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The March for Democracy will feature two kiwi music stars who will entertain the crowd before and after the march up Queen St this Saturday.
"We're thrilled to have such awesome talent as Yulia and Lapi Mariner make themselves available to lead us in the national anthem and to perform other items before and after the march," says organiser Colin Craig.
Yulia, who was born in Volgograd, Russia and emigrated from Russia to NZ in 2002 becoming a NZ citizen in 2005 says, "As a young girl I grew up with the concrete dust of poverty and the ruin of Volgograd as my playground. Now that I am a NZ citizen who is representing NZ with my artistry, I want to lend my love and support to my fellow kiwis as we encourage the NZ government to value the vote of its people." "By marching for democracy, I believe we honor the families who sacrificed their loved ones for our freedoms. Let us not take these freedoms for granted. Let us not forget the horrific price of totalitarianism. By marching for democracy we demonstrate that despite being from many cultures and backgrounds, we are one people under democracy." Thousands of families are expected to march for democracy this Saturday in Queen St starting at 1.30pm. The family-friendly event will also feature clowns, balloons, bands, most creative banner competition, and spot prizes.
A household name in New Zealand, Yulia was born in Volgograd, Russia. She emigrated to New Zealand and within two years, mastered English and scored a recording contract with SONY MUSIC NZ. From 18 to 20 years of age Yulia became the first female vocalist in NZ history to achieve two back to back number one hit albums with the award winning albums INTO THE WEST and MONTAGE. With a still growing four-plus octave vocal range, Yulia went on to sing fluently in nine languages including English, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, French, Latin, German, Maori and Spanish and has appeared with some of the top names in the international music business in NZ and overseas. Yulia has performed with: Engelbert Humperdinck, Amici Forever, Dame Malvina Major, Ivan Rebroff, Russell Watson, Sir Howard Morrison and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Now 23 years of age, the newly reclassified mezzo-soprano has just completed months of 'total immersion' in Russian and Italian opera method of voice conditioning. This has added an all new power to the established voice of rare beauty. In 2009 Yulia has earned a reputation as one of NZ's most popular live performers, winning standing ovations, front page rave reviews and accolades for her live shows around NZ. Yulia's latest cabaret dinner and show, 'A Christmas Romance' with Brendan Horan and John Rowles offers to give Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton audiences an opportunity to experience a dynamic and fun show in the style of Celine Dion, Michael Buble and Frank Sinatra. http://www.yulia.co.nz
Lapi Mariner is known throughout the world as the "Voice of the Pacific". From the Polynesian Cultural Centre of Hawaii, to Stadium Australia and a world-wide television audience of millions, Lapi is well established in the minds of Pacific and mainstream audiences, as a Pacific Icon. As an original member of "Jamoa Jam", Lapi wooed pacific audiences with his energetic stage presence, his vocal range, and versatility. Since leaving Jamoa Jam, Lapi has taken his trademark performances into his solo career. http://lapimariner.tripod.com/id17.htm
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Yulia has always gone across
Yulia has always gone across as fairly simple, but this is of epic moronic failure.
Has anyone actually told her that this march is advocating violence towards children? Because from her comments it sounds as though she is singing for world peace.
Someone should really tell her.
Another ignorant bigotted
Another ignorant bigotted sarcastic comment from a politically correct moronic failure.
Hopefully this march is the beginning of a groundswell of rebellion against our freedom to be human beings. We introduce legislation that makes thousands of great parents criminals at the same time we ignore the FACTS. That we have bureaucrats in ACC and mental health refusing abused, violent people treatment, rehabilitation and support.
I have spent seven years studying why the care after I was raped was so appaulingly bad. What I learnt changed my attitude toward my rapist (who was merely an abused and neglect child who became a dysfunctional and abusive adult).
Violence is a behaviour, behaviour is covered under the science of psychology, psychology is the responsibility of Mental Health. There are no mental health services.
Providing treatment and rehabilitation to people mentally injured by sexual and physical abuse is the responsibility of ACC. There is no rehabilitation.
I now live with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, some of the negative symptoms of this are eating disorder, addictions, anxiety attacks, suicidal ideology, violence/aggression, compulsive behaviour, cognitive and memory impairment, etc. One of the positive symptoms of the disorder is a highly active right brain which makes me very creative. I write poetry and songs, unfortunately all my political work has been censored from my community. I was told by the mental health funded community art studio I was attending that it was disrespectful to say anything against any organisation and therefore my art would be censored. I have taken to writing my poetry on the footpath and singing my pain at being treated so badly.
Also it is mere propoganda that violent people have choices. A traumatised person's brain functions on instinct from the limbic/central brain. Just like a body in shock, blood moves to the central organs, so it is in the brain - choice is a brain function that happens in the neo-cortex/outer brain.
Why is this information being hidden by the media, our mental health services, ministers, social services, Children's Commissioner, etc, etc. After seven years I have been everywhere trying to expose this terrible injustice. Recently a part of my cognition returned and I was able to 'deal with' the internet.
Watch our NZ.
O.k understood you have a
O.k understood you have a gripe with ACC and it is clear you have your own agenda. But why do you advocate parents rights to physically harm their children? I thought with your own experience that you would understand how important it is for all children to be protected?
Why do you call people how stand up for children politically correct? You some across as quite hypocritical.
Obviously I am not
Obviously I am not explaining myself correctly, if it was just my agenda I would have suicided years ago. My behaviour, as a result of untreated and unrehabilitated PTSD, became extremely unpredictable and violent, I was not only suicidal I was homocidal as well. After an episode where I almost killed someone I cared about I went to mental health begging for help. They refused and told me they would phone the police if I didn't leave.
I am an adult who knows the law and what should be happening, I couldn't get care - how do you think it is for a traumatised child? That would be an excellent use of your time, advocating for traumatised and abused children - especially with CYFS.
You are very idealistic, how many parents in NZ do you think hit their kids? Are you going to remove every one of them from their terrible families, are you personally going to look after them. Are you there 24 hours, do you have the stressors and family histories that these people do. You are judging people when you have no right to.
If those parents were hit when they were a kid and turned out OK then they learnt that was the way to deal with parenting. We are human beings we learn by example, not by someone preaching to us.
Also why are you spending time trashing people who are honestly doing something to show they care and want to help change. There are far worse and more serious problems going on in this country, I suggest you spend time confronting more serious issues. You appear to be like many others, you can't bear to hear how the responsibility of violence and abuse is a direct result of poor mental health services and rehabilitation by ACC.
Do you know the life an abused boy child can expect to live if taken into foster care, who suffers severe aggression because of this abuse. I know, they are treated worse than animals, when they act out their abuse (without choice) are then moved on, moved on and moved on again. Until they get to 17 where they are thrown out on the street. Then people such as yourself judge them for their anger, dysfunction, addiction, and inability to parent as perfectly as you do (or expect to).
In the scheme of things what is more important a loved and cared for child being smacked or a badly abused and neglected child getting the treatment they need to become happy, valuable and functional humans and parents?
And what is your agenda? Ignorance is bliss, do some research, find a cause worth spending your time on. All the energy that went into the anti-smacking campaign while all the time severely abused children were being denied care and help with parenting when they themselves became parents.
I don't believe smacking works, my children got a few smacks when they were young, as soon as my daughter turned to me and said 'so what' I stopped, there was no point. Today taking their hair straightener off them is the most severe punishment they can think of. Lucky them, I hide my disorder and dysfunction (including suicidal ideation), aggression, bulimia, anxiety attacks, etc as much as I can. If I do end up committing suicide (which is a distinct possibility) given that I had the 10 hours of care I was getting removed recently against all my health professionals advice. Will you be there to look after them.
I already have the suicide notes written to them, telling them how sorry I am but I just couldn't live with the terrible terrible thoughts going through my head (sometimes hourly). Of course I know enough about Complex PTSD to know it is not just me that has these thoughts following abuse and neglect. These are a human response to severe trauma. So is it more important that I don't smack my kids, or is it more important they have a mother?
Google Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, google Bessel Van der Kolk. Educate yourself because you can, not like me because you had to in order to stay alive and not kill or seriously main either yourself of someone else. Have you ever had a transferance episode? This is where you act out on another person the pain you have suffered either physical or emotional. I have, it was worse than being raped what I almost did. That is why I am so passionate and care so much about this issue - why don't you?
Why don't you care what happens to those severely abused children? Especially those that are sexually abused? Why do you avoid the serious issues?
JR Murphy: I think you
JR Murphy:
I think you should be focusing on getting better for yourself and your children, than spending time on blogs. Obviously that is more important?
IF I COULD HAVE GOT BETTER
IF I COULD HAVE GOT BETTER ALONE DON'T YOU THINK I WOULD HAVE YOU IDIOT!!! I've read dozens of books about the disorder I now have, I need professional and intensive treatment and rehabilitation. Why do you think I am doing this you ignorant woman.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CURE THEMSELVES AFTER A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT!!!!!
I think you Louise should find something better to do with your time than trash me for being so dysfunctional.
Bigots like you don't like to be faced with people like me - do you. I am on blogs because I have tried everything else.
Why don't you email King Street Artworks and trash them for censoring my political work or mental health for refusing me care.
Who are the mean hearted people
What do they do and where do they live
Why do they think it's ok to be miserly
When the world's a better place if we give
Bet ya they've seldom wanted for anything
Bet ya they've had it easy so far
Bet ya they've never suffered adversity
That shook their lives to the core
New Zealand's full of mean hearted people
Putting costs and agendas before health
Making miserable and mean decisions
Making sure they hold on to the wealth
Bigots and racists and ageists
Those that don't like the poor
Those that think all beneficiaries
Are bludgers and nothing more
And perhaps once before I was too
Didn't realise I was holding a grudge
But life gave me a lesson
That has taught me never ever to judge
How I wish I could touch you and then
You would know how much pain I go through
And you might help me get the rehabilitation
That I am legally entitled to!
Now that I am where I am
Now I can see plain as day
Being miserable with welfare and health
Costs so much more at the end of the day
Where they open their wallets for cancer
They open their wallets for hearts
Why won't they open their wallets
When a mental injury starts
People damaged by trauma
People raped, abused and neglected
Mostly just thrown on the scrap heap
Then judged when they start reacting
Eight years I've been asking the questions
Eight years I've been having no luck
Eight years I've been studying why
Health and justice for me really suck
We know why people are violent
We know why people attack
We know what to do to help them
But it all comes down to BUCKS
How dare they say Rise Above It
How dare they say It's Not OK
How dare they say There's No Place for Violence
When we neglect traumatised people this way
We don't need new legislation
We don't need another report
We don't need another conference
Just to do what the law says we ought
How many times will I have to say this
How many people will I have to tell
How long can I survive
Living in the fires of hell.
HELP ME - DON'T NEGLECT ME
Take your blinkers off I say
With people's spirit you do play
The police are left to sort this out
While mental health do less than nowt
If you arrived dripping in blood
If you staggered in as you could
Would you expect to be turned away
Told its not bad enough you can't stay
Back on the streets of this masters town
Neglected, rejected, oppressed, put down
They keep the suicidal from view
If you only knew, if you only knew
But you don't want to see
How the system treats ones like me
So you put up barriers left and right
Leaving the only option, fight, fight, fight
Fight that unseen enemy
Those that choose neglect are many
Giving excuse after excuse
Not taking responsibility for this abuse
Although I endure a stress disorder
That seems me on the edge, the border
No-one comes to sort shit out
All they do is look and spout
Of course, almost dead is not enough
Living with suicidal ideology is tough
The know it - I've studied
So why neglect people bloodied
Compare us to the strongest man
Would he say any weight he can
I can lift 100 maybe two
But even I know what I can't do
And what if this strong man
When asked to bear all weight he can
Was put in water above his head
That's real easy - he'd soon be dead
I've lived like this for months, for years
Thousands of hours, thousands of tears
Trying to make you do what you say
But you keep the power at the end of the day
And with this power you do abuse
Neglect, reject, oppress, refuse
The backlash we see in social stats
Dysfunction, addiction, violence, the facts
Do something Louise
Don't leave me to cry
Rescue me from this place of neglect
Or watch me die.
Lets get one thin straight,
Lets get one thin straight, I did not trash you. I am also not a bigot. I merely made an observation that I didn't think it was in your best interests to be spending time on blogs - especially with such a negative tone. How can slagging people off on blogs help you find peace in your life?
It is interesting and
It is interesting and enlightening to experience a self-righteous bigot such as yourself in complete denial. How would you know what is in my best interest - it appears to me you don't like getting a dose of reality served up when you don't expect it. It is unfortunate you don't like to face the reality of life for a large number of people in your beautiful country. I unfortunately are compelled by my spiritual beliefs to expose the terrible injustices going on in ACC and mental health. How I do it is blunt and vivid, I know no other way, Frieda Carlo would have understood my work.
As for getting one thing straight, I know how your posting made me feel, no amount of telling me that I shouldn't feel that way will change it. I am getting used to people offending me unintentionally, unfortunately because of my mental health and the other terrible things going on with me I just vent some times. You are actually lucky, you don't see the worst of it - I have to live with that myself, especially at the moment as I cannot access ANY mental health services, couseling or advocacy.
It is coming up to xmas I will be on my own for most of it, I was raped at New Year, so it is a hard time of year for me. Thank you ACC, mental health and my family for deserting me when I most need you.
Thank you faceless person on this blog for trying to feel superior over me and offering me no support, no help and no encouragement to stand up for my rights to treatment, rehabilitation and justice - and for standing up for others who deserve this support too. Even when I am so broken and hurt I fight and struggle for acceptance and understanding.
My bulimia is very bad, I'm spending what little money I have on food, it makes me sick, how do I stop. My power bill came in today it has gone from $100 per month to $220 in the past six months. I am being charged penalties because I have been late in paying. Its almost xmas I really want to have a turkey if I can't have anything else, where am I going to get the money, how can I stop eating when I feel so bad. So very very bad.
Unconditional Care
JR Murphy, Nov 2009 ©
People take this badge from me
I can’t bear it anymore
It’s now to dark, to dark to see
I know I’m knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Gunna aim my guns at the crowd
They can’t ignore me anymore
That black storm cloud is hangin round
I know I’m knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
The sad thing is I wanna go to heaven
The sad thing is my people don’t wanna hear
And there are thousands out there livin
And all we need is unconditional care
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock knock knock’n on heavens door
Knock Knock knock’n on ACC’s door
Knock Knock knock’n on Mental Health’s door
Knock Knock knock’n on that white ribboned door
Knock Knock knock’n on police car door
… the hospital door
… the disabled door
… King Street’s door
… the media’s door
CHORUS
… Hauora’s door
… the university’s door
… Te Whare Atawhai’s door
… the Workbridge door
… Stopping Violence’s door
… the mayor’s door
… my doctor’s door
… my family’s door
CHORUS
… the counsellor’s door
… the psychologist’s door
… the psychiatrist’s door
… rape crises’ door
… my MP’s door
… a dozen minister’s door
… the chief justice’s door
… a dozen lawyer’s door
CHORUS
… my friend’s door
… my neighbour’s door
… the auditor-general’s door
… addiction services’ door
… the church door
… Geoffry Palmer’s door
… the Green Party door
… the Labour Party door
CHORUS
Jayne Routhan
For as long as you hate
For as long as you hate everyone you come across you will not find peace. You will continue to drive people away, even those who wish to help you - therefore creating a self damaging cycle. Maybe you could find some support through a buddhist centre, have you thought of meditation? Yoga? If you are having trouble sourcing particular help, you owe it to yourself to think about alternative methods.
Could you not forego your internet costs and source some affordable counseling?
I don't hate you, I am
I don't hate you, I am extremely disappointed in you and the ignorance and discrimination you show in your communication. I am entitled by law to treatment and rehabilitation, I fight with every fibre of my being to get the help I am need - and that I know others need as well. I hate myself for being such a useless piece of excrement, unvalued, with a life worth nothing to you, ACC or mental health, etc, etc.
To make matters much worse the society in which I live refuses to allow me the expression of my art that is required - including you. Censorship, oppression, discrimination, ignorance, bigotry, victimization I know what all the words mean, I live with this every day - including communicating with you.
I spent eight years in counselling, tell me what you think they are going to do. This is what I mean by ignorant, why do you and others think that counselling will fix it, or buddah will fix it, or someone else, other than you, will fix it. Havn't you read what I have been saying - I have tried to fix it for eight years, with and without 'the system'. I cannot, so I am relegated to insanity while living this HELL on earth in such a beautiful looking country, with such a diseased and selfish heart.
Counsellors are not gods, they sit there for an hour every week and listen, they don't do anything to help you other than give advice. I have lost most of my counsellors because they knew how ill I was, that my family were useless and my environment/community hostile and unsupportive. Most of them I have ended up supporting, so they don't feel bad about not being able to help me. They still take the money of course - just like maggots feed of the puss of a wound, so these maggots feed of the puss filled sore that is social decay (you should read my short play).
Also because of my stress disorder I cannot meditate as I used to, I cannot control the invasive thoughts in my mind, which is required for meditation. Yoga costs money I don't have any of that except to exist and feed my kids. Also because of my stress disorder how would I get to yoga, arrange it, make myself go, what clothes would I wear - all my clothes are so tatty I am embarrassed and humiliated to go out. I am living on the edge of death, would you tell a person with a severe physical injury to go to yoga. Would you tell a child raped the night before to go to yoga? Time does not heal neglect!
Also you are the one full of hate and loathing, your last line about foregoing internet costs, was it really necessary to be so patronising and condescending. That sounds like something an ignorant self-righteous bigot would say. You honestly believe keeping what I know about the corruption and discrimination in ACC and mental health to myself and not trying to make my people aware of this injustice is the best idea? It might allow you to go through your, obviously comfortable, life without guilt but it does nothing to help casualties of trauma and those of us living hell.
The internet gives me a vehicle to tell people what I know after eight years of study. Unfortunately from your thoughts it will most likely be support from outside my own country that ensures I get heard within it. With the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world is it any wonder no-one in New Zealand wants to deal with shit.
Hard to face the facts isn't it - try living with them!!!!!!!!!
EMPOWER ME
Empower me with courage
Empower me with faith
Empower me with self-belief
In what I'm trying to say
Empower me with grace
Empower me with poise
Empower me with magnetism
Screen out the others noise
Empower me with light
Empower me with dark
Empower me with balance
So I can hit my mark
Empower me with clarity
Empower me with love
Empower me with understanding
Of what I have to give
BEAUTIFUL BEECH ONE BELOW
Most beautiful Beech with bramble below
When I touch you, stand beneath you
Your strong limbs round me go
Great tree
How long have you lived, have you stood in this street
How long have you been waiting, been waiting to meet
One below, stands beneath you
Asks of you a blessing
Protect me a guide me, please strengthen me
Keep me pressing
One below
How long have you lived, have you walked on this road
How long have you struggled with that heavy load
It's been months, seven years
Been heart wrenching, full of tears
So many cried, on so many deaf ears
So many afraid, so many running scared
"BLESSING BE DONE one below
In the fires of hell burning".
"Thank you great tree
Beautiful Beech for your blessing".
MAGPIE PATROL
Dog at foot across Greytown Main
Down Kuratawhiti to the great Greytown plain
Where Magpie patrol the middle ground
And forget-me-nots live amongst onion flowers
Limes, an unbrella above my head
Green earth below and my soul be fed
While rain throws loving arrows
At my broken heart, on a golden thread.
A WEEPING CHERRY TREE
From verandah drips Wisteria
Spires of fox glove, roses, camelia
Bumble bee dancing of Rhododendron gown
Soft pink blooms upon lady, upon ground
Lavender, peony, granny's bonnet
Oh Carnation, what creation, this earth has upon it
Beneath a weeping cherry tree
A battered bike takes a succulent ride with thee
Chair and table on verandah spot
This garden calls "Forget me not"
Thank you gardener
Your garden's beauty abounds
As a villa setting
None more idyllic found
End
As long as you ignore people such as me our world will not find peace.
Actually I feel a little
Actually I feel a little bullied by you now. Your tone is offensive and not conducive to further communication. For someone so desperate, you seem to be unable to take any advice and I am assuming this has been a problem for you in the past. From the way I gather you speak to people I can also see why your art is censored, as some forms cross the line of what is acceptable for society.
I feel you are just trying to get your poetry out there, which you are still welcome to do - but I won't be involved in any further discussions.
As I said before anger will not help you find peace.
What you feel is fear and
What you feel is fear and guilt but if it makes you feel better to bury your head in the sand by ignoring me and the terrible situation for abused people that's ok.
Remember under Hitler there must have been German people who ignored/justified how he was persecuting jews, mentally ill and gay people. You are no different than those who stood back and watched them being butchered in their millions.
There will be no peace for me until I have achieved justice.
Love and Light
Enlightenment and understanding
Jayne
"Remember under Hitler there
"Remember under Hitler there must have been German people who ignored/justified how he was persecuting jews, mentally ill and gay people. You are no different than those who stood back and watched them being butchered in their millions".
Let me get this right - you are comparing the way ACC and the wider community treats you to Hitler murdering millions of people? A little of the mark I think.
Actually Michael it isn't.
Actually Michael it isn't. I have a disorder that I (and many others) believe millions of people worldwide have, many of these people commit henous crimes of sexual and physical abuse and murder. Please also refer to the current scientific literature on Complex PTSD, Besel Vander Kolk has some excellent work in this field.
In New Zealand every one of these traumatised people is entitled to rehabilitation under ACC and I am sure mental health services here and overseas (eg USA and England)to appropriate mental health care. As they don't get it due to discrimination on the basis that their injury is psychological/behavioural rather than physical they are left to rot. This rot is what we call social decay.
Millions of people worldwide are being murdered by mentally injured and ill people, that we (I mean you) refuse to accept the seriousness of this issue is a long way off the mark I think. After all I have spent seven years studying this issue, what academic knowledge about trauma do you have?
Also Hitler didn't personally kill millions of people did he! He convinced thousands of average people they should do it and millions more to ignore/accept it!!!!! Just like you are.
You also have obviously not read this entire thread or you would know I don't do this for me. And based on your shallow thinking it would have been wrong for one of those jewish people who was being held in a concentration camp to make any judgement against their persecution by the guards or those in charge.
Think about it, look at the previous persons comments, can't you see the dysfunction in their way of thinking. Why did they become more hostile "telling me I was bullying them" the more vulnerable I became?
Actually I have read the
Actually I have read the entire thread. You were bullying and aggressive in your comments, no doubt about that. And I put it to you that you are probably suffering from narcism.
Just because you are troubled, it doesn't mean you can write decent poetry. Stop hijacking blogs!
It is really sad that all I
It is really sad that all I am trying to do is expose the FACT that ACC and mental health do not provide the legal entitlements, rehabilitation and medical care many sexually abused and traumatised people require to heal from their mental injury.
That's ok I believe in karma and you are about to get a huge dose of it.
And I would put it to you that you are an ignorant bigot, who does not understand the scientific facts of traumic behaviour and cannot see anything from another persons perspective.
As for that your poetry is shit comment. How old are you? You pathetic little child? Grow up - you are one of the biggest barriers to care for abused people - I hope one of us hurts you one day!
"I hope one of us hurts you
"I hope one of us hurts you one day!" - nice touch. You'd better be careful since you are the one throwing around the karma comments. I think you showed your true colors by that spiteful comment.
Blogs are all about personal opinions. Do you not believe in freedom of speech? You have trashed many people here just on this one, but when someone else has an opinion you slam them brutally.
Keep up the "ignorant bigot" calls - your kind of entertaining.