I wish I was at the Ngaio Marsh Awards or at least someone there was live streaming

I am currently watching this. So much of what Stan is saying resonates. I'd love to send him a copy of Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea. If anyone knows how to get in touch with 'his people', DM me please open.spotify.com/episode/4rdy...

Mum sent a photo of a tracking number for something she's sent me. On the receipt I saw the cost of cigarettes Whaaaa 50 bucks. Poor Mum. Poor sister. Sad they have to pay so much for a small pleasure

Vet Girl has been very unwell Needed an op. Has been in pain for a long time. Wait too long in Oz (or never, here) We pulled our savings to go private. Surgeon said it was worse than she expected We did the right thing. It's what we do for our kids eh if we can. Now

Trying to write a screen play. You'd think, after all the 100s of 1000s of words I've written, I'd be fine. Dear reader, I'm stuck on one line of dialogue. I need just a comment but that comments has to SAY SO MUCH AND I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT TO WRITE

I know that some important people are critical of those of us who vent/rant/comment/opine on this platform but tbh, sometimes reading your reckons is my only safe connection to a world that is truly truly awful: past, present & without a doubt in the future too. I thank you, pocket pals

Such a great interview youtu.be/xJg1McSvgo8?...

Funny to think that if, 33 years ago (the year Vet Girl was born), the retirement age not been changed, I would have been eligible for my kiwi saver and the pension

Just finished watching Origin. Whū A hard watch. But really interesting. Awful Jeeze people are shit to one another www.imdb.com/title/tt1332...

also, how about you restart projects because THAT'S WHAT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AND KIDS NEED???

We used to be the country that punched way above its weight internationally, e.g. being anti nuclear weapons, anti-apartheid, Covid response etc. Now, we wait like cowards looking to see if the bully gets beaten by someone else. Our govt is useless. #nzpol

To all of you who popped on here to see what the world's up to after struggling to get up, shower, get dressed, put on all the medical aids/take the medication you need to try to function...

Fellow sober folks, a reminder: However bad things get, you don’t have to drink over it.

All this talk about the rapture: I first heard about it when I was 9 and couldn't wait. Now, I'd rather God just leave me here - there's still too much to do and, unless Coach is with me, I rather like the idea of all the pious self-righteous leaving and staying here with real folks

I am getting hearing aides. Yup. The tinnitus is so bad now and I've had all the testing. Paying for the loud music I listened to in my youth (all those walkman sessions!) I am grateful for savings to pay for them but ouchies expensive

Ko waimakariri tēnei. Whiti te rā Ngā kurī

every NZ set novel I've written features a pīwakawaka

Guess which bird I'm voting for in #birdoftheyear2025

snort Love my kid's sense of humour Their māmā being Māori and a Christian is what they have grown up with.

This section of the sermon is incredible youtu.be/_zHOJ2u_sF4?... ""I'm sorry but there is no where in Bible where we are taught to honour evil...How you die DOES NOT REDEEM HOW YOU LIVE"

Farewell, Robert Redford. Thank you for all the films. Not just the ones you starred in. Not just the ones you directed. But also, the thousands we would never have discovered without @sundance.org. A seismic impact on the culture. Rest well, Wonderboy.

I am going to be in Gisborne 9th to 13th of October attending this. authors.org.nz/nga-kaituhi-...

I'm going to Ūawa/Tolaga Bay Sunday 12th of October and I am beside myself with excitement

Someone who I admire & value told me they think someone I really dislike is an [insert Shakespearean/Chaucer level insult], my day improved. That terrible someone is OG Mean Girl with power but she's messed with the wrong people

Proving the asshats wrong since 1989 This is a wall in my office. I've done alright eh?

You're doing the best you can. Hang in there. You ARE special and wonderful - flaws and skills make you unique and valuable. The world is full of horrible things - always has been But, cos you're here it means you make it also a wonderful place. Thank you for being you.

There are all these good do-now/future-focused things on my mind: next Charlie T book, my PhD research, other books to write - all these things but then I look at the world and I figure, will it all be in vain?

Feeling a bit pōuri te ata nei and this popped up in my memories from 2 years ago when I left my students, left the classroom, left education.

I have to watch KPop Demon Hunters don't I?

I have a couple of close members of my family who are ALWAYS asking for money. They are poor/on benefits/unwell/sad but I am so so tired of being used as their ATM. I try to help when I can but everytime I get a text begging for 100buckspromiseIwillpayyoubacknextweekwhenbenefitcomesin I feel sick

George Orwell warned about the impact of removing words

Every time I think I should have an opinion on Charlie Kirk my brain reminds me that he was the one who said that deaths are fine for gun freedom. Then I can enjoy not caring about him anymore.

Just want my #NZSecretSanta2025 to know l am still loving the tray and use it everyday

Dream come true kinda thing: I am going to Tahiti I am going to Tahiti as 'famous writer person' lol Me. Tania Roxborogh. (the inner child is now poking tongues at ALL THE ASSHOLES who were mean to me) lireenpolynesie.fr/programme-sc...

We are SO lucky to have peeps like John Campbell, Mihingarangi Forbes, Paula Penfold, Kirsty Johnston (for starters) who tell the stories that need to be told

lol "it's not Masterton"

Watched the first episode of Happiness. It's awesome

I can't remember if I dreamt this or I read it: one of us has a partner worse with the flu - off to hospital or emergency? If it wasn't a dream, please can you update me that things are okay

FFS. What a jerk. Ugh ugh ugh

The government has no plan to manage this crisis. More job losses are being announced every day, and the government does not seem to recognise the growing scale of the challenge. Thousands of working people and their families are paying the price. Do you feel back on track yet?

Really enjoying this interview with Dame Jacinda youtu.be/VZITdC34lHw?... Brodie Kane is great, too

All that time money expertise spent of reviewing, evaluating, recommending and providing resources for the NCEA Change Programme. It was years in the making; it was going to be so much better; but some quarters balked at the Change 2 (Mana Ōrite) and so lobbied to get the great work thrown out.

ooh, forgotten I wrote this a year ago

Every time I get overwhelmed or worry I'm passed my best-by date, I see this mōhiotanga on my email signature: Kua tawhiti kē tō haerenga mai, kia kore e haere tonu. He nui rawa ō mahi kia kore e mahi tonu (We have come too far not to go further. We have done too much not to do more) James Henare

This was so interesting www.youtube.com/watch?v=o530...

I saw this coming

Help: need heaps more English teachers to do my survey so that the data is comprehensive. NZATE have put it on their FB & newsletters, I've emailed regional associations, Eng fB page. Here. Only 62 responses. My colleagues are tired/overwhelmed so I don't want to nag but how do I get more

🤣 So, so good! newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/t...

Googling the candidates and this came up from 11 years ago "The link to the video was sent to about 40 Cera contractors by Cera residential red zone operations manager Tim Pow on Friday." www.stuff.co.nz/video-pointe...

For those voting in Selwyn, here's the link to each candidates vox pop www.selwyn.govt.nz/your-council...