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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1m

Done mate! We had an excellent Art/Art History teacher at high school in the
80s Emeritus Prof Dave Bell

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 5h

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 1h

The Truth About Empire. Foreword by Sathnam Sanghera, essays by expert colonial historians. BBC History Magazine Book of the Year choice. Now available for pre-order in paperback:

www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-tru...

The Truth About Empire | Hurst Publishers

Foreword by Sathnam Sanghera Selected as a 'Book of the Year' by BBC History Magazine Sharp, authoritative essays on the dark realities of Empire and the true historian’s importance for democracy, a...

www.hurstpublishers.com

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 2h

RNZ: Retired New Zealand 📺

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 2h

I've been thinking? Bad enough L/SGT Haane Manahi DCM was denied a VC for his actions at Takrouna in 1943 that the Royal Family doubles down by sending us HRH Nonce and then Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke of York’s Own)! #NZCrossed #LetsStopTheCosplay

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 17h

“Impeccable filmmaking. Terrific film.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

When Dame Gaylene Preston says you should go see this, you go! 📽️ #film #FilmReview ⁦ @variety.com www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

Pike River is a perfect film | Review by Dame Gaylene Preston in Screens

"Impeccable filmmaking. Terrific film. Take tissues," says New Zealand filmmaker and documentary expert, Dame Gaylene Preston.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 18h

You’re welcome! 🥝 #FromAotearoaWithAroha 💚

King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 18h

Kiwis, rye bread & high mineral-content water could help alleviate chronic constipation.

That’s according to the first evidence-based dietary guidelines for adults with chronic constipation, led by @kingslsm.bsky.social & endorsed by the British Dietetic Association.

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kiwis-c...

Kiwis could help manage chronic constipation | King's College London

Chronic constipation could be helped by kiwis, rye bread and high mineral-content water

www.kcl.ac.uk

Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

Another who would’ve welcomed this news is Bill Saunders www.nzonscreen.com/title/morior...

Moriori | Television | NZ On Screen

Moriori - This Feltex Award-winning documentary follows two grandchildren of the last full-blooded Moriori back to Rēkohu in the Chatham Islands, to rediscover their heritage. Charles and Margaret Sol...

www.nzonscreen.com

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

The late Michael King would have welcomed this news. His seminal history is still in print www.penguin.co.nz/books/morior... #Moriori #history @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

Takina! www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

First-ever Moriori language week a 'long time coming'

Moriori people, tchakat henu (tangata whenua) of Rēkohu, the Chatham Islands have much to celebrate with the first-ever Moriori language week kicking off this November. Hokotehi Moriori Trust secretar...

www.rnz.co.nz

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-c...

TE MATAKITE O AOTEAROA / THE MAORI LAND MARCH

"Whatungarongaro he tangata, toitū te whenua." (Man comes and goes, the land is permanent). He pakipūmeka mō te hīkoi mai i Kapo Wairua, Muriwhenua tae atu ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Ko te ūpoko mō tēnei...

www.ngataonga.org.nz

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-c...

NEWS; ARCHIVE NEWS - 1975 LAND MARCH

News broadcast documenting the 1975 Māori Land March. This segment features visual footage of marchers walking along the motorway and gathering at the grounds of Parliament, capturing the scale and sp...

www.ngataonga.org.nz

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 1d

50 years ago today thousands crammed into Parliament grounds in Wellington at the end of a 1100 km historic Māori land march from Te Hāpua in the far north led by Ngāpuhi leader Whina Cooper to protest against the continuing loss of Māori land. #TeRōpūOTeMatakite 🏳️

Photograph of Māori Land March demonstrators outside the Parliament Buildings in Wellington. Heinegg, Christian F, 1940- :Photographs of the Maori Land March. Ref: PA7-15-12. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 2d

They called it Passchendaele.

My Tasmanian great-great uncle died on this day 108 years ago. #Passchendaele

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 3d

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 5d

My review of the Chris Knox biography.

Book of the Week: To Chris with love newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/b...

Book of the Week: To Chris with love

NZ's best book reviewer on a major biography of the caustic, abrasive, sarcastic and loveable Chris Knox.

newsroom.co.nz

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 5d

Regarding North & South, my friend @sarahdaniell.bsky.social, formerly the editor of Canvas, is now editing it – and it's returning in print at the end of November. Good news all round!

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 4d

Application submitted. Momentum is already building with positive feedback to the project coming from government agencies, organisations and prominent individuals whom I greatly respect. Humbled.

Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 8d

Time to get serious writing a funding application for 'A Military History of New Zealand' — the first single-volume history of New Zealand's wars across more than 200 years, set in the context of the development of society and the impact of war on New Zealand and New Zealanders. #MilitaryHistory

Artificial Moonlight by Peter McIntyre. G J Moyle Family Trust

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 5d

I got an advance copy of Craig Robertson's Chris Knox biography 'Not Given Lightly', read it in three days and *really* wanted to write about it. Happily, North & South wanted an online review. (Paywalled, but you can just do a one-week free trial) northandsouth.co.nz/2025/10/09/n...

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Simon Grigg @opdiner.com · 6d

I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.

These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally

opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social

'Cause, when it all comes down to dust

Can I say that Craig Robertson's bio of Chris Knox is anticipated? It is, and it's arrived.

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 5d

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Chris Knox - Not Given Lightly

YouTube video by Flying Nun Records

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Publication Day! @craigrobertson.bsky.social 👏@samelworthy.bsky.social 👏 aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/chris-knox/ #PublicationDay #newbook #books #music

Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly

The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude.

aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 5d

Go South! @universityofotago.bsky.social 💛🩵

Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 5d

As a teenager in the 80s entering the aerobics scene I fell hard for the sun beds during the Dunedin winters and then when I became a group fitness instructor sun beds were a employee perk at Les Mills World of Fitness! Lycra, bronze and bata bullets! 🤦

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 6d

That's right search 'Historians' in this Manatu Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage document and its returns no results because after 80+ years they're going! Historians matter but not to this government. #HistoryMatters #DontWantToPickYourGhostKumara www.mch.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

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