I had a great chat with @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social this morning discussing Twitter & #nzpol. If you’re interested in participating in this research, get in touch!!

As I understand it (which is, admittedly, poorly) this would be a real problem for the fair use case AI companies are making?

The AI economy looks...really precarious. So @matteowong.bsky.social & I did a bunch of reporting to try to figure out what happens when a potential bubble collides with a war in Iran and a potential resource shortage. The answer is...arguably the most dire stuff i've heard from smart ppl in a while

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

The Novel Prize is a biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world. $10,000 prize, deadline 1 June, more details here.

The Finding Persephone Poetry Contest is looking for poetry that explores what femininity means to you. All gender identities are welcome to submit. First prize $2500, powerhouse judging trio of Hera Lindsay Bird, Tayi Tibble and Cadence Chung. Deadline 14 April, further details here.

Te Pātaka Toi - Adam Art Gallery is looking for a half-time communications coordinator to join the team: details here. ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

The Griffin Poetry Prize longlist is here www.cbc.ca/books/griffi...

A really nice story about how 'Pō Atarau' ended up on the soundtrack of Project Hail Mary. One thing I would add is that the 1976 master tape was preserved and digitised by the Alexander Turnbull Library. That's why it was discoverable. thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...

Super pleased to see this wild and wonderful collection arriving in the world! Hungus is the third book of poems to emerge from the MA22 workshop, following collections from Amy Crerar and Nafanua Purcell Kersel. Have a great launch, Amber - wish we could be there!

Help me Hera: How do I stop my persistent negative thoughts?

The Government’s planned $1 billion gas import terminal could raise energy prices and carbon emissions, Parliament’s environment watchdog has warned in a letter to the energy minister. #nzpol #lng newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/25/l...

Just launched! The new edition, full of ‘variety, depth and beauty’ - Cilla McQueen has made her selection of some of 2025’s most durable poems. www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz

I've saved $2 a day by owning and driving an electric vehicle – even before petrol prices spiked above $3 a litre, Marc Daalder writes.

I don’t ever talk about work on here, but it’s been a genuine privilege to have worked on Te Kahu and Te Rua Archives New Zealand, & for this incredible new space to be open to the public in Pōneke. With Te Matapihi’s recent opening, it’s awesome to celebrate some cultural institutions in the city

Delighted to announce that the judge of this year's National Schools Poetry Award for Yr 12 and 13 students is Rebecca Hawkes! Send her your poems by 6 July, and you could be doing a masterclass with Rebecca at the IIML. Or if you know any young poets who should enter this, spread the word!

'When I first saw the title of Bill’s book, Lyrical Ballads, I thought: that’s quite cheeky! And also: perhaps only a poet who lives at the edge of the universe would dare to re-use the title of Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s groundbreaking collection.' —Robyn Marsack open.substack.com/pub/carcanet...

‘A thoroughly enjoyable book where Horrocks' personal tastes, which are enormously wide, take him down byways and -- through the bright torchlight of his explanations, enthusiasms and wide cultural knowledge from literature to commercial pop -- illuminate what is there in the darkness.’

Grateful to welcome the chance to re-visit Vincent O’Sullivan’s poetry and my memories of him in Ōtepoti Dunedin.

Always so incredibly grateful for smart people taking time and care with my work. 'Two Systems of Justice: Zachary Gillan reviews Audition by Pip Adam.' www.seizethepress.com/2026/01/30/a...

An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it. From the Penn student paper: www.thedp.com/article/2026...

It'd be cheaper, better address the cost of living, and more effectively reduce fuel demand to make public transport free, at least for a few months, than the $50 the government is now offering. We should consider Green's proposal. CC @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026...

‘Impressionist sea slugs’ must have been the most fun headline to write this week

Classic! (Have you been watching the tv series Run, about the Ozzie bank robber, @pacificraft.bsky.social ?)

‘OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, has admitted (based on its own study) there’s no way to stop false information being presented as truth due to the way generative AI works.’

I'm looking forward to my visit to the Aspiring Conversations sessons of the Wanaka Festival of Colour this weekend, and especially this conversation I'm involved with, a celebration of poet Brian Turner. Here's a little preview piece...

Basic Income for the Arts: "A revolutionary new policy at zero fiscal cost, in fact likely fiscal gain, and yet seemingly too challenging for Labour and the Greens." And @erikkennedy.com raises a fair point – go bigger, go UBI. #NZpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/23/i...

Love this. Thanks for reposting @pacificraft.bsky.social This puts us in the mood for a trip to Scotland (hopefully) later this year, chasing up the rellies both ancient and still alive.

It's only force majeure if it comes from the Majeure region of France. Otherwise it's just a sparkling shitshow.

Yesterday was World Poetry Day but I quite often feel like this when I try to share the work of poets I admire.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara!

I found him wandering on the hill one hot blue afternoon. He looked as skinny as a nail, as pale-skinned as the moon… —Don Paterson, “The Poetry” published in RAIN, @faberbooks.bsky.social 2009 #WorldPoetryDay #poem #poetry www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

A $3.5billion data centre is to built in Makarewa, just outside of Invercargill. It will suck up 220 million litres of water a year, be the 2nd biggest draw on electricity in Aotearoa, and generate one hell of a hum. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #DataCentres #Resources #Water

For this #WorldPoetryDay why not read our latest issue, 'Wildfires'? You won't regret it! badlilies.uk/issue-twenty...

All the feels. So grateful to know and work with @tiwaiwaka.bsky.social 🫂❤️‍🩹

Thrilled to be part of this Toi Art x Verb event on Saturday 28 March at Te Papa, sharing new fiction in response to photography by Leslie Adkin, with: @jordanhamel.bsky.social @jackremiel.bsky.social @clairemabey.bsky.social 📸✍️💚 tepapa.govt.nz/visit/events...

Can New Zealand’s extinct birds help save the living? Photographer captures species ‘haunting’ a nation’s history edition.cnn.com/2026/03/19/w...

Allen & Unwin's Crime Fiction Prize deadline is coming up on 3 April, it's open to unpublished crime and thriller manuscripts from writers in Australia and New Zealand, and offers a $25,000 advance and a publishing contract. If you have a ms in the drawer, it might be time to dust it off!

Congratulations to Zoe Meager (MA25), runner up in Overland’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize! overland.org.au/2026/03/fina...

CUTE! Missing Perspectives featured our lil bébé podcast in this piece about PoC women-led podcasts you should listen to 🥰 missingperspectives.com/posts/podcas...

After a debate over priorities and finances, council voted 7–2 to maintain its $500,000 annual support of the art gallery

We have room for 5 more participants for our chronic illness and creative writing workshop programme in Ōtepoti. If you were thinking about it, or know someone who might like to participate, sign up ASAP 😁

The Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2026 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, open to all writers writing in English. The winner will receive $6,000, second place $4,000, and third $2,500. Deadline 18 May. www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-progr...

'Poi E' went to No. 1 on the Official Aotearoa Top 40 Singles Chart on this day in 1984.⁠ This groundbreaking song was co-written by Dalvanius Prime and Ngoi Pēwhairangi - who earned her own song 'Ngoi Ngoi' on Patea Māori Club's Poi E' album. Ngoi was.⁠.. 1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/ngoi...

i saw Hotere by Merata Mita at Wellington Film Society last night. i always feel like as a writer i should be more demure about politics. But woah! Those poets of the 80's were ALL IN, eh? Tuwhare, McQueen, Manhire, Wendt. i visited Aramoana last year & I feel like I owe a big thanks to the artists