Kiwilaw

09/03/2026

Scary stuff.

A 79-year-old was missing for nearly an hour before being found in a stairwell.

01/03/2026

Deathbed marriages can make dreams come true.
I hope this one did.
However, marriage also automatically cancels a will you made before getting married. The exception is if you made the will in contemplation of marrying that same person.
If you have the mental capacity to marry, you have the mental capacity to make a new will.
Please do. It can be very simple.

Sophie Moore and partner Koryn shared more than 22 years of police service.

04/02/2026

Another lawyer who is cross with ICE.

25/01/2026

Minnesota. Maunga.

I'd rather feel it all than become numb to the atrocities.

10/01/2026

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗼.
And we don’t say that with shame — we say it with purpose.

❌ We don’t do street stalls.
❌ We don’t do phone calls.
❌ We don’t knock on doors.
❌ We don’t spam your inbox.
❌ We don’t have paid ads with actors pretending to cry.
❌ We don’t have matching t-shirts, branded clipboards, or lanyards.
❌ We don’t pay someone to say the right words at the right time.

We’re not saying those things are wrong.
They’re just... not us.

Here’s what we do instead.

✅ We do it quietly.
✅ We do it from our homes.
✅ We do it in between naps, school runs, health appointments, and real life.
✅ We run it on spreadsheets, trust accounts, and a whole lot of late-night messages.
✅ We give our time for free — and to date, we always have.
✅ We ask for just $1 a week — not because it’s flashy, but because it works.
✅ We pay only providers — osteopaths, acupuncturists, orthotic fitters, rongoā practitioners, physios, and more.
✅ We keep it honest, human, and low-key — on purpose.

We don’t have admin fees.
We’ve never paid ourselves a cent.
We’ve never touched a single dollar that didn’t go straight into the trust and then straight to the service needed.

We don’t apply pressure.
We don’t beg.
We just keep showing up — for the families who need a hand, and for the supporters who want to help but are sick of not knowing where their money goes.

You won’t see us on billboards.
You won’t find us in your letterbox.
And unless Facebook’s algorithm lets us breathe for five seconds — you might not even see us in your feed.

But we’re here.
We’ve been here since 2022.
Just two mummas, doing the work, alongside many everyday Kiwis who’ve decided to quietly give someone a better shot at care.

No drama. No waste. Just impact.

If this kind of giving makes sense to you —
If you’re someone who wants to know where your dollar goes, and see what it changes —
You’re our kind of people.

❤️ Join us at: www.kiwistogether.org.nz

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Because sometimes, the loudest things are built from quiet kindness.

13/11/2025

29/10/2025

Something different…

27/10/2025

I've nearly finished the new Kiwilaw online will. Should be ready to go in the next day or two.

Use Public Trust's online will in the meantime? I used to recommend it - efficient and inexpensive.

No more.

If you need to make a will that includes Māori land, Public Trust will require you to make an appointment and do it in person, for $750, instead of being able to use their online wills ($69 or $99, plus optional $120 extra for 'expert review').

Public Trust treat Māori land as similar to a farm or business, or overseas assets, or setting up a testamentary trust, or other complex work (involving expensive assets).

But it isn't complex! Either you give all your Māori land to one person, or to several people in equal shares, or you give different blocks to different people. Or you set up a whānau trust. Or you give your shares to an existing whānau trust. You may give a life interest or fixed-term interest to your spouse/partner, to occupy the family home and/or use the income from the Māori land. None of that is difficult to draft (except giving multiple different blocks to multiple different people, which my new document-creation software cannot fully automate although it can get close).

Shame on you, Public Trust! (Image is screenshot today from PT website.)