Kirsten McDougall

These look great!

The most I ever learned about Christianity was thru studying Renaissance painters in 7th form. It was useful bc Christian myth turns up everywhere! Also, I swear history and art history grads improve your dinner party talk.

What a label!

According to a 2022 MBIE report, 110,000 #NZ households cannot keep warm. Meanwhile, the 4 big power “gentailers” (who generate electricity as well as sell it) make collective profits of $2.85 billion per year = $7.8 million every day. Re-Nationalise #Power Companies #nzpol

Criminal!

Awesome!!

When Judith "apologised" for saying teachers earn $147k, she then got another dig in by saying that teachers get 3 months holiday a year. By that measure, do MPs only work on the days parliament is sitting (about 90 days according to Google)? #NZPol

Cover of new book by Elizabeth Knox Yayyyyy

Kings of this world by Elizabeth Knox out next month. Best news!! www.allenandunwin.co.nz/browse/book/...
@elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social @allenandunwinnz.bsky.social
#booksky #pukapuka

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.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

this speaks to me of someone who is so out of touch with what it is like to live in NZ they think maaori words aren't a part of NZ English. or worse speaks to the NZ they want to create; one absent the language that has been with this land for centuries.

‘At the Marae’: Science and Ethics, Not Science or Ethics It will be tempting for many to think that if science is behind the decision by the Ministry to stop printing ‘At the Marae’, then the decision is rational and thus one to accept. But i…

bevanholloway.com/2025/08/08/a...
Well, this is revealing.

BREAKING

TODAY - As much of the country faces yet another damaging climate-fuelled storm – and amid a cost of living crisis – the Luxon government is pushing through changes to overturn the ban on new oil & gas exploration to MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE.

#NZPOL #ClimateCrisis

I don’t know who needs to hear this but this whole renters don’t pay rates “at all” thing is just silly. We make this weekly payment called “rent” to our landlords, who then pay rates on the homes we live in. These people ⬇️ and about half the city.

Wobbly Wellington!!

what kind of fashy newspeak is this - rolling back worker rights = "a more effective and efficient bargaining environment"

Early Christmas cheer as retirees restore old bikes for kids The retirees say they enjoy drawing on their decades worth of DIY knowledge, and seeing happy youngsters zoom off on their new wheels.

Lovely Christmas cheer and sustainability story from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Retirees restore old bikes for kids
[photo of three older people, two of them in wheelchairs, with three young people and one other person and three as new bikes]
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YouTube video by chunkymark Turner Prize 2024 Jasleen Kaur

❤️‍🔥 Jasleen Kaur, on winning the Turner Prize:

“I’ve been wondering why artists are required to dream up liberation in the gallery but when that dream meets life we are shut down”

youtu.be/6RoLMAf37qY

As a New Zealander currently overseas, what I really want New Zealanders to know is: Inflation was high everywhere. Skyrocketing unemployment and business closures are a uniquely NZ thing.

The first was due to global economic conditions, the second is a direct result of NZ government policy.

I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.

Signed,
a physicist

Oooo this looks v good.

Hi Adele! Is it just a bit thirsty? I have a plant in my greenhouse looking a bit like this, but the ones next to it are fine 🤷

"Let's keep pushing forward while we are currently facing a storm, there's no need to worry. In this storm we are strong. Together. The wind in our sails is kotahitanga, and with that we will reach our destination."

Cartoon. Title: Next up, Louise Upston, NZ’s champion of child poverty reduction. In the body of the cartoon there are six drawings of Louise Upston preparing to compete in a high jump. By the first drawing it says “Here she is at the Child Poverty High Jump. Let’s see how she does it…” She is stretching, running, and leaping (a Fosbury Flop) and in the last frame she has landed on her back on the mat, on top of a very low bar, and grinning, saying, “Cracked it!” And the caption says, “She lowers the bar”

Next up, Louise Upston, NZ’s champion of child poverty reduction.
My Stuff cartoon today. #nzpol

Network Tasman Consumers Benefit By $300 Million This year Network Tasman Trust celebrates 30 years of consumer ownership, a decision that trustees Patrick Adamson and Judene Edgar say was pivotal in the region’s history and puts the region in a goo...

The consumer-owned Network Tasman Trust was formed 30 years ago.
It has no debt and one of the lowest lines charges in NZ. The community model
resulted in $300 million in discounts and dividends which all stayed in the region.
Disclosure: I'm a Network Tasman consumer.

That’s nice news.

Yep. I think he’d prefer bots taught our kids. Far less pesky than human beings who actually care about kids and um, things like fair pay.

He FINALLY said the quiet bit out loud. This whole thing is about deprofessionalising teaching and union-breaking. It was never about the kids.

Govt announces changes to Education and Training Amendment Bill two days before submissions close David Seymour says the late changes are necessary to stop teacher unions from hamstringing the schools.

Seymour is focused on making charter school business investment opportunities very attractive to sponsors, this move has nothing to do with student outcomes. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

We need signatures whanau