The online abuse is continuing, with a lot of it personally attacking individual staff of MERC.

I absolutely love the fact that Aotearoa and Japan have star festivals in such close proximity! Japan’s Tanabata 七夕 was celebrated on July 7, and Sendai is known for their celebrations! 💫

Recently, the staff and participants (Mainly children) of a Sir Peter Blake Marine Education & Recreation Centre event were subject to some horrific racist and violent online abuse. I know the team have been deeply impacted by this. If you can please consider making a donation to this organisation.

The very simple Maramataka and Chinese lunar calendar conversion table - Jack Yan writes: When I first started commemorating Matariki a few years ago, I had figured out, since both ancient Māori and Chinese worked out the lunar calendar, that it was roughly five lunar months after ours.

Everyone, if you submitted on the definitions bill go to the link below and check your submission is there. Please comment if it isn’t. bills.parliament.nz/v/6/9e8e8a14...

Recently, the staff and participants (Mainly children) of a Sir Peter Blake Marine Education & Recreation Centre event were subject to some horrific racist and violent online abuse. I know the team have been deeply impacted by this. If you can please consider making a donation to this organisation.

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I've got my own private herb garden. This thyme, it's personal.

No mention of peas www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/th...

Please dont ignore this This is so close to being fully funded

Happy don't forget to take the kids' lunch boxes out of their school bags day for all those who celebrate.

If immigrants are responsible for the Police confiscating Brian Tamaki's firearms, then that's another thing to be thankful to immigrants for. #NZPol

Brian Tamaki incites violence against migrants, then blames them when his firearms are confiscated by Police. #NZPol

A Chinese New Zealander scored both goals for New Zealand against Iran at the Football World Cup.

The Post can get Stuffed

Step into Wellington’s hidden Chinatown Celebrate Chinese Language Week with Chinese footprints, led by Lynette Shum (Oral History Advisor, National Library of New Zealand) and historian Nigel Murphy. Friday 3 July 2026, 2pm to 4:30pm natlib.govt.nz/events/chine...

I'm a bit late to the party to comment on the idea of naming rights for the Auckland Harbour Bridge, but I reckon Destination NSW should sponsor it, so it can be called the "Sydney Auckland Harbour Bridge", just to mess with people's heads.

8 June 2026- State of emergency declared for Wellington’s Southern and Eastern Wards. Wellington City Mayor Andrew Little has declared a state of emergency for Wellington’s Southern and Eastern wards to support the response to the heavy swell warning for Wellington’s South Coast.

I'm a bit late to the party to comment on the idea of naming rights for the Auckland Harbour Bridge, but I reckon Destination NSW should sponsor it, so it can be called the "Sydney Auckland Harbour Bridge", just to mess with people's heads.

200 days until Christmas 2026! Only... 6 months, 17 days...

Fuck, this article is problematic www.stuff.co.nz/money/360987...

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It is a shame that Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui-Central Library in Wellington is closed during public holidays. It's an absolute destination.

I hope this little lost dragon finds their person. #Wellington

I suspect many in the older Cantonese community in NZ will be deeply annoyed by this article. While there are some who support returning the bodies to China, in my experience, most oppose this, believing the bodies should be left in peace where they lie.

🧵 #nzpol since CoC came to power, Hāpai Te Hauora health org has poured their limited resources into making 10s of 1000s of Submissions. with the election coming they decided to expand and build a whole ass website, chocka with videos and guides to inform & empower Aotearoa 👏 🙏 vimeo.com/1140625897

"🎮 Ever feel like you wanna hadouken the system? Same. But before you can choose your fighter, you’ve got to choose your vote. Enrol now." new from Hāpaitia, this is fabulous

Thiel ya, Thiel ya later, Peter youtu.be/bXX-gANYGwQ

'What needs protecting?': Researcher questions purpose of English Language Bill. Dr Sidney Wong, a post-doctoral researcher at Te Pūnaha Matatini and computational linguist based at the University of Otago, said English already functions as Aotearoa's dominant language without legal recognition.

Everyone is talking about the new government department

As late as the 1950s local Pukekohe barbers also refused to cut the hair of Indians, Chinese or Maoris (sic). (It was argued that) if Europeans had allowed Asians into 'privileged' areas of the theatres or barber-shops, they would have to allow Maoris (sic) access as well.

educators of Aotearoa NZ 🫡 Claire Coleman's complaint will be heard on Wednesday. in Feb 2026, Claire said: "... being told 'we're not going to write this down because we [MoE] don't want people to know... 🚨 so it's not OIA-able' 🚨 essentially, that kind of behaviour." www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...

A fascinating piece of New Zealand history. Robert Bradford Williams: Wellington's African-American Mayor. www.wcl.govt.nz/news/robert-...

The poor whale did not have a chance, and suffered needlessly for human ego. Summary of Events Surrounding Release of Timmy the Whale - The Whale Sanctuary Project whalesanctuaryproject.org/summary-of-e...

The poor whale did not have a chance, and suffered needlessly for human ego. Summary of Events Surrounding Release of Timmy the Whale - The Whale Sanctuary Project whalesanctuaryproject.org/summary-of-e...

Total Mobility is to be renamed Partial Mobility #NZPol

Plus they go great with Mac'n'cheese. Five reasons to add peas into your diet. www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/15/f...

Plus they go great with Mac'n'cheese. Five reasons to add peas into your diet. www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/15/f...

Happy to announce that Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa (Te Papa Press, 2026) has been published! I was super privileged to contribute a chapter about Queer Asians in Aotearoa. I've attached the proof of the chapter below. www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/te-pap...

1929: The President of the White New Zealand League, M. Cronin, while suggesting Maori women went up to the Hindu and Chinese and 'make free with them', also added 'but it is very difficult to prove anything'. Leckie, J. (1985). In Defence of Race and Empire: The White New Zealand League at Pukekohe

Such popular concern about the sexual prowess and immorality of both Indians and Chinese was a factor behind Sir Apirana Ngata's decision to appoint a committee to investigate the conditions of Maoris on market gardens in the Auckland area in 1929. wellingtonchinesehistory.fandom.com/wiki/In_Defe...

Never put peas in macaroni cheese #NewZealandValues

know anyone yet to add their name to the list of 47,599 who support te Tiriti o Waitangi? they can still be a part of this kaupapa ⬇️ and it would mean a lot if we could get to 50,000 people (from anywhere in the world!) who believe in protecting te Tiriti !! ❤️🤍🖤 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

OMG we're in ! Urgent Inquiry GRANTED 🙏 "Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono o te Tiriti – Treaty Principles Reform Urgent Inquiry Wai 3565" massive effort by @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social & #ToitūTeTiriti crew, lawyers up & down the motu, & under-resourced, insanely pressured Waitangi Tribunal ❤️🤍🖤 #nzpol

Such popular concern about the sexual prowess and immorality of both Indians and Chinese was a factor behind Sir Apirana Ngata's decision to appoint a committee to investigate the conditions of Maoris on market gardens in the Auckland area in 1929. wellingtonchinesehistory.fandom.com/wiki/In_Defe...

Don’t talk back to your aunty! #AotearoaValues #nzpol

Adding pointless bureaucratic processes with no evidence of benefit, for the purpose of creating a grift industry to suck more resources out of immigrants, make them feel small, and make racists feel big, is for sure #NewZealandValues

DIA officials... You know I can't test your ghost doctor immgrants. #NewZealandValues