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  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Nov 3, 2025
  • 2 min read

  1. I don't need his help, nor do I need an introduction to his method.

  2. Never met him. Never spoke to him. Never got an email. Never saw a contract.

  3. If he hasn't been able to produce the film over 2 years after he ripped me off, it suggests that the NZFC and NZ on Air lawyers require more than that.

  4. It's his mates calling me a creepy pervert that has prevented me from hiring a crew, not my inability to work with people. RNZ and Isentia thought I was a good worker. So did the Dak crew and Te Pāti Māori.

  5. 'It'll be an update of One of Them, or of Jewel's Darl' - fine, use your own script, and accept that Jewel's Darl was adapted from a short story, not written for the screen. That's them accommodating my passion for NZ cinema in their carrot moments. For most of the last three years, the only comparison has been Pose, and most of their motivational tools have been jail threats (ie stick moments). - Your IP, your talent = your funding stream. My IP, my talent = my funding stream. The hard-hitting doco is a winner as well, and Paddy can clearly tell the difference between it - which I've sent him lots of info regarding since we chatted in 2024 - and the script I sent him several years ago. -

  6. Wasn't arrested. Wasn't charged. Wasn't convicted. Believe me, if the Greens could have made charges stick, they would have. Same goes for Act and National. Wasn't informed of any noise complaints. Wasn't informed of any indecent exposure complaints; those were only raised via back channel and porn manipulation. One could call that blackmail. The cops have been supporting my street-level protest since 2020. I accept that it's somewhat annoying when I talk on my phone, but it's legal. Creating distressing ads isn't.

  7. I don't need to pass to be mentally well. Saying that demonstrates that he's old and completely out of touch with the queer community (while perving on us). Shit like that was defamatory, and misled the psychiatrists.

  8. My Māoriness isn't for sale. It's just part of who I am.

 
 
 

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