"It's a bit of a problem because why is our national curriculum and... our education system effectively being built in secret." - Chris Abercrombie, PPTA

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

Really happy to see the nearly-six-year-old come home from school today with this book. #kiakahatereoMāori #tewikiotereoMāori

When you’re such a nerd that you dream of delivering a short talk about epistemology to a diverse group of primary school teachers gathered to think about maths. It was a great dream. 🤓

I get it. Hard to keep the faith about democracy in current political climate but your vote does matter. #Pōti #Vote

New blogpost! @nzcer #Education #teacher #PLD nzareblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/h...

Back to reality of post-conference, post-leave life. (Or is that pre-?) #ANZAHPE2026

And that’s a wrap! Thanks #ANZAHPE2025 - see you in Ōtautahi, Christchurch next year.

Really important kōrero. #ANZAHPE2025

Feeling nervous! #ANZAHPE2025

And that’s why you check (and check again) conference presentations… The QR code on my workshop tomorrow is defunct. Insert new code!! #ANZAHPE2025

Enjoying the plenary from Jennifer Cleland on wicked problems in medical education. #ANZAHPE2025 We used complexity thinking in this paper: www.internationaljournalofwellbeing.org/index.php/ij...

Relaxing after a nifty first day at #ANZAHPE2025 I like Perth!

Loving the enthusiasm for research data by the wonderful @tbgladman.bsky.social in her #ANZAHPE2025 💜

Also curating this paper about joy, play, wonder, and communication #ANZAHPE2025 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39629864/

Really enjoying the session on reflection and professionalism #ANZAHPE2025 Thank you! @graceinvaders.bsky.social

Looking forward to reading this paper on verbatim theatre! #ANZAHPE2025 asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

“…coding, in the guise of objective science, expands the project of settler colonial knowledge production - inquiry as invasion is built into the normalised operations of the researcher” Yes. Tuck & Yang, 2014, p. 811 #ANZAHPE2025

Still childishly thrilled by the ‘Dr’… At #ANZAHPE2025 Australia & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators conference, Perth

Profound words of wisdom from the five-year-old night: Love is the greatest gift you can give … … And I love bananas. 🍌🍌🍌

In today’s HeraldOnSunday #nzpol

I’m not entirely sure where I stand on the Kāhui Ako phenomenon, but I do know that more radical change in education of this kind is likely to add to the overwhelm schools and teachers are currently grappling with. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Thread of the day

Yeah you’re happy, but are you a five-and-a-half year old dancing to Fleetwood Mac in butterfly wings happy? 🦋🦋🦋

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

Hopefully it emboldens others.

Read this and thought of you @bevanholloway.com #edchatnz #edusky #teacherasactivist 💪🏼 thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

Appreciate the pātai. Te Pāti Māori won’t let Aotearoa import UK/US-style hate. We reject attacks on trans, non-binary and takatāpui whānau. That’s not who we are. Our Te Tiriti commitment means protecting mana, inclusion, and whānau safety. Whakapapa over wedges. Manaakitanga over fear. Always.

Drawing rich pictures to entangle with intraviews. Research = happy place.

The Ghost Diving team were out cleaning up around Frank Kitts Park yesterday. My husband found a beautiful Silver bracelet sitting on the ocean floor. If you think it's yours and can give a spot on description - we can get it to you. PS. It's in absolute perfect condition.

@taniaroxborogh.bsky.social @bevanholloway.com Thoughts?? #shakespeare #edchatnz #edusky nzareblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/c...

Does anyone else lie awake at night unable to sleep for remembering all the horribly 💩 things they’ve done as a parent?

Thank you for the beautiful weather today, Tāwhirimātea 😍

Pleased to see my sexuality and gender scholar peers (as editors) taking this stance, and challenging the political encroachment on academic freedom under the current US Administration. @cygraham.bsky.social & colleagues 👏✊ Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research

Drinking a Margarita, reading a good book, waiting for a good friend. Lovely walk in the late summer evening to get here. #happy

You know you’ve ‘made it’ in #academia when you start getting spammed by weird journals and conferences. 8 emails in the junk folder today.

‘Trumpian’ edict issued by Health Minister Simeon Brown on what public health leaders can and can’t say about public health. Soon-to-be Deputy PM David Seymour says public health doctors are “muppets” who should be put “back in their box.” My #cartoon today #NZpol #PublicHealth

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🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We're hiring three postdoctoral fellows to model AN ENTIRE COUNTRY as a complex system 🧪 → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2025/03/07/p...

Soothing the five-year-old who is upset I’m going away for work (for one night) by playing The Beatles. Taste.

My PhD student is studying cluttering. If you or a family member have been diagnosed with cluttering, or if you strongly suspect you have cluttering, your insights could help shape future understanding and support for those with this condition. Take the survey here: redcap.link/clutteringsu... #SLP

Trying to assuage my feminist rage with treats.

E ai ki ō tātou tīpuna, E kore koe e ngaro, he kākano i ruia mai i Rangiātea. According to our ancestors, you shall never be lost, for you are sacred seed sown in the heavens. #whakataukī #HeMāoriAhau

Oooh I love this. Corridors as liminal spaces. Giving me wicked #posthuman vibes.

I wish for everyone to have a boss as awesome as ours (mine)… #blessed

Fresh publication! What it’s like working in a hospital when you’re used to classrooms… 🦠🤢🤮😷 www.entanglements.in/ent.viewer.p...

What nonsense is this?! Can it possibly be right that in the NZC ‘refresh’ each of the 8 learning areas will end up with documents of about 120 pages? Have you heard this @bevanholloway.com @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social @mfcuk2.bsky.social ???

Unclench your jaw. Unpretzel your body, and roll those shoulders back. Stretch your arms out in front of you, then toward the sky, and out to the sides. Now shimmy shimmy shake. Right. Three deep breaths and you can go about your day. Loves you.

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We have three postdoctoral fellowships in complex systems available → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2025/03/07/p... #movingtonewzealand 🧪