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Paul Wilding@pwilding.bsky.social · 4d ago

You're banned from watering your tomatoes. Thames Water leaks 600 million litres a day. Data centres drink what's left. Three decades of privatised water: dividends out, sewage and leaks in. Drought is the weather, this scarcity is a business model. Public ownership now.

Nicola Gaston@nicgaston.bsky.social · 4d ago

I can’t find any simpler way of saying what I need to say than: when you vote, this election? Think of the children. All of them; explicitly the children you can not help in person. Other people’s children. Vote for them? 🙏

CEO Johnny Cans@oldmatecans.bsky.social · 4d ago

I've not taught for 3 years. The thing that united my traumatised kids, behavioural issues kids, neurodivergent kids, kids with special needs in my entire career wasn't that I couldn't hit them. IT WAS THAT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL.

Rachael King@rachaelking70.bsky.social · 6d ago

Featuring my nephew, Benji! Thanks The Sapling for continuing your excellent coverage of NZ books and for introducing them to new readers. It also shows there is still an assumption among rangatahi that NZ books aren’t as good as ‘overseas’ books so it’s great to do things like this to dispel that.

The Sapling@thesaplingnz.bsky.social · 6d ago

'... there's not many other novels, I think, that do that' Teens and their teachers read the #NZCYA Young Adult finalists: www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t... #pukapuka #booksky #YAfiction @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social

The Sapling@thesaplingnz.bsky.social · last wk.

Last week Lynley Dodd and The Arts Foundation awarded the Lynley Dodd Children's Writer Award to Claire Mabey. Kate De Goldi spoke, and noted of Claire; 'their writing offers all the nourishments of great fiction for young people'. We're pleased to reproduce her speech: tinyurl.com/2s8a49kx

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BlueShiftNZ@blueshiftnz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Journo: Mr Prime Minister you still think New Zealand can achieve net zero by 2050? PM: Yes, maybe even a few years earlier J: Yet you are doing nothing to reduce NZ's emissions? PM: No, we expect a science-based solution to emerge soon J: So you're funding NZ scientists to do this? PM: Oh, God no

Jonathan King@jonathanking.bsky.social · 3w ago

What a thrill and an honour it was to work with Sam Neill on my second-ever film. If there’s one thing I particularly remember, it’s was the endless generosity he showed to his 16-year-old co-stars – supporting them to give the best performances they could, while effortlessly delivering himself.

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last mo.

It's a collective psychopathy, which treats disabled people, elderly people and people with long-term conditions as disposable. We see it in the Covid-19 pandemic. We see it in the heatwaves. Their deaths are inconvenient reminders that a favoured policy is disastrous. So they must be dismissed.

The Sapling@thesaplingnz.bsky.social · last mo.

'An achievable read such as these are a great entry point for readers who aren’t quite ready for something meatier ... the books hold enough wit for adults to genuinely enjoy during shared reading time.' Belinda Whyte reviews books two and three in the TERRIBLE TRIO series: tinyurl.com/SaplingNZ

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