And kakī! 🩷🖤 Vote tākapu and kakī!

So many pretty options. I will check my savings and if I can buy some in kakī colours 🩷🖤 Vote kakī for bird of the year!

"Mana motuhaketia tō hauora" - Te Arikinui Kuini Ngā wai hono i te po ❤️‍🩹

Please feel free to share this article about the health risks our very first kura ā-iwi Kāi Tahu continues to face. 💔 Please note that these are the tamariki who won the global Zayed Sustainability prize in Jan 2025 - they are unstoppable and amazing❣️- *and* they have a right to healthy buildings.

@taniaroxborogh.bsky.social titiro mai!

Ka tākaro, ka pōti ai mō te manu o te tau. Play then vote for the bird of the year. #voteforkakī 🖤🩷🖤🩷🖤

The candidate who insisted was Lester Bryant, if that assists your voting choices; he isn't in my area.

If you needed a moment of hope for the future, the scientist currently running Mexico is 🔥 With thanks to @nigel63.bsky.social for the link and to @mizalisa.bsky.social for an uplifting article 💗 Upholding and expanding tradition 💗

Each to their own perspective - this citizen is grateful to have this called what it is. Our eldest and youngest whānau members haven't been able to safely drink tap water at our little rural marae for years now due to nitrate levels. Better late than never. #HeWaiHeOraka

We all know ‘tragedy’ comes from Greek. ‘tragos’ = goat ‘aeidein’ = to sing So ‘tragedy’ originally meant “goat song.” Not to be confused with the GOAT song, which is probably “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

“autism develops from a staggeringly complex interplay between genes and factors that can influence development in utero.” – a thing I like pointing out is that autism starts in the womb, before the childhood vaccines.

I teach L3 Art History. It is the ultimate blend of Art, politics , history and Philosophy. This subject brings me so much joy. I am devastated for it have disappeared from the subject list with zero consultation. I encourage everyone to email their views to [email protected]

Oriini Kaipara has retained Tāmaki Makaurau for Te Pāti Māori. In six weeks, she stood tall against a veteran MP& proved the strength of mana motuhake, courage, & humility This win belongs to Tāmaki, to every volunteer, & to all who believe in Te Tiriti and the power of our people ❤️🖤🤍 #NZPol

1/3 The way my heart needed to hear that from our beautiful young Queen ❤️❤️❤️ Taku Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po 🥹 For those who are still learning te reo, or from other cultures, our Queen who has grown up steeped in our language and culture just took time to say that Māoritanga is not only

Hai hiki i te wairua 🫶🏾 with thanks to @stevepeers.bsky.social for the original post and Colin for adding the alt text. If you haven't already, you can change your settings so Bluesky reminds you to add alt text every time you add an image. Google lens will extract text. Descriptions can be short.

‘Done with it’: NZ musicians boycott Spotify over AI military tech investments #nzpol #musicsky thebigidea.nz/stories/done...

Last couple of days of nominations for the Science Communicators Association of NZ (SCANZ) awards ⬇️ Nominations close 1st September. www.scanz.co.nz/award

Not right at all. Thank you for continuing the good fight @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social

1/3 Yes worth reading and yes distressing. Te Whāriki is a world-leading curriculum for early childhood. Elizabeth Rata (née Frazer) has been clear about her motivations to Anglicise our education system. She describes herself as a "foundational member of kura kaupapa Māori" but seems *unaware*

Timeline cleanse 💖

However worried you are we should be more so. 🥺

It's not right 💗

Two wonderful people 🫶🏾

The buck stops where? Pay equity and the coalition government. My Stuff #cartoon today. #NZpol #PayEquity #PeoplesSelectCommittee

Mōrena! Why not kick off National Poetry Day by watching an interview we did with the 2024 recipient of the Creative New Zealand Prime Minister's Literary Achievement Award for Poetry, the man, the legend... Apirana Taylor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQO... #nationalpoetryday ^MT

When (certain) people threaten you with good time (wealth tax) get them to: Listen to this podcast - open.spotify.com/episode/5iXU... And read the truth about the wealth exodus myth - taxjustice.net/press/millio... While at it remind them the true wealth creators are the workers #TaxWealth #nzpol

Fascinating. We went for a walk the other day in a popular place on the peninsula and it was *noticeable* just how many older Pākehā gents chose to respond to my cheery 'Mōrena' with the same or 'kia ora'. Pronounced with care as well. Other demographics as well but they stood out ☺️

Sigh... Our international reputation has been so thoroughly trashed, and rightly so. On the plus side, sparkling sunlit frost, happy animals and children's voices, whānau 💓

"To generate knowledge in the context of hunger is to think through pain. To teach students who have not eaten and still tell them their voices matter. To insist, against all odds, that Gaza still thinks, still questions, still creates."

From the creator himself 🫶🏾 e mihi nui ana @paullecomtephoto.nz 🙏🏽

Horrifying

Please do share this story so people don’t fall for this shitty scam

Love this. 'Gainwords' 🫶🏾 e mihi ana, @debso.bsky.social

Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries! We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories: 1/3

I was today years old when I came across a really solid reo plan by a council... After some time in a happy rabbit hole I got to this. Enjoy ❣️ #HeKoangaNgākau

Did you know Te reo Māori was recognised as an official language of New Zealand on this day in 1987? Here at Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (Christchurch City Libraries) we have many resources in te reo or to help you learn the language. 🧵 ^MT my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/te-ao-maori/...

Very useful to know (I read it but someone I know automatically turned it off, wasn't quite awake...)

This is important for us all to know, if you have children nieces or nephews who will turn 18 in the week and a half before Election Day 2036... E mihi ana @acgeddis.bsky.social

Attacking an already vulnerable community to prevent their participation in community sports is wrong. 🩷🤍🩵 Trans rights are human rights 🩷🤍🩵 It really is that simple.

"There but for the grace of God go I". Grateful as always for the clear and humane explanations of @ganeshahirao.bsky.social

Accessible = basic human rights. Expensive maybe but also future-proofed and a tohu of *actual* civilisation (not the overly 'Western' paradigm) 💕

Only 30 left at all anywhere, according to the most recent estimate. If you're looking for somewhere additional to send your tax break...

This oral submission is 🔥 Part 1:

Me oko kā tarika ka tika. ❣️

“Central government continues to delegate duties for things like environmental stewardship and community wellbeing, but with little or no funding to go with them. This isn’t decentralisation. It’s the export of risk.” — Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn.

youtu.be/UFINgoFNnQE New Zealand is facing an unprecedented erosion of our public healthcare under a rightwing government. They're burning essential public services down as fast as the public let's them get away with. feel free to share. For more: substack.com/@drgarypayinda

Timeline cleanse So much awfulness at home and in the world - and also this beacon of goodness. Ēnei tuawāhine 🫶🏾