New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza

Sorry! I've been unwell - so have some catching up to do with this list... incoming updates ahoy

Mō te Rāpare nei, te rā tuawhā o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, e whakanui ana mātou i tētahi rangatira nui whakaharahara: pānuihia tēnei Whakatauira nō Te Whaea o te Motu: Whina Cooper me Te Hīkoi Roa mō Te Manatika. shorturl.at/YjzQ1

Wellington hīkoi draws thousands to mark half a century of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

I'm excited about an event that I have been helping organising - a panel discussion of Maurice Gee's contribution to children's literature. It'll be a mixture of readings and people speaking about his work www.facebook.com/share/19o79R...

It turns out when you publish a book people say nice things about your book. I’m going to collect a few of them here.

Do you have a long-form graphic medicine project? Are you struggling with specific elements, or having difficulty viewing it holistically? Follow the link below for full eligibility requirements and to apply. Deadline is 9/19. bit.ly/cartooningclinic25 #NEGM25

I think maybe I didn't mention this here - but National Library has undergone a big structural change and now I'm curator with a portfolio covering Cartoons, Comics, Illustrated books and Children's Literature. So - if I'm talking more in these realms (beyond cartoons and comics) that's why.

Same! Linked to Zine Librarian Code of Ethics in our @sharpnews.bsky.social "Queer Book History" zine—w/ @fobettarh.bsky.social's foundational work on vocational awe+library workers too—as important to doing queer book history work well with or as library+archive workers, zine authors+collectors.

It's Mahuru Māori and I thought I'd share some cool things that are at the National Library (I'll do it as a thread and add a new one every(?) day: Te Ātea (natlib.govt.nz/records/2110...) by Katarina Mataira. I only came across this book a few years ago, even though it was released in 1975.

Popular Myths Amongst Government Ministers. Teachers and nurses pay vs Crown board members pay. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #NZHealth #NZEducation

Also - friendly reminder that the Ōtautahi Zinefest is on this weekend! August 30-31st 11am-4pm Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwhetu Accessibility hour 11am-12pm 312 Montreal St Central City

the chch library system is one of our biggest supporters and resources and i love them so much!

I’m running a zine-making workshop for students in a fortnight, and the Tūranga zine collection has been amazingly useful for inspiration.

Libraries! Love! Zines!

Further thoughts on zines in libraries and archives coming (spurred on from this and other conversations we've been having at work)... Did you know that we collect zines at the national library? And that there's a WHOLE lot of really important work done by libraries in relation to zines!

"Queer Book History" zine is done (32 pages!), just getting final team edits pre-pub. Built on upcoming @sharpnews.bsky.social Queer Book History Bibliography—100s of resources by team led by SHARP Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social. Zine=fave reads, teaching examples, community+conf info +

At mahi today we were talking about remixing music and got us wondering if there was a comics equivalent - beyond homage or reference - remixing other artists work to create something related but new...

An interesting new discovery about the whaling song 'Soon May the Wellerman Come' (which I've now learned is not a shanty!) as told by my colleague @jingajik.bsky.social : www.ngataonga.org.nz/explore-stor...

If you’re looking for something good to do in Wellington this fine Saturday afternoon, please check out this talk at 2pm Climate and Community Activist Tuhi-ao Bailey shares Parihaka’s steps towards kai sovereignty, their māra kai and large scale Papakāinga plans in the face of Climate Change.

If you're doing research in NZ about children's books, a friendly reminder that the Susan Price scholarship ($2500) closes end of Oct dnwfriends.nzl.org/index.php/ho...

This week NZ First pulled its support for Marama Davidson’s Consumer Guarantees (Right To Repair) Amendment Bill. Maybe repairing stuff is a bit too woke for NZ First. My Stuff #NZpol #cartoon #RightToRepair #ConsumerGuarantees

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I missed isobel joy-te aho white's new resource while I was travelling - but this is a great comic 'Tōku Anō Takiwā' you can read here - newzealandcurriculum.tahurangi.education.govt.nz/t-ku-an-taki...

Sam Wallman, an Australian cartoonist, did an amazing talk a few years ago about a project at the Australian library using archive material to create comics about union and queer community solidarity www.youtube.com/live/OJg4H2i...

I am interested in art and archive overlaps atm - people using archives to create art and vice versa. My colleague pointed out this cool project by Kāi Tahu and Anne Noble using contemporary art to create a visual archive used for Kāi Tahu's high court claim - dunedin.art.museum/exhibitions/...

Former National minister Christopher Finlayson says the government is placing the coalition agreement above “good race relations” “Their [Māori’s] rights are always under attack” My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Māori #morality

I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary

How to do quality law-making. Certainly not the sneaky way the Coalition Govt went about the pay-equity business. My #cartoon today #NZpol #PayEquity

All around the country, people are opening brown paper packages full of books, while the stacks in our storeroom shrink! It will be 50% off all August, but some titles are down to the last few copies already – get in quick so you don't miss out 📚📚📚 teherengawakapress.co.nz

Huge news! Today we're launching our biggest sale ever, to celebrate the move to a shiny new website. ✨ Smooth website experience 📚 50% off ALL books from 2022 & earlier 🗓️ For all of August, while stocks last The sale is live now at www.teherengawakapress.co.nz.

So excited about this!

Does anyone know a queer tailor in Te Whanganui-a-tara?

Also, damn, so happy this exists. Just bought issue 2 www.utuamatimati.com

A big regret from my travels is not buying this where's wally shirt from brava fabrics 💔💔 It's so good. If anyone knows of good work shirts, I'd like to find some similarly joyous things to wear to work.

I've been SO enjoying this talk by @margaretgalvan.bsky.social from 2023 and getting inspired about the importance of queer comics and archival research (!!) And I tell you I gasped when Roberta Gregory popped up at the end.

Wear your Pride on your chest (or head!) with our new range of merch. We asked a bunch of local artists what Pride looks like to them, and the results are glorious! Each purchase is shared 50/50 between us & the artist. Range of styles & colours, sizes S to 5XL wellingtonpride.digitees.co.nz

17 year olds can enrol in advance, so if you have any teenagers in your life, encourage them to hit the vote.nz website and register now.

A reminder to check your enrolment status. Our household all did it this morning and found that at least one of us wasn't enrolled where she should be!

🚨 We're looking for a superstar administrator to join our little team! Applications close on Friday 25 July. 📚 ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Modems knew the horrors of the internet and warned us with their screams. We silenced them at our own peril.

Same conversation, different vibes.

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Explanation of the intensive copyright assessment-clearance work that goes into making a serial available on NLNZ's Papers Past website - and a callout for information natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/a...

Kia ora Ōtautahi whānau! Join us tomorrow evening for a special screening of Georgie Girl, the 2001 documentary about Georgina Beyer - with a special guest, Will Hansen! events.humanitix.com/pride-screen...

I've written about what a year we've had for our communities, the challenges we're facing, the things we've had to hold, and how, as well as responding to burnout, we need to be responding to heartbreak: jenniferkshields.nz/newsletter/d...

Good morning! I have an ask ... does anybody have children's book titles they'd recommend with incidental representation of epilepsy? (For a student query...) Many thanks! I shall repay you with a hearty thumbs up! #booksky #ukkidlit