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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 4d

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.

Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...

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Andrew Todd @andrewtodd.co.nz · 5d

We went from "ban guns" to "manufacture guns" in six years 🙃

Govt plan to make weapons for export

Defence Minister Judith Collins wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies. The...

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 7d

NZ academics... please take a moment to read this.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter to UniSaver Board members 2025

Tēnā koe, University Workers for Palestine has been trying for over a year to get UniSaver, the preferred superannuation provider for most universities, to divest from Israel and companies complicit ...

docs.google.com

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 12d

I have never in my life felt as ashamed of the settler state of New Zealand as I am today. #FreePalestineNow

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 12d

I had about 25 minutes of inner peace before the emails started back.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 12d

Well, that didn't fckn last long! Every bastard academic in the country has emailed me to ask how I did it. Inbox full. Again.

Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 13d

For the first time in nearly 3 years... my inbox is empty.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?

Strange times.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 13d

For the first time in nearly 3 years... my inbox is empty.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?

Strange times.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 26d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQA...

Police Minister expresses 'absolute sympathy' for mother of Marokopa children | MATA

YouTube video by RNZ

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 29d

Voting in local body elections when you're on the unpublished Māori roll is a clusterfuck of refusals. Last local body elections I was given the wrong voting form and staff refused to give me the right one, now my local council can't give me any advice about how and where to cast a special vote.FFS!

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Srsly can we all just calm down about open plan learning environments before following Minister Stanford into a pearl-clutching frenzy that cleverly distracts from the really big problems facing education, like ya know... child poverty Here's a more balanced POV
aecnz.substack.com/p/what-paddy...

What Paddy Gower’s Show Got Wrong

Unpacking the Open Plan Classroom Panic

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Sep 1

At first glance the University Advisory Group's final report is that it's a curate's egg, and Cabinet's response is predictably weak. There's nothing much in any of it for Māori or Pacific scholarship, students or academics. Te Tiriti is notably absent. Perhaps a closer reading will shift my view.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Aug 16

"Misinformation seems to be the name of the anti-Māori game right now" Vini Olssen-Reeder & Corinne Seals on a Ministry of Education making policy based on a series of linguistic fictions
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

Hiding behind jargon | E-Tangata

“Seeing vowels present in Māori words grows a person’s ability to communicate and to understand New Zealand English, of which many Māori words are an everyday part.” — Vincent Olsen-Reeder and Corinne...

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Aug 12

This is assimilation era pedagogy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Education Minister cut Māori words from future junior books, documents reveal

The near-total ban was driven by concern it would be confusing for children learning to read English, documents show.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Aug 6

And yet another cut to the Marsden Fund. $15million gone. Just like that. Cuts to health research. Cuts to the Endeavour Fund.The razor gangs sure are busy.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Aug 1

I keep thinking of run out of energy for indignation and outrage... and then I find hidden reserves

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Aug 1

I shouldn't laugh but 😅

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Ok, anyone have any best guesses what the "major education announcement" from the PM and Minister Stanford on Monday will be?

The end of NCEA? Any thoughts?