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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 12h

Italian recipe of the day: focaccia! This one is with sundried tomatoes, and the original recipe with olives ... so soft and yummy!

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#bread #baking #homemade #focaccia #plantbased #italian #italianbread #vegan #vegetarian #freerecipe #recipesonbluesky

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 12h

In Kete Books this week: interview with historian Matthew Wright about his latest book: Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics

#oratiabooks #ErnestRutherford #physics @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social @nzjh.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social

www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/news/inte...

Interview: Rewriting Ernest Rutherford, with author Matthew Wright

Matthew Wright, author of ERNEST RUTHERFORD AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN PHYSICS, has many little-known facts about Ernest Rutherford at his fingertips. Learn about Marie Curie's radioactive letters and mo...

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 1d

Five Oceans will bring literary non-fiction and children’s books to Oceania from cultures whose works are under-represented in English, let alone in Polynesian languages.
coalitionforbooks.nz/all-news-new...

@pubspotlight.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social #fiveoceans #oratiabooks #publishing

Oratia Media marks 25 years with launch of Five Oceans imprint — Coalition for Books

Independent publisher Oratia Media is celebrating its 25th birthday, having been founded on 31 August 2000 by Peter Dowling and Alessandra Zecchini in Oratia, West Auckland.  Initially a pu...

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 2d

“New Zealand has signalled to the world’s biggest meat and dairy producers that it’s fine to ignore methane – the largest human-made driver of warming.”

Other major meat and dairy exporters could now follow, sparking a race to the bottom for climate action.

#StopBigAg

Greenpeace responds to New Zealand’s dairy industry-backed methane rollback - Greenpeace International

New Zealand’s government has confirmed it will rewrite its climate law to weaken the country’s methane emissions target – a move Greenpeace warns will violate the Paris Agreement and embolden other ma...

www.greenpeace.org

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow marks publication of the first in a series of new books from Five Oceans.
In the first book, renowned Turkish author Toprak Işık makes his English debut with The Ant Rebellion.

Read more on our website: oratia.co.nz/five-oceans/...

#oratiabooks #fiveoceans @abluebox.bsky.social

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 2d

Another of my creations: pasta with creamy pumpkin sauce, sage and sage flowers (yes, eat the flowers too!) Perfect with you want a yummy #pumpkin recipe for #Halloween cookingwithflowers.blogspot.com/2025/10/crea...

#pasta #plantbased #edibleflowers #vegetarian #alessandrazecchini #goodfood #yummy

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 3d

Italian recipe of the day (and my own creation ... since I am Italian! Ricotta cake with fresh redcurrants - Ciambella alla ricotta con ribes rosso:
alessandrazecchini.blogspot.com/2022/11/rico...
#baking #plantbased #ricotta #redcurrants #cake #sweetthings #recipesonbluesky #vegetarian #easycake

Ricotta cake with fresh redcurrants - Ciambella alla ricotta con ribes rosso

A blog about good living with vegetarian and vegan food, gardening and foraging, lots of travels and inspiration.

alessandrazecchini.blogspot.com

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 4d

Heartfelt congratulations to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Alessandra and Peter had the pleasure of meeting László at his home outside Budapest in 2004. More in first comment.
#LászlóKrasznahorkai #nobelprize #nobelprize2025

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 5d

Week in Review:
Opinion from the University of Auckland: Govt's pig welfare amendment bill seeks to carve out an exception from the present law to specifically allow for otherwise unlawful regulations

Govt's pig welfare amendment bill is Orwellian doublethink

newsroom.co.nz

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 5d

Recipe of the day: Vegan chocolate-hazelnut spread and Vegan chocolate brownie
alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/vega...

#baking #plantbased #chocolate #hazelnuts #dessert #cake #sweetthings #recipesonbluesky #vegetarian #yum #vegan @plantbasedtimes.bsky.social @vegsoc.bsky.social
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 6d

Peace is more than an absence of war!

Welcoming today’s ceasefire in #Gaza, Greenpeace calls for humanitarian organisations to be given unrestricted access to deliver aid in the face of famine and genocide.

Full statement:

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Alt text:
Destroyed residential buildings in the Jabalia area, northern Gaza Strip, photographed after Israeli forces withdrew in January 2009. Rubble and debris stretch across the landscape where homes once stood, with people seen moving among the ruins.

Photo credit:
Photo by RafahKid / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Date and location:
Jabalia, Gaza Strip — 20 January 2009

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 6d

The New Bum series is ready for Christmas in three continents!

@scholasticuk.bsky.social @doverpublications.bsky.social #santaneedsanewbum #santaneedsanewbutt #bumseries #INeedaNewBum #ineedanewbutt #oratiabooks #humour #kidsbooks #christmasbooksforkids #bannedbooks @publisherswkly.bsky.social

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulazioni László

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 6d

Oratia Media is one of New Zealand’s most active independent book publishers. Founded in 2000 as a publishing services company by Kiwi-Italian couple Alessandra Zecchini and Peter Dowling ...
read more:
www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/intervi...

@publisherswkly.bsky.social @takahemagazine.bsky.social

Interview: Peter Dowling talks about Oratia’s 25th anniversary and its new imprint, Five Oceans

Oratia Media is one of New Zealand’s most active independent book publishers. Founded in 2000 as a publishing services company by Kiwi-Italian couple Alessandra Zecchini and Peter Dowling, it has grow...

www.nzbooklovers.co.nz

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 7d

Recipe of the day: #carrotleaf fritters, #Vegan and #glutenfree,
plus I used #onionweed (so there is some #foraging of #edibleflowers and #edibleweeds in here too!)

alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/carr...

#plantbased @plantbasedtimes.bsky.social @vegsoc.bsky.social #vegetarian #free

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for sharing. I am a vegetarian but I still like to know these things. 💚

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 8d

The NZ Series
A non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in concise terms
oratia.co.nz/product-tag/...

#nzhistory #nzgeography #oratiabooks #nzseries @philippaw.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social @nzjh.bsky.social @nzgeo.bsky.social @nzsa.bsky.social

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 8d

Perfect for Halloween (they look like larvae!): Roasted mini yams
alessandra-veganblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/roas...

#plantbased #vegan #veganblog #yams #alessandrazecchini #vegetarian #halloweenfood #healthyfood #vegano #vegetariano #glutenfree @vegsoc.bsky.social @plantbasedtimes.bsky.social

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 8d

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Benjamin D. Dickson reviews Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics by Matthew Wright in New Zealand Science Review, issue 80.
PDF available on New Zealand Science Review's website: ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/article...
#oratiabooks #ErnestRutherford #physics #science #NZhistory

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent interview today with author and historian Matthew Wright, talking about his latest book Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics.
Listen on RNZ Nine to Noon:
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

#oratiabooks #ErnestRutherford #physics @nzjh.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social

Understanding NZ's greatest scientist Ernest Rutherford

Rutherford's life and his work has been diligently chronicled in a new book by Kiwi author Matthew Wright called Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics.

www.rnz.co.nz

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 9d

Nanny Mihi fosters patience, creativity, and a connection to nature within her mokopuna, and in the reader. Her key message is that sometimes the best things are those we cannot hold on to.”

Nanny Mihi and the Rainbow in Kindercare NZ article Read-Aloud Books
#oratiabooks @abluebox.bsky.social

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 10d

In The Press and The Nelson Mail today:
Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics, by Matthew Wright
www.thepress.co.nz/culture/3608...

#oratiabooks #ErnestRutherford #physics @scribepub.bsky.social

Very talented ordinary citizen at the forefront of scientific revolution

Historian Matthew Wright has written a book that highlights Ernest Rutherford’s role in the birth of the modern world.

www.thepress.co.nz

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 20d

Italian recipe of the day: Fig tart
alessandrazecchini.blogspot.com/2014/04/fig-...

#figs #fichi #baking #plantbased #tart #tarte #dessert #cake #sweetthings #recipesonbluesky #vegetarian #Italian #yum

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Alessandra Zecchini @alessandrazecchini.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you! Grazie!

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oratiabooks.bsky.social @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 9d

Author and historian Matthew Wright at Unity Books Wellington last Sunday. Matthew presented his new book Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics.

#oratiabooks #ErnestRutherford #physics #nzbookstores @nzsauthorswgtn.bsky.social @nzsa.bsky.social

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