Alice Te Punga Somerville

The Government is currently negotiating an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security that would grant US agencies, including ICE, automated, direct access to New Zealanders' biometric data and identity records.

Criminalising homelessness isn't the answer - it's a cruel distraction from real solutions.

The government's announcement to expand "move-on" orders across Aotearoa is deeply concerning.

The following skeets on why this approach sucks.

#Homelessness #HousingCrisis #AotearoaNZ #Whakahangahanga

Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister

Come on guys, wait until the 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓭 one-in-a-hundred year storm to hit in a couple of weeks, 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓷 you can bring up climate change ❤️❤️❤️

'Threat to life': State of emergency declared across entire region as low rapidly deepens People are strongly urged to take this seriously and prepare now.

Tragically I think 11 people have already died in Aotearoa this year because of extreme weather. We need to reduce our emissions and invest in climate adaptation with urgency. But naturally, this government is instead pursuing coal mines and an LNG terminal. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-l...

Let's talk Moa Point disaster IMPORTANT: VENUE CHANGE Or watch it back on Julie Anne Genter's or Tamatha Paul's Facebook page Join us for this public meeting. An opportunity for everyone to come together, ask questions, and speak directly with the experts. Mon 16th Feb | Doors open 6:30pm | St Patrick's Performing Arts Centre Authorised by Julie Anne Genter MP

Mayor @andrewlittlenz.bsky.social and WW CEO Pat Dougherty will also be there. Head along whānau. #nzpol @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz @greens.org.nz

At this rate, how long is it before climate change pushes Aotearoa into a constant State of Emergency?

At what point does recovery become impossible?

#nzpol #climatechange

I don't currently have the words for my anger and frustration seeing climate events happen all over the motu and knowing - we could have been better prepared. We could have made different choices. People don't have to die.

I'm trying terribly hard to not be bitter.

Restarting oil exploration, importing LNG fossil gas and expanding the dairy industry is climate extremism.

Washed away road leaves farmers ‘stressed’ and cut-off with thousands of litres of milk to be dumped Stranded: there’s no way in and no way out for a dairy farming family after heavy storms cut off their rural road.

After YEARS of having the dairy industry denying, delaying and diluting any effort to cut their climate emissions, the irony is excruciating.

#nzpol #TooManyCows #ClimateChange

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Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa | Te Papa This landmark collection presents fresh, progressive perspectives on what it means to be ‘Asian’ in Aotearoa.

The book is in press! HK Lennon Wall cover fuck yeah ✊ @keithng.bsky.social , harking back to Te Papa's first round of Asian activist materials collections. I wrote the intro & a few other bits & bobs. Can't wait to see how Grace has let our history speak through objects in the national collection.

Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.

Luxon's mad plan to start importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges.

It's absolutely BONKERS!

With the same investment in rooftop solar panels and batteries, we could have cheaper electricity, a more resilient grid and a more reliable energy supply.

A climate emergency fund would be useful right about now.

Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.

"In my experience, academic work that acknowledges racism, inequality, oppression & climate injustice is in no way easier than any other form of learning. It is oftentimes harder, more complex, as it is fighting against the grain, and THAT is exactly why we need to bring care to our teaching."

I think it is important to not say "Britain colonised Nigeria(or similar entity)", but rather "Nigeria is a creation of the British Empire." This feels like a small difference but I think it fundamentally changes how we respond to the challenges of history and the present.

Luxon is still not back at work?! What the actual fuck. Bro gets paid half a million dollars of taxpayer money EVERY YEAR.

About time Aotearoa New Zealand boycotted the 2026 Olympic games

The President is purposely being violent and killing his own people.

#boycottolympics

A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation

In Minneapolis

Ahh yes, when I am organising an arts event, I think to myself "you know who the board really needs? an airport manager!"

He offered UT a $100,000 endowment for Hispanic scholars. Texas Exes denied it After years trying to create a scholarship at UT's College of Pharmacy for Hispanic scholars, Texas Exes denied it because of its diversity focus, a donor said.

“I was a poor Chicano boy from El Paso,” Acosta said. “I made my name in toxicology at the University of Texas.”

This ICE shit is gonna be here one way or other if we don’t nip this shitshow in the butt this year.

Decolonising Catering in UK Universities: An often elusive quest for good Jollof and Dodo Why we are not alone when we find the taste of home

Here, I reflect on my experiences of trying to get African food catered for university events that I have organised. I also explain why providing edible Jollof (or other international food) in UK HE is a vital decolonising matter in an educational setting.

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You can’t invite violence to the dinner table and be shocked when it starts eating. @RudyFrancisco

Thinking about what it means that our elected representatives in Aotearoa are so close with those in the US who are complicit in the murder of their own citizens and what that means if our current elected representatives are elected for another term.

As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi.

A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.

Statement from the Australia Institute withdrawing from Adelaide festival.

Personal statement withdrawing from the Festival.

Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.

Statement from the Australia Institute announcing its withdrawal of support and sponsored events from the Adelaide Writers’ Festival

Statement from Amy Remeikis withdrawing from Adelaide Writers’ Festival

I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.

The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls