s filled with so much disinformation that I had to comment on the post. Imagine I’ll be blocked shortly. Fuck this pandemic and everyone capitalising on the fear and uncertainty
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
I know there's other stuff going on right now but can we please talk about how they found Carole Baskin's husband
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Daisy Hudson
4 months
Little life update: Really excited to be joining the NZ Broadcasting School at Ara as its first-year journalism tutor in August. Sad to be leaving the Guardian, but stoked about the new challenge.
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
Okay stop kids from having to wear ties at school next
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
Shout out to all the local government politicians potentially having their last day in office today, by choice or not. It's not an easy thing to put your hand up to serve your community.
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Daisy Hudson
4 years
Twitter is just complaining about Wellington weather and Wellington cafes and Wellington pipes and Wellington houses
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4 years
I think sometimes people in Auckland overestimate how much people outside of Auckland care about the Harbour Bridge
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
Isn’t it crazy how we all just went around saying “Moccona heft meer mmmmm” like absolute psychopaths
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2 years
People will think Mrs Brown’s Boys is the height of comedy and then protest drag shows
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
I just went to the supermarket and it seems New World has a new product in stock
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4 years
Know what would be great? Post-election day sales, like Boxing Day sales. Congratulations, you survived the campaign, here's 30% off a toaster.
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2 years
As a nation I don't think we apologise for Dan Wootton enough
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
No assignment will send fear through the heart of a reporter like having to cover a flower show when your name is Daisy.
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4 years
Looking at Dunedin tinder profiles like
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4 years
You know you’re in Otago when...
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2 years
If Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon joined forces they could be HiLux, the most powerful ‘everyday Kiwi’ duo in our nation’s history
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Dream bio
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3 years
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3 years
Tomorrow is April Fools, aka the worst day of the year to be a journalist.
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2 years
Starting yet another day without having used SIN, COS or TAN
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3 years
Kia ora whanau. I’ve been on a mission to read 100 books this year, I’m currently at 73. So I thought I’d share some of my favourites, in case anyone is looking for some lockdown reading inspiration. Feel free to share your faves as well (I’m always after new reading material!)
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2 years
The difference nine years makes
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4 years
One day someone is going to come to my house and find me dead, buried under an avalanche of My Food Bag bulgar wheat and Italian spices packs.
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4 years
My plans 2020
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5 years
Definitely not usually one for a sweaty gym selfie, but ya girl has lost 11kg since moving to Dunedin and is feeling GOOD AS HELL
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4 years
People cheering about the Level 1 news like we aren’t all still banned from gardening SMH
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2 years
I love Kiwis because we will absolutely rip the shit out of places like New Plymouth, but Jimmy Carr implies it’s a bit boring and we lose our damn minds.
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8 years
Was the Republican convention just a special edition of Lip Sync Battle? #MelaniaGate #MelaniaSpeech
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
NOW it’s New Year’s Eve
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Daisy Hudson
3 years
So just checking: they don't want media amongst the protest, but they also don't want them standing at a safe vantage point, they don't want media coverage but they complain about the media not covering things. Right.
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3 years
Insane decision to scrap the Newshub team here in Dunedin, especially this week of all weeks.
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3 years
Is it just me or is it a bit depressing how quickly most people have moved on from caring about what’s happening in Afghanistan
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2 years
Last day at the Otago Daily Times today. Thanks for everything, old girl.
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3 years
I’m on leave for 2.5 weeks as of tomorrow afternoon. If anybody needs me, well, that seems like a you problem.
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Daisy Hudson
5 years
I feel like journalism is a constant struggle between being stressed because you have too many stories, or being stressed because you have no stories.
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Daisy Hudson
5 years
Know what’s frustrating? Seeing organisations that told reporters not to bother with local council stories because nobody reads them online, now sing the praises of the new local democracy fund 🙄
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Daisy Hudson
2 years
@tonywalljourno Tony OfStuff sounds like the result of a Handmaid's Tale name generator
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