“It’s racial and extremely political and right-wing. Police wouldn’t allow me to go to one of the candidate events... because they didn’t think I would be safe." - “Lots of the others, especially women, get targeted. Imagine being the sort of person who can behave like that and think it’s okay.”

Sherryl Jordan’s posthumous memoir is a testament to the power of perseverance thespinoff.co.nz/books/30-10-...

Celebrating Sherryl Jordan, author of ‘the best book of all time’ thespinoff.co.nz/books/18-01-...

Ten classic Aotearoa coming-of-age novels that would make great movies thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-05-...

Charles Pye (1820-1876) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Hilda Hewlett (aka. Chicky-Boo) has been out foraging in the Tauranga rain this morning and has returned with an even more flamboyant hairstyle than usual (proud Chicky-Mum!). No gel required... #chickenstyle #chickenmum #chickenlove

"Fugitive Marokopa man Tom Phillips is dead after a four-year manhunt ended in a police shoot-out this morning, police have confirmed. One of his children is helping police with inquiries while his two other children are yet to be located."

George Alfred Crabbe (1839-1905) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Philip Tapsell (1777-1873) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

George Graham Duff (1835-1878) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

 Frederick Augustus Smith (1826-1887) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Charles Wood (1854-1913) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

William Fraser (1827-1901) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Elizabeth Frances Tunks (née Boylan) (1832-1916) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

John Chidley Reynolds (1846-1876) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

The bombs killed more than 200,000 people - some from the immediate blast and others from radiation sickness and burns. The legacy of the weapons continues to haunt survivors today.

Alice Heron Maxwell (1860-1949) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Lennard John George McCauley (1904-1980) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/...

Trapped for Profit: The Dirty Marine Parks Business | Seed Documentary...

The most beautiful, talented, supportive and lovely group of women that I'm proud to hang out with xxxx Today's Pen Warrior workshops by Bookrapt, Est. 1983 at Paengaroa School 🙂 #bookrapt #penwarriors #authors

The utter stupidity and senselessness of it... www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/08/d...

Aotearoa’s three surviving native frogs—the third is the Hamilton’s frog—are about the size of a bottlecap. They are all ancient and strange; they diverged from modern frogs in the Triassic period, and are nearly identical to frogs that lived 150 million years ago, before birds.

Luxon Government passes kiwi killing bill under urgency www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Leading Environmental organisations issue joint letter calling on the Prime Minister to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Trying to make roses out of a 1972 Roget's Thesaurus (yes, hard for a librarian to take pages out of a book!). First attempt is okay, but glue went everywhere... These are for Bookrapt, Est. 1983 and our Matariki event this Saturday... 🌷💐 #bookrapt #Matariki #sherryljordan #loisrout #phyllisjohnston

Lynley Stuart Dodd (née Weeks) (1941- ) debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/lynley-stuar...

Super excited that Bookrapt is now part of the Creative Directory!

Verity Johnson: Kate Sheppard would be rolling in her grave after this week’s drive-by political shooting...

Having declared war on the environment, the Government is now declaring war on women. She won’t be right, mate - Anne Salmond.

#50 Tropical Cyclone Tam - Debbie McCauley (2025) #50daysofpoetry

Still so incredibly relevant...

#49 Te Tiriti is Us #50daysofpoetry

"It’s a tall order to ask books to cure the manosphere and the proliferation of misogyny and violence. But with effort... there can be a swing back towards books that resonate with young men, that can entertain them as much as reveal to them narratives of support and hope and empathy."

60 Bells Service: Battle of Gate Pā | Pukehinahina Tuesday 29 April 2025 - 4pm to 5pm

#48: As we grieve, we love, we will endure #50daysofpoetry

I've been naked on Hereford Road in Ōropi all these years thanks to Peter Hodge.. c. 1989 :)

#47: The Harpist #50daysofpoetry

#46: Patched Up and Pissed Off #50daysofpoetry

#45: Apologies to Papatūānuku #50daysofpoetry

Less then one hour to Earth Hour 2025! Spend 60 minutes of your time this evening doing good for the planet 🙂 This moment of unity brings the world together, shines a spotlight on nature loss and the climate crisis, and inspires millions more to act and advocate for urgent change. #earthhour2025

#44: The Greed Machine #50daysofpoetry

#43: Counting Stars from Stalag 18A #50daysofpoetry

#42: Channelling Xena #50daysofpoetry

#41: Legless in Tauranga Hospital #50daysofpoetry

#40: Workplace Piranhas #50daysofpoetry

#39: Kathleen Kilgour Centre Ode #50daysofpoetry

Near my sister-in-law and seabird colonies... "All 37 crew have been accounted for after a tanker laden with jet fuel and a cargo ship burst into flames when they collided in the North Sea, an MP has said."

#38: My Nana’s Bloomers #50daysofpoetry