Ashlea Gillon Aramoana
ashleagee.bsky.social
Ashlea Gillon Aramoana
@ashleagee.bsky.social
Kia ora, kia ora..
Fat, chronically ill wahine Māori 🙋‍♀️
Kaupapa Māori Researcher and Lecturer..
(Salt)Water me often 🌊
I also wanna know why Te Matatini wasn't showing on every available screen on campus this week @aucklanduni.bsky.social
a red white and black flag with a white swirl on it
ALT: a red white and black flag with a white swirl on it
media.tenor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One, I'm jealous I was not blessed with musical abilities, two I have tino whaumau..
February 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So many beautiful fat Māori men at Te Matatini and none of them talking to me for my mahi 😭😂..
February 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Taranaki Maunga is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The mountain, considered an ancestor by the Māori, now has all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters | CNN
Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand.
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We went to the pools today for zee water walking and there was a massive swim meet on and pools at capacity lmao he tohu, kia haere ki te Moana..
January 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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So thrilled to share @ashleagee.bsky.social’s PhD. You’re an academic superstar!
Also, for anyone interested, my PhD is officially available online 🤗
researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstreams/a...
January 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Remade my office into an office and wiped my whiteboard clean of all my (mostly) completed summer jobs on the house 🙌🏼
January 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I know it's my job and kaupapa to stay politically informed but holy fuck who would want to..
January 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
15km paihikara and kaukau yesterday.. Please just let me kaukau every day..
January 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Ata mārie BlueSky. This is sunrise for Friday, 17 January, from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
January 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Read our latest publication here ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzsr/article...

It was written a while ago when there was more hope and positive change in our research sector but it is very relevant within the current climate we are working in
View of Fixing the Pakaru Pipeline: Some recommendations for Change
ojs.victoria.ac.nz
January 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I don't know but the first person I would be going to if I was writing about how shit BMI is, would be a fat studies scholar 👀
January 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Also, for anyone interested, my PhD is officially available online 🤗
researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstreams/a...
January 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Ngā mihi matakuikui ki a koe i te raro i te kaupapa hauora o puoro! Please share this pānui for a project I’m leading ☺️ hosted by Tū Tama Wāhine o Taranaki and funded by HRC. We are doing a call for chapters on a Kaupapa Māori theories and practices book that aims to accelerate Māori wellbeing.
January 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Kia ora Kia ora 🙋‍♀️..
I finally joined 🤗..
January 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM