Alice Te Punga Somerville
@alicetps.bsky.social
Scholar Poet Irredentist Māmā | Māori on Musqueam whenua
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Today is the J.D. Stout Annual Lecture and
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Today is the J.D. Stout Annual Lecture and
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
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Nearly half of NZ top 50 companies increased their climate pollution. Biggest increase from the biggest polluter - Fonterra businessdesk.co.nz/article/poli...
Carbon Catch-Up: Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions of NZ's largest companies under microscope
New Zealand’s largest listed companies are facing changing requirements to reveal their carbon footprints – and BusinessDesk’s latest Carbon C...
businessdesk.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Nearly half of NZ top 50 companies increased their climate pollution. Biggest increase from the biggest polluter - Fonterra businessdesk.co.nz/article/poli...
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98% of us said an unequivocal no to the RSB, yet it has passed its 3rd reading today. This government do not serve Kiwis. They serve the lobbyists & overseas big businesses. F*** the lot of them! #nzpol
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
98% of us said an unequivocal no to the RSB, yet it has passed its 3rd reading today. This government do not serve Kiwis. They serve the lobbyists & overseas big businesses. F*** the lot of them! #nzpol
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This poem! nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/11/10/p...
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Statues by David Eggleton
Statues The disappeared, the totalled, those who ain’t there;whether hollow, solid, reinforced, boltedor cemented to a pedestal,nothing is as invisible as a monument,until you turn the spotli…
nzpoetryshelf.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This poem! nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Happy publication day to Tusiata Avia! Giving Birth to My Father is an extraordinary new collection from one of our country’s most important voices.
Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
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Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Happy publication day to Tusiata Avia! Giving Birth to My Father is an extraordinary new collection from one of our country’s most important voices.
Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...
Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...
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Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
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So a decent human being who believes in decent human society one NYC Mayority over big money fascism who dont ever give a fuck about you
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
So a decent human being who believes in decent human society one NYC Mayority over big money fascism who dont ever give a fuck about you
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
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what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
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Yes! And (square old lady alert) Dave Dobbyn's "Maybe the Rain"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Yes! And (square old lady alert) Dave Dobbyn's "Maybe the Rain"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
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Reposted by Alice Te Punga Somerville
"Let me be more specific
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
The US will begin nuclear weapons testing on November 5-6.
The US is preparing to test the Minuteman III intercontinental missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The launch will take place from Vandenberg Base in California to the Kwajalein range in the Marshall Islands.
The US is preparing to test the Minuteman III intercontinental missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The launch will take place from Vandenberg Base in California to the Kwajalein range in the Marshall Islands.
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"Let me be more specific
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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NZ English teachers:
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
NZ English teachers:
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.
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Ka rawe koe @taramcallister.bsky.social, this is epic www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Tara McAllister
2025: Dr Tara McAllister of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa will investigate how mātauranga Māori can contribute to research, science, and innovation in Aotearoa New Zealand
www.royalsociety.org.nz
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Ka rawe koe @taramcallister.bsky.social, this is epic www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
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Waitangi Tribunal says NZ citizenship law breaches Te Tiriti, ignoring Māori tangata whenua. Urges co-designed reform; government resists review; whānau face harm from descent limits.
Waitangi Tribunal finds citizenship law breaches Treaty principles, calls for reform
Waitangi Tribunal says NZ citizenship law breaches Te Tiriti, ignoring Māori tangata whenua. Urges co-designed reform; government resists review; whānau face harm from descent limits.
www.teaonews.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Waitangi Tribunal says NZ citizenship law breaches Te Tiriti, ignoring Māori tangata whenua. Urges co-designed reform; government resists review; whānau face harm from descent limits.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Facts are personal now I guess.
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Facts are personal now I guess.
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Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
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Fucking ACT and their White Supremacy kumbaya 'apolitical' bullshit 'history' for frail men with shrivelled egos.
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Fucking ACT and their White Supremacy kumbaya 'apolitical' bullshit 'history' for frail men with shrivelled egos.
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UN report exposes climate ambition gulf, COP30 must now respond www.greenpeace.org/internationa... via @greenpeace.org #cop30 #climatechange
UN report exposes climate ambition gulf, COP30 must now respond - Greenpeace International
Greenpeace is calling for this year’s UN climate summit COP30 to deliver an emphatic response to the glaring ambition gap exposed in the UNFCCC’s synthesis report aggregating 2035 climate action plans...
www.greenpeace.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
UN report exposes climate ambition gulf, COP30 must now respond www.greenpeace.org/internationa... via @greenpeace.org #cop30 #climatechange
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.