Leanne Radojkovich
@linedealer.bsky.social
Reader. Walker. Author of short story collections Hailman and Fox pub by The Emma Press 📚
leanneradojkovich.com
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"For a hot moment, I wanted to smash her. No, I wanted to be her."
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
We have a great new piece today from @linedealer.bsky.social! Check out “Double Image.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/19/d...
Double Image by Leanne Radojkovich
I was sixteen, finished with school, and couldn’t see a way forward. Went to stay at Uncle Ray’s. He’d been clearing the guttering and had fallen off the roof. Mum and I went down to look after him…
lost-balloon.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"For a hot moment, I wanted to smash her. No, I wanted to be her."
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
Wrote a #shortstory abt sneaking smokes & pills, taking photos, & setting a doll on fire. Huge thanks to @lostballoon.bsky.social for giving Double Image a home 🌿 tinyurl.com/mtsn5yha
Double Image by Leanne Radojkovich
I was sixteen, finished with school, and couldn’t see a way forward. Went to stay at Uncle Ray’s. He’d been clearing the guttering and had fallen off the roof. Mum and I went down to look after him…
tinyurl.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Wrote a #shortstory abt sneaking smokes & pills, taking photos, & setting a doll on fire. Huge thanks to @lostballoon.bsky.social for giving Double Image a home 🌿 tinyurl.com/mtsn5yha
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Party that was implacably opposed to wasting three quarters of a billion on a bridge that might have got people moving in a new way in Auckland has now wasted three quarters of a billion that leaves us with absolutely nothing at all. NOTHING.
August 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Party that was implacably opposed to wasting three quarters of a billion on a bridge that might have got people moving in a new way in Auckland has now wasted three quarters of a billion that leaves us with absolutely nothing at all. NOTHING.
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“This weekend, Pātaka Art+Museum in Porirua opens Not One More Acre: Remembering the 1975 Land March, marking 50 years since Dame Whina Cooper and Te Rōpū o te Matakite led a historic protest against the loss of Māori lan”
The Call That Still Echoes 50 Years On #nzpol
The Call That Still Echoes 50 Years On #nzpol
The Call That Still Echoes 50 Years On
waateanews.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“This weekend, Pātaka Art+Museum in Porirua opens Not One More Acre: Remembering the 1975 Land March, marking 50 years since Dame Whina Cooper and Te Rōpū o te Matakite led a historic protest against the loss of Māori lan”
The Call That Still Echoes 50 Years On #nzpol
The Call That Still Echoes 50 Years On #nzpol
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Tame Iti.
I'm here to read the roll. .
The Maori Roll Call.
Genius performance. Performance art.
youtu.be/PeT_SLYJkV4?...
🏳🏴🚩
I'm here to read the roll. .
The Maori Roll Call.
Genius performance. Performance art.
youtu.be/PeT_SLYJkV4?...
🏳🏴🚩
THE MĀORI ROLL CALL
YouTube video by Whānau Ora
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Tame Iti.
I'm here to read the roll. .
The Maori Roll Call.
Genius performance. Performance art.
youtu.be/PeT_SLYJkV4?...
🏳🏴🚩
I'm here to read the roll. .
The Maori Roll Call.
Genius performance. Performance art.
youtu.be/PeT_SLYJkV4?...
🏳🏴🚩
NCWNZ rightly calls out this govt's War on Women & in 1951 Labour MP Mabel Howard called the National govt's response to the waterfront stoppage a War on Women, too. It's endless, and so is resistance - women organised, fought back. #WarOnWomen heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...
The women were marvellous
In 1951, after watersiders had refused overtime work in protest at a low wage offer, the government announced a state of emergency.
heritageetal.blogspot.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NCWNZ rightly calls out this govt's War on Women & in 1951 Labour MP Mabel Howard called the National govt's response to the waterfront stoppage a War on Women, too. It's endless, and so is resistance - women organised, fought back. #WarOnWomen heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...
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#NZ - The National Council of Women is calling out the Coalition Government for its #WarOnWomen.
“This Government is systematically dismantling the democratic safeguards that protect fairness, equity, and public voice in Aotearoa.
Full details here: www.ncwnz.org.nz/coalition_go...
“This Government is systematically dismantling the democratic safeguards that protect fairness, equity, and public voice in Aotearoa.
Full details here: www.ncwnz.org.nz/coalition_go...
May 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#NZ - The National Council of Women is calling out the Coalition Government for its #WarOnWomen.
“This Government is systematically dismantling the democratic safeguards that protect fairness, equity, and public voice in Aotearoa.
Full details here: www.ncwnz.org.nz/coalition_go...
“This Government is systematically dismantling the democratic safeguards that protect fairness, equity, and public voice in Aotearoa.
Full details here: www.ncwnz.org.nz/coalition_go...
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Remember during Covid when all those “unskilled” jobs were actually the ones deemed essential. While many with “important” jobs sat around baking bread.
Many of those essential roles are the ones being impacted by pay equity shafting.
Praised then, scoffed at now. Shame on this Government.
Many of those essential roles are the ones being impacted by pay equity shafting.
Praised then, scoffed at now. Shame on this Government.
May 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Remember during Covid when all those “unskilled” jobs were actually the ones deemed essential. While many with “important” jobs sat around baking bread.
Many of those essential roles are the ones being impacted by pay equity shafting.
Praised then, scoffed at now. Shame on this Government.
Many of those essential roles are the ones being impacted by pay equity shafting.
Praised then, scoffed at now. Shame on this Government.
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This from Verity Johnson hits what I think is the most important point in this whole thing (I said it in a much more sweary way last night) - women had followed process and were seeking redress through the 'proper' channels. All that was ignored and destroyed.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
Kate Sheppard would be rolling in her grave after this week’s events, writes Verity Johnson
OPINION: I can’t work out which part of this week’s pay equality law change was the most horrifying.
www.stuff.co.nz
May 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This from Verity Johnson hits what I think is the most important point in this whole thing (I said it in a much more sweary way last night) - women had followed process and were seeking redress through the 'proper' channels. All that was ignored and destroyed.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
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Only two The Gold of the Kōwhai study 1 were ever made and are owned by private collectors in Christchurch and New Plymouth.
So, Fran Dibble was distraught to discover one on display in the garden of billionaire toy tycoon Nick Mowbray’s sprawling Mahoenui Valley property.
So, Fran Dibble was distraught to discover one on display in the garden of billionaire toy tycoon Nick Mowbray’s sprawling Mahoenui Valley property.
The billionaire, the sculptor’s widow and the fake artwork
The widow of acclaimed sculptor Paul Dibble has tracked a counterfeit to the home of billionaire toy tycoon Nick Mowbray, and wants to have it destroyed.
www.thepress.co.nz
May 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Only two The Gold of the Kōwhai study 1 were ever made and are owned by private collectors in Christchurch and New Plymouth.
So, Fran Dibble was distraught to discover one on display in the garden of billionaire toy tycoon Nick Mowbray’s sprawling Mahoenui Valley property.
So, Fran Dibble was distraught to discover one on display in the garden of billionaire toy tycoon Nick Mowbray’s sprawling Mahoenui Valley property.
Excellent story on ReadingRoom - so vivid I thought I was living it, rather than reading it, @ericastretton.bsky.social #https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/22/short-story-drive-by-erica-stretton/
Short story: Drive, by Erica Stretton
'This goddamned place': teenagers in cars.
newsroom.co.nz
February 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Excellent story on ReadingRoom - so vivid I thought I was living it, rather than reading it, @ericastretton.bsky.social #https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/22/short-story-drive-by-erica-stretton/
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If you want to direct your anger at Destiny Church, rather than sign multiple petitions on overseas websites, support the petition open at Parliament #nzpol
petitions.parliament.nz/a22e0d59-7da...
petitions.parliament.nz/a22e0d59-7da...
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
February 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
If you want to direct your anger at Destiny Church, rather than sign multiple petitions on overseas websites, support the petition open at Parliament #nzpol
petitions.parliament.nz/a22e0d59-7da...
petitions.parliament.nz/a22e0d59-7da...
Claire Mabey's excellent article about blurbage:
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-02-...
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-02-...
Brilliant and devastating: Are book blurbs anything more than a circle jerk?
On the pros and cons of puff quotes on book covers.
thespinoff.co.nz
February 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Claire Mabey's excellent article about blurbage:
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-02-...
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-02-...
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There's no Splore this year, but if you've ever been, there's Serena Stevenson's 'Three Days in February'. It's less a documentary than an immersive work, with a live soundtrack performed by a group including Pitch Black, a string quartet and a gospel choir. www.splore.net/three-days-i...
Three Days in February — Splore Festival
www.splore.net
January 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There's no Splore this year, but if you've ever been, there's Serena Stevenson's 'Three Days in February'. It's less a documentary than an immersive work, with a live soundtrack performed by a group including Pitch Black, a string quartet and a gospel choir. www.splore.net/three-days-i...
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I usually write about sports by I’m my own boss and so my boss said write a play by play of that haka you’ve been watching on loop so I did.
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open.substack.com/pub/alicesoa...
Play by play
A haka on repeat
open.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:07 AM
I usually write about sports by I’m my own boss and so my boss said write a play by play of that haka you’ve been watching on loop so I did.
open.substack.com/pub/alicesoa...
open.substack.com/pub/alicesoa...
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As someone who works on language revitalisation, one of the things we care a lot about is the restoration of old place names. For this reason, I wanna share this map of Auckland compiled in 1938.
The map has a bit of a backstory, so indulge me for a moment.
The map has a bit of a backstory, so indulge me for a moment.
November 14, 2024 at 7:39 PM
As someone who works on language revitalisation, one of the things we care a lot about is the restoration of old place names. For this reason, I wanna share this map of Auckland compiled in 1938.
The map has a bit of a backstory, so indulge me for a moment.
The map has a bit of a backstory, so indulge me for a moment.
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Shane's show closes 16th. Yes to viewing art, reading books in tough times.
Poetry Shelf on Shane Cotton's New Painting exhibition nzpoetryshelf.com/2024/11/13/p...
Poetry Shelf on Shane Cotton's New Painting exhibition nzpoetryshelf.com/2024/11/13/p...
Poetry Shelf on Shane Cotton’s New Painting exhibition
Super Radiance, 2024, Shane Cotton New Paintings, Shane Cotton, 12 October to 16 November 202Gow Langsford Gallery, Onehunga For the first time in over two years, I stood in a gallery, masked up, a…
nzpoetryshelf.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Shane's show closes 16th. Yes to viewing art, reading books in tough times.
Poetry Shelf on Shane Cotton's New Painting exhibition nzpoetryshelf.com/2024/11/13/p...
Poetry Shelf on Shane Cotton's New Painting exhibition nzpoetryshelf.com/2024/11/13/p...
Shopping? Pls support The Emma Press this 🎄🎁🎄 UK pub of Aotearoa writers Nina Mingya Powles, myself, & next year Maddie Ballard, too 📚📚📚 Their Xmas sale ends Thursday - you can browse their #pukapuka here: buff.ly/47zTKp7
December 12, 2023 at 11:17 PM
Shopping? Pls support The Emma Press this 🎄🎁🎄 UK pub of Aotearoa writers Nina Mingya Powles, myself, & next year Maddie Ballard, too 📚📚📚 Their Xmas sale ends Thursday - you can browse their #pukapuka here: buff.ly/47zTKp7
Mesmerising story by @alicetawhai.bsky.social in the latest issue of @takahemagazine.bsky.social “Suddenly everything tilted, and then they were upside down and sliding and the next corner was coming into focus…” it’s here: takahe.org.nz/payment-to-the-ferryman/ 🖤 #pukapuka
December 6, 2023 at 2:28 AM
Mesmerising story by @alicetawhai.bsky.social in the latest issue of @takahemagazine.bsky.social “Suddenly everything tilted, and then they were upside down and sliding and the next corner was coming into focus…” it’s here: takahe.org.nz/payment-to-the-ferryman/ 🖤 #pukapuka
PŪHIA Journal for Māori Art & Literature - ātaahua 1st issue out now. Pub by voice behind Instagram’s @maorilitblog - see their bio for where to get your copy 📓 #pukapuka
December 3, 2023 at 12:27 AM
PŪHIA Journal for Māori Art & Literature - ātaahua 1st issue out now. Pub by voice behind Instagram’s @maorilitblog - see their bio for where to get your copy 📓 #pukapuka
Over 1000 Artists of Aotearoa in Solidarity with Palestine petitioned the govt on 2 Nov for #CeasefireNOW 🇵🇸 incl Jane Campion, Chelsea Winstanley & Chris Tse. Artists, writers & cultural workers can still sign their open letter @pantographpunch - please do 🖤🤍💚 #pukapuka 🇳🇿📚
November 14, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Over 1000 Artists of Aotearoa in Solidarity with Palestine petitioned the govt on 2 Nov for #CeasefireNOW 🇵🇸 incl Jane Campion, Chelsea Winstanley & Chris Tse. Artists, writers & cultural workers can still sign their open letter @pantographpunch - please do 🖤🤍💚 #pukapuka 🇳🇿📚