#booksky #books #library #librarians

RNZ Article - Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... My old image from last year still rings true. Even more so.

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Another way government austerity is failing healthcare and the NZ people. Underfunded Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ is cutting access to the Cochrane Library, a gold standard source of information to support health decision-making. NZers use it 246 times per day. #nzpol tinyurl.com/3jya8hkd

As many of you know, this week Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from Trump. That is censorship, plain and simple. And when corporations act like this, we all pay the price, because free speech is a pillar of our democracy.

📢 Thousands of people are gathering at rallies around the country to protest changes to pay equity laws. 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

I’m really looking forward to @lianza.bsky.social conference next week and am keen to catch up! Please get in touch here or through the conference app 🙂

The covid response in NZ was so good that there was NEGATIVE excess mortality in 2020-2022... Literally the best in the world.

This Sunday — join Wikimedians from across Aotearoa for an informal online catch up. All are welcome! These monthly meetings are a great chance to chat with other editors, get help with anything you’re stuck on, and be inspired! 📅 Sun 17 Aug ⌚ 12–2pm 🔗 w.wiki/F2Zv 📷 Brian Twitty, CC BY 4.0

The 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have given their top award to a book that helps young readers understand the complexities of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Here's the Speaker's Ruling Brownlee is now relying on in order to justify requiring Swarbrick to withdraw and apologise today for what she said yesterday. It is a flat out wrong, completely unjustifiable, untenable application of the precedent. He acted from pique and now is backfilling the reasons

An important role at a critical time for our heritage in Aotearoa. amytea.co.nz/chief-execut...

I direct NZers attention to who was asking in the House if politicians had backbone in 2008

Education leaders and linguists are angered at the Ministry of Education’s decision to stop printing a primary school reader due to the ‘high’ number of te reo Māori words.

Honouring Dame Whina Cooper 50 years since the Māori land march

Antony Loewenstein: Israel has killed more journalists in the last 22 months than were killed in the US civil war, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

More people want to be the mayor of Dunedin than anywhere else. So who are they?

This is not caused primarily by "screen time". It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

‘We need to support New Zealand authors’: Kirsten Le Harivel’s books confessional

The 2024/25 Living Wage rate is $27.80. The current Living Wage rate applies from 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025. From 1 September 2025, the Living Wage hourly rate will be $28.95. Read more about 25/26 Living Wage hourly rate here: www.livingwage.org.nz/lw25

As conditions worsen in Middle East conflict, there is an increased willingness to overlook the UN in favour of independent action.

Did you know Te reo Māori was recognised as an official language of New Zealand on this day in 1987? Here at Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (Christchurch City Libraries) we have many resources in te reo or to help you learn the language. 🧵 ^MT my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/te-ao-maori/...

Have you got collections of images that could improve Wikipedia content, but you’re not too sure where to start? 2025 Wikipedian at Large Mike Dickison has created The Commons Workflow – a step-by-step guide to help you get the right photos into the right places. w.wiki/EcJC

One might almost think that Long Covid is a public health crisis and we might want to actually listen to the experts and lived experience voices who have been asking NZ politicians for years to treat Long Covid as a public health crisis - who have then been deliberately ignored across the board 🤔🫠🙃

I do think not enough people know this - everything after a question mark in a URL is garbage. You can delete it all and the URL still works fine. Strip that shit out when sharing anything.

A Few Words #339 Ｅ Ｈ Ｐ Ｅ Ａ Ａ Ｉ Ｇ Ｌ Ｅ Ｍ Ａ Ｔ Ｒ Ｅ Ｒ I cleared the grid with 4 words 💯 Perfect! 🏅 Perfect, no back button used a-few-words.com

@thneed.bsky.social congratulations!! www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

Looking for a job at Akaroa Library? We have 2 vacancies! * Library Assistant, Permanent, Part-time, applications close 11.59pm Sun 29 June * Associate Team Leader, Akaroa Library, Fixed term, Part-time, applications close 11.59pm Mon 7 July Find out more: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/jobs/ ^MT

Look. I posted this before. We need the good stuff more right now. So give me it all. Maybe it's a picture of a flower or a pet that made you happy. Maybe it was a meal. Maybe you hugged someone you love. GIVE ME ALL THE GOOD THINGS

A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it?? Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙

Across the motu there are New Zealanders contributing to the Wikimedia Movement in a variety of ways – from writing articles about their local history or favourite insects, to adding photos of historic landmarks, and even uploading data to better represent women's contributions to science 👩‍🔬🧬

@radionz.nzcow.com Census to be scrapped from 2030, replaced with administrative data and annual surveys www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... IMO, Collections of administrative data and annual surveys will not provide an adequate substitute, even when our latest census covered 88% of the population.

Me, pre-parent life: oh, public libraries are kinda neat. I think I’ve been inside one, like, twice in ten years. But it was nice. Me, the parent of toddler in desperate need of distractions: public libraries are literal proof that miracles are real

Our new exhibition, TOIORA, an exhibition exploring the interconnection of Māori weaving and wellbeing, opens this weekend and the first of our tie-in speaker events, a panel discussion with Māori weavers, is on Wed 25 June at Tūranga. #Raranga ^MT christchurch.bibliocommons.com/events/68436...

Vale and RIP Maurice Gee, your books, particularly the O series, were so influential to this reader. I recall spending all my holiday money on a first edition of the trilogy. Your words and worlds have been treasured.

Waking up to this gorgeousness, what a stunning part of the country.

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...

The Biodiversity Heritage Library needs a new home after all the Trump-fuckery at the Smithsonian. They've issued a call for support. Any #glam organisations that can help? https://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-support/ (via @siobhan_leachman on LI)

Damn the Catlins is beautiful.

My primary objective is to offer a facility for getting the evidence Parliament should have had before it. We want to know why such a large number of women who are not well paid became the collateral damage of balancing the Budget.This is an evidence gathering mission www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

A Few Words #320 Ｍ Ｔ Ａ Ｎ Ｐ Ｅ Ａ Ｐ Ｒ Ｅ Ｐ Ｉ Ｌ Ｓ Ｅ Ｓ I cleared the grid with 5 words 🎉 Awesome! a-few-words.com

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Rushes to check what was on the wireless on June 11th 1959

Happy 90th birthday to Ōtautahi's own Caxton Press which opened on this day in 1935. Check out Donna's post celebrating its 80th birthday in 2015. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/c... ^MT

Oral nicotine pouches, a new product from tobacco companies, are finding their way into Aotearoa even though it is not legal to sell them. Looks like a new threat to young people: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

A cartoon about our government’s unconcern for our land and water. “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell”, so said Edward Abbey. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Climate #Water #Environment #RMA #FastTrack

Well, I’ve properly finished at Heritage NZ Pouhere Taonga now and am on a break before I start my new job. I’m really going to miss my amazing team and the work we’ve been doing together. A break between jobs is needed and I’m looking forward to a relax and some reading!

The Caselberg Trust is calling for entries for the 2025 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition from 1 June and closing 30 June 2025. Read more and submit your entry on our website from this Sunday: www.caselbergtrust.org/prizes