Sarah - Toitū te Tiriti
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Mum, comms person, childrens book enthusiast and cofounder of The Sapling. Pākehā, Tangata Tiriti
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RMA out: fewer plans, fewer consents – Expert Reaction
RMA out: fewer plans, fewer consents - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
Two Bills to replace the Resource Management Act are being introduced to Parliament today by the Government. The Planning Bill is to "enable development and regulate land use", while the Natural Environment...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
RMA out: fewer plans, fewer consents – Expert Reaction
A movie I’ve watched more than six times 😍
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A movie I’ve watched more than six times 😍
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Our grads will stop traffic this week with glam fits, billowing cloaks, and bright smiles, on their way to celebrate their achievements at the MFC and Te Herenga Waka marae. The parade will run from the Old Government Buildings to Queens Wharf on Thursday 11 December.
Te Herenga Waka graduates light up Wellington | News | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
This week, the newest cohort of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s graduates will stop traffic with glam fits, billowing cloaks, and bright smiles, on their way to celebrate their ach...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Our grads will stop traffic this week with glam fits, billowing cloaks, and bright smiles, on their way to celebrate their achievements at the MFC and Te Herenga Waka marae. The parade will run from the Old Government Buildings to Queens Wharf on Thursday 11 December.
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Why is this not the only lead story in all our news media every day until the next election? (And every day after that?) This is killing our grandchildren to appease some farmers / corporations today.
Govt warned new methane target aligned with 'catastrophic' warming
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
newsroom.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Why is this not the only lead story in all our news media every day until the next election? (And every day after that?) This is killing our grandchildren to appease some farmers / corporations today.
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"It is our view that a detailed framework for post-2050 reductions and removals is best developed closer to 2050." - wrong. We need action now to avoid disaster in 2050.
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Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations
It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"It is our view that a detailed framework for post-2050 reductions and removals is best developed closer to 2050." - wrong. We need action now to avoid disaster in 2050.
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The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
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“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
Schools commit to Te Tiriti anyway | E-Tangata
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
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Whenever some small government fuckwad complains about red tape hurting businesses show them this article and ask them what is the acceptable number of children to expose to asbestos.
Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand
Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand
The sand is part of a massive recall.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Whenever some small government fuckwad complains about red tape hurting businesses show them this article and ask them what is the acceptable number of children to expose to asbestos.
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I’ve never liked a National Government or National led Coalition government but I can’t remember a time when they completely disregarded human rights and human decency, thanks to Act & NZ first. Every day a new horror. Every day dragged back decades
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve never liked a National Government or National led Coalition government but I can’t remember a time when they completely disregarded human rights and human decency, thanks to Act & NZ first. Every day a new horror. Every day dragged back decades
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40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development – Expert Reaction
40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
A long-term US study shows water fluoridation at recommended levels doesn't reduce cognitive ability, with kids who drank such water doing slightly better in school tests. Whereas earlier studies looked...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development – Expert Reaction
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Puberty blockers save lives. I know this from close proximity. In a term of cruel and un-scientific things this might be the most cruel and un-scientific thing.
The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Puberty blockers save lives. I know this from close proximity. In a term of cruel and un-scientific things this might be the most cruel and un-scientific thing.
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Kiwi Christmas Books is a fabulous charity making sure thousands of children have a book to open on Christmas morning. We spoke with founder Sonya Wilson about the initiative:
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November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Kiwi Christmas Books is a fabulous charity making sure thousands of children have a book to open on Christmas morning. We spoke with founder Sonya Wilson about the initiative:
www.thesapling.co.nz/kiwi-christm...
www.thesapling.co.nz/kiwi-christm...
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I think if 2025 has shown us ANYTHING it's that we need people with impeccable morals in charge.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I think if 2025 has shown us ANYTHING it's that we need people with impeccable morals in charge.
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❗💰Did you see today's #KiwiSaver news? Half a billion dollars of our retirement savings are being lent to governments with the very worst human rights records.
👉🏽Here's a good article on the research from @interestnz.nzcow.com : www.interest.co.nz/bonds/136006...
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👉🏽Here's a good article on the research from @interestnz.nzcow.com : www.interest.co.nz/bonds/136006...
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Gap in the system when it comes to sovereign bonds and human rights, researcher says
Motu Research calls on fund managers and industry bodies to set up systems that consider human rights when it comes to investing in government bonds
www.interest.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
❗💰Did you see today's #KiwiSaver news? Half a billion dollars of our retirement savings are being lent to governments with the very worst human rights records.
👉🏽Here's a good article on the research from @interestnz.nzcow.com : www.interest.co.nz/bonds/136006...
(cont'd)
👉🏽Here's a good article on the research from @interestnz.nzcow.com : www.interest.co.nz/bonds/136006...
(cont'd)
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Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children's rights to local histories
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Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children's rights to local histories
"Every child has a right to know whose land they stand on."
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November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children's rights to local histories
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If I ever consider moving again, please don’t let me
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If I ever consider moving again, please don’t let me
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“In Sāmoa, our people are the doctors, the lawyers, the prime ministers. I’ve grown up always surrounded by our people being educated, being in leadership.” — Dr Emma Dunlop-Bennett, assistant vice-chancellor (Pasifika), Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington.
Emma Dunlop-Bennett: Investing in others | E-Tangata
“In Sāmoa, our people are the doctors, the lawyers, the prime ministers. I've grown up always surrounded by our people being educated, being in leadership.” — Dr Emma Dunlop-Bennett, assistant vice-ch...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“In Sāmoa, our people are the doctors, the lawyers, the prime ministers. I’ve grown up always surrounded by our people being educated, being in leadership.” — Dr Emma Dunlop-Bennett, assistant vice-chancellor (Pasifika), Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington.
Today I will be packing everything except: three days of work clothes, a towel per family member, a plate, bowl, cutlery per family member, a motel level of cooking things, and self/ and house-cleaning supplies.
On Thursday, we move
On Thursday, we move
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today I will be packing everything except: three days of work clothes, a towel per family member, a plate, bowl, cutlery per family member, a motel level of cooking things, and self/ and house-cleaning supplies.
On Thursday, we move
On Thursday, we move
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It's 1870 in Aotearoa, the economy is in trouble...
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's 1870 in Aotearoa, the economy is in trouble...
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
The land wars faded out without much resolution except death and pain. The NZ gov was still called the colonial government. Māori had their own.
The gold rush hype in Otago, the West Coast, and Coromandel was drying up fast.
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There's a job going for a Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator at the Auckland Writers Festival
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Marketing & Partnerships Coordinator
Join the Auckland Writers Festival as a Marketing & Partnerships Coordinator - drive audience engagement, support dynamic marketing campaigns, and help deliver outstanding sponsor and fundraising expe...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There's a job going for a Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator at the Auckland Writers Festival
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Delighted to announce that acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Creative NZ / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence for 2026, and will be joining us at the IIML next year to work on her next book! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
Tusiata Avia named as 2026 International Institute of Modern Letters Writer in Residence | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria Universi...
Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for ...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Delighted to announce that acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Creative NZ / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence for 2026, and will be joining us at the IIML next year to work on her next book! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
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"Listen, in some ways, I get it. When I came on the scene in 2001, I probably seemed pretty unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Listen, in some ways, I get it. When I came on the scene in 2001, I probably seemed pretty unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president."