Sarah WilsonSarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson lives in Nelson, and has a shameful degree in communications. But she also studied poetry with Hinemoana Baker at the IIM, and likes cats and eating chocolate in bed. Sarah was born in Auckland in 1987

The consequences of love: how finding a partner left me penniless

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As of this week, I don’t qualify for a benefit. Why? Did I suddenly get healthy enough to work fulltime? Did a distant cousin leave me their millions in Apple stock? No. I just made the mistake of falling in love.  Two years ago, MP Alastair Scott was asked about disabled people losing their financial … Read more

The Friday poem: “Dear Dominique” by Sarah Wilson

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New verse by Nelson writer Sarah Wilson. Dear Dominique “I was having sex with my girlfriend when she started her period. I dumped that bitch immediately.”  – tweet Dear nameless dummy on Twitter: You’re the reason my daughter cried funeral tears when she started her period. The sudden grief all young girls feel after the … Read more