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@ired0mi.bsky.social

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essa may ranapiri / they/ia / Ngaati Wehi Wehi / Ngaati Puukeko / Ngaati Rangiwewehe / Clan Gunn / kōtuku mā / author of ransack & ECHIDNA / currently working on a verse novel lolol

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · Nov 20

all micro blog posts are tweets to me cos I have a little blue bird in my heart that still wants to sing

acabylon 👻 BOO! 👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · Nov 20

WE ARE SO BACK

NYT headline "Jay, Bluesky CEO, Admits They're Skeets
This single simple action heralds in a new Golden Era for the surprise new #1 social media website."

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 8h

Could I politely suggest, that with how Arts & Humanities research funding has been pulled from all of these, that political interference has already occurred.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 8h

Marsden Fund shake-up raises potential for political interference, Royal Society says

MBIE will take over administration of the Marsden Fund, but the society warns such centralisation could undermine the country's science credibility.

www.rnz.co.nz

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deb te kawa nō aotearoa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social · 1d

This fascination with "Māori" parliamentary politics reveals how limited mainstream analysis is. Te Pāti Māori is one tactical engagement with one part of the Crown's apparatus, not the centre of Māori political life.

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 2d

FINDS THEM AND KILLS THEM

"Finds Them and Kills Them (Osh-Tisch) looked like a man, but wore women's clothing and had the heart of a woman.... she was brave and good."
― Pretty Shield

Her strength as a warrior is what earned her the name Osh-Tisch, which translates to “finds them and kills them."

Who is Osh-Tisch?
Osh-Tisch was a Apsáalooke Badé, a role within the Crow Nation that defied traditional gender norms, embodying both masculine and feminine qualities. Before colonization, Badé were deeply respected for their unique spiritual gifts, artistry, and contributions to community life.
As a Badé, Osh-Tisch carried responsibilities tied to culture, ceremony, and social balance. Their life shows how many of our nations embraced gender diversity long before Western colonial powers imposed rigid binaries.

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 2d

All non-ethnicity themed NZ journals should have at least half of their work represent Maaori writers, as a nod to their commitment to Te Tiriti.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 2d

I have never really cared about star trek but gd i would if u were writing it

te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 2d

not to mention giving wealthy people more money literally decreases the buying power of the working class it's a farce and clear class war

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Allison @m-e.allison683etc.servegame.com · 2d

Choosing not to invest really isn’t the same thing as saving.

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 2d

Stealing from our kids' future, to save money
#nzpol

Govt expected to save nearly $2.5 billion with KiwiSaver changes

Savings are forecasted through to the 2028/29 financial year.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 3d

This is a warning
and we all hear it:
our wheels rumble
and hum high strung

- Hinemoana Baker

Paula Green @paulajoygreen.bsky.social · 3d

nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/10/13/p...

Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: RUMBLE STRIP by Hinemoana Baker

RUMBLE STRIP The verb to beis not, in Māori.How, then, would wetranslate that soliloquoy? We had the choice.We said not.Is this why they (me)tried so hard to kill us (we)?We need be not.We live, …

nzpoetryshelf.com

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Ryan @boynamedshit.bsky.social · 4d

The center right is just gone they don’t exist anymore

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 4d

Mind blowing.

The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 4d

holding onto the fact of a lack of voter turnout as to not assume everyone is a big fucking racist. fish swim in the water and don't know it's the water te mea te mea te mea... sigh

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 4d

… give it to the electoral commission, have it run like a general election, look at online options, more education and tools for councils and candidates, much better and more media coverage, a uniform voting method and some better accountability tools for candidates.

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 5d

Victoria Chang

Late Wonders

My face is now gone.
Instead, I have a hawk's face.
None of the poets
notice, they only want fame.
Fame is a bucket of eyes.

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⛈ 🦅 mekadebines 🦅 ⛈ @greatlakesqueer.bsky.social · 5d

I think I hyped this already but if you haven't checked out the album Nogom Nikamowin, you NEED to. It dropped September of this year and afaik is the second ever contemporary music album in Algonquin after Samian's album Nikamo. It's folk-indie-ish, but it's pretty diverse.

Nogom Nikamowin, by Musique Nomade

13 track album

musiquenomade.bandcamp.com

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 5d

this is beautiful! he aataahua teenei!

te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 5d

to be clear it's good greyhound racing is going away it's just so strange to see an opportunist prattle about his moral centre when it's basically the only time he's showcased its existence

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 5d

so weird seeing winnie stand up for greyhounds like what about the horses winnie what about the horses

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 5d

I know Erica Stanford and her office, Elizabeth Rata, and Michael Johnston have had this sent to them by an irate educator.

The accusations I make are heavy: someone erased Māori and Pacifica authors from the curriculum at the last minute.

I have had no push back.

Make of that what you will.

Recapturing the Senior English Curriculum

2024 had been a good year for Stanford. The speed bump that was the outcry over the senior English curriculum and the lack of consultation had been smoothly managed by her, and she was on a roll wi…

bevanholloway.com

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Hākui K (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social · 6d

Pleeease make time to vote today if you haven't already 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 6d

Last chance to vote for council with one more day to go

After a promising start, turnout is on the slide – but there's still time to get out and vote....

thespinoff.co.nz

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 6d

local elections are almost over please vote / don't let landlords and racists decide ur future

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te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social · 6d

had the lyrics of Melbourne's Pureora explained for us in reo class the other night and yeah I'm inclined to agree. incredible songwriter and lyricist.

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 6d

If Winston truly believes Chlöe is responsible for his broken window then logically it follows that he must be accepting personal responsibility for every single death threat made to Benjamin Doyle and their whanau.

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 7d

This has been the vicious fucking thing about the "Jobseeker Benefit" ever since Paula Bennett coined it in 2013

In addition to keeping people in poverty it's been a term of propaganda forcing us all to accept the frame of welfare as economic obligation instead of social support

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 7d

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 8d

Good to see this angle is being picked up. What hapless policy-making.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 8d

Is this New Zealand's highest marginal tax rate?

New Jobseeker rules for teenagers mean households on certain incomes would be better off if the parents worked less, commentators say.

www.rnz.co.nz

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JAS & Ten regen @jasandten.bsky.social · 8d

refusing to recognise Palestine statehood wasn't enough for Simon Court; now he wants to stop MPs from using the word genocide to describe...GENOCIDE. fuck this guy and fuck the 'Free Speech (except when we don't like what you're saying)' ACT party.

#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

ACT MP asks Parliament to limit use of ‘genocide’ when describing Gaza war

Despite being in a party committed to freedom of speech, Simon Court asked Parliament’s Speaker to consider restricting the use of the word ‘genocide’ to describe what’s happening in Gaza.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Kieran @nug.monster · 8d

like, run some sentiment analysis on the replies to politicians, and without even having done it, I can tell you right now how wildly out of sync the replies will be.

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