Joanna Kidman

Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata “In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.

Govt plan to make weapons for export Defence Minister Judith Collins wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies. The...

We went from "ban guns" to "manufacture guns" in six years 🙃

Open letter to UniSaver Board members 2025 Tēnā koe, University Workers for Palestine has been trying for over a year to get UniSaver, the preferred superannuation provider for most universities, to divest from Israel and companies complicit ...

NZ academics... please take a moment to read this.
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I have never in my life felt as ashamed of the settler state of New Zealand as I am today. #FreePalestineNow

I had about 25 minutes of inner peace before the emails started back.

Well, that didn't fckn last long! Every bastard academic in the country has emailed me to ask how I did it. Inbox full. Again.

For the first time in nearly 3 years... my inbox is empty.
What shall I measure myself against now?
Is anyone left on earth?
Am I alone in the void?
What shall I have for dinner?

Strange times.

YouTube video by RNZ Police Minister expresses 'absolute sympathy' for mother of Marokopa children | MATA

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Voting in local body elections when you're on the unpublished Māori roll is a clusterfuck of refusals. Last local body elections I was given the wrong voting form and staff refused to give me the right one, now my local council can't give me any advice about how and where to cast a special vote.FFS!

What Paddy Gower’s Show Got Wrong Unpacking the Open Plan Classroom Panic

Srsly can we all just calm down about open plan learning environments before following Minister Stanford into a pearl-clutching frenzy that cleverly distracts from the really big problems facing education, like ya know... child poverty Here's a more balanced POV
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At first glance the University Advisory Group's final report is that it's a curate's egg, and Cabinet's response is predictably weak. There's nothing much in any of it for Māori or Pacific scholarship, students or academics. Te Tiriti is notably absent. Perhaps a closer reading will shift my view.

Hiding behind jargon | E-Tangata “Seeing vowels present in Māori words grows a person’s ability to communicate and to understand New Zealand English, of which many Māori words are an everyday part.” — Vincent Olsen-Reeder and Corinne...

"Misinformation seems to be the name of the anti-Māori game right now" Vini Olssen-Reeder & Corinne Seals on a Ministry of Education making policy based on a series of linguistic fictions
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Education Minister cut Māori words from future junior books, documents reveal The near-total ban was driven by concern it would be confusing for children learning to read English, documents show.

This is assimilation era pedagogy.
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And yet another cut to the Marsden Fund. $15million gone. Just like that. Cuts to health research. Cuts to the Endeavour Fund.The razor gangs sure are busy.

I keep thinking of run out of energy for indignation and outrage... and then I find hidden reserves

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I shouldn't laugh but 😅

Ok, anyone have any best guesses what the "major education announcement" from the PM and Minister Stanford on Monday will be?

The end of NCEA? Any thoughts?

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Controversial viewpoint: I fear this meeting might have been scheduled after the usual bed times of Hobson's Pledge #InternetNZ

Yes! #Internetnz

Damn that's a good idea

I've heard Gregorian chants more upbeat than this.

Honestly, anything but what they're playing right now.

#InternetNZ and now we get to the pointy part of the hui. Thoughts and prayers everyone

I'm on it.

NZ: Can anybody explain to me how a coalition agreement item can take precedence over democracy (i.e. "it's in our agreement, so we *have* to pass it")? If it goes to Select Commitee and the 'No's outnumber the 'Yes's what gives the Govt the right to press ahead regardless?
#OIA #RSB
#nzpol

You would too, ya bloody ratbag! 😜

As we wind down the work of He Whenua Taurikura, I feel incredibly proud of the team at the Centre and the magnificant community of scholars who shine light into these dark spaces. It's been a blast but it's time to step back into the world of Māori scholarship that has nurtured me over the years

At this stage, the other mayoral candidates can probably stop campaigning now. Ray Chung is doing that job for them.