It was personal—to be told that billionaires like Peter Thiel could, effectively, purchase a residency, have access to bring his family to Aotearoa because of his wealth, while the rest of us had visa conditions that left us open to exploitation and few legitimate pathways to residency. At the time, I didn't have the exact words to describe what was happening, but I felt both anger and frustration hearing politicians talk about me and my communities like that while I struggled to make ends meet. I realised that for far too long we had been reduced to economic units to exploit. I think of the many workers—migrant and local—who have been made redundant during the pandemic while CEOs rark up huge bonuses and their companies make millions of dollars in profits. 