Taniwhākia

Reposting with the tentative launch details
Thursday 9th April
The Women’s Bookshop
105 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Tāmaki

Probably 7pm. I think there’ll be a proper invitation with an RSVP coming out in the next week or so - please send your email address if you want one.

Awards reflect depth and diversity of Māori cancer research workforce - Cancer Society NZ Three emerging Māori researchers are leading innovative projects that draw on both mātauranga Māori and cutting-edge science to improve cancer outcomes for whānau Māori.

So proud to be a part of this partnership - we're now seeing our first recipients graduate www.cancer.org.nz/about-us/can...

NZ First accused of race baiting for campaigning on referendum to scrap Māori seats NZ First is campaigning for a referendum on the future of the Māori seats, seeking their abolition. Winston Peters argues the seats are no longer relevant

NZ First is campaigning for a referendum on the future of the Māori seats, seeking their abolition. Winston Peters argues the seats are no longer relevant

Our short film's swooping into this year’s Māoriland! My brother and I are gonna road trip it down to Ōtaki for this Indigenous film rave. The Charm of the Magpies is playing in the late Friday night section Ti Whatiwha te Pō, which is such a great placement.

#mff2026

Proposed Resource Management Act overhaul set to breach Treaty - experts warn - as submission deadline looms Māori advocates warn the Government’s RMA overhaul risks breaching Te Tiriti, stripping Treaty protections and causing long-term damage to environmental and Māori participation rig

Māori advocates warn the Government’s RMA overhaul risks breaching Te Tiriti, stripping Treaty protections and causing long-term damage to environmental and Māori participation rig

“Coerced and forced sterilization is considered a crime against humanity under international law and also constituting genocide... over 70,000 Native American women and women of color were forcibly sterilized just in the ’70s alone, when these eugenics laws were on the books.”

'Dunedin has a lot of nice, damaged men in it' A Talia Marshall meditation on Dunedin life, inspired by powerful new novel Party Boy by Breton Dukes

I wrote about Dunedin, and meat, and men.

newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/11/d...

Attempts to cancel authors. Attempts to cancel books. Attempts to cancel writers festivals. Attempts to cancel arts grants.

Have these whingers tried more fibre in their diets? Could improve their outlook on life

Apparently someone/group is trying to get my next book cancelled. And someone else has written a pearl-clutching article about this demand to cancel my book.
This novel was written to honour members of the Stolen Generations (ie Aboriginal children who were forcibly removed under racist policies) 🤷🏽‍♀️

Book now! Free event in Adelaide
events.humanitix.com/rivers-of-re...

Black and white text and images on a white background. Image is two people, large pencils and a wave of water on the right side. The man is raising his fist in a style typical of revolutionaries, and in his other hand he’s carrying a book with the Aboriginal flag on the cover. A woman is next to him, raising her hand and holding a pencil. Text above them: rivers of reason. Blak and Arab writers in conversation. Text underneath: Tarntanya 2nd March 2026. Adelaide town hall, 128 king William street. 2.30 to 7.30 pm. At the bottom are designs that represent the Aboriginal flag and a keffiyeh.

Proud to announce bookings (free) are open for Rivers of Reason: Blak & Arab Writers in Conversation. Monday 2 March 2026, 2.30 - 7.30 in town hall, Tarntanya (Adelaide). As part of Constellations writers festival. Info about program & speakers on booking page >
events.humanitix.com/rivers-of-re...

So good, Kia Ora!

totally the wrong platform for this but i do not care northandsouth.co.nz/2021/01/21/m...

What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? - High Country News If you’ve seen the phrase time immemorial used repeatedly in Indigenous affairs reporting, there are some compelling reasons why.

My latest essay for HCN critically interrogates the phrase "time immemorial," which Indigenous affairs reporters like me sometimes overuse.

www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...

Map of colonial frontier massacres in Australia 1788-1930 This map shows documented massacres of the First Nations peoples across Australia, from the early years of the colony to within several decades of living memory.

Adelaide Festival Board & Premier Peter Malinauskas made a race-based consience choice by erasuring the 10,000+ First Nations people who were massacred by British soliders, Aust police & settlers during 1788 to 1930. Some single massacres resulted in 100s of deaths.
australian.museum/learn/first-...

Forgot about this, I need to circle back for a re-watch.

Spotted in East Tāmaki, #SouthAuckland, in the middle of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s Botany electorate.

#FTP #RealTalk #OneTermGovt
#Aotearoa

My reply to the Adelaide Festival Board's email. I'll add the text in a thread.

In no way do I believe this ill-conceived decision has come from the Adelaide Writers Week team.

Always was always will be / From the river to the sea ✊🏾

I will be withdrawing from two panels I was to chair at Adelaide Writers Week 2026. I stand in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, and other Palestinian Australian writers. I urge all writers to do the same. Watch out for statements from SA mob. www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/2025/ad...

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.

Once upon a time, Europe was at war.

Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

...To draw attention to the grievance, the band Papa (based out of Ngāti Whātua's Orakei Pā) changed their name to “Papa Band Of The Land”. Papa included like-minded musicians, including Dilworth Karaka (Herbs), Tama Renata and Bruno Berens. 2/2 nzhistory.govt.nz/occupation-o...

Papa - AudioCulture Papa was less a training ground than a rallying point for like-minded musicians. Those who passed through include Dilworth Karaka, Tama Renata and Bruno Berens, also Rotorua musicians Gilbert Smith an...

On this day in 1977, the Bastion Point occupation began. In 1976, the NZ Government announced that a 60-acre section of “public” land at Ōrākei was to be sold to the highest bidder. Named Bastion Point by cartographers, Ngāti Whātua knew it as Takaparawha... 1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/papa

😂🤣

Fella just spreads joy.

I don't think you should have to be back at work in early January. Unless you're some fucking loser who said the country should only have three days off at Christmas and there's some kind of international crisis going on

Make Joe Daymond an ambassador. 😤

Help me Gronk, you're my only hope.

Hard to know who to trust for information anymore.

I'd follow militant Indigenous aunties into Hell.