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Mum, comms person, childrens book enthusiast and cofounder of The Sapling. Pākehā, Tangata Tiriti
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The Sapling
8 days ago
Kiwi Christmas Books is a fabulous charity making sure thousands of children have a book to open on Christmas morning. We spoke with founder Sonya Wilson about the initiative:
www.thesapling.co.nz/kiwi-christm...
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Bren MacDibble
12 days ago
I think if 2025 has shown us ANYTHING it's that we need people with impeccable morals in charge.
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Thalia
13 days ago
❗💰Did you see today's
#KiwiSaver
news? Half a billion dollars of our retirement savings are being lent to governments with the very worst human rights records. 👉🏽Here's a good article on the research from
@interestnz.nzcow.com
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www.interest.co.nz/bonds/136006...
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Gap in the system when it comes to sovereign bonds and human rights, researcher says
Motu Research calls on fund managers and industry bodies to set up systems that consider human rights when it comes to investing in government bonds
https://www.interest.co.nz/bonds/136006/motu-research-calls-fund-managers-and-industry-bodies-set-systems-consider-human
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Vincent O'Malley
14 days ago
Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children's rights to local histories
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children's rights to local histories
"Every child has a right to know whose land they stand on."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/577780/maori-academic-warns-draft-curriculum-erases-children-s-rights-to-local-histories
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If I ever consider moving again, please don’t let me
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E-Tangata
16 days ago
“In Sāmoa, our people are the doctors, the lawyers, the prime ministers. I’ve grown up always surrounded by our people being educated, being in leadership.” — Dr Emma Dunlop-Bennett, assistant vice-chancellor (Pasifika), Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington.
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Emma Dunlop-Bennett: Investing in others | E-Tangata
“In Sāmoa, our people are the doctors, the lawyers, the prime ministers. I've grown up always surrounded by our people being educated, being in leadership.” — Dr Emma Dunlop-Bennett, assistant vice-ch...
https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/emma-dunlop-bennett-investing-in-others/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=03Nov2025
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Today I will be packing everything except: three days of work clothes, a towel per family member, a plate, bowl, cutlery per family member, a motel level of cooking things, and self/ and house-cleaning supplies. On Thursday, we move
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Potato enthusiast
16 days ago
It's 1870 in Aotearoa, the economy is in trouble... The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own. The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
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IIML
19 days ago
There's a job going for a Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator at the Auckland Writers Festival
thebigidea.nz/jobs/marketi...
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Marketing & Partnerships Coordinator
Join the Auckland Writers Festival as a Marketing & Partnerships Coordinator - drive audience engagement, support dynamic marketing campaigns, and help deliver outstanding sponsor and fundraising expe...
https://thebigidea.nz/jobs/marketing-partnerships-coordinator-1
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IIML
19 days ago
Delighted to announce that acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Creative NZ / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence for 2026, and will be joining us at the IIML next year to work on her next book!
www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
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Tusiata Avia named as 2026 International Institute of Modern Letters Writer in Residence | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria Universi...
Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for ...
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/about/news/tusiata-avia-named-as-2026-international-institute-of-modern-letters-writer-in-residence
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McSweeney's
20 days ago
"Listen, in some ways, I get it. When I came on the scene in 2001, I probably seemed pretty unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president."
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Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
https://buff.ly/tAktwB6
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Chris
20 days ago
The Te Tiriti content (which isn't introduced until Year 4) implies the English text was signed in Feb 1840, that the Māori text is a "translation", and that Te Tiriti was primarily a response to the Musket Wars. This is all nonsense.
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The Sapling
20 days ago
'… what is becoming an adult if it isn’t working out to use your little piece of power, for the good of others, or yourself'
@forster81.bsky.social
reviews the new YA novel from
@elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social
:
www.thesapling.co.nz/review-kings...
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First phoenix game of the season
23 days ago
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E-Tangata
23 days ago
“If a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum isn’t grounded in te ao Māori and the very people and things that make Aotearoa unique, who is determining the knowledge and where does it come from?” — Jessie Moss on the ideology behind education reform.
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The imported ideology behind education reform | E-Tangata
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/the-imported-ideology-behind-education-reform/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=27Oct2025
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Patrick Ness
25 days ago
Fascinating.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Booker prize launches £50,000 children’s award
Children will help judge the new prize along with children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/24/booker-prize-launches-childrens-booker-frank-cottrell-boyce
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Paula Green
26 days ago
I am weeping. I am supporting
nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/10/23/p...
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Poetry Shelf Protests: in support of nurses, doctors, teachers
Catastrophe and calamity slip through like fettuccine but I close my eyesto the unbearable pain of humanityand picture myself on Te Henga’s tideline A nurse asks if I need anythingeven when she is …
https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/10/23/poetry-shelf-protests-in-support-of-nurses-doctors-teachers/
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Mandy Hager
28 days ago
"The Government has just released yet another new curriculum for primary school – our third in three years. Little wonder that 650 principals ... signed an open letter..." that stated various curriculum changes – for example, maths and literacy – were “rushed” at an unmanageable pace."
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If the curriculum ain't broke, don't fix it
From Auckland University - Opinion: How much did the Govt pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools? And how else might we have spent that money?
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/21/if-the-curriculum-aint-broke-dont-fix-it/?mc_cid=feab200cff
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Pip Adam
28 days ago
10 hours. Underfunding that leads to long wait times at emergency departments cause extreme risk to health. Support striking health workers.
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Karl Jacoby
about 1 month ago
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the
@nytimes.com
today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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derek guy
about 1 month ago
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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I just put an item from my pantry that was virtually a family heirloom in the bin. A brown squeeze bottle with ‘chicory’ on the lid, that I last recall dad using to sweeten coffee on a ski trip. When I was 14. It was a survivor of three-ish house moves, maybe more.
about 1 month ago
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Harry Shannon
about 1 month ago
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MadWoman.PDX ❌👑
about 1 month ago
Book club meeting in front of the ICE building, in
#Portland
. They’re discussing Animal Farm by George Orwell. 🤣🐷🐖🐽
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Michelle Hauck
about 1 month ago
I'm going to open to queries from November 3 through November 7th or until I receive 1,000 queries submissions! I'll be open to all MG and YA genres, plus Mystery and SFF, including horror, in Adult. Looking forward to reading! My website will be updated shortly with more details.
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Duncan Webb MP
about 1 month ago
The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in. 📝166,000 submissions. ❌98.7% opposed. Yet National are going to continue supporting it. 🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.
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Mandy Hager
about 1 month ago
Anyone else find this terrifying? We're going backwards at a rate of knots.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/t...
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The new online war against birth control
Today from The Detail: The contraceptive pill is under fire on social media. Why birth control is being called "poison" online - and what doctors say.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/the-new-online-war-against-birth-control/?mc_cid=cb8cd93d0c
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Foxy Santa
about 1 month ago
Everything that makes Aotearoa New Zealand unique is related to Māori culture. Welcome to the country, that's a pōwhiri. We are gonna thrash you at sport, that's a haka. Traditional meals, that's a hāngī. Matariki that's our New Year If you don't like Māori stuff maybe you're in the wrong country?
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Potato enthusiast
about 1 month ago
We got our central library back. There's proper pipes down Taranaki street now. No sewage dripping down Cuba street and Lambton Quay. There's a much safer cycle routes between city and airport, and the basin. The buses aren't cancelled every day What a difference from Wellington three years ago.
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Paula Penfold
about 1 month ago
I did some work for Paddy Gower Has Issues on the Online Casino Gambling Bill. Fair to say addicts think licensing 15 casinos here, who can advertise, is not a great idea.
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Million dollar habit: Kieren quit drinking. But this addiction is harder to break
The Government plans to open the online gambling market to 15 new operators. Those who’ve lived with addiction say: don’t do it.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360845720/gnawing-dog-bones-survive-lonely-addiction-where-no-one-ever-wins
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Dylan Horrocks
about 1 month ago
Meanwhile, in another, better, world...
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Jane A
about 1 month ago
LAST FEW DAYS to vote in the local elections! v. important to do so, because hoo baby there are some major losers standing. VOTE pls!!!
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Chantalle Smith
about 2 months ago
Urgh… lumping it with other subjects does diminish it… I studied History, Classics and Art History in Year 13. All 3 subjects were full of info. And all 3 barely touched the depth you can go into each subject. Keeping Art History as a separate subject matters!
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Veronika Meduna
about 2 months ago
"We're forgetting that we are part of the natural world." Jane Goodall
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Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
The scientist turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/574742/wildlife-advocate-primate-expert-jane-goodall-dies-at-91?fbclid=IwdGRjcANKVfFjbGNrA0pVImV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEewKpybeFbAPFWYlBorTAzDLgcBpBz6SB4q_HyJGeJLK0A3aQ4hsx-YKDyls8_aem_dN8_fYfeuZl71pV-3iRkEA
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I love working at a university. The day started with great news about a rock donation, and ended with some gorgeous classical music in The Hub
about 2 months ago
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea
about 2 months ago
This isn’t about left versus right. It’s about science versus pseudoscience. - Dr. Jessica Knurick
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Elizabeth Warren
about 2 months ago
Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
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Naomi Klein
about 2 months ago
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
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Thalia
about 2 months ago
Shameful. Unacceptable. Vote for people who will actually take action.
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Te Herenga Waka University Press
about 2 months ago
'Gee's O Trilogy was so important to me when I was 10. I met the guy in my late 30s and didn't tell him this of course. We are supposed to look back and regret such cowardly moments but I don't. There's an honour in not bothering people.' —Nick Ascroft.
www.thepress.co.nz/culture/3608...
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te kootahekore ranapiri
2 months ago
once again the media just likes to ignore the left leaning parties cos a well rounded story is beyond them
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Bodega Cats
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Anyone fancy living in Crofton Downs? Its handy to bus, train, supermarket and we reckon its quite nice.
www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/r...
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Trade Me
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/residential/sale/wellington/wellington/crofton-downs/listing/5515974511
2 months ago
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Paula Green
2 months ago
nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/p...
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Poetry Box noticeboard: CELEBRATING THE CHAMPION – Maurice Gee’s contribution to children’s literature
CELEBRATING THE CHAMPIONMaurice Gee’s contribution to children’s literatureJoin us for a panel presentation focussing on the children’s writing of Maurice Gee, the celebrated New …
https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/poetry-box-noticeboard-celebrating-the-champion-maurice-gees-contribution-to-childrens-literature/
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Chantalle Smith
2 months ago
I'm excited about an event that I have been helping organising - a panel discussion of Maurice Gee's contribution to children's literature. It'll be a mixture of readings and people speaking about his work
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Tania Roxborogh
3 months ago
Calling New Zealand English teachers. As part of my PhD research, I'm conducting a survey on teacher perspectives on the topics of Shakespeare and of the inclusion of mātauranga Māori. Please complete this survey if you are an English teacher
massey.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
https://massey.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ah5dgxz3tPvky9w
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Bodega Cats
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Julie Fairey (she/her)
2 months ago
Te reo is not just for one part of our community, or one part of our education system. It's a taonga for all. Even if you thought it should only be for tangata whenua kids and not also tangata tiriti, this move makes no sense because most Māori kids attend schools that aren't kura kaupapa.
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takahē magazine
3 months ago
The takahē staff are deeply saddened at the sudden passing of our Essays Editor, Kelly Ana Morey, and send heartfelt condolences to her whānau, friends, and all those in the writing community who will feel this great loss.
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'Sharp, Witty, Unapologetic' - Shock Loss of Acclaimed Writer
The literary community is reeling after the loss of Kelly Ana Morey (1968-2025) - friend and colleague Andrew Wood pens an emotional tribute.
https://thebigidea.nz/stories/sharp-witty-unapologetic-shock-loss-of-acclaimed-writer?fbclid=IwY2xjawMkQoFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF5ZG5ONUVHRTltTm14aW9OAR6Y6SAqZvSCJWhNDrkaesJXAlovdmJBSddQvmkQP2o6Rct1wEQBywbEtoTfFQ_aem_WYLOxXDotpzFLcQPw80blA
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