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

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 Sāmoa — and Santa needs a NEW BUM! Available in all good bookstores — read more: oratia.co.nz/childrens-bo... #oratiabooks

Per fortuna vivo nel bosco!

Dr Rāpata 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 #Māori #oratiabooks #NgāiTūhoe #urewera #mātaatuawaka

If you love forests, and books, you will love this one 💚🌳

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

From the Amazon to Aotearoa: Māori rangatahi on the frontlines of Cop30

Wildflowers #花 #flowers #foraging #wildflowers #happiness #lifestyle

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

From the garden #flowers #joy #gardening #cosmos

Make your own focaccia!

Te Reo Māori: The Basics Explained by David Kārena-Holmes, available in print, ebook and audiobook oratia.co.nz/product/te-r... #oratiabooks #reomāori #tereomāori #māori #māorigrammar @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social

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

Te Ahi Kā: 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... #Māori #MartinToft #WhanganuiRiver #TeAhiKā

What can we do? @greenpeace.org, this is one of those moments where I really feel part of a minority.

A day out with Sámi visitors Máret and Kirsten, here performing a joik (pronounced yoik), a traditional form of song in Sámi music at Rutherford Primary Kura. @oratiabooks.bsky.social #sámi #wipce2025 #rutherfordprimaryschool

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

At Scorpio Books, Christchurch for Tuesday’s presentation of New Zealand Place Names – Takerei Norton (Ngāi Tahu) and Peter Dowling in discussion #oratiabooks #newzealandplacenames

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...

Writers led by Ihimaera and Grace challenged earlier stereotypes and inherited literary forms, creating a new body of writing that has redefined the Māori in literature. Available as an ebook oratia.co.nz/product/from... #oratiabooks #Māori #Māoriliterature @takahemagazine.bsky.social

Sweet recipe of the day: Vegan chocolate and coconut cream puddings with edible flowers 🌸 alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2017/01/vega... #plantbased #vegan #vegetarian #edibleflowers #chocolate #coconutcream #vegandessert #glutenfree #glutenfreevegan #pudding #beautifulfood #fiorieduli #yummy

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

A day out with Sámi visitors Máret and Kirsten. Thank you Hoani Waititi Marae and Rutherford Primary for the wonderful hosting, and for introducing our Sámi guests to Māori culture and kura. #sámi #māori @oratiabooks.bsky.social

At the launch of Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist by Elsdon Best in Rotorua Public Library. In the photos: Dr Rāpata Wiri (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Ruapani), who wrote the preface of this fifth edition, Kingi Biddle (Ngāti Whakaue) and Oratia publisher Peter Dowling. #oratiabooks #tuhoe #NgāiTūhoe

Over 40,000 people marched in Belém 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

Finally some colour in the garden. Shocking vivid colours! All the flowers are edible but the snapdragon doesn’t smell nice really… better in a quirky vase. #flowersonbluesky #flowers #snapdragon #nasturtium

"A brilliant book for name nerds: full of quirks and facts." New Zealand Place Names – 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

On Waatea News: Dr Rāpata 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 #NgāiTūhoe #teurewera #mātaatuawaka #urewera

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

"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

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 #💚 @vegsoc.bsky.social @plantbasedtimes.bsky.social

‘As a tribal historian and a Tūhoe descendant, I believe we are fortunate that this book was published; otherwise our tribal histories and our whakapapa may have been lost forever.’ - Rāpata Wiri, from the book’s preface www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU25... #oratiabooks #māori #tribalhistory #Tuhoe

The work that has been called 'New Zealand’s 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 Rāpata Wiri Read the full article here: oratia.co.nz/maori/new-ze...

If you’re 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 #💚 #🌳

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

Rita Angus, self portrait, c. 1964 #artonbluesky #makeblueskybeautifulwithart #nzart #nzartist #ritaangus #womenpaiters #portrait

#Vegan #Pavlova - #Plantbased #Meringue - with #aquafaba

"Beautiful." Adele Broadbent reviews Thank you, Forest for What Book Next whatbooknext.com/thank-you-fo... #fiveoceans #oratiabooks #thankyouforest #finland #conservation #forest @thesaplingnz.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @abluebox.bsky.social @forestandbird.bsky.social #🌳 #💚

Thank you! 💚 Let us keep saving forests 💚

Congratulations to Ross Calman, recipient of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement for non-fiction.

A truly beautiful book for children who love nature and forests. And beautiful books. #forest #conservation #trees #💚

Congratulations to our author Ross Calman 🙌

A home in the forest and a forest in my 💚 Working hard to preserve this. #tree #nznatives #livinginaforest #nzbush #waitakereranges #westauckland #aotearoa #birdsongs #newzealand #savetheforests @greenpeace.org.nz @greenpeace.org @greenpeace.de @greenpeace-tlse.bsky.social @greenpeace.es

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

New Zealand Place Names Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed Produced with the help of Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board oratia.co.nz/product/newz... #oratiabooks @nzgeo.bsky.social @nzjh.bsky.social #newzealand #aotearoa

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.

Manta cloud #skyonbluesky #couldsonbluesky #cloud #sky