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Sarah Pallett

@sarah4ilam

“Moderately inspiring” Bailey, 2023 Previously the (Labour) Member of Parliament for Ilam, Aotearoa NZ. Former midwife and lecturer. Pro choice. Pro democracy. Pro science. Proponent of kindness and empathy in politics. Yes, politics. Opinions my own.

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Soon, I hope.

11.03.2026 12:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m not in London and it seems excessive to fly there just for a coffee. Excessive but maybe necessary 😂

11.03.2026 12:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Even the best baristas can’t change floor sweepings into a decent flat white.

11.03.2026 09:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a woman is holding a cup of coffee and saying crisis averted . Alt: a woman who I should recognise but don’t is holding a cup of coffee and saying crisis averted .
11.03.2026 09:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I also miss my husband and children.
Just in case they see this.

(I’ll gloss over the fact that my husband is the creator of the truly spectacular coffee in our whare)

11.03.2026 08:27 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

You are so right. And wise!

(PS. I absolutely acknowledge my privilege and self centredness here!)

11.03.2026 08:21 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

In utterly inconsequential news which you’d be forgiven for not giving one fig for … I’ve been in the UK for a long while now and no, I have not acclimated to the dreadful coffee. The ‘good’ coffee is dreadful.
I wanna come hooome! ☕️
I know, I know, the world is <waves> and all I want is coffee.

11.03.2026 08:18 👍 32 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0

Would buy.

11.03.2026 06:45 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Well, were it my call, which it is not, I’d say the back up is the potential withdrawal of the use of the site if conditions for its use are not met.
Very much above my pay grade, however.

11.03.2026 06:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t forget Dr Emily Henderson who took the seat off him! Amazing wāhine.

10.03.2026 17:45 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They gave a cast iron guarantee that AoNZ launch sites would not be used for military purposes (there is GPS crossover, but we are smart enough to understand this). Transparency is therefore required, rather than optional.

(My opinions are my own … yadda yadda)

09.03.2026 09:43 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

It’s bedtime somewhere …

09.03.2026 09:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

By way of contrast, under Labour, NZ was number 4 - with 50% women in Parliament AND 50% of our Ministers were women.
Great work*, NZ.
#nzpol

*sarcasm

08.03.2026 12:03 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

You’re right. Typo on my side!

07.03.2026 12:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I feel the same, but about being a nun thanks to Sr Michael. And obviously not ‘again’!

06.03.2026 13:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rata will be great! We so badly need young, smart wāhine in politics.

06.03.2026 09:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’d LOVE Ilam to go back to red … but I’m not the candidate this time. I didn’t put myself forward for selection - I’m currently in the UK after my stepmothers death. I’ll be back soon (please god!)

06.03.2026 09:36 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Some cash in case vending machines only take cash.
Whatever you’d take on a long flight - so headphones, earplugs, eye mask, basic toiletries, change of undies/clothes, layers for warmth, iPad and charger if you use one, maybe his pillow from home for him?
Lots of positive thoughts your way 😊

05.03.2026 13:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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05.03.2026 09:52 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

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05.03.2026 09:52 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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St Ouen was once a busy destination for clubs and bars - what happened? - Jersey Evening Post Heading west for a night out once involved a host of buzzing nightspots, restaurants and bars. But with most of them now lost to housing or gone altogether, the prospect of an evening’s entertainment ...

I worked at the same time at the Fantastic Tropical Gardens! Ahhh those were the days 🤣
The old Chateau is long gone.
Were you there when that drunk guy jumped into the sea by Sands?

04.03.2026 22:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a stick figure with a face and the words joke me Alt: a stick figure with a face and the words joke and me with the joke flying over the figures head.
04.03.2026 17:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Um, no? I just took the pic at St Ouens just before I posted it!

04.03.2026 16:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A long, flat sandy beach stretches into the distance. Two horses stand silhouetted against the calm blue sea with a pink granite Norman tower behind them on a rocky outcrop. The tide is very low, maybe as a result of the blood moon, and you could walk all the way to the tower right now and only get your feet wet. Maybe your legs a bit. I dunno because I can’t be bothered!

A long, flat sandy beach stretches into the distance. Two horses stand silhouetted against the calm blue sea with a pink granite Norman tower behind them on a rocky outcrop. The tide is very low, maybe as a result of the blood moon, and you could walk all the way to the tower right now and only get your feet wet. Maybe your legs a bit. I dunno because I can’t be bothered!

Beach of the day - Jersey 🇯🇪edition.
I am not in the sea because the moon dragged the tide far far away.
This beach is a wild Atlantic beach, usually great for surfing, but you’d never know today! Calm as calm can be.

04.03.2026 15:38 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

The beach is! My camerawork not so much 🤣

03.03.2026 19:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s perfect for sea witching!

03.03.2026 19:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I think you all need another Jersey 🇯🇪 beach today, ne? Ouaisne today.
Mammoths were driven off this pink granite cliff by early humans for a yummy mammoth kai.
Yes I am standing in the sea. Again.

03.03.2026 19:06 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gorgeous, J ! 🥰

03.03.2026 13:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The near drowning was many years ago … and hypothermia was indeed a factor although it was summer the time.

03.03.2026 07:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Me too! Although it taught me a lot about the power of nature 😬

02.03.2026 20:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0