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Rochelle Savage
@rochellesavage.bsky.social
Writer, mother of 2 boys, wearer of black; beginner: TeReo Māori.
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Just home from a friends birthday party in time to water the #BalconyGarden and pick a couple of strawberries.
December 28, 2023 at 7:30 AM
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OUR EBIKES WERE STOLEN OVERNIGHT!!!
From Fairfield, Kirikiriroa. These bikes are very distinctive, borderline unique. If you see anything that looks like one or other of them PLEASE reply to me.
And also please report this as wide & far as possible (good chance they're in another town/city by now)
December 26, 2023 at 9:46 PM
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I answered some questions about what I read, watched and listened to this year for The Press. Look out for a more fulsome ‘My Reading Year 2023’ very soon! www.thepress.co.nz/culture/3501...
The Press
www.thepress.co.nz
December 26, 2023 at 11:41 PM
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Facebook users, please follow the Toitū Te Tiriti Hikoi Ōtautahi page to stay up to date with hikoi and actions happening in Ōtautahi.

The next hikoi is 15th December 5:30pm, location to be confirmed.

www.facebook.com/toitutetirit...
Toitū Te Tiriti Hīkoi Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Toitū Te Tiriti Hīkoi Ōtautahi, Christchurch, New Zealand. 156 likes · 14 talking about this. Standing together to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi
www.facebook.com
December 8, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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still my favorite diversity indicator
December 6, 2023 at 2:07 AM
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As kiwis’ inability to cope with any word not in English has necessitated changing Waka Kotahi back to NZTA, the government has also announced that croissants are to be now known as ‘buns’, sushi to be known as ‘ricies’, lattes to be known as ‘milkos’ and kiwis to be known as ‘walk birds’.
December 4, 2023 at 10:11 AM
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@mattyangel.bsky.social
Look! What good timing is it that I just saw this now?!
Just in case you haven't already seen it, this is a petition well worth signing Disabled people neither deserve nor want this review. petitions.parliament.nz/e8e83093-d19...
December 1, 2023 at 8:31 AM
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Hi Aotearoa Bluesky, I know there's a ton of petitions flying around, but, this one needs our attention. Shared on Twitter. No billionaires or millionaires sanctioned for tax avoidance but our vulnerable whānau & community are being attacked.

petitions.parliament.nz/e8e83093-d19...

Please sign!
December 1, 2023 at 2:47 AM
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"My feels" and "Someone said something" is not the foundation of evidence-based public policy.

Pass it on.

#NZPol
December 1, 2023 at 5:40 AM
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Omg imagine being a worse person than Rishi Sunak, shame #nzpol
New Zealand has unexpectedly reversed the smoking policy that inspired Rishi Sunak’s announcement last month that the smoking age would be progressively raised so people under a certain age could never buy cigarettes: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government's shock reversal
Health experts are appalled as the new government plans to repeal the policy to fund tax cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2023 at 7:36 AM
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Huia is having a sale and free shipping on orders over $85. A couple of my titles are discounted so grab some pukapuka for Kirihimete - and support a Māori business and Māori writers 😊

huia.co.nz
Huia Publishers
HUIA is a Māori-owned independent publisher committed to creating wonderful and provocative books and resources that provide an insight into the diversity of te ao Māori.
huia.co.nz
November 27, 2023 at 8:57 AM
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I’m honoured to have a story in this issue of @takahemagazine.bsky.social & will be reading an excerpt at the Zoom launch!

If you’re available Tues 5th Dec at 7.30pm, tune in — would love to see some friendly faces 🥹

Plus, open mic op! Get in there!
🚀Join us for the launch of takahē 109, featuring contributors to the December issue, and for the first time, and open mic opportunity!🚀

Nau mai, haere mai, all welcome. Join for all or some of the session, as audience or to share your work. We'd love to see you there!
November 26, 2023 at 7:13 AM
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i was so inspired by the sheer FLOWERS of france that my partner built me two planter bays to shut me up. they are my chuldren (white nz accent)
November 26, 2023 at 7:16 AM
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She’s a Killer (@cursesmcd.bsky.social) a cover of the year! bookriot.com/the-best-boo...
November 20, 2023 at 12:58 PM
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Omg! Kāore āku kupu 😱😱😱😱

What absolute Bullshit. If the function of c&c was institutional NOTHING WOULD EVER CHANGE.
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 8:03 AM
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Hey, who wants to shop small, shop local, and shop handmade this Saturday? You - I hope! 😄
November 16, 2023 at 8:05 AM
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WHAT
SERIOUSLY
Jaw on the floor
Also I have been filling out my paperwork v fucking wrong
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 8:10 AM
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The deadline for the end of free RATs in AoNZ is 29 February 2024.
November 16, 2023 at 7:29 AM
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Dame Anne Salmond:

“David Seymour has been citing my work to imply that I support Act’s attempts to rewrite Te Tiriti o Waitangi. I do not, for the following reasons.”

Read on….

#nzpol 🇳🇿
Why Act’s Treaty referendum is disrespectful and arrogant
Dame Anne Salmond sets the record straight about the Act leader and his proposed Tiriti referendum
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2023 at 7:22 AM
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Its just funny how quick Luxon Seymour et all pivoted from 'we are efficiency machines cutting through the Wellington bullshit' to ' look hey there's a process don't be hasty we have to have the meetings about setting up the meeting where we set the agenda for the meeting where plan the outlines'
November 11, 2023 at 2:37 AM
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Little plug for Ms. Information. Please go see it as the cinema/encourage your friends/family to see it. The issues raised haven’t gone away - in fact, with NZ First on 8 seats, one of our new MPs belonged to a Telegram group that wants me prosecuted & executed! www.msinformationmovie.com/screenings
SCREENINGS — Ms. Information Movie
www.msinformationmovie.com
November 3, 2023 at 7:28 PM
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“Unless someone high profile gets it, most of us aren't thinking about the dangers of catching Covid-19 now. We should be – it's our country's biggest infectious disease killer, twice as deadly as influenza.”
www.newsroom.co.nz/podcast-the-...
The Detail: Covid: Still here, still deadly
It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year.
www.newsroom.co.nz
October 15, 2023 at 5:42 PM
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BookHub, launched today, is a great way to support NZ indie bookstores.

bookhub.co.nz
Home
The fast and easy way to buy books in NZ! Over a million titles are available, via click and collect—or couriered to you directly from NZ bookstores.
bookhub.co.nz
October 7, 2023 at 3:58 AM