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takahē magazine
6 days ago
Check out the December issue! Featuring guests Tony Guo, Helen Rickerby, Ruby Porter and John Fenton, along with the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize winner, Jilly O'Brien. There's also an art essay by Samuel Te Kani, and so much more! We hope you love it 🩵
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-115/
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takahē magazine
7 days ago
We're so excited to be bringing you Guest Fiction from Ruby Porter! Her brand new story, 'Eye Contact' explores love, loss, optometrists and Christmas shopping, and will feature in the December issue (coming very soon!).
#takahēmagazine
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#GuestFiction
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takahē magazine
11 days ago
Welcome to the takahē whānau, John Fenton! John's essay, 'Lost Libraries—Biblioclasm: a deadly sin' will feature in the December issue, coming very soon! As ever, the entire issue will be free to read online, for everyone, everywhere 🖤
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Harry Wallop
16 days ago
Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s
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Johnny Cans
20 days ago
The problem with that Whamageddon thing is that Last Christmas is a stone cold banger and trying to avoid it proves that you don't truly understand the meaning of the season, to celebrate our Lord and Savior, Saint George Michael.
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DB Maggi
3 months ago
Legendary British musician Brian Eno, who helped organize & produce the Together for Palestine benefit concert, performs the poem “Oh Rascal Children of Gaza, ” written by Palestinian poet Khaled Juma
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takahē magazine
3 months ago
❤️Join us this Saturday 13th September 2025 to March the Bridge! 🖤Meet at Onepoto Domain for a 9:30am start 🤍Or join at the end point, Victoria Park 💚Demand we Sanction Israel Now! ❤️Organised by Aotearoa for Palestine
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IIML
3 months ago
Australian writers propose a modest pay cut for the VC of Melbourne Uni could be used to fund Meanjin
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The Cat's Whiskers
3 months ago
Once again, better reporting in international press
#nzpol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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New Māori queen brings hope for New Zealand in first speech: ‘Being Māori is forever’
In her first public address, Nga wai hono i te po spoke of unity and said Māori must ‘walk a new path’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/05/new-zealand-maori-queen-first-speech?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Ben Walter
3 months ago
Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin.
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
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The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating | Ben Walter
MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value
https://www.theguardian.com/books/commentisfree/2025/sep/06/the-end-of-meanjin-after-85-years-is-as-sad-as-it-is-infuriating
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Tania Roxborogh
4 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
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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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Donner Blitzin’
3 months ago
Biography by Kelly Ana Morey, published today on Reading Room.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/s...
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Short story: Biography, by Kelly Ana Morey
Kelly Ana died on Monday. This was her last story. It's actual genius
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/short-story-biography-by-kelly-ana-morey/
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Alice Tawhai
4 months ago
Haere ra Kelly Ana. Moemoe tonu ake
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Anna Woods
4 months ago
Excited to share my new story in takahē and read the other contributions. Weekend reading sorted!
#booksky
#litfic
#pukapuka
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takahē magazine
4 months ago
Out now! The 114th issue of takahē is free online for everyone to enjoy.
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
This issue is a little slimmer, but just as carefully curated with new words and art to challenge, stimulate and engross. We hope you love it. Let us know your favourites! 🖤
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Anna Woods
4 months ago
Excited to share my new story with you all, in the new issue of takahē, coming soon!
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GHC Has Gorra Lorra Fings On (the radio)
4 months ago
Wheeeen theee Bird in your room represents all your gloom Nevermoré When you're trying to grieve but that corvid won't leave Nevermoré It will rap Tippy tippy tap Tippy tippy tap Waking you from naps aaand Your dream-a Then will fly Never tell you why Even if you cry Landing on your sideboard Athena
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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now!
4 months ago
A+, no notes
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Erin Harrington
5 months ago
so tell me again what the problem with rainbow storytime is
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Alex
5 months ago
Just a simple man but I reckon if you are looking at policy differences between Aus and NZ that make wages higher in Australia, then labour and employment laws should get a higher place on the list than their current ranking of 'shut up, don't look at that, omg'
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Boze the Library Owl
5 months ago
A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.
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Toxidrone
5 months ago
You cannot address the starvation in Gaza without addressing the fact that Israel also destroyed all agriculture and fishing as part of this engineered famine. It's not just cutting off food aid, it is destroying all internal capability to feed people.
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Joseph “offline” Howley
5 months ago
Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed
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Molly Quell
5 months ago
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters
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5 months ago
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior was 40 years ago today; it helped define our country, and its place in the world. This all-star cover of Mutton Birds' classic ‘Anchor Me’ was made to mark the 20th anniversary.
audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-...
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Russel Norman
5 months ago
Rainbow Warrior returns to Tamaki Makaurau Auckland for the 40th anniversary of the bombing.
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Bristol Short Story Prize
6 months ago
Congratulations to this year's winners and to all the writers featured in the Volume 17 anthology. Read all their stories:
bit.ly/4l0zhk8
@zoemeager.bsky.social
@morrislau78.bsky.social
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Mo-San-ta
6 months ago
This is part of why politicians on the right shouted so loudly against making Matariki a public holiday... because it's not just fascism that spreads, recognition of indigenous traditions does too. You love to see it.
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m rahurahu
6 months ago
the anthologies with Maaori titles are getting out of control like are u not embarrassed? not even half ur contributors are Maaori??? & ur pulling out te aka????
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Bristol Short Story Prize
6 months ago
What if you had to let go of the things you love, one at a time, until you had nothing left? Could you do it? What if you didn’t have a choice? 📚
@zoemeager.bsky.social
's story joins our next anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors:
bit.ly/4dZRhIB
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Philip Matthews
6 months ago
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‘Like desecrating the grave’: Llew Summers’ partner loses hope
Two weeks ago, a cherished $95k bronze sculpture vanished from Mt Pleasant, leaving Robyn Webster clinging to “irrational optimism” as a part of her partner’s legacy slips away.
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360719232/desecrating-grave-llew-summers-partner-loses-hope-recovering-95k-sculpture
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Elizabeth Knox
6 months ago
thespinoff.co.nz/books/17-06-...
'we don’t necessarily need them, because AI can do all that stuff. But ethically, taking on young people and training them is going to become like a moral and ethical thing for businesses.' Boutique humanity. Artisanal justice.
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‘Horrifying and incredible’: one writer’s argument for making use of AI
An AI sceptic interviews one of the people behind a contentious AI workshop for creative writers.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/17-06-2025/horrifying-and-incredible-one-writers-argument-for-making-use-of-ai
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6 months ago
IT IS OF GREAT MORAL URGENCY THAT WE SEND THE SPIRIT OF TASMANIA TO GAZA
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Giovanni Tiso
6 months ago
I would suggest eating them but it sounds like they're all skin and bones these days.
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Led By Donkeys
7 months ago
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Bill Manhire
7 months ago
Streaming with Captions
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Omar Sakr
7 months ago
600 days in the genocide
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷
8 months ago
New Zealand has 14 billionaires and 5 billionaire families, with a collective wealth of nearly $90 billion Yet 1/3rd of the country can't afford FUCKING FOOD. Why do y'all keep voting centrists parties?
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Anthony Lapwood
8 months ago
My short story "Catch" – about fish farms and gay neanderthals – is free to read in the latest issue of
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www.takahe.org.nz/catch/
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Jessie L
7 months ago
Powerful Stella prize speech from Michelle de Kretser: “In Australia today it isn’t those applauding mass murder who have cause to be afraid, but those speaking out against it. Principally targeted are Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, First Nations people, people of colour, queers.”
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‘Serious consequences for Australian democracy’: Author uses prize speech to warn against censorship
Australian author Michelle de Kretser described feeling afraid of speaking publicly about the conflict in Gaza as she accepted the 2025 Stella Prize for her book Theory & Practice.
https://www.theage.com.au/culture/books/serious-consequences-for-australian-democracy-author-uses-prize-speech-to-warn-against-censorship-20250422-p5ltem.html
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Joel Reinstein
7 months ago
as others have pointed out, NYT never saw it as reflecting on US Zionism when an Illinois man stabbed a 6-year-old Palestinian kid, or when a Florida man mistook two Israelis for Palestinians and shot at them, or when a Palestinian student was murdered in Vermont
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Hamo
7 months ago
NZ Govt: we need to live within our meanness.
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Julie Anne Genter
7 months ago
Does anyone seriously believe we were at risk of paying teachers, care & support workers, librarians, hospice workers and others in female-dominated industries too much?
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Forest & Bird
7 months ago
Budget 2025 is a disaster for our environment. Conservation investment is MIA while 75% of native species face extinction. The Govt is gambling with $133B in natural assets and our economy. This is environmental neglect, not leadership. We demand better.
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
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No nature, no economy: Budget 2025 misses the $133b point
Forest & Bird says the Government’s lack of investment in New Zealand’s environment in Budget 2025 is deeply concerning given the importance of the environment to our economy and society.
https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no-nature-no-economy-budget-2025-misses-133b-point
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Anthony Lapwood
7 months ago
MASTERCLASS 😎
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Megapope 🇵🇸
7 months ago
Haha remember when Seymour joked about blowing up a govt building and Judith gave a public servants information to a far right attack blogger, anyway proper decorum is definitely very important in our halls of power and we must be civilised.
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Emma Hart
7 months ago
Late last year, I was in a car with my ex and he was talking about this thing he'd heard on RNZ where there were all these jobs that required tertiary qualifications that paid only just over minimum wage. And he said, "You know what they all had in common?" Reader, I did. He told me anyway. 1/2
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