Dr Aleisha Ward
@nzjazzhistory.bsky.social
NZ Jazz Historian; Lilburn Fellow 2017; Professional Teaching Fellow Music at Auckland Uni. Come for the music, stay for everything else. Opinions definitely my own! She/her
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To date, 1007 schools reject the Government’s racist removal.
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
Schools commit to Te Tiriti anyway | E-Tangata
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
To date, 1007 schools reject the Government’s racist removal.
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
“The government plans to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too bad, say hundreds of schools, because they plan to uphold their commitments anyway, as Awanui Te Huia explains.” #nzpol
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
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Twin Cities folks;
Urgent MSP #Caturday 🧵: these two handsome boys need a loving home as circumstances sadly force their person to part with them.
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
Bones & Basil are a bonded pair and need to stay together. Both are vaxxed, neutered, and very sociable. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Twin Cities folks;
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This trial is awful & should not be allowed to happen, there are no benefits only harm
This piece from @mimmymum.bsky.social on the UK trial is worth reading for folks in NZ - the trial is coercive, beyond intrusive, and mirrors conversion practices. medium.com/@mimmymum/tr...
Trans Young People Face 50+ Tests and Hours of Intrusive Assessments in the PATHWAYS Puberty…
The publication of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial protocols reveals how trans young people are required to complete more than fifty…
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This trial is awful & should not be allowed to happen, there are no benefits only harm
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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I mean, it’s not NOT religious, exactly, but it’s sure as fuck not Christian, and it is in large part specifically about how the gilded churchy holiness they try to force it into is NOT the totality of God or the sacred, and that the holy is present even in our tawdry little doomed one night stands.
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I mean, it’s not NOT religious, exactly, but it’s sure as fuck not Christian, and it is in large part specifically about how the gilded churchy holiness they try to force it into is NOT the totality of God or the sacred, and that the holy is present even in our tawdry little doomed one night stands.
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Please retweet this. It is not good for this sort of misinformation to spread as wide as it already has.
okay this image is weird. when i pasted it in gimp the artifacts became a lot less noticeable. same thing when i move my browser window to a different monitor. but yeah i bumped the exposure on the image to make the editing much more clear
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please retweet this. It is not good for this sort of misinformation to spread as wide as it already has.
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If NZ politicians were so concerned about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions, then why the fuck did they reverse so many lowered speed limits #NZPol
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If NZ politicians were so concerned about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions, then why the fuck did they reverse so many lowered speed limits #NZPol
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All this bright red silk chiffon cocktail dress needs is an egg nog and a high heel. Ceil Chapman liked to ruche her gowns and this mid #1950s gown gathers the fabric around the body then lets it flow with a matching shoulder stole #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
All this bright red silk chiffon cocktail dress needs is an egg nog and a high heel. Ceil Chapman liked to ruche her gowns and this mid #1950s gown gathers the fabric around the body then lets it flow with a matching shoulder stole #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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From earlier this week, sunrise with fog on the river.
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
From earlier this week, sunrise with fog on the river.
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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With the asbestos laced play sand debacle, NZ is getting a case study of what a low/no level of regulation means for pushing cost onto consumers and tax payers … in realtime.
User pays.
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/m...
#nzpol
User pays.
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/m...
#nzpol
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
With the asbestos laced play sand debacle, NZ is getting a case study of what a low/no level of regulation means for pushing cost onto consumers and tax payers … in realtime.
User pays.
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/m...
#nzpol
User pays.
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/m...
#nzpol
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In the evening mist, street-lamps appear strung together, individual bright beads on a necklace of the night.
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In the evening mist, street-lamps appear strung together, individual bright beads on a necklace of the night.
Wait till she finds out about mix tapes which recorded material *from the radio* 😂
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wait till she finds out about mix tapes which recorded material *from the radio* 😂
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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I feel the general public has been complacent & unbothered with the creep of fascist authoritarianism imported to AoNz - but it’s here- this abuse of Trans whanau is way past bots online or Destiny ranting.
We have to stand up & say
THIS IS NOT US -
- first they came for …poem.
We have to stand up & say
THIS IS NOT US -
- first they came for …poem.
That’s such a long time!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I feel the general public has been complacent & unbothered with the creep of fascist authoritarianism imported to AoNz - but it’s here- this abuse of Trans whanau is way past bots online or Destiny ranting.
We have to stand up & say
THIS IS NOT US -
- first they came for …poem.
We have to stand up & say
THIS IS NOT US -
- first they came for …poem.
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That’s such a long time!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
That’s such a long time!!
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Bullshit alert: some NZ politicians (dishonestly) claiming that the puberty blocker ban is about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions and "letting them make up their own minds"
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bullshit alert: some NZ politicians (dishonestly) claiming that the puberty blocker ban is about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions and "letting them make up their own minds"
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
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Reminder that juror fees have not been increased since 2004 (yes 21 years ago). The maximum payable is $127 for more than 3 hours and beyond 9 pm.
The usual daily rate is $62 for more than 3 hours but not beyond 6 pm.
Jury duty is obviously nowhere near as important as being on a board.
The usual daily rate is $62 for more than 3 hours but not beyond 6 pm.
Jury duty is obviously nowhere near as important as being on a board.
😡 #NZ Neoliberal RW Govt approves HUGE pay hikes for #CrownBoard, #authority members after fee framework changes, in many cases doubling the amount they receive, despite huge cuts in pay for teachers, nurses, carers & others #pay #inequality #AtlasNetwork #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'Absolutely huge': The pay hikes Crown bosses got after recent changes
The Government is defending it, but Labour's not impressed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Reminder that juror fees have not been increased since 2004 (yes 21 years ago). The maximum payable is $127 for more than 3 hours and beyond 9 pm.
The usual daily rate is $62 for more than 3 hours but not beyond 6 pm.
Jury duty is obviously nowhere near as important as being on a board.
The usual daily rate is $62 for more than 3 hours but not beyond 6 pm.
Jury duty is obviously nowhere near as important as being on a board.
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I don’t know how many times UFW has sued the federal government this year, but it seems like a lot
NEWS: We just filed a lawsuit against the Trump wage cut rule, which effectively expands the H2A guest worker program, and undercuts the jobs and wages of American workers.
Farm workers deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom.
read more: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Farm workers deserve fair wages and job security, not a race to the bottom.
read more: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I don’t know how many times UFW has sued the federal government this year, but it seems like a lot
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
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Delighted to see this out there. When @leahbroad.bsky.social was on my textcast #FirstLastAnything in the summer, we touched on the work of Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Link here: firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/08/24/f...
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Delighted to see this out there. When @leahbroad.bsky.social was on my textcast #FirstLastAnything in the summer, we touched on the work of Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Link here: firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/08/24/f...
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