🛑 Final Cease and Desist: A Statement for the Record

Amanda Michelina, July 2025 Title: I Will Not Return, and You Have No Right to Demand It

Over the past two years, I have publicly released four cease and desist letters in response to a sustained campaign of coercion, surveillance, and reputational containment. This campaign involved multiple state-adjacent and politically motivated institutions, including:

• Victoria University of Wellington, where I formerly studied;
  

• TVNZ, which played a key role in narrative management and attempted* cultural gatekeeping; *No, I don't have to be 'Ed' (Tom Cavanaugh). I was Amanda, and that was the win. 'attempt ed' ... that's an example of the shit I put up with on a daily basis.
  

• The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC), whose silence and interference during my screenplay development process compounded the abuse;
  

• SPADA (Screen Production and Development Association), which failed to uphold industry standards of consent and intellectual property rights;
  

• The Wellington branch of the Green Party, which — despite its stated values — appeared complicit in the marginalisation of my work and the silencing of my voice, particularly due to my critiques of transnormativity and my radical foreign policy platform.
  

These institutions — collectively or in collaboration — have perpetuated a culture in which independent creators like myself are threatened, surveilled, or coerced for expressing dissent, writing controversial scripts, or founding political alternatives.

🧷 The Trigger: A Script You Couldn't Control

I wrote a screenplay that referred to Victoria University only in setting. That was enough to set off a whisper campaign, institutional panic, and — eventually — an entirely unnecessary referral to the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC)*, which resulted in nearly two years of my life being consumed by surveillance, monitoring, and psychiatric gatekeeping. [yes, the referral only occurred after I cancelled production following The Big Smoke, even though I'd been emailing Chloe for several months by that point, and had even gotten her phone number from RNZ after The Mist ... I think she's still pissed I didn't call!]

Although I was cleared by the relevant authorities and discharged, the threats didn’t stop there. Victoria University, directly or indirectly, continued to suggest that I could face jail unless I “returned” — whatever that even means. Let me be very clear: no such legal pathway exists. These threats are groundless and constitute coercion.

⚠️ You Are Not Just “Blowing Smoke”

This was never just about a university. This was about control — of my narrative, my script, my body, and my politics. I have reason to believe:

• That TVNZ, with its ties to state power, attempted to contain the cultural impact of my work through diversion and narrative laundering;
  

• That NZFC staff were aware of my screenplay’s existence and attempted to misattribute, sideline, or reassign elements of it without my consent;
  

• That SPADA and affiliated producers were offered access to my script and music files via possible illegal digital surveillance or keylogging, which culminated in a medical overdose in response to repeated creative violations;
  

• That Wellington Greens, far from allies, chose institutional loyalty over truth and pressured me to conform to a presentation and political narrative they found more marketable or compliant.
  

Together, these actors participated in — or benefited from — a structure of suppression disguised as care, containment, and reputation management.

🚫 This is My Final Statement on the Matter

This blog post constitutes my final public cease and desist. I will not be sending private letters, I will not meet behind closed doors, and I will not entertain “opportunities” that require silence, amnesia, or withdrawal.

I say now, in public, and for the record:

• You have no right to compel me to “return” to Victoria University;

• You have no right to threaten me with jail for artistic or political expression;

• You have no right to access, monitor, or repurpose my creative work;

• You have no claim over my intellectual property or political identity;

• You have no legitimacy in demanding loyalty, secrecy, or submission.
  

⚖️ Further Action Will Follow If Contact Persists

If I receive any further threats, covert offers, or institutional manipulation, I will:

• Lodge formal complaints with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Human Rights Commission, and the Ombudsman;
  

• Publish a full public timeline of interference, naming individuals where necessary;
  

• Seek international platforms and legal observers to monitor the suppression of my speech and political rights.
  

✊ I Will Not Be Controlled

I am a writer, composer, and political organiser. I will not be contained. I do not exist for your funding cycle, your cultural control grid, or your party optics.

I will not change my gender expression for your donor comfort. I will not edit my script to protect your reputation. I will not surrender my work, my voice, or my future.

You are not entitled to obedience.

Cease contact. Cease interference. You have no authority over me.

Sincerely, Amanda Michelina Writer | Composer | Political Organiser Founder, AMPP (Amanda Michelina's Progressive Party)