Taniwhākia
@kiaora.bsky.social
I put the aue in Whakaue.
Ngāti Whakaue. Tūhourangi. Ngāti Manu.
Mana Motuhake. GenAI Hater.
Ia/Tāne.
Ngāti Whakaue. Tūhourangi. Ngāti Manu.
Mana Motuhake. GenAI Hater.
Ia/Tāne.
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Taniwhākia
@kiaora.bsky.social
· Nov 18
🎶 Won't go away, treaty won't go away.🎶
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totally the wrong platform for this but i do not care northandsouth.co.nz/2021/01/21/m...
January 15, 2026 at 5:57 AM
totally the wrong platform for this but i do not care northandsouth.co.nz/2021/01/21/m...
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My latest essay for HCN critically interrogates the phrase "time immemorial," which Indigenous affairs reporters like me sometimes overuse.
www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? - High Country News
If you’ve seen the phrase time immemorial used repeatedly in Indigenous affairs reporting, there are some compelling reasons why.
www.hcn.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
My latest essay for HCN critically interrogates the phrase "time immemorial," which Indigenous affairs reporters like me sometimes overuse.
www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
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Adelaide Festival Board & Premier Peter Malinauskas made a race-based consience choice by erasuring the 10,000+ First Nations people who were massacred by British soliders, Aust police & settlers during 1788 to 1930. Some single massacres resulted in 100s of deaths.
australian.museum/learn/first-...
australian.museum/learn/first-...
Map of colonial frontier massacres in Australia 1788-1930
This map shows documented massacres of the First Nations peoples across Australia, from the early years of the colony to within several decades of living memory.
australian.museum
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Adelaide Festival Board & Premier Peter Malinauskas made a race-based consience choice by erasuring the 10,000+ First Nations people who were massacred by British soliders, Aust police & settlers during 1788 to 1930. Some single massacres resulted in 100s of deaths.
australian.museum/learn/first-...
australian.museum/learn/first-...
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Spotted in East Tāmaki, #SouthAuckland, in the middle of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s Botany electorate.
#FTP #RealTalk #OneTermGovt
#Aotearoa
#FTP #RealTalk #OneTermGovt
#Aotearoa
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Spotted in East Tāmaki, #SouthAuckland, in the middle of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s Botany electorate.
#FTP #RealTalk #OneTermGovt
#Aotearoa
#FTP #RealTalk #OneTermGovt
#Aotearoa
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My reply to the Adelaide Festival Board's email. I'll add the text in a thread.
In no way do I believe this ill-conceived decision has come from the Adelaide Writers Week team.
Always was always will be / From the river to the sea ✊🏾
In no way do I believe this ill-conceived decision has come from the Adelaide Writers Week team.
Always was always will be / From the river to the sea ✊🏾
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 AM
My reply to the Adelaide Festival Board's email. I'll add the text in a thread.
In no way do I believe this ill-conceived decision has come from the Adelaide Writers Week team.
Always was always will be / From the river to the sea ✊🏾
In no way do I believe this ill-conceived decision has come from the Adelaide Writers Week team.
Always was always will be / From the river to the sea ✊🏾
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I will be withdrawing from two panels I was to chair at Adelaide Writers Week 2026. I stand in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, and other Palestinian Australian writers. I urge all writers to do the same. Watch out for statements from SA mob. www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
Adelaide Festival Board Statement
www.adelaidefestival.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I will be withdrawing from two panels I was to chair at Adelaide Writers Week 2026. I stand in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, and other Palestinian Australian writers. I urge all writers to do the same. Watch out for statements from SA mob. www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...
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Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
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...To draw attention to the grievance, the band Papa (based out of Ngāti Whātua's Orakei Pā) changed their name to “Papa Band Of The Land”. Papa included like-minded musicians, including Dilworth Karaka (Herbs), Tama Renata and Bruno Berens. 2/2 nzhistory.govt.nz/occupation-o...
Occupation of Bastion Point begins | NZ History
Led by Joe Hawke, the Ōrākei Māori Action Committee occupied Takaparawhā (Bastion Point reserve), a promontory overlooking Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour.
nzhistory.govt.nz
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
...To draw attention to the grievance, the band Papa (based out of Ngāti Whātua's Orakei Pā) changed their name to “Papa Band Of The Land”. Papa included like-minded musicians, including Dilworth Karaka (Herbs), Tama Renata and Bruno Berens. 2/2 nzhistory.govt.nz/occupation-o...
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On this day in 1977, the Bastion Point occupation began. In 1976, the NZ Government announced that a 60-acre section of “public” land at Ōrākei was to be sold to the highest bidder. Named Bastion Point by cartographers, Ngāti Whātua knew it as Takaparawha... 1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/papa
Papa - AudioCulture
Papa was less a training ground than a rallying point for like-minded musicians. Those who passed through include Dilworth Karaka, Tama Renata and Bruno Berens, also Rotorua musicians Gilbert Smith an...
www.audioculture.co.nz
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
On this day in 1977, the Bastion Point occupation began. In 1976, the NZ Government announced that a 60-acre section of “public” land at Ōrākei was to be sold to the highest bidder. Named Bastion Point by cartographers, Ngāti Whātua knew it as Takaparawha... 1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/papa
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I don't think you should have to be back at work in early January. Unless you're some fucking loser who said the country should only have three days off at Christmas and there's some kind of international crisis going on
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I don't think you should have to be back at work in early January. Unless you're some fucking loser who said the country should only have three days off at Christmas and there's some kind of international crisis going on
Make Joe Daymond an ambassador. 😤
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Make Joe Daymond an ambassador. 😤
Hard to know who to trust for information anymore.
January 4, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Hard to know who to trust for information anymore.
I'd follow militant Indigenous aunties into Hell.
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I'd follow militant Indigenous aunties into Hell.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
Literally 'The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point' meme.
Marine Le Pen, the longtime leader of the French far-right, has commented on the US military operation on Venezuela, saying that "the sovereignty of states is never negotiable, regardless of their size, their power, or their continent."
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/tochcc
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/tochcc
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Literally 'The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point' meme.
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I'm over this year. 😑
December 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm over this year. 😑
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There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM
There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.
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Drums drown out the mind
Orders march past our reason
Graves learn nothing new
Orders march past our reason
Graves learn nothing new
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Drums drown out the mind
Orders march past our reason
Graves learn nothing new
Orders march past our reason
Graves learn nothing new
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Fuck that. Let’s just sauté them. 🙄
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Fuck that. Let’s just sauté them. 🙄
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USA abducted the president and his wife?? Fucking marauding pirates
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
USA abducted the president and his wife?? Fucking marauding pirates
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to the FIFA Peace Prize. 😑
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to the FIFA Peace Prize. 😑
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fuck trump, fuck his enablers, fuck anyone who keeps supporting him
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 AM
fuck trump, fuck his enablers, fuck anyone who keeps supporting him
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Man FUCK America.
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Man FUCK America.