Joanna Kidman
@joannakidman.bsky.social
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Indigenous sociologist at large. Doing stuff on political violence. ND. Posting in personal capacity
"Knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing."
Freire calls this the 'banking system of education'
This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children
Freire calls this the 'banking system of education'
This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children
“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed”
― Paulo Freire
― Paulo Freire
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"Knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing."
Freire calls this the 'banking system of education'
This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children
Freire calls this the 'banking system of education'
This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children
“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed”
― Paulo Freire
― Paulo Freire
“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed”
― Paulo Freire
― Paulo Freire
“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed”
― Paulo Freire
― Paulo Freire
“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(It's a Freirean kind of day)
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
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Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
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October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Picking a fight with teachers? Good luck with that.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Picking a fight with teachers? Good luck with that.
Can any public servants help please (if there are any left): Te Puni Kokiri used to administer Te Pūtake o te Riri fund but its disappeared off the TPK website. Am I right in assuming this funding has been cut? Is there any govt funding for Rā Maumahara now or do iwi carry this entirely on their own
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Can any public servants help please (if there are any left): Te Puni Kokiri used to administer Te Pūtake o te Riri fund but its disappeared off the TPK website. Am I right in assuming this funding has been cut? Is there any govt funding for Rā Maumahara now or do iwi carry this entirely on their own
An intriguing take on the libertarian philosophers who run the NZ branch of the Atlas Network
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www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
The core reason why the coalition is failing
OPINION: Given the mess Labour left, why aren't National and ACT light years ahead in the polls?
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October 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
An intriguing take on the libertarian philosophers who run the NZ branch of the Atlas Network
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/op...
Oppose the Amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area Act
Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/op...
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This is truly shameful legislation. The government is once again showing contempt for the rule of law.
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'Mean-spirited': Māori lawyer joins calls to stop marine and coastal rights law changes
Veteran Māori lawyer Annette Sykes says the government has to stop a law making it harder to get customary marine title.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is truly shameful legislation. The government is once again showing contempt for the rule of law.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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(Teacher educators take note>>>)
'Uphold Te Tiriti so that tamariki can learn in their reo, within their tikanga, and on their whenua. Honour Te Tiriti so that whānau, hapū, and iwi see their histories and knowledge valued'
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'Uphold Te Tiriti so that tamariki can learn in their reo, within their tikanga, and on their whenua. Honour Te Tiriti so that whānau, hapū, and iwi see their histories and knowledge valued'
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
Erasing Te Tiriti in education | E-Tangata
“We shoulder the burden of ensuring that Te Tiriti lives in our classrooms, even when government policy tries to erase it.” — Rongopai Kira, deputy principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
(Teacher educators take note>>>)
'Uphold Te Tiriti so that tamariki can learn in their reo, within their tikanga, and on their whenua. Honour Te Tiriti so that whānau, hapū, and iwi see their histories and knowledge valued'
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
'Uphold Te Tiriti so that tamariki can learn in their reo, within their tikanga, and on their whenua. Honour Te Tiriti so that whānau, hapū, and iwi see their histories and knowledge valued'
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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Advance copy of the new book.
September 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Advance copy of the new book.
Reposted by Joanna Kidman
I will be down at Marsden Books, Karori, this Saturday 11 October at 12.30pm to sign books and stuff for Bookshop Day. Come along if you are in the area.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I will be down at Marsden Books, Karori, this Saturday 11 October at 12.30pm to sign books and stuff for Bookshop Day. Come along if you are in the area.
Reposted by Joanna Kidman
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.
Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...
e-tangata.co.nz
October 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.
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We went from "ban guns" to "manufacture guns" in six years 🙃
Govt plan to make weapons for export
Defence Minister Judith Collins wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies. The...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We went from "ban guns" to "manufacture guns" in six years 🙃
NZ academics... please take a moment to read this.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter to UniSaver Board members 2025
Tēnā koe,
University Workers for Palestine has been trying for over a year to get UniSaver, the preferred superannuation provider for most universities, to divest from Israel and companies complicit ...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
NZ academics... please take a moment to read this.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I have never in my life felt as ashamed of the settler state of New Zealand as I am today. #FreePalestineNow
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I have never in my life felt as ashamed of the settler state of New Zealand as I am today. #FreePalestineNow
Well, that didn't fckn last long! Every bastard academic in the country has emailed me to ask how I did it. Inbox full. Again.
For the first time in nearly 3 years... my inbox is empty.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?
Strange times.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?
Strange times.
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, that didn't fckn last long! Every bastard academic in the country has emailed me to ask how I did it. Inbox full. Again.
For the first time in nearly 3 years... my inbox is empty.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?
Strange times.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?
Strange times.
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
For the first time in nearly 3 years... my inbox is empty.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?
Strange times.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?
Strange times.
Voting in local body elections when you're on the unpublished Māori roll is a clusterfuck of refusals. Last local body elections I was given the wrong voting form and staff refused to give me the right one, now my local council can't give me any advice about how and where to cast a special vote.FFS!
September 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Voting in local body elections when you're on the unpublished Māori roll is a clusterfuck of refusals. Last local body elections I was given the wrong voting form and staff refused to give me the right one, now my local council can't give me any advice about how and where to cast a special vote.FFS!
Srsly can we all just calm down about open plan learning environments before following Minister Stanford into a pearl-clutching frenzy that cleverly distracts from the really big problems facing education, like ya know... child poverty Here's a more balanced POV
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What Paddy Gower’s Show Got Wrong
Unpacking the Open Plan Classroom Panic
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September 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Srsly can we all just calm down about open plan learning environments before following Minister Stanford into a pearl-clutching frenzy that cleverly distracts from the really big problems facing education, like ya know... child poverty Here's a more balanced POV
aecnz.substack.com/p/what-paddy...
aecnz.substack.com/p/what-paddy...
At first glance the University Advisory Group's final report is that it's a curate's egg, and Cabinet's response is predictably weak. There's nothing much in any of it for Māori or Pacific scholarship, students or academics. Te Tiriti is notably absent. Perhaps a closer reading will shift my view.
September 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
At first glance the University Advisory Group's final report is that it's a curate's egg, and Cabinet's response is predictably weak. There's nothing much in any of it for Māori or Pacific scholarship, students or academics. Te Tiriti is notably absent. Perhaps a closer reading will shift my view.
"Misinformation seems to be the name of the anti-Māori game right now" Vini Olssen-Reeder & Corinne Seals on a Ministry of Education making policy based on a series of linguistic fictions
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Hiding behind jargon | E-Tangata
“Seeing vowels present in Māori words grows a person’s ability to communicate and to understand New Zealand English, of which many Māori words are an everyday part.” — Vincent Olsen-Reeder and Corinne...
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August 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Misinformation seems to be the name of the anti-Māori game right now" Vini Olssen-Reeder & Corinne Seals on a Ministry of Education making policy based on a series of linguistic fictions
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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This is assimilation era pedagogy.
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www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Education Minister cut Māori words from future junior books, documents reveal
The near-total ban was driven by concern it would be confusing for children learning to read English, documents show.
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August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is assimilation era pedagogy.
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