Alessandra Zecchini
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mostly green stuff and books
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
about 15 hours ago
In Canvas - NZ Herald today: New Zealand Place Names Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed
@nzgeo.bsky.social
@nationallibrarynz.bsky.social
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#peterdowling
#oratiabooks
#newzealand
#aotearoa
#newzealandplacenames
#nzgeo
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
1 day ago
Just right for under the tree come two fun books that will entertain children this Christmas: A Manulele in a Mango Tree/Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago, in English and Gagana SÄmoa ā and Santa needs a NEW BUM! Available in all good bookstores ā read more:
oratia.co.nz/childrens-bo...
#oratiabooks
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Per fortuna vivo nel bosco!
3 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
3 days ago
Dr RÄpata Wiri talks with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ Nine to Noon about bringing back to print, 100 years from its first publication, the two volumes of Tuhoe The Children of the Mist, by Elsdon Best
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#Tuhoe
#MÄori
#oratiabooks
#NgÄiTÅ«hoe
#urewera
#mÄtaatuawaka
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If you love forests, and books, you will love this one šš³
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4 days ago
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Baking for a friend, torta Barozzi, like an Italian chocolate brownie from my book Sweet As⦠the check pattern is also my inspiration, simple but effective.
#chocolatebrownie
#baking
#cakedecorations
#yum
#sweetlife
7 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
The Spinoff
9 days ago
From the Amazon to Aotearoa: MÄori rangatahi on the frontlines of Cop30
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From the Amazon to Aotearoa: MÄori rangatahi on the frontlines of Cop30
Inside Cop30 with the first iwi-mandated MÄori delegation....
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-11-2025/from-the-amazon-to-aotearoa-maori-rangatahi-on-the-frontlines-of-cop30
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Wildflowers
#č±
#flowers
#foraging
#wildflowers
#happiness
#lifestyle
8 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
10 days ago
Christmas Books for Children
oratia.co.nz/buy-books/
#Christmasbooks
#Christmasbooksforchildren
#ineedanewbum
#oratiabooks
@christchurchlib.bsky.social
@abluebox.bsky.social
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
@lianza.bsky.social
@thesaplingnz.bsky.social
@thespinoff.bsky.social
@nzsa.bsky.social
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From the garden
#flowers
#joy
#gardening
#cosmos
10 days ago
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Make your own focaccia!
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11 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
11 days ago
Te Reo MÄori: The Basics Explained by David KÄrena-Holmes, available in print, ebook and audiobook
oratia.co.nz/product/te-r...
#oratiabooks
#reomÄori
#tereomÄori
#mÄori
#mÄorigrammar
@wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social
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Alessandra Zecchini
Mushrooms taste better than meat :-)
alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/spel...
#foraging
@plantbasednews.bsky.social
@plantbasedtimes.bsky.social
@plantbasedfuture.bsky.social
#plantbased
#vegan
#vegetarian
#veganrecipes
#mushrooms
#wildfood
#forestfood
#MorchellaDeliciosa
#funghi
#fungi
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Spelt Spaghetti with Morchella Deliciosa Mushrooms
Vegan Cuisine, Healthy Food, Foraging, Healthy Vegan, Vegan recipes, Gluten Free Vegan
https://alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/spelt-spaghetti-with-morchella.html
4 months ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
12 days ago
Te Ahi KÄ: The Fires of Occupation explores in photographs, archives and interviews some of the key political, environmental and cultural issues for the iwi as it has sought return of its historical lands at Mangapapapa.
oratia.co.nz/product/te-a...
#MÄori
#MartinToft
#WhanganuiRiver
#TeAhiKÄ
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What can we do?
@greenpeace.org
, this is one of those moments where I really feel part of a minority.
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14 days ago
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A day out with SƔmi visitors MƔret and Kirsten, here performing a joik (pronounced yoik), a traditional form of song in SƔmi music at Rutherford Primary Kura.
@oratiabooks.bsky.social
#sƔmi
#wipce2025
#rutherfordprimaryschool
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15 days ago
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1m A Panda eats roots and leaves... how to forage and cook bamboo (and in West Auckland this is both foraging and weeding!)
alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
#plantbased
#vegan
#foraging
#bamboo
#vegetarian
#veganrecipes
#glutenfreevegan
#bambooshoots
#lifestyle
#vegano
#vegetariano
15 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
16 days ago
At Scorpio Books, Christchurch for Tuesdayās presentation of New Zealand Place Names ā Takerei Norton (NgÄi Tahu) and Peter Dowling in discussion
#oratiabooks
#newzealandplacenames
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Alessandra Zecchini
Greenpeace International š
16 days ago
From disappearing coral reefs to perma frost melting, these are the "tipping points" that could have enormous and lasting implications for humans, plants and animals on Earth
#climateactionnow
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
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3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5593087/climate-tipping-points-cop30-brazil-coral-glaciers-carbon
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
16 days ago
Writers led by Ihimaera and Grace challenged earlier stereotypes and inherited literary forms, creating a new body of writing that has redefined the MÄori in literature. Available as an ebook
oratia.co.nz/product/from...
#oratiabooks
#MÄori
#MÄoriliterature
@takahemagazine.bsky.social
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Sweet recipe of the day: Vegan chocolate and coconut cream puddings with edible flowers šø
alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2017/01/vega...
#plantbased
#vegan
#vegetarian
#edibleflowers
#chocolate
#coconutcream
#vegandessert
#glutenfree
#glutenfreevegan
#pudding
#beautifulfood
#fiorieduli
#yummy
16 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
16 days ago
Peter Dowling talks with Dale Husband on Waatea News about the book New Zealand Place Names Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown
waateanews.com/2025/11/17/p...
#Aotearoa
#NewZealand
#WaateaNews
@wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social
@nzgeo.bsky.social
@nzjh.bsky.social
#oratiabooks
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Peter Dowling | whats behind our NZ place names?
https://waateanews.com/2025/11/17/peter-dowling-founder-and-publisher-at-oratia/
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A day out with SĆ”mi visitors MĆ”ret and Kirsten. Thank you Hoani Waititi Marae and Rutherford Primary for the wonderful hosting, and for introducing our SĆ”mi guests to MÄori culture and kura.
#sƔmi
#mÄori
@oratiabooks.bsky.social
18 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
20 days ago
At the launch of Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist by Elsdon Best in Rotorua Public Library. In the photos: Dr RÄpata Wiri (NgÄi TÅ«hoe, NgÄti Ruapani), who wrote the preface of this fifth edition, Kingi Biddle (NgÄti Whakaue) and Oratia publisher Peter Dowling.
#oratiabooks
#tuhoe
#NgÄiTÅ«hoe
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Alessandra Zecchini
Greenpeace International š
21 days ago
Over 40,000 people marched in BelƩm at the Global Climate March as
#COP30
closed week one. Activists carried calls to respect the Amazon, protect forests, uphold Indigenous rights and make polluters pay for climate damages.
#MakePollutersPay
#RespectTheAmazon
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Greenpeace joins over 40,000 marching in BelƩm calling for forest and climate action at COP30 - Greenpeace International
Greenpeace joined more than 40,000 people at the Global Climate March in BelƩm to end the first week of the UN climate conference.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/79779/greenpeace-joins-over-40000-marching-belem-calling-forest-climate-action-cop30/?_gl=1*19hklg*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTk5NDgyOTQ1OS4xNzYzMjIyMDI4*_ga_94MRTN8HG4*czE3NjMyMjIwMjgkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjMyMjIwMzAkajU4JGwwJGgxMTkzNzI5NTk
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Finally some colour in the garden. Shocking vivid colours! All the flowers are edible but the snapdragon doesnāt smell nice really⦠better in a quirky vase.
#flowersonbluesky
#flowers
#snapdragon
#nasturtium
21 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
22 days ago
"A brilliant book for name nerds: full of quirks and facts." New Zealand Place Names ā Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown by Peter Dowling and A. W. Reed is N.5 this week at Unity Wellington.
#oratiabooks
#NewZealandPlaceNames
#toponymy
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
22 days ago
On Waatea News: Dr RÄpata Wiri talks about Tuhoe: Children of the Mist. Dr Wiri has written the preface for this new edition of the Elsdon Best classic. Listen to the interview here:
waateanews.com/tag/tuhoe-ch...
#oratiabooks
#tuhoe
#NgÄiTÅ«hoe
#teurewera
#mÄtaatuawaka
#urewera
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Alessandra Zecchini
Mushrooms taste better than meat:
alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/oyst...
#vegan
#veganrecipes
#plantbased
#vegetarian
#glutenfree
#fungi
#mushrooms
@plantbasednews.bsky.social
@peteregan46.bsky.social
@plantbasedtimes.bsky.social
@nomeatmay.bsky.social
@plantbasedfuture.bsky.social
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Oyster mushrooms with lemon soy
Vegan Cuisine, Healthy Food, Foraging, Healthy Vegan, Vegan recipes, Gluten Free Vegan
https://alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/oyster-mushrooms-with-lemon-soy.html
6 months ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
23 days ago
"New Zealand Place Names is a treasure trove of names" Andrea Molloy reviews New Zealand Place Names: Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown
www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/new-zea...
#oratiabooks
#NewZealandPlaceNames
@christchurchlib.bsky.social
@nzgeo.bsky.social
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New Zealand Place Names: Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown by Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed
From Aotearoa to Zalatown, Whanganui to WhangÄrei, Cape Reinga Te Rerenga Wairua to Bluff, New Zealand Place NamesĀ is a treasure trove of names. It details the name, feature type, region, history, ori...
https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/new-zealand-place-names-common-contested-and-curious-names-from-aotearoa-to-zalatown-by-peter-dowl
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Alessandra Zecchini
Plant-based and foraging: recipe of the day:
alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/aspa...
#plantbased
#vegan
#veganblog
#asparagus
#alessandrazecchini
#vegetarian
#edibleflowers
#vegano
#vegetariano
#onionweed
#foraging
#glutenfree
#š
@vegsoc.bsky.social
@plantbasedtimes.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
25 days ago
āAs a tribal historian and a TÅ«hoe descendant, I believe we are fortunate that this book was published; otherwise our tribal histories and our whakapapa may have been lost forever.ā - RÄpata Wiri, from the bookās preface
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU25...
#oratiabooks
#mÄori
#tribalhistory
#Tuhoe
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New Zealandās Greatest Tribal History Returns To Print A Century After Its First Publication
This celebrated two-volume work comes back into print with the guidance of scholar Dr RÄpata Wiri (NgÄi TÅ«hoe, NgÄti Ruapani), whose doctoral thesis provided a re-evaluation of Bestās work.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2511/S00089/new-zealands-greatest-tribal-history-returns-to-print-a-century-after-its-first-publication.htm
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
25 days ago
The work that has been called 'New Zealandās greatest tribal history' returns to print a century after its first publication, in quality hardback volumes. Tuhoe The Children of the Mist Elsdon Best Preface to the fifth edition by RÄpata Wiri Read the full article here:
oratia.co.nz/maori/new-ze...
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Alessandra Zecchini
If youāre weeding tradescantia from your property in the bush (by hand, no sprays) you are automatically my friend.
#savetheforests
#waitakereranges
#tradescantia
#weeds
#conservation
#saveallforests
#aotearoa
#newzealand
#auckland
#westauckland
#š
#š³
about 2 months ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
26 days ago
Photos from Unity Books Wellington yesterday evening at the launch of New Zealand Place Names: From left: Wendy Shaw (NZGB), Heather Lane (Reed estate), Anselm Haanen, Christopher Stephens, Peter Dowling (Author), Joanna Barnes-Wylie (Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand)
#oratiabooks
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Rita Angus, self portrait, c. 1964
#artonbluesky
#makeblueskybeautifulwithart
#nzart
#nzartist
#ritaangus
#womenpaiters
#portrait
27 days ago
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#Vegan
#Pavlova
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#Plantbased
#Meringue
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#aquafaba
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27 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
27 days ago
"Beautiful." Adele Broadbent reviews Thank you, Forest for What Book Next
whatbooknext.com/thank-you-fo...
#fiveoceans
#oratiabooks
#thankyouforest
#finland
#conservation
#forest
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@forestandbird.bsky.social
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Thank you, Forest - Book Review - whatbooknext.com
A beautiful story of imagination and love for trees. Depicted in a young girl's notebook, this story is for everyone fighting for forests.
https://whatbooknext.com/thank-you-forest-book-review/
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Thank you! š Let us keep saving forests š
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29 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
29 days ago
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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PM's Award for Literary Achievement for Non-fiction: Ross Calman
This week historian, te reo Maori translator and author, Ross Calman received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement for Non-fiction.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2019011851/pm-s-award-for-literary-achievement-for-non-fiction-ross-calman
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
29 days ago
Congratulations to Ross Calman, recipient of the 2025 Prime Ministerās Award for Literary Achievement for non-fiction.
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A truly beautiful book for children who love nature and forests. And beautiful books.
#forest
#conservation
#trees
#š
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30 days ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
30 days ago
Congratulations to our author Ross Calman š
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A home in the forest and a forest in my š Working hard to preserve this.
#tree
#nznatives
#livinginaforest
#nzbush
#waitakereranges
#westauckland
#aotearoa
#birdsongs
#newzealand
#savetheforests
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@greenpeace.de
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about 1 month ago
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
about 1 month ago
Peter Dowling talks with Kathryn Ryan about the new book New Zealand Place Names: Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown Listen to the interview on RNZ:
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#oratiabooks
#newzealand
#aotearoa
#toponomy
@nzgeo.bsky.social
@nzjh.bsky.social
#RNZ
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Curious and contested Kiwi placenames
A new bookĀ unpacksĀ how 850 of our placenames came about.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2019011382/curious-and-contested-kiwi-placenames
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Alessandra Zecchini
Oratia Books
about 1 month ago
New Zealand Place Names Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed Produced with the help of NgÄ Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board
oratia.co.nz/product/newz...
#oratiabooks
@nzgeo.bsky.social
@nzjh.bsky.social
#newzealand
#aotearoa
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Alessandra Zecchini
Greenpeace International š
about 1 month ago
Governments are negotiating a global Plastics Treaty right now. Most countries support cutting plastic production, but a small group backed by fossil fuel and petrochemical interests is trying to weaken the deal. To protect human health, governments must agree to CUT PLASTIC PRODUCTION.
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INC 5.2: āThe inability to reach an agreement in Geneva must be a wake up call for the worldā, Greenpeace statement - Greenpeace International
The vast majority of governments want a strong agreement, yet a handful of bad actors were allowed to use process to drive such ambition into the ground.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/77955/inc-5-2-the-inability-to-reach-an-agreement-in-geneva-must-be-a-wakeup-call-for-the-world-greenpeace-statement/
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#couldsonbluesky
#cloud
#sky
about 1 month ago
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