I read the self-congratulatory awfulness the party of Peters and Costello wrote about banning puberty blockers. 💔 Ignoring the actual medical experts, ignoring the LIFESAVING aspect of these meds for young people. I hate that our current government are punching down so hard on our trans whānau.

"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend" Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...

Tahetoka Limited (my very small business) is expanding. Our team is now offering Bookkeeping services with a focus on Māori Pakihi and Charitable Trusts. Ensuring we get mahi done quickly with pricing that works for you. Interested? Let us know. tahetoka.nz/bookkeeping

Here's @npr.org's Obituary of Alice Wong: www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

Moe mai rā Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Your wise funny kōrero will be much missed. 💗

Sharing because whānau members past and present love or loved this man. ❤️ Food for thought ❤️

From #2 in the world to #53 in the world. 💔 Māteatea ake nei. As Carl Schurz said, "My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right". There's sooo much for the people and for the next AoNZ government (tomorrow please? Or next week? 🥺) to set right.

Love this so much 💗

Awesome to hear how well other people's countries are doing. Not so awesome to see our own moving backwards in every sense, and accelerating 🥺

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

“I think oftentimes when people talk about this history, they usually focus on cis gay men . . . But there is a really exciting new, newish field of study, of scholars who are uncovering stories of people who were lesbians, bisexual, transgender and those really untold stories.”

Do you have any dino-lovin' kids in your household? We are going full DINOvember at libraries so have a look and see what's on! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/dinosaurs/ #Ōtautahi #Christchurch ^DR

You might not have realised that you needed this thread but you do. I think we all do.

I was today years old in learning the difference. If you have some pūtea to spare, consider sending it in the direction of Rights Aotearoa and / or coffee for Paul (hai tohu o te whaiwhakaaro me te tautoko). ❤️

11/10, no notes 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 And it works for sooo many things

Hey folks - submissions are due Monday 3 November on the consent application to discharge poo into the Shotover River. The Shotover and the Kawarau Rivers are protected by a Water Conservation Order for recreation! Make your views known and put in a submission! www.orc.govt.nz/consents-and...

This is 2025, and a certain political party is celebrating these changes. For the record one of the key 'other minorities' was anyone with disabilities. This is deeply disturbing, please make sure you're okay before reading.

The word of the day is kātipuhi. kātipuhi: (noun) not firing, ceasefire Do *not* recommend breaking words down as a learner. I add these because with this word I am *certain*: kāti: (interjection) stop! cease! enough! puhi: (verb) to shoot, blow, fire (a gun), shooting, blowing Source: Te Aka

I miss having Marilyn Waring in the halls of power. ❣️

One more 🫶🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

100% in support of the Megastrike

Meanwhile you voted yourselves how much in pay rises? And have how many extra entitlements? I'm not going to say you shouldn't have them. I am going to say with my whole chest that firefighters, teachers and public servants deserve far better working conditions and yes more pay!

100% in support of the strikers.

Bless, just the headline gifted me a belly laugh 😂 Capital of ch - ch - charisma?

Tautoko! www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Moe mai rā ❤️ Mei kore ake koe

🥺 so many light years away from our current political realities. But so good ❣️

If you're unsure why art history is important, consider the impact of the cartoon artworks that came out after the terrorist attack in Ōtautahi. Weeping kiwi in black and white, the hug with the caption 'this is your home and you should have been safe here'. Banksy's judge beating a protestor. ❣️

With the voting over, we hope that council’s across Aotearoa will consider how the decisions they make impact our lives.

Creating a 1,394,200% effective marginal tax rate is quite an achievement. @ganeshahirao.bsky.social kua kitea tēnei? 🫣

Lots of swearing. All warranted. Lots of work went into this ❤️

Appreciated 🙏🏾

The Bagshaws are consistently good people. Everything she said ❣️

To quote Tā Tīmoti Kāretu, "Kāre he hua o te tangiweto e tātau mā"

... just a wahine irapūmau... musing on when... and where... to deploy 'no, not that'... ... to whom... ... or in the comments of whose posts... ... or in which submissions... We can find many more appropriate uses for this phrase. Also looks like 'nono tthat' so... #whakatauākī #nonotthat

Pleeease make time to vote today if you haven't already 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

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“For those of us who’ve been pressured to assimilate into Pākehā culture, it’s tempting to think that assimilating into Māori culture is respectful. But this is not what’s being asked of us.” — Mengzhu Fu.

How to do a special vote for local elections. Didn’t get a voting pack? You can still vote in the local elections thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-...

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

This looks like ✨gold✨ to my layperson's eyes. Any whakaaro from expert people? With big mihi to @froomkin.bsky.social and @jayrosen.bsky.social for sharing this article. AoNZ we all know which people to check our public responses to. Test it out, let us all know how well it worked.

Every new funding announcement is no new funding #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

The word of the day is: 💔 māteatea 💔 māteatea: (verb) to be ignominious, humiliating, shameful, inglorious, abject and: māteatea: (modifier) ignominious, humiliating, shameful, inglorious, abject, dishonourable and: māteatea: (noun) shame, distress, disgrace, scandal, embarrassment Auē rā!

If you have THOUGHTS about any of the many decisions the current government are making, short, sharp and sustainable is the way to go. Revive the lost arts of handwriting. Draw your sad, happy or angry face. Make a cartoon - Maya Angelou said, write your anger, paint it, do everything about it...

E mārama ai te wairua o te kupu, me waniwani ko tōhona whakapapa... Learnt this today from Lola Fontain's comment on @sunnmcheaux.bsky.social Instagram post.

So carefully described, and so unmistakable. I need to think about this further, there's something in empathetic urgency being read by privilege as anger that is sooo accurate and infuriating...

I was today years old when I learned the acronym WAIT. 🌼 Why 🌼 Am 🌼 *I* 🌼 Talking? From episode 2 of the podcast Hey White Woman, with Rebecca Slue and Daniela Mestyanek Young, about privilege. - fair-skinned Māori here 😉 the teens taught me about my massive cis-hetero privilege too