Alice Te Punga Somerville
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Scholar Poet Irredentist Māmā | Māori on Musqueam whenua
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The Lonely Plane - a new poem by Peter Sipeli
The Lonely Plane
This poem is for a collection titled 'Poetry & Prose at the Museum' a project that bought 8 poets and 2 writers to interact with objects in the Museum.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The Lonely Plane - a new poem by Peter Sipeli
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The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae music pioneer, dies at 81
The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career.
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I am delighted to have a couple of poems in this beautiful anthology. I got to hear many of these spoken aloud by the authors. And, to have something that also has Witi Ihimaera in it as well. books.apple.com/nz/book/ahi-...
AHI DAWN of WORDS
Fiction & Literature · 2025
books.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I am delighted to have a couple of poems in this beautiful anthology. I got to hear many of these spoken aloud by the authors. And, to have something that also has Witi Ihimaera in it as well. books.apple.com/nz/book/ahi-...
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Amazing!
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
'Expression of kotahitanga': More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
It comes after the government removed Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/579646/expression-of-kotahitanga-more-than-1000-schools-reaffirm-commitment-to-te-tiriti-o-waitangi
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Amazing!
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
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“Trust us! Marginalising these communities more will absolutely bring down the cost of a KG of Mince and get your job back!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“Trust us! Marginalising these communities more will absolutely bring down the cost of a KG of Mince and get your job back!”
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My amazement continues: Waterstones has chosen Vanished as one of best books of the year. Especially pleased that history of science is being featured on these lists, and even more so as imperial history is even rarer on these lists. Hurrah!
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
The Best Popular Science Books of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
From Bill Bryson to Steven Pinker, here are the popular science and smart thinking books we've loved this year.
www.waterstones.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My amazement continues: Waterstones has chosen Vanished as one of best books of the year. Especially pleased that history of science is being featured on these lists, and even more so as imperial history is even rarer on these lists. Hurrah!
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Truly and utterly stunned. The Telegraph has chosen Vanished as one of the ‘greatest books of 2025’ and described it as a ‘rigorous, fascinating narrative.’
Verily, this is the most unexpected place for my roar to have reached.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
Verily, this is the most unexpected place for my roar to have reached.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Truly and utterly stunned. The Telegraph has chosen Vanished as one of the ‘greatest books of 2025’ and described it as a ‘rigorous, fascinating narrative.’
Verily, this is the most unexpected place for my roar to have reached.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
Verily, this is the most unexpected place for my roar to have reached.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
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COP30: Governments must empower forest communities to keep fossil fuels underground
theconversation.com/cop30-govern...
theconversation.com/cop30-govern...
COP30: Governments must empower forest communities to keep fossil fuels underground
Will Brazil’s proposed scheme make a major difference for the climate, and how will it impact communities who live in forests?
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
COP30: Governments must empower forest communities to keep fossil fuels underground
theconversation.com/cop30-govern...
theconversation.com/cop30-govern...
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Today is the J.D. Stout Annual Lecture and
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Today is the J.D. Stout Annual Lecture and
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
Toby Boraman is talking: ‘Knocking off: Strikes in Aotearoa New Zealand 1968–1986‘
It’s at 4pm, 14 November, at GBLT1 (Old Government Buildings) Pipitea Campus, Lambton Quay. #StoutLecture #nzUnions
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Nearly half of NZ top 50 companies increased their climate pollution. Biggest increase from the biggest polluter - Fonterra businessdesk.co.nz/article/poli...
Carbon Catch-Up: Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions of NZ's largest companies under microscope
New Zealand’s largest listed companies are facing changing requirements to reveal their carbon footprints – and BusinessDesk’s latest Carbon C...
businessdesk.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Nearly half of NZ top 50 companies increased their climate pollution. Biggest increase from the biggest polluter - Fonterra businessdesk.co.nz/article/poli...
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98% of us said an unequivocal no to the RSB, yet it has passed its 3rd reading today. This government do not serve Kiwis. They serve the lobbyists & overseas big businesses. F*** the lot of them! #nzpol
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
98% of us said an unequivocal no to the RSB, yet it has passed its 3rd reading today. This government do not serve Kiwis. They serve the lobbyists & overseas big businesses. F*** the lot of them! #nzpol
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This poem! nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/11/10/p...
Poetry Shelf Monday Poem: Statues by David Eggleton
Statues The disappeared, the totalled, those who ain’t there;whether hollow, solid, reinforced, boltedor cemented to a pedestal,nothing is as invisible as a monument,until you turn the spotli…
nzpoetryshelf.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This poem! nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Happy publication day to Tusiata Avia! Giving Birth to My Father is an extraordinary new collection from one of our country’s most important voices.
Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
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Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Happy publication day to Tusiata Avia! Giving Birth to My Father is an extraordinary new collection from one of our country’s most important voices.
Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...
Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...
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Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
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So a decent human being who believes in decent human society one NYC Mayority over big money fascism who dont ever give a fuck about you
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
So a decent human being who believes in decent human society one NYC Mayority over big money fascism who dont ever give a fuck about you
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
YOU HEAR THAT NZ LABOUR?
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what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
what. the. hell.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
maybe help reduce the number of people who don't have a goddamn roof over their heads instead of hiding them away.
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Yes! And (square old lady alert) Dave Dobbyn's "Maybe the Rain"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Yes! And (square old lady alert) Dave Dobbyn's "Maybe the Rain"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
"they're tattooing chromosomes
From Bikini to the Marshall Islands
Make your front yard a urinal during R&R"
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Reposted by Alice Te Punga Somerville
"Let me be more specific
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
The US will begin nuclear weapons testing on November 5-6.
The US is preparing to test the Minuteman III intercontinental missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The launch will take place from Vandenberg Base in California to the Kwajalein range in the Marshall Islands.
The US is preparing to test the Minuteman III intercontinental missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The launch will take place from Vandenberg Base in California to the Kwajalein range in the Marshall Islands.
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"Let me be more specific
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
Get out of the Pacific
Quittez la Pacifique"
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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NZ English teachers:
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
NZ English teachers:
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.
The rights to The Essential Shakespeare: Macbeth have reverted to me. I have updated with mātauranga Māori teaching & learning resources. Send me a message if you would like to know more.
I attach a screenshot of some of the extra material as well as the contents page.