Sasha Eastwood

So excited for you. What a great pic of you all!

Minister overhauls Waitangi Tribunal membership Tama Potaka has appointed a political pundit to the Tribunal, as he replaces half of its members.

How to whitewash a nation built on the ashes of indigenous peoples, in 3 easy steps. Remove their language from public view, undermine indigenous/colonial treaties by stealth, replace indigenous academics with RW allies. #nzpol #ToitūTeTiriti #wtaf

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Christmas Rules 1. Don’t go into debt trying to show people how much you love them 2. Don’t go visit your family if it comprises your mental health 3. If someone comments on your weight… eat them.

Sounds about right 🧝

For New Zealanders - this from Peter Dunne is critical and I can not stress it enough- #ToituTeTiriti #nzpol

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

"Toitū Te Tiriti o Waitangi!". And then TJ backed it up in his farewell interview. Bless that man. (Note that this video is from a third party, TNT Sports. The official All Blacks accounts have clipped out the beginning. I had to clip the end to meet the bsky time limit.)

TJ Perenara speaking to Toitū Te Tiriti at the beginning of his last haka leading the ALL Black's vs Italy Nov 2024.

Go TJ!

#toitūtetiriti
#tjperenara
#allblacks
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Hey new NZ book community Blueskyers - if you use the #pukapuka hashtag on your book-related posts they will show up on the Aotearoa Books feed.

Hi back 👋 great to reconnect! I've been here a while but thought I'd use it more as it's a much nicer place to hangout.

We are running a Treaty Principles Bill Submission Writing Workshop next week, join us if you'd like to learn about making a submission and write one in the company of others. Email me for venue or Zoom details: lorena.gibson (at) vuw.ac.nz

Treaty Principles Submission Guide

Did you love the hīkoi? Please spend 20 minutes making a submission against the Treaty Principles bill - today!

When you write, the most important thing is that it's personal and unique - short is fine.

Two handy guides:
emilywrites.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...

action.greens.org.nz/tp_subsguide

I'm going to watch on tv til midnight then have it going on my phone so I can watch in between snoozes...which probably means I'll see the end result in the morning.

Why hello 👋 it's good to be here! 😊