I have never in my life felt as ashamed of the settler state of New Zealand as I am today. #FreePalestineNow

Well, that didn't fckn last long! Every bastard academic in the country has emailed me to ask how I did it. Inbox full. Again.

For the first time in nearly 3 years... my inbox is empty. What shall I measure myself against now? Is anyone left on earth? Am I alone in the void? What shall I have for dinner? Strange times.

Voting in local body elections when you're on the unpublished Māori roll is a clusterfuck of refusals. Last local body elections I was given the wrong voting form and staff refused to give me the right one, now my local council can't give me any advice about how and where to cast a special vote.FFS!

Srsly can we all just calm down about open plan learning environments before following Minister Stanford into a pearl-clutching frenzy that cleverly distracts from the really big problems facing education, like ya know... child poverty Here's a more balanced POV aecnz.substack.com/p/what-paddy...

At first glance the University Advisory Group's final report is that it's a curate's egg, and Cabinet's response is predictably weak. There's nothing much in any of it for Māori or Pacific scholarship, students or academics. Te Tiriti is notably absent. Perhaps a closer reading will shift my view.

"Misinformation seems to be the name of the anti-Māori game right now" Vini Olssen-Reeder & Corinne Seals on a Ministry of Education making policy based on a series of linguistic fictions e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

This is assimilation era pedagogy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

And yet another cut to the Marsden Fund. $15million gone. Just like that. Cuts to health research. Cuts to the Endeavour Fund.The razor gangs sure are busy.

Ok, anyone have any best guesses what the "major education announcement" from the PM and Minister Stanford on Monday will be? The end of NCEA? Any thoughts?

Controversial viewpoint: I fear this meeting might have been scheduled after the usual bed times of Hobson's Pledge #InternetNZ

Yes! #Internetnz

#InternetNZ and now we get to the pointy part of the hui. Thoughts and prayers everyone

NZ: Can anybody explain to me how a coalition agreement item can take precedence over democracy (i.e. "it's in our agreement, so we *have* to pass it")? If it goes to Select Commitee and the 'No's outnumber the 'Yes's what gives the Govt the right to press ahead regardless? #OIA #RSB #nzpol

As we wind down the work of He Whenua Taurikura, I feel incredibly proud of the team at the Centre and the magnificant community of scholars who shine light into these dark spaces. It's been a blast but it's time to step back into the world of Māori scholarship that has nurtured me over the years

At this stage, the other mayoral candidates can probably stop campaigning now. Ray Chung is doing that job for them.

What an absolutely vile, grubby little man. What a sordid, misogynistic attack.

I've signed! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...

On not reading the room: 'One person recalls [Neil Quigley] working the phones before a critical meeting and turning up confident he’d carry the day then being blindsided when nobody supported him “He’s a very political operator but he’s not very good at it, at times” newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/13/d...

On top of humanities and social sciences being cut from eligibility for the Marsden Fund, changes to 're-balance' the histories curriculum, attacks on the Waitangi Tribunal, etc, it seems clear the government would prefer we remain in ignorance about our history. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

important-cat-pics:@important-cat-pics via https://queenoliviastredfern.tumblr.com/post/786125214153080832

Great to see the first 20 years of the NZ Listener (1939-59) now available on Papers past. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...

My latest newsletter is online, discussing the arrival of the NZ Listener on Papers Past. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

This shit is radicalising.

Oh, how very familiar this sounds: "...privately, university leaders were urging Wiles to pull back from her public commentary if she wanted to reduce threats against her – an approach which she described as “victim-blaming” www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-...

I'll be one of the guest presenters for Fiona Kidman's Telling Stories: Life Writing and Memoir Workshops, starting in Wellington on 26 July. My session will cover the basics of historical research. Details in the link. fionakidman.com/events/life-...

Vindicated! Although I would be happier if the university was ordered to pay full costs, this still absolutely makes my day. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Shame on you Minister Collins www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The entries for the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award are currently on show in Wellington. The artworks just get better each year. There's humour, sorrow, joy, defiance, love (so much love) & bucketloads of talent. Go see it if you can. Ake! Ake! Ake! www.nzportraitgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...

buttondown.com/unsettling #NZHistory

Details on how to sign up for an Aotearoa NZ history workshop with me. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

David Seymour [attrib]: There'll be more than chaos in the streets... it would cause a civil war. [33:00] If this is a verbatim quote, it's an intriguing (and obviously deeply concerning) insight into the mind of the political animal that is the Act Party www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOj...

Mihi Forbes' documentary on Seymour is out and I'm so amped to watch it #nzpol #bhn youtu.be/QLOjiiC3P1Y?...

Can someone please tell the Act Party that fingers are not guns.

From the party of 'free speech' comes the question 'can we imprison those who disagree with us'? Totally normal in an authoritarian state, so I guess that's where ACT wants to take us. #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Never be silent. Never give up. Toitū Te Tiriti!

To be Māori in this country is to be in a permanent state of rage. (with thanks to James Baldwin)

Watching the amazing Annette Sykes and Natalie Coates in action today at Featherston Book Town. These wāhine are totally blowing our minds

Ironically, if the Tribunal was restored to its 'original intent' its focus would be contemporary claims and legislation likely to breach te Tiriti. Try reading some history! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

A post marking the 161st anniversary of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā), 29 April 1864. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

According to 'vaccines-cause-autism' RFK, many people with autism 'will never pay taxes... hold a job... or use a toilet unassisted' Good to know. Henceforth I plan to start shitting in the corridors of the university where I have worked and paid taxes since 1992 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you are anywhere near the Kāpiti coast, Bruce Connew's exhibition, A Vocabulary, on at Toi Mahara in Waikanae until July, is well worth visiting.

Learning while autistic: 'While the government rolls out a Curriculum Refresh, what we really need is a System Refresh—one that rebuilds teacher training and schooling from the ground up, with all learners at the centre' e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...

"The British weren’t exporting democracy to New Zealand because they didn’t have it at home to export anywhere" Vincent O'Malley e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

If you've ever wondered what Replacement Conspiracy theory is and how it plays out in NZ, check out the latest in our podcast series, Unsettling Extremism hwt.ac.nz/rct_podcast/...

I would be so happy if reporters would stop referring to a potential "payout" to Ngāi Tahu Wai Māori case. Call it what it is. Not a 'payout' but damages/reparation for gross breaches of the Treaty. The final amount will almost certainly be less than the c.$20billion in dodgy Crown land purchases

"That Paul’s reasonable comments received widespread critical media coverage for over a week is a concerning reaffirmation of how working-class Māori women expressing their lived realities is seen as scandalous and is met with hostility and vilification." www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

The second edition of my new newsletter is out. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...