margo montes de oca
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poet, librarian, waterbaby! my chapbook Intertidal is in AUP New Poets 11: https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poets-11/
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AUP New Poets 11
Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading scholarly book publisher.
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz
hello friends and teachers and lovers! I have some exciting news to share which is that my first chapbook of poetry, intertidal, is forthcoming in AUP New Poets 11. I am very grateful to AUP and Anne Kennedy for including me in this special pukapuka 🤍
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...
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I am losing my god damn little mind at the fact that ministers in this government expect us to believe that youth parliamentarians advocating for *literacy programmes* is potentially libellous speech because it's "anti-rich". This is beyond farcical. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
July 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I am losing my god damn little mind at the fact that ministers in this government expect us to believe that youth parliamentarians advocating for *literacy programmes* is potentially libellous speech because it's "anti-rich". This is beyond farcical. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Farewell to the great Maurice Gee. His novels go on looking clearly at the world and introducing us to ourselves.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
Writer Maurice Gee has died
The prolific and unassuming writer died in Nelson.
www.stuff.co.nz
June 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Farewell to the great Maurice Gee. His novels go on looking clearly at the world and introducing us to ourselves.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
Such a thoughtful and generous review, thank you Paula! 🤍
June 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Such a thoughtful and generous review, thank you Paula! 🤍
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James Ley on AI and the humanities: “One of the striking things about AI’s enthusiasts is that they seem to have no real idea why people make art, play music, stage dramas and write poetry, or why audiences might appreciate these things.”
Page against the machine
With the inexorable rise of AI – in everyday tech, in public and private communications, in our universities – the value and distinctness of the written word is under siege
buff.ly
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
James Ley on AI and the humanities: “One of the striking things about AI’s enthusiasts is that they seem to have no real idea why people make art, play music, stage dramas and write poetry, or why audiences might appreciate these things.”
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🎉 It's here! Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2024
Edited and introduced by Nick Ascroft.
www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/2024-contents/
Edited and introduced by Nick Ascroft.
www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/2024-contents/
2024 contents – ŌRONGOHAU | BEST NEW ZEALAND POEMS
www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz
March 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🎉 It's here! Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2024
Edited and introduced by Nick Ascroft.
www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/2024-contents/
Edited and introduced by Nick Ascroft.
www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/2024-contents/
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Save the Living Wage in Government contracts.
Share this and make sure you’re going along! ✊
Make sure to Register.💥 - events.humanitix.com/save-the-liv...
Share this and make sure you’re going along! ✊
Make sure to Register.💥 - events.humanitix.com/save-the-liv...
Save the Living Wage in Government Contracts
Get tickets on Humanitix - Save the Living Wage in Government Contracts. Location TBA. Monday 31st March 2025. Find event information.
events.humanitix.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Save the Living Wage in Government contracts.
Share this and make sure you’re going along! ✊
Make sure to Register.💥 - events.humanitix.com/save-the-liv...
Share this and make sure you’re going along! ✊
Make sure to Register.💥 - events.humanitix.com/save-the-liv...
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I wish journalists would ask for, and print, a reaction to this quote whenever the term “anti-woke” is trotted out.
March 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I wish journalists would ask for, and print, a reaction to this quote whenever the term “anti-woke” is trotted out.
I am so excited to read this!! And what a beautiful cover 💙🦢
Terrier, Worrier has an AUP page! and can be pre-ordered from the press, or you could support your local bookshop with a book order, it has the prettiest cover: aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/terrier-worr...
Terrier, Worrier
A luminous exploration of thought by one of our most distinguished poets.
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz
March 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I am so excited to read this!! And what a beautiful cover 💙🦢
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A sad day for the thousands of essential workers including those contracted workers cooking for, cleaning up after, and keeping MPs safe.
Ditching: “Pay the living wage in contracts for cleaning, catering and security guard services.”
Ditching: “Pay the living wage in contracts for cleaning, catering and security guard services.”
Willis plans to scrap sweep of precurement rules
Willis plans to scrap sweep of precurement rules
Currently, government agencies must follow 71 rules when tendering contracts.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A sad day for the thousands of essential workers including those contracted workers cooking for, cleaning up after, and keeping MPs safe.
Ditching: “Pay the living wage in contracts for cleaning, catering and security guard services.”
Ditching: “Pay the living wage in contracts for cleaning, catering and security guard services.”
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Look you can pre-order AUP New Poets 11! Margo Montes de Oca is one of my absolute favourite poets, I can hardly wait for this book to come out. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...
AUP New Poets 11
Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading scholarly book publisher.
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz
February 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Look you can pre-order AUP New Poets 11! Margo Montes de Oca is one of my absolute favourite poets, I can hardly wait for this book to come out. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...
hello friends and teachers and lovers! I have some exciting news to share which is that my first chapbook of poetry, intertidal, is forthcoming in AUP New Poets 11. I am very grateful to AUP and Anne Kennedy for including me in this special pukapuka 🤍
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...
AUP New Poets 11
Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading scholarly book publisher.
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz
February 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
hello friends and teachers and lovers! I have some exciting news to share which is that my first chapbook of poetry, intertidal, is forthcoming in AUP New Poets 11. I am very grateful to AUP and Anne Kennedy for including me in this special pukapuka 🤍
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...