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One of his friends was pushing for literacy programmes for young people but this had been deemed "anti-rich".

I am losing my god damn little mind at the fact that ministers in this government expect us to believe that youth parliamentarians advocating for *literacy programmes* is potentially libellous speech because it's "anti-rich". This is beyond farcical. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Writer Maurice Gee has died The prolific and unassuming writer died in Nelson.

Farewell to the great Maurice Gee. His novels go on looking clearly at the world and introducing us to ourselves.
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Such a thoughtful and generous review, thank you Paula! 🤍

Page against the machine With the inexorable rise of AI – in everyday tech, in public and private communications, in our universities – the value and distinctness of the written word is under siege

James Ley on AI and the humanities: “One of the striking things about AI’s enthusiasts is that they seem to have no real idea why people make art, play music, stage dramas and write poetry, or why audiences might appreciate these things.”

this is my favourite one too!!

brb going to go have a nap on my ostensibly Marxist procrustacean bed

🎉 It's here! Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2024
Edited and introduced by Nick Ascroft.

www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz/2024-contents/

Save the Living Wage in Government Contracts Get tickets on Humanitix - Save the Living Wage in Government Contracts. Location TBA. Monday 31st March 2025. Find event information.

Save the Living Wage in Government contracts.

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The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. - James Baldwin

I wish journalists would ask for, and print, a reaction to this quote whenever the term “anti-woke” is trotted out.

I am so excited to read this!! And what a beautiful cover 💙🦢

A sad day for the thousands of essential workers including those contracted workers cooking for, cleaning up after, and keeping MPs safe.

Ditching: “Pay the living wage in contracts for cleaning, catering and security guard services.”

AUP New Poets 11 Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading scholarly book publisher.

Look you can pre-order AUP New Poets 11! Margo Montes de Oca is one of my absolute favourite poets, I can hardly wait for this book to come out. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/aup-new-poet...

AUP New Poets 11 Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading scholarly book publisher.

hello friends and teachers and lovers! I have some exciting news to share which is that my first chapbook of poetry, intertidal, is forthcoming in AUP New Poets 11. I am very grateful to AUP and Anne Kennedy for including me in this special pukapuka 🤍

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