Matthew Oliver

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Sheesh enough with the alerts we get it already

PANZ is trying to continue the Wihitreia Publishing programme in 2026 and is looking for a space in Wgtn in which to deliver it. They need a space large enough for 20pax seated at tables, Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5pm. If you know of such a space, email modernletters@vuw.ac.nz and we'll pass it on.

I think I inherited that lamp a few years back when it too was surplus to requirements. Death by a thousand cuts has finally reached the last remnants of 85 years of history making. As you say, all the feels for former colleagues at MCH.

Incredible news for NZ cultural history researchers

The first 20 years of the NZ Listener (1939-1959) are now available on NLNZ's Papers Past platform, through the editorships of Oliver Duff & Monte Holcroft

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...

If it’s the one I’m thinking of it’s a good school despite its crumbling infrastructure

Regulatory Standards Bill - New Zealand Parliament Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill

Submissions are open on the Regulatory Standards bill. The Chair of the Finance and Expenditure Committee has opened them until 23 June, ie just over four weeks, instead of the more usual six weeks for a bill with a standard six month report back date.

www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Took me a bit to process how big a deal this report actually is--its thus far the only review to look at the entire body of currently available research. It took two years to conduct, stands at 1,000 pages, and completely contradicts the Cass Review and the common arguments for bans on this care.

This.

(Probably not canonical but still damn good)

Siouxsie and the Banshees’ covers of “Dear Prudence” and “Passenger”

This year, give women what they really want for Mother’s Day: pockets, willingly doing your fair share of the domestic labour and a promise to vote for the people who care about paying women what they are worth.

Hope you’re pleased with yourselves, Labour.

And announced on the 30th anniversary of Cave Creek, a tragedy caused by an unconsented structure.

No way, our grandads might have known each other - mine was a member of the Danniverke RSA. He’d passed on by the time of this event though or would have gone as another Gallipoli vet.

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

A rightwing advocacy org is coordinating membership signups to control the org that runs .nz. Help us push back! NZD 21 to join but you must join by Mar 31 (NZDT) to be eligible to vote at the AGM where it matters. Have your say about the future of Internet governance in NZ! members.internetnz.nz

Apartment building high on a bush clad hill

Out walking around the harbour on a blue blue day

It’s a trite observation but coverage of Waitangi Day events in Waitangi is an annual reminder that male politicians really have no idea how to dress for hot weather.

It’s here! All the books longlisted for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Four categories, 43 books, many thoughts and feelings....

It’s here! All the books longlisted for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

(clarification rather than correction, sorry)

Good to see some coverage of this. One little point of correction: the members who haven’t been reappointed continue to sit on Tribunal panels that are already underway (or more specifically, which have heard claimant evidence), so most of the exiting members can continue as unwarranted members.

Good explainer about a technical change to the policy making process.

Women work at Meta, right?

The image is from a "Transparency Center" document and lists guidelines regarding acceptable and prohibited content for insults. It mentions: 1. Insults about: Character, such as cowardice, dishonesty, criminality, and sexual promiscuity or immorality. Mental characteristics, including but not limited to accusations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, as well as unsupported comparisons among politically correct (PC) groups based on inherent intellectual traits. 2. Highlighted section: The document allows allegations of mental illness or abnormality when tied to gender or sexual orientation, referencing political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality. It also acknowledges the non-serious use of terms like "weird."

Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.

Meta surrenders to the right on speech “I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer

So deactivating Meta’s next I guess. FB I can do without but I genuinely enjoy Insta. F***kin oligarchs ruining it for everyone.

www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...

Deactivated my X account yesterday after 16 years on the platform. I met so many good people and learnt so much on Twitter but X wasn’t that good place. If you’ve moved here, kia ora e hoa mā and hope to stay in touch.

With Brian Elwood? Random

Read about how to make a submission at www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/how...

• ensure your comments are appropriate to the position you hold and maintain political neutrality – the higher up you are the more careful you need to be.