A Study of Resistance
@colourmefiji.bsky.social
Optimistic Indigenous Fijian artist-curator. Dreamtime n Recovery. Mother of Girl Child & Vunilagi Vou. Suva-born Tangata Tiriti in Aotearoa.
One cubic meter ain't shit in this throwaway culture. Inorganic rubbish collection used to be a real one, now... well, it's pretty clear to me why illegal dumping is a huge problem...
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
One cubic meter ain't shit in this throwaway culture. Inorganic rubbish collection used to be a real one, now... well, it's pretty clear to me why illegal dumping is a huge problem...
Still agitated about the brazen erasure of Ōtara in the Local Board swearing in of the newest, most inexperienced members last night. But today is a full moon, and the moon is in Taurus, so this bull will let go of this bullSHIT and start strategising and dreaming of alternative realities.
#Ōtara
#Ōtara
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Still agitated about the brazen erasure of Ōtara in the Local Board swearing in of the newest, most inexperienced members last night. But today is a full moon, and the moon is in Taurus, so this bull will let go of this bullSHIT and start strategising and dreaming of alternative realities.
#Ōtara
#Ōtara
Our very articulate former Chair Apulu Reece Autagavaia was emotional during his swearing in, expressing his apologies to Ōtara for failing the community in the process of Ōtara leadership being completely decimated by Papatoetoe Action. His family lifted him up with their voices and presence.
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our very articulate former Chair Apulu Reece Autagavaia was emotional during his swearing in, expressing his apologies to Ōtara for failing the community in the process of Ōtara leadership being completely decimated by Papatoetoe Action. His family lifted him up with their voices and presence.
A fucking shit show! Ōtara representatives are being completely blocked from leadership of the the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board by a new bloc of 100% inexperienced, single-issue representatives from Papatoetoe. They vote tonight at their first Board meeting and this is going to be fucking messy.
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A fucking shit show! Ōtara representatives are being completely blocked from leadership of the the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board by a new bloc of 100% inexperienced, single-issue representatives from Papatoetoe. They vote tonight at their first Board meeting and this is going to be fucking messy.
My daughter thought my genderised hand cream was for tough ladies and by using it, their tight angry fists got a bit softer and looser. She was amazed it was just kind of flowery smelling lotion for ppl with dry hands lol
My hands do smell and feel, as Mary J. Blige would say, ‘so lady’ 😎
My hands do smell and feel, as Mary J. Blige would say, ‘so lady’ 😎
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
My daughter thought my genderised hand cream was for tough ladies and by using it, their tight angry fists got a bit softer and looser. She was amazed it was just kind of flowery smelling lotion for ppl with dry hands lol
My hands do smell and feel, as Mary J. Blige would say, ‘so lady’ 😎
My hands do smell and feel, as Mary J. Blige would say, ‘so lady’ 😎
A reminder of the abundance and beauty of the 2024 summer season!
Grow baby grow!!
Grow baby grow!!
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A reminder of the abundance and beauty of the 2024 summer season!
Grow baby grow!!
Grow baby grow!!
I was in wānanga with rongoā practitioners Donna Kerridge & Emma Haslam yesterday on connecting to te taiao through a Māori lens, and it was sooo good and sooo inspiring, and just what I needed. Facilitated also by the excellent crew at Māngere Mountain Education Centre, it was a PRIMO day.
October 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I was in wānanga with rongoā practitioners Donna Kerridge & Emma Haslam yesterday on connecting to te taiao through a Māori lens, and it was sooo good and sooo inspiring, and just what I needed. Facilitated also by the excellent crew at Māngere Mountain Education Centre, it was a PRIMO day.
And this comment 🥹
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
And this comment 🥹
Branding 101 👏🏽
October 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Branding 101 👏🏽
Speaking to my bro in Qatar about how much it means when @tepaatimaori.bsky.social show UP in Parliament, how their actions expose the deep-seated coloniality of so many of the institutions that have NEVER historically accommodated for Indigenous communities. Globally relevant power moves MUCH. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Speaking to my bro in Qatar about how much it means when @tepaatimaori.bsky.social show UP in Parliament, how their actions expose the deep-seated coloniality of so many of the institutions that have NEVER historically accommodated for Indigenous communities. Globally relevant power moves MUCH. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
She’s been code switching all day 🤎🤍
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
She’s been code switching all day 🤎🤍
Mum just repatriated an oil painting I made in 2001 called “Phallus Palace” that has been missing for 20 years! Unfortunately it’s a bit fucked but somehow, some way, we will be reunited! I can’t wait to see this big angry work I made when I was an 18 year old baby feminist Suva gyal!
October 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Mum just repatriated an oil painting I made in 2001 called “Phallus Palace” that has been missing for 20 years! Unfortunately it’s a bit fucked but somehow, some way, we will be reunited! I can’t wait to see this big angry work I made when I was an 18 year old baby feminist Suva gyal!
Any New Zealander who doesn’t see a problem with this requires a in-depth cultural literacy education. Pākehā domination is not acceptable anymore. The voices of diversity in this country are no longer something Pākehā systems can suppress. To see the face of Pākehā domination in 2025 is chilling.
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Any New Zealander who doesn’t see a problem with this requires a in-depth cultural literacy education. Pākehā domination is not acceptable anymore. The voices of diversity in this country are no longer something Pākehā systems can suppress. To see the face of Pākehā domination in 2025 is chilling.
Surveying an Ōtara stream reach today and amongst banks of illegally dumped rubbish, two political hoardings stuck, unable to be carried by the water, paint a depressing picture in a ward with one of the lowest levels of civic democratic engagement. Also spotted eels, magical energy-lifters!
October 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Surveying an Ōtara stream reach today and amongst banks of illegally dumped rubbish, two political hoardings stuck, unable to be carried by the water, paint a depressing picture in a ward with one of the lowest levels of civic democratic engagement. Also spotted eels, magical energy-lifters!
Thinking about trees that were planted in Ōtara before it became an urban development, from when it was largely rural, before the state houses and highways. These huge trees, behind garden fences, lining the creeks, have seen it all.
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Thinking about trees that were planted in Ōtara before it became an urban development, from when it was largely rural, before the state houses and highways. These huge trees, behind garden fences, lining the creeks, have seen it all.
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Benjy Kusi does a great job explaining why seeing the Green Party’s Chloe Swarbrick in discussion with English economist/influencer, Gary Stephenson, actually articulates and exacerbates her Whiteness & White Privilege, which is visible in her leadership & track record, for those who can see / care.
October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Benjy Kusi does a great job explaining why seeing the Green Party’s Chloe Swarbrick in discussion with English economist/influencer, Gary Stephenson, actually articulates and exacerbates her Whiteness & White Privilege, which is visible in her leadership & track record, for those who can see / care.
Happy Bornday @tanugago.bsky.social // 15 years ago we were trying to hustle n heal, be artists + party hard, scraping up coins for liquor and cigarettes, dreaming and trying to get free. And we live to tell the tale! Loved you since day one, xxx
P.S I think you need to start writing your memoir.
P.S I think you need to start writing your memoir.
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Happy Bornday @tanugago.bsky.social // 15 years ago we were trying to hustle n heal, be artists + party hard, scraping up coins for liquor and cigarettes, dreaming and trying to get free. And we live to tell the tale! Loved you since day one, xxx
P.S I think you need to start writing your memoir.
P.S I think you need to start writing your memoir.
Wordle had me thinking of a poem about fat fleshy geese in sexy satin dresses all day.
September 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Wordle had me thinking of a poem about fat fleshy geese in sexy satin dresses all day.
✨Timeline cleanse✨
Fly the flag all day, every day.
Tangata Tiriti - in practice, in application and in theory. Not just optics.
Fly the flag all day, every day.
Tangata Tiriti - in practice, in application and in theory. Not just optics.
September 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
✨Timeline cleanse✨
Fly the flag all day, every day.
Tangata Tiriti - in practice, in application and in theory. Not just optics.
Fly the flag all day, every day.
Tangata Tiriti - in practice, in application and in theory. Not just optics.
Out in Ōtara today learning about pest control, bait & trapping, suppression over elimination strategies & feeling grateful for these new perspectives of the place I’ve lived for over two decades.
These little pockets of the Ōtara catchment, almost 200km of open stream, are such a joy to discover.
These little pockets of the Ōtara catchment, almost 200km of open stream, are such a joy to discover.
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Out in Ōtara today learning about pest control, bait & trapping, suppression over elimination strategies & feeling grateful for these new perspectives of the place I’ve lived for over two decades.
These little pockets of the Ōtara catchment, almost 200km of open stream, are such a joy to discover.
These little pockets of the Ōtara catchment, almost 200km of open stream, are such a joy to discover.