Javavava
@javagrant.com
Sociol/Critical Higher Education studies
Aotearoa NZ.
Aotearoa NZ.
This Stuff article has all the signs of AI. Waste of my time even looking at it.
Keep it up stuff and I'll be blocking your content on my network.
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360894...
Keep it up stuff and I'll be blocking your content on my network.
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360894...
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This Stuff article has all the signs of AI. Waste of my time even looking at it.
Keep it up stuff and I'll be blocking your content on my network.
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360894...
Keep it up stuff and I'll be blocking your content on my network.
www.stuff.co.nz/money/360894...
University of Auckland very honest about how they see students..
Customers
Customers
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
University of Auckland very honest about how they see students..
Customers
Customers
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Relative to income a block of butter costing $8.60 on minimum wage is equal to the Frontera CEO paying $1055 a block.
The prime minister would pay $91 and our two right-wing knowalls, Peters/Seymour pay $60.
The fact that these four men can't do math normalization is staggering. #nzpol #bhn
The prime minister would pay $91 and our two right-wing knowalls, Peters/Seymour pay $60.
The fact that these four men can't do math normalization is staggering. #nzpol #bhn
July 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Worse, the merchant will spread it across all prices including cash and eftpos. Everyone will be paying foreign credit card companies' profits, whatever payment method they choose.
EFTPOS is very low cost to merchants. But if this lower cost isn't shared with the shopper, why would they use it?
EFTPOS is very low cost to merchants. But if this lower cost isn't shared with the shopper, why would they use it?
July 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Worse, the merchant will spread it across all prices including cash and eftpos. Everyone will be paying foreign credit card companies' profits, whatever payment method they choose.
EFTPOS is very low cost to merchants. But if this lower cost isn't shared with the shopper, why would they use it?
EFTPOS is very low cost to merchants. But if this lower cost isn't shared with the shopper, why would they use it?
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Banning card surchages is a terrible decision: the result will be an increase in cost to New Zealanders. VISA and MasterCard will be absolutely delighted.
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Banning card surchages is a terrible decision: the result will be an increase in cost to New Zealanders. VISA and MasterCard will be absolutely delighted.
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NZ mainstream outlets now intentionally ambushing experts in order to attack trans rights. There's no possibility this wasn't signed off further up and indicates that NZME is a willing participant in the hate campaign. Can people please stop making excuses for them? Can other media workers speak up?
Ryan Bridge went totally off script. I was sent questions about the impact this is having on our community and what this means for community sporting orgs now and he didn't ask a single one. Instead I got pressed - repeatedly - to agree that it's unsafe for trans people to play alongside cis women.
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
NZ mainstream outlets now intentionally ambushing experts in order to attack trans rights. There's no possibility this wasn't signed off further up and indicates that NZME is a willing participant in the hate campaign. Can people please stop making excuses for them? Can other media workers speak up?
University senior management and academics are playing different games.
The precision of Q. Atkinson's analysis is starkly contrasting wishy-washy rhetorical language used by University of Auckland upper management.
Universities need honest leadership, not a well versed damage control spin-team.
The precision of Q. Atkinson's analysis is starkly contrasting wishy-washy rhetorical language used by University of Auckland upper management.
Universities need honest leadership, not a well versed damage control spin-team.
Afterword
Management's response, recent developments and coming full circle
quentinatkinson.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
University senior management and academics are playing different games.
The precision of Q. Atkinson's analysis is starkly contrasting wishy-washy rhetorical language used by University of Auckland upper management.
Universities need honest leadership, not a well versed damage control spin-team.
The precision of Q. Atkinson's analysis is starkly contrasting wishy-washy rhetorical language used by University of Auckland upper management.
Universities need honest leadership, not a well versed damage control spin-team.
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It's time for the government to declare Destiny Church a Terrorist organisation.
It's only a matter of time before we see an escalation of the violence they've already shown at Te Atatū Community Centre.
It's only a matter of time before we see an escalation of the violence they've already shown at Te Atatū Community Centre.
June 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's time for the government to declare Destiny Church a Terrorist organisation.
It's only a matter of time before we see an escalation of the violence they've already shown at Te Atatū Community Centre.
It's only a matter of time before we see an escalation of the violence they've already shown at Te Atatū Community Centre.
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The incredible lengths they go to to avoid a wealth tax.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Tax officials tell us what they really think: an innovative tax switcheroo that is gaining worldwide interest. Jonathan Milne reports.
Inland Revenue models GST hike, with credit for low-income households
newsroom.co.nz
June 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The incredible lengths they go to to avoid a wealth tax.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
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1/4 “Wilful misinterpretation” is when someone misunderstands, or misuses, someone else words on purpose.
The next Government needs to be transparent, care for working Kiwis, and urgently repeal the Equal Pay Amendment Bill. #nzpol
The next Government needs to be transparent, care for working Kiwis, and urgently repeal the Equal Pay Amendment Bill. #nzpol
June 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
1/4 “Wilful misinterpretation” is when someone misunderstands, or misuses, someone else words on purpose.
The next Government needs to be transparent, care for working Kiwis, and urgently repeal the Equal Pay Amendment Bill. #nzpol
The next Government needs to be transparent, care for working Kiwis, and urgently repeal the Equal Pay Amendment Bill. #nzpol
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The Regulatory Standards Bill must be stopped. It threatens future public health laws, such as clean indoor air regulations
You have until 23 Jun 2025 to make a submission opposing the RSB and recommend that the bill is rejected in its entirety
3/3 #nzpol
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
You have until 23 Jun 2025 to make a submission opposing the RSB and recommend that the bill is rejected in its entirety
3/3 #nzpol
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
Regulatory Standards Bill Submission - New Zealand Parliament
www.parliament.nz
June 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The Regulatory Standards Bill must be stopped. It threatens future public health laws, such as clean indoor air regulations
You have until 23 Jun 2025 to make a submission opposing the RSB and recommend that the bill is rejected in its entirety
3/3 #nzpol
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
You have until 23 Jun 2025 to make a submission opposing the RSB and recommend that the bill is rejected in its entirety
3/3 #nzpol
www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitte...
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Auckland University's Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater has resigned. Read our statement on what university leadership needs to encompass at Auckland going forward.
#auckland #university #newzealand
wearetheuniversity.org/blog/2025/06...
#auckland #university #newzealand
wearetheuniversity.org/blog/2025/06...
Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater Resigns from Auckland University – WATU
wearetheuniversity.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Auckland University's Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater has resigned. Read our statement on what university leadership needs to encompass at Auckland going forward.
#auckland #university #newzealand
wearetheuniversity.org/blog/2025/06...
#auckland #university #newzealand
wearetheuniversity.org/blog/2025/06...
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Dawn Freshwater, Auckland VC says the critic+conscience function is institutional and "doesn't require individual academics to do anything" (TV1 News). The UoA website says "The role of a University *and its academics* is to be the c+c of society" and has @siouxsiew.bsky.social all over it!
November 16, 2023 at 7:37 AM
Dawn Freshwater, Auckland VC says the critic+conscience function is institutional and "doesn't require individual academics to do anything" (TV1 News). The UoA website says "The role of a University *and its academics* is to be the c+c of society" and has @siouxsiew.bsky.social all over it!
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Popping the virtual popcorn for tomorrow's Reading Room. 🍿
Join us to ruthlessly poke fun at Musk, Trump, and their hysterical stupidity.
Check your local time below!
Join us to ruthlessly poke fun at Musk, Trump, and their hysterical stupidity.
Check your local time below!
Event Time Announcer - Dark Times Academy Reading Room
Event Time Announcer shows time for Dark Times Academy Reading Room in locations all over the world. In Auckland it happens on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 2:00:00 pm.
www.timeanddate.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Popping the virtual popcorn for tomorrow's Reading Room. 🍿
Join us to ruthlessly poke fun at Musk, Trump, and their hysterical stupidity.
Check your local time below!
Join us to ruthlessly poke fun at Musk, Trump, and their hysterical stupidity.
Check your local time below!
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Arts, humanities, and social sciences are under attack. The National Govt, Judith Collins & Shane Reti, are cutting funding, claiming only "economic impact" matters, ignoring impact on housing, inequality, culture, and communities? After all, isn't improving human lives the point of it all anyway?
March 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Arts, humanities, and social sciences are under attack. The National Govt, Judith Collins & Shane Reti, are cutting funding, claiming only "economic impact" matters, ignoring impact on housing, inequality, culture, and communities? After all, isn't improving human lives the point of it all anyway?
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If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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“Despite running a research and evidence-based institution, the lack of data, detail, and consideration in the statements made by the university administration is all too familiar for students and staff under their management.”
www.1of200.nz/articles/a-c...
www.1of200.nz/articles/a-c...
A Concerning Merger of the University of Auckland Law and Business Faculties — 1/200
Students and staff have concerns about the merging of the University of Auckland Faculty of Law and its proposed merger with the Faculties of Business and Economics, including the way in which the con...
www.1of200.nz
January 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“Despite running a research and evidence-based institution, the lack of data, detail, and consideration in the statements made by the university administration is all too familiar for students and staff under their management.”
www.1of200.nz/articles/a-c...
www.1of200.nz/articles/a-c...
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I fear there is deep truth here.
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I fear there is deep truth here.
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Unconscionable that two of the biggest potential legislative changes in our history have submission deadlines in January when Aotearoa is on holiday - and that media coverage of the (very bad) implications has not been wall to wall. 🫠
Anyone still seeking evidence of erosion of norms - this is it.
Anyone still seeking evidence of erosion of norms - this is it.
January 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Unconscionable that two of the biggest potential legislative changes in our history have submission deadlines in January when Aotearoa is on holiday - and that media coverage of the (very bad) implications has not been wall to wall. 🫠
Anyone still seeking evidence of erosion of norms - this is it.
Anyone still seeking evidence of erosion of norms - this is it.
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If it wasn’t so pathetic and dangerous, it might be funny.
December 19, 2024 at 8:13 PM
If it wasn’t so pathetic and dangerous, it might be funny.
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My god, this is dumb. Not declaring institutional support for Te Tiriti is not neutral it is actively supporting the legacy of colonialism where Māori and Pacific colleagues feel less free to speak and we cannot innovate along the lines Te Tiriti opens up.
December 21, 2024 at 6:58 PM
My god, this is dumb. Not declaring institutional support for Te Tiriti is not neutral it is actively supporting the legacy of colonialism where Māori and Pacific colleagues feel less free to speak and we cannot innovate along the lines Te Tiriti opens up.