AndrewPaulWood
@andrewpaulwood.bsky.social
Cultural mercenary. Mostly harmless. 🇳🇿
https://www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/shadow-worlds/
https://www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/shadow-worlds/
Watching old episodes of Hart to Hart on YouTube is weirdly therapeutic.
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Watching old episodes of Hart to Hart on YouTube is weirdly therapeutic.
Not actually what they said. They offered it as a possible explanation. There is, as yet, no evidence that the school was at fault.
Rotten lunches remained at school without refrigeration for three days - NZ Food Safety
Rotten lunches remained at school without refrigeration for three days - NZ Food Safety
Sitting without being refrigerated for three days would explain the deterioration of the meals, says the NZFS.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Not actually what they said. They offered it as a possible explanation. There is, as yet, no evidence that the school was at fault.
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Call for Aotearoa Indigenous Curators
Join #ICCA in supporting six Indigenous curators from Aotearoa to participate in major exhibitions, festivals, and events in 2026. 🌏
Now Accepting Applications!
icca.art/call-for-indigenous-curators
Join #ICCA in supporting six Indigenous curators from Aotearoa to participate in major exhibitions, festivals, and events in 2026. 🌏
Now Accepting Applications!
icca.art/call-for-indigenous-curators
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Call for Aotearoa Indigenous Curators
Join #ICCA in supporting six Indigenous curators from Aotearoa to participate in major exhibitions, festivals, and events in 2026. 🌏
Now Accepting Applications!
icca.art/call-for-indigenous-curators
Join #ICCA in supporting six Indigenous curators from Aotearoa to participate in major exhibitions, festivals, and events in 2026. 🌏
Now Accepting Applications!
icca.art/call-for-indigenous-curators
Given Venezuela is a Putin satellite, Trump ordering an invasion would be... interesting...
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Given Venezuela is a Putin satellite, Trump ordering an invasion would be... interesting...
Erin Patterson ain't got nothing on David Seymour. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches
Parents have been asked to watch for symptoms of food poisoning after some lunches were eaten.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Erin Patterson ain't got nothing on David Seymour. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Frankly the way Pryor made this all about his personal god and saviour Lord PJ of Miramar, made me want to vomit. Also it reads like AI scraped a whole bunch of online material, which is almost certainly what it is.
Remembering Forgotten Silver: How Costa Botes co-created a NZ classic
Remembering Forgotten Silver: How Costa Botes co-created a NZ classic
Peter Jackson tends to get the lion’s share of the credit, but Forgotten Silver was as much the work of filmmaker Costa Botes, who died last week....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Frankly the way Pryor made this all about his personal god and saviour Lord PJ of Miramar, made me want to vomit. Also it reads like AI scraped a whole bunch of online material, which is almost certainly what it is.
Well thanks dude, you've paved the way for overworked mayors making decisions for communities they don't understand, the sidelining of Maori and rural voices, and Ministers and Commissioners riding roughshod over everyone.
Week in Review:
The Government wants to carve up the 11 regional councils' assets, liabilities and responsibilities between central govt, local councils, multi-council companies and the private sector. 'Fantastic,' says Stu Adams. Jonathan Milne reports.
The Government wants to carve up the 11 regional councils' assets, liabilities and responsibilities between central govt, local councils, multi-council companies and the private sector. 'Fantastic,' says Stu Adams. Jonathan Milne reports.
The developer who inadvertently demolished the regional councils
newsroom.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Well thanks dude, you've paved the way for overworked mayors making decisions for communities they don't understand, the sidelining of Maori and rural voices, and Ministers and Commissioners riding roughshod over everyone.
Between JJ and Eddy Frankel, the art reviews in the Graun are unfathomably shite.
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Between JJ and Eddy Frankel, the art reviews in the Graun are unfathomably shite.
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US President Donald Trump wants to control Australia's immigration policy through the acquisition of immigration data and no outrage from anyone in Australia (theconversation.com/trump-wants-...). Imagine the outrage if Xi Jinping want immigration data from Australia and not Trump? Cue the outrage.
Trump wants Australian data on migrant crime. This will only scapegoat vulnerable people
The Trump administration claims “mass migration” is a threat to “Western civilisation”. But research shows migrants don’t commit crimes at disproportionate rates.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
US President Donald Trump wants to control Australia's immigration policy through the acquisition of immigration data and no outrage from anyone in Australia (theconversation.com/trump-wants-...). Imagine the outrage if Xi Jinping want immigration data from Australia and not Trump? Cue the outrage.
When your demon needs milking.
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
When your demon needs milking.
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Re: The movye of *Wutheringe Heightes* by Emerald Fennell, have journalistes alreadye made some manner of pact to calle it *Wutherburn*?
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Re: The movye of *Wutheringe Heightes* by Emerald Fennell, have journalistes alreadye made some manner of pact to calle it *Wutherburn*?
I disagree with Australian Tipping Point and the World Population Review that Türkiye is in the Middle East. It's the Near East, or Asia Minor, and yes I am old, but I'm pretty sure the Turks would agree with me.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I disagree with Australian Tipping Point and the World Population Review that Türkiye is in the Middle East. It's the Near East, or Asia Minor, and yes I am old, but I'm pretty sure the Turks would agree with me.
I was completely unaware of the whole Bradly Walsh Egypt thing, but now that it has finally made its way to NZ broadcast television I don't think I've ever been this disappointed in someone before.
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was completely unaware of the whole Bradly Walsh Egypt thing, but now that it has finally made its way to NZ broadcast television I don't think I've ever been this disappointed in someone before.
Just to amplify this, the NYT reports that Marco Rubio via US embassies is attempting to telling other countries, including NZ, how to run their immigration policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Just to amplify this, the NYT reports that Marco Rubio via US embassies is attempting to telling other countries, including NZ, how to run their immigration policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Like a dog returning to its own vomit.
I Am Hope's ministry contract for Gumboot Friday gets thumbs-up
I Am Hope's ministry contract for Gumboot Friday gets thumbs-up
The auditor-general now says the contract is being managed properly and in line with good practice.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Like a dog returning to its own vomit.
Could some enterprising NZ journo ask Erica Stanford if Marco Rubio did indeed instruct the NZ government via the US embassy to reduce immigration here?
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Could some enterprising NZ journo ask Erica Stanford if Marco Rubio did indeed instruct the NZ government via the US embassy to reduce immigration here?
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"...cable sent by U.S. Secretary of State...to diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand...the cable directs U.S. ambassadors...press governments to lower most immigration levels.”
I guess Trump really does think he's a king...the unmitigated gall.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I guess Trump really does think he's a king...the unmitigated gall.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Immigration minister denies knowledge of U.S. diplomatic directive to get Canada, allies to lower immigration | CBC News
Federal Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she’s unaware of a reported directive sent to the U.S. Embassy from the Trump administration ordering its envoy in Ottawa to press Canada to lower most immi...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"...cable sent by U.S. Secretary of State...to diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand...the cable directs U.S. ambassadors...press governments to lower most immigration levels.”
I guess Trump really does think he's a king...the unmitigated gall.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I guess Trump really does think he's a king...the unmitigated gall.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Can I reiterate how spectacularly bad the NZ Regional Council Simplification proposal is: It will overwork Mayors who will often not know a thing about the communities shoved into their jurisdictions, rural communities and Maori will be ignored, and Ministers and Commissioners will ride roughshod.
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Can I reiterate how spectacularly bad the NZ Regional Council Simplification proposal is: It will overwork Mayors who will often not know a thing about the communities shoved into their jurisdictions, rural communities and Maori will be ignored, and Ministers and Commissioners will ride roughshod.
Infuriated by British YouTube video of someone supposedly "investigating" the source of something, when the whole run of the "lost" magazine is, as you would expect, archived at the British Library, because that's what the BL does, as two seconds searching their online catalogue reveal.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Infuriated by British YouTube video of someone supposedly "investigating" the source of something, when the whole run of the "lost" magazine is, as you would expect, archived at the British Library, because that's what the BL does, as two seconds searching their online catalogue reveal.
Sweetie, no you didn't. Stop being cringe. www.stuff.co.nz/culture/3609...
Gwyneth Paltrow says she had a 'Māori divorce ceremony'
“It was like, our best friends came with us, and there was a prayer. It was actually beautiful.”
www.stuff.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Sweetie, no you didn't. Stop being cringe. www.stuff.co.nz/culture/3609...
Sis thinks she invented Neoplatonism.
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/o...
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/o...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Sis thinks she invented Neoplatonism.
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/o...
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/o...
When you're absolutely bursting with NZ lit gossip and scandal...
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When you're absolutely bursting with NZ lit gossip and scandal...
Thanks NACT
Habits may change as price of beef mince soars by 18%
Habits may change as price of beef mince soars by 18%
The average price of a one-kilogram pack of beef mince climbed 18 percent since the start of the year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Thanks NACT
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.