Julia Smith
juliavegan.bsky.social
Julia Smith
@juliavegan.bsky.social
school librarian, vegan, greeny, feminist, te Tiriti o Waitangi, decolonisation, SLANZA National Executive - School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
Magnificent #bloodmoon last night
March 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I will never cease to be amazed by books. Seriously. Just think about it; thousands of people read the same book, but in everyone’s brain’s the characters look different, the setting changes etc. We are all reading the same thing, but it's so unique to each of us.
That is a beautiful thing.
January 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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January 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:

Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
January 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Have you made a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill? Submissions are still open until next Monday, 7 January 2025. Make it as simple or as detailed as you wish, but make it your voice.
#toitūtetiriti
January 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"At least partly as a result of not reading, and not having read, too many individuals are becoming culturally, intellectually, and mentally unhinged." Dr Paul Tankard
December 29, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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#SchoolLibraries bring rich learning! Collaboration is key.

Inquiry skills and the whole child: powerful in-school collaborations.

www.elizabethahutchinson.com/post/inquiry...
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Enquiry skills and the whole child: Powerful in school collaborations
www.elizabethahutchinson.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:32 AM
"During his speech to introduce the Treaty Principles Bill, David Seymour made a number of statements that are either disingenuous or ignorant." Dame Anne Salmond
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/16/o...
Anne Salmond: Of treaties, cabbages and kings
Act leader David Seymour is ignoring history and his own King in claiming nowhere in the world grants rights based on ancestry, writes Anne Salmond
newsroom.co.nz
November 17, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Te Pāti Māori activism in Parliament. So proud. And that tearing of the paper . . . ka rawa!
#toitūtetiriti
November 14, 2024 at 9:44 AM
I am pakehã and I live in Aotearoa. I honour the mana of Te Tiriti O Waitangi
#ToitūTeTiriti
November 14, 2024 at 6:31 AM