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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 9h

The small school I taught at was 2 classrooms; years 0-4, 5-8. This whole curriculum is an absolute shit show.

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 10h

Ka aroha. You are not alone.

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 12h

Re the NZ Curriculum... "It’s recolonisation disguised as reform." Was seriously thinking about renewing my teaching certificate... Absolutely not happening now. #NZPol

aecnz.substack.com/p/recolonisi...

Recolonising Te Mātaiaho

How the new version walks back the promise of the original

aecnz.substack.com

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Pmax @pmax.bsky.social · 18h

The new Social studies curriculum is atrocious in general, but I just want to shine a spotlight on the explicit retreading of literal Nazi propaganda that is woven through the year 10 content! Buckle up this shit is shocking!

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 1d

Kaitangata. There's a playground and swimming pool in there somewhere!

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 2d

Snow flurries in Balclutha. The icing on the wind storm recovery.

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Sue Tyler @styler.bsky.social · 2d

Aotearoa , new Zealand - MMR vaccine is free for anyone aged under 18, and for people over 18 eligible for free healthcare. please visit your local chemist that offers vaccinations & see if you had 2 doses. If not please get vaccinated. Protect yourself and people who can’t get vaccinated #nz

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 3d

So fortunate the strike was on and lots of people home. Adding school closures/pick up to Thursday would have been chaotic. South Otago has just been a cacophony of chainsaws since

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 5d

22 hours with no power (and no estimate for restoration), house damaged but all safe. Limited cell phones working down there (I'm in Dunedin for the morning). That wind in Clutha was hectic - the district is annihilated. Fortunately, mainly superficial damage so far.

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 9d

It's Diwali

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 9d

January is Iwa in kupu Kai Tāhu!

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 15d

Wētā can bite (and I have a tiny scar on my hand from a childhood bite to prove it 😂 that wētā did not want to be saved)

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 16d

Kia piki te ora!

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 18d

I wish I was still a journo in Hokitika on days like this. Grant was a frequent flier to my office back when I was. The stories I could tell... 😂
If she secures it, it'll have been 6th time lucky.

Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 18d

Jacquie Grant, who is 82 years old and a trans woman, looks likely to be the new mayor of Westland www.westlanddc.govt.nz/media/u0kbft...

www.westlanddc.govt.nz

Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 28d

Ahakoa he iti, he iti nā te aroha. This month's @goodbitchesbake.bsky.social off to Women's Refuge. One daughter does the box design each month, the other helps bake.

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · 29d

Absolute baloney. While waitlists for first specialist assessments (FSA) may be improving, its what happens after that's the kicker. 10 months (and waiting) for the followup test the FSA ordered and we're a "semi urgent" patient.

Beehive NZ @beehivenz.bsky.social · 29d

A new release is available from Hon Simeon Brown.

Health targets: shorter waits and faster care for South Islanders

Patients across Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Nelson Marlborough, and the West Coast are seeing faster access to care, the latest health results show, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.

www.beehive.govt.nz

Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · Sep 28

It's the... kārearea! www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/ka... #BOTY

Kārearea NZ Falcon is the 2025 Bird of the Year

an early lead, the kārearea New Zealand falcon kept its talons firmly on the top spot and has snatched the crown in the 20th anniversary Bird of the Year competition.

www.forestandbird.org.nz

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · Sep 28

At least one media company (cough Allied Media cough) has broken the embargo....

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · Sep 19

Tinā (on Netflix now)

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · Sep 16

Nāia.... www.nzeiteriuroa.org.nz/about-us/med...

Historic first: Educators band together to strike as Government…

In a historic first, primary school teachers, primary principals, school support staff and Ministry of Education specialist staff will all strike together…

www.nzeiteriuroa.org.nz

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Bex @rebekahlyell.bsky.social · Sep 16

Primary school teachers, primary principals, school support staff and Ministry of Education specialist staff will all strike together on October 23 #NZPol