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Alessandra Zecchini

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I feel like I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, but life in plastic, it's NOT fantastic.

#greenpeace #plastic

Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 14h

A garbage truck of plastic every second by 2040.

Microplastics in our lungs, blood and even brains.

This is what happens when production keeps rising unchecked.

The world need a strong #PlasticsTreaty that cuts plastic at the source and protects people, not petrochemical profits.

A Garbage Truck of Plastic Will Be Dumped Every Second by 2040 Unless We Act Now, Report Finds

An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, data shows

www.scientificamerican.com

December 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM

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Oratia Books

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"A joyful addition to Christmas bookshelf collections."
Adele Broadbent reviews A Manulele in a Mango Tree – Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago for What Book Next

#MoanaOceania #oratiabooks #christmasbooksforkids #nzbooks @christchurchlib.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social

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A Manulele in a Mango Tree - Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago - Book Review - whatbooknext.com

A bilingual version English/Gagana Samoan, of the classic Christmas song, The Twelve days of Christmas

whatbooknext.com

December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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Greenpeace International 🌍

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The ocean is life. We are all its defenders.

6 things you can do for the ocean today - Greenpeace International

From demanding world leaders ratify the Global Ocean Treaty, to supporting coastal communities to protect their homes and livelihoods, there are many ways you can take action for the ocean today.

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December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM

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Oratia Books

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Te Reo Māori e-books
oratia.co.nz/product/te-r...
#reomāori #oratiabooks
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@lianza.bsky.social
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#tereomāori #māori #languagebooks #Polynesianlanguages #ebooks #learntereo #honablack

December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM

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Oratia Books

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"... early readers will enjoy reading this Christmas conundrum to family members too."

Adele Broadbent reviews Santa Needs a NEW BUM!
whatbooknext.com/santa-needs-...

@abluebox.bsky.social #oratiabooks #christmasbooks #christmasbooksforchildren #humor #ineedanewbum #newbumseries #santa

Santa Needs A New Bum - Book Review - whatbooknext.com

Santa's bottom has had too much work over the years. All that time spent in the sleigh has left it lumpy and bumpy and all out of shape. Santa needs a new bum!

whatbooknext.com

December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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Oratia Books

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Alagā’upu Fa’asamoa ma Uiga mo Tamaiti/Samoan Proverbs for Children is in the top 10 children’s book for 2025-2026 at Auckland libraries! 🙌
discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/library-list...

#oratiabooks #samoa #samoanproverbs #GaganaSamoa @lianza.bsky.social @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social

December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Alessandra Zecchini

@alessandrazecchini.bsky.social

Kererū, the native New Zealand pigeon, feeding on nīkau berries. This is in front of my house, btw 🫶
@forestandbird.bsky.social #kererū #newzealand #newzealandbirds #nīkau #aotearoa #birdwatching #ornithology @nzgeo.bsky.social @newzealandecology.bsky.social @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social #birds

December 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM

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Oratia Books

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A Manulele in a Mango Tree/Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago
by Sarona Aiono-Iosefa in Kids Books NZ
kidsbooksnz.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-jo...
#oratiabooks #christmasbooksforkids #GaganaSamoa #MoanaOceania @abluebox.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @etangata.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social

A Joyful Pacific Twist on a Christmas Classic

A Manulele in a Mango Tree: Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago: A Pacific Christmas by Sarona Aiono-Iosefa, illustrated by Steven Dunn (Oratia Bo...

kidsbooksnz.blogspot.com

December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM

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Oratia Books

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Favourite Māori Legends
by A.W. Reed and edited by Ross Calman is available in print (with a great new cover) and ebook:
oratia.co.nz/product/favo...

#oratiabooks #māori #māorilegends #legends #aotearoa #newzealand @christchurchlib.bsky.social @etangata.bsky.social @takahemagazine.bsky.social

December 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM

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Oratia Books

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Samoan-New Zealand author Sarona Aiono-Iosefa has reimagined the Christmas classic 12 Days of Christmas for Pasifika kids: A Manulele in A Mango Tree / Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
#oratiabooks #GaganaSamoa #MoanaOceania #pasifika #xmasbooks @etangata.bsky.social

December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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Oratia Books

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Samoan-New Zealand author Sarona Aiono-Iosefa has reimagined the Christmas classic 12 Days of Christmas for Pasifika kids: A Manulele in A Mango Tree / Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
#oratiabooks #GaganaSamoa #MoanaOceania #pasifika @etangata.bsky.social #xmasbooks

What I’m Reading: Sarona Aiono-Iosefa

Which books got this journalist and children’s author through breast cancer treatment and losing her job?

www.thepost.co.nz

December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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Oratia Books

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In Canvas - NZ Herald today: New Zealand Place Names
Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown
Peter Dowling & A.W. Reed

@nzgeo.bsky.social @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social #peterdowling #oratiabooks #newzealand #aotearoa #newzealandplacenames #nzgeo

December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM

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Oratia Books

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Just right for under the tree come two fun books that will entertain children this Christmas:
A Manulele in a Mango Tree/Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago, in English and Gagana Sāmoa — and Santa needs a NEW BUM!
Available in all good bookstores — read more: oratia.co.nz/childrens-bo...
#oratiabooks

December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM

Alessandra Zecchini

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December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM

Alessandra Zecchini

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Per fortuna vivo nel bosco!

December 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM

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Oratia Books

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Dr Rāpata Wiri talks with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ Nine to Noon about bringing back to print, 100 years from its first publication, the two volumes of Tuhoe The Children of the Mist, by Elsdon Best
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
#Tuhoe #Māori #oratiabooks #NgāiTūhoe #urewera #mātaatuawaka

December 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM

Alessandra Zecchini

@alessandrazecchini.bsky.social

If you love forests, and books, you will love this one 💚🌳

Oratia Books @oratiabooks.bsky.social · 8d

Interview with Finnish author-illustrator team, Johanna Venho and Sanna Pelliccioni, talking about Five Oceans' latest publication Thank you, Forest
librointernational.blogspot.com/2025/12/inte...
#oratiabooks #fiveoceans #conservation #forest @forestandbird.bsky.social @abluebox.bsky.social

December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Alessandra Zecchini

@alessandrazecchini.bsky.social

Baking for a friend, torta Barozzi, like an Italian chocolate brownie from my book Sweet As… the check pattern is also my inspiration, simple but effective.

#chocolatebrownie #baking #cakedecorations #yum #sweetlife