@ladyhorrors.bsky.social on the Southern absence in national arts funding

If you don’t look you can’t see, or, the consequences of Southern invisibility in national arts funding

Erin Harrington on the lack of South Island investment in Creative New Zealand’s Arts Organisations and Groups (AOG) funding round, including the news that South Island organisations collecti…

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Super pleased that the excellent @ladyhorrors.bsky.social will be giving a free talk at Tūranga next month. Book online if you're horror-curious! events.humanitix.com/how-to-watch...

How to watch a horror film | Speaker Series @ Tūranga

What do we see, hear, and feel in a scary movie? Join Dr Erin Harrington as she breaks down the craft of filmmaking to reveal what makes us love horror.

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New podcast ep! I talked to @ladyhorrors.bsky.social about the ur-cult classic - Russ Meyer's pervy-yet-weirdly-empowering "Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!" from 1965. Listen to us chat about (among other things) whether this movie is "garbage wuxia" or "lady kaiju" at the link: bit.ly/res_rec-90-f...

good riddance to Minister Judith Collins, who orchestrated the present gutting of New Zealand's science funding establishment I've not seen or heard any coverage today that mentions this tiny detail, affecting 100s of millions of public dollars and endangering NZ's entire intellectual community

Judith Collins resigns after a near quarter century in politics

She has been in Parliament for more than 20 years, as the MP for Clevedon, and then Papakura.

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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

#nzpol Data released by Stats NZ today shows that the cost of living rose at its fastest rate for 18 months. Prices rose for 80% of items in the CPI basket, meaning growth in prices was broad-based. Minimum wage workers are now facing a 3rd year of real terms cuts in wages. A thread

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Margaret Killjoy@margaret.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

If anyone has been following along with the ManageMyHealth breach, this 2024 inquiry into its security (including integration into Te Whatu Ora's health identity portal) may be interesting. Disappointing that the request was only partially satisfied, and late. fyi.org.nz/request/2638...

Information about ManageMyhealth and Medtech - a Official Information Act request to Shane Reti

Kia ora, Medtech and ManageMyHealth are widely utilised by numerous public health entities in NZ. I am requesting: 1) Any audit findings, documents, and emails pertaining to the security of Medtech...

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Here's an end and start of year round up of performing arts in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Partial, but we've had a good crack. flatcityfieldnotes.com/2026/01/02/r...

Review / preview: 2025 highlights, and a 2026 wishlist

Erin Harrington cobbles together a bunch of end of / start of year material. Did the performing arts in Ōtautahi survive or thrive in 2025? A little of both perhaps, but either way it was a very bi…

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Aw thanks @ladyhorrors.bsky.social: “There was a lot of admiration for Canterbury Repertory Theatre’s The Hound of The Baskervilles – strong leads, good design and direction, zesty script” And thanks for reporting whispers from quiet corners. May decision-makers take note! #Ōtautahi #theatre

Review / preview: 2025 highlights, and a 2026 wishlist

Erin Harrington cobbles together a bunch of end of / start of year material. Did the performing arts in Ōtautahi survive or thrive in 2025? A little of both perhaps, but either way it was a very bi…

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My punishment in Tartarus will be reformatting an enormous works cited list of annoying non-conventional references only to have the editors change the style guide just as I'm finishing #academicsky

My nephew is dyslexic and his high school offers an alternative learning track for students like him. My sister called the school yesterday to confirm she'd like him enrolled in that programme and was told it might not be available next year because the new curriculum doesn't include it. 😱😱 #nzpol

Another plug for Ōtautahi 4 Palestine's big fundraising event at A Rolling Stone Dec 13 - speakers from 5, musicians from 9, an art auction, raffles, solidarity --- & lots of promo work being 'mysteriously' filtered out by anti-Palestinian algorithms. Pls share www.instagram.com/otautahi4pal...

Desperate for ads on Instagram to stop calling me babe

Any New Zealanders out there?! safe.org.nz/take-action/...

End unlawful cruelty against mother pigs

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Fantastic win for Uber drivers and Workers First Union. This has been a long time coming (way too long - in the courts since 2022), but common sense has prevailed. Let's hope Van Velden doesn't pull the rug out underneath them with new contractor legislation... www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/s....

Supreme Court dismisses Uber appeal – says drivers are employees

The Supreme Court delivered its ruling on Uber's contract practices today, leaving the door open for contract workers to claim they are employees.

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Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole. It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won! #uber

Colourful wildflowers have sprung up in more than 30 locations across Christchurch, thanks to the sowing of 62kg of seeds.

100 million seeds later Christchurch is in full bloom

Colourful wildflowers have sprung up in more than 30 locations across Christchurch, thanks to the sowing of 62kg of seeds.

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I spoke with Ihab today, it's winter in Gaza, his tent leaks and his children lack clothing suitable for the weather, if you can spare some money to help I know it will be very much appreciated gofund.me/f3c9b468

Fundraiser by C N : Save me and my family from the genocide taking place in Gaza

Hello, I am Ihab and I urgently need your help to raise funds for my … C N needs your support for Save me and my family from the genocide taking place in Gaza

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Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.

Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u... “The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’” These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!

I talked with Sam Brooks about reviewing and he edited it down in a way that made me sound very concise. It's paywalled but that's because this is work and it's how creatives eat so if you like Sam's work in arts journalism please consider supporting. dramatic-pause.ghost.io/how-i-review...

How I Review: Erin Harrington

In the first edition of How I Review, an interview with academic and arts critic Erin Harrington, founder of the criticism hub Flat City Field Notes. Erin Harrington is an academic and arts critic ba...

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I really want to be a YIMBY but it's hard when the ppl who've knocked down an old house across from us presumably to put in townhouses have also ripped out all the garden's mature trees including 5 v large established fruit trees, which they will no doubt 'replace' 'like for like' with lancewoods.

Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading. But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you. Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️

The inside story of how police protected a senior cop, and prosecuted his accuser instead

For years, police leadership ignored warnings about Jevon McSkimming. The IPCA has set out the chain of failures.

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The Celebrity Traitors UK final! The graceful storylining! The impeccable editing!

The arms race continues

The pledge me campaign is already close to $81k and still 28 days to go. Well done folks www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles@siouxsiew.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Morning peeps! I’ve written a piece for @thespinoff.bsky.social on why I ended up taking legal action against my employer and a little bit about how it played out. The whole story needs a book to tell but this is a good start 😂 thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1... thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1...

Wow 'vegetarian and pescatarian' Dux Dine wasn't kidding when they said they added meat to the menu - 21 items on the lunch menu not counting pizza, only 3 are vegetarian and one of those is a trusty flat bread