Ake (not a kererū .... yet)
@tenamu.bsky.social
Nō Maꞌuke mai au. E noꞌo ana au ki Aotearoa ē ꞌAvaiki Nui. Linguist, kaiako reo, musician. Worried about a certain species of primate.
#nzpol Keep an eye on your enrolment folks.
The Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren't on the printed roll and who say they're unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected. newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/t...
If you're a teacher or part of a Kuki family or just keen to hear some reo Māori ꞋAvail nui check out www.youtube.com/@araaramaori (and consider a like and/or subscribe) #CILW26
Araara Māori Kuki Airani
Kia orana, This channel has things by and for people who are interested in Cook Islands Māori. In particular in had work done by teachers and students of the Cook islands Māori programme at the Unive...
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Kia orana i te epetoma o te au reo o te Kuki Airani /ꞌAvaiki Nui thepolynesiansociety.org/index.php/JP... #CILW26 #CILW
View of Linguicide and the Realm of New Zealand
thepolynesiansociety.org
1 in 3 NZ infant hospital admissions is acute respiratory illness. RSV drives a lot of it. Medsafe just approved nirsevimab (single injection, ~80% effective). Pharmac has it on the 'Options for Investment List' but not funded. Solution's on the shelf. Babies stay in hospital. #nzpol
Medsafe approves RSV prevention medicine for babies, Pharmac urged to fund
Cardiac and Respiratory Foundation chief executive Letitia Harding and paediatrician Maneesh Deva both urged Pharmac to fund the medicine.
1news.co.nz
Senior NZ First youth figure linked to neo-Nazi group (Paywalled) www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361...
NZ First youth leader linked to neo-Nazi network
A senior figure in New Zealand First’s youth wing has links to neo-Nazi groups and online accounts praising Adolf Hitler, an investigation by The Press has found.
thepress.co.nz
Just incredible work from Charlie Mitchell on Remigration NZ. Thank you sir 🙏 The article is paywalled, you'll need a Press subscription to read it. If an unpaywalled version becomes available later I'll post it then. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
An oldie but a goodie #CILW26 #CLW
How do you get kids excited about learning a language? In this episode, @GretchenAMcC interviews @Te_Reo_KA about making pop culture stories in Cook Islands Māori 💚🎧🧙♂️ https://soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm/31-pop-culture-in-cook-islands-maori-interview-with-ake-nicholas
Kia orana i te epetoma o te au reo o te Kuki Airani /ꞌAvaiki Nui thepolynesiansociety.org/index.php/JP... #CILW26 #CILW
View of Linguicide and the Realm of New Zealand
thepolynesiansociety.org
ACT receives donation from criminal company convicted of maiming an employee via unsafe work practices. So that's who likes ACT's health and safety "reforms". www.worksafe.govt.nz/laws-and-reg...
Atlas Concrete Limited
worksafe.govt.nz
ACT New Zealand received a $21,000 donation from Atlas Concrete Limited on 24 July 2026. The filing was received by the Electoral Commission on 24 July 2026. [ source | filing ]
Actions speak much louder than polished campaign speeches. Stripping away hard-won rights, suppressing wage growth, and cutting thousands of jobs isn't "common sense" and it certainly isn't standing up for working people. #nzpol
I'll just leave this here, again, for all the leftists with (normally) National-supporting f&f who are utterly sick of the clownshow #nzpol www.emilywrites.co.nz/should-you-v...
Should you vote for the Opportunity Party?
⁉️For a while now, folks have been asking me that exact question. I've been surprised to hear from Green voters who are considering voting TOP. I have publicly said I don't like TOP. I view them as ce...
emilywrites.co.nz
Meta released a pro-AI ad set to Bowie's "Five Years" (a song about the end of human existence, in case you're unfamiliar). LMAO SOMEONE knew EXACTLY what they were doing and is currently laughing their GD ass off. Well played, Ad Industry Troll. Well played, indeed.
this broke me techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/m...
Umm, you know that imported fuel that is driving inflation and causing interest rates to go up, further screwing and already fucked economy? Imagine if we had aggressively supported a vehicle fleet which didn't rely on that, imagine if there was a thriving 2nd hand market for such vehicles.
No RNZ, they are not going on strike (yet), they are having a stop work meeting which is a completely different thing. Get your fuckin' act together and report on this correctly. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Thousands of MBIE workers set to strike
About 2700 workers at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are going on strike on Wednesday morning.
rnz.co.nz
We talked about ECE regulatory changes back in February 2025, and it was among the many things we were saying was a War on Kids by ACT specifically These changes are driven by a rightwing-leaning ECE industry, will undermine education outcomes & potentially lead to terrible health & safety outcomes
1/200 S2E119 - Name and Shame — 1/200
We talk education and ECE reforms, the issues with Labour alongside the role of unions, and the news about ex ACT Party President Tim Jago having name suppression lifted after 2.5 years, following his...
1of200.nz
Seymour's Early Childhood Education plan: — Scrap pay parity between ECE and school teachers — Cut the 100% qualified-teacher funding band — Cut 40 specialist review roles — Move regulation to ERO Savings: ~$50M/yr. Cost: quality staff will leave, oversight thins, kids are the last line. #nzpol
I literally hate this. "Oh yes the system makes up symptoms and conditions and can't recognise te reo Māori but hey, the existing system is also shit!" yes that's the playbook. They foist bad products on us to profit private companies instead of building a health system that *functions*
Doctors adopting AI faster than rules can keep up
Hospitals and nearly 80 percent of New Zealand clinicians are using artificial intelligence to cut admin, despite the country’s sceptical population. Fox Meyer reports.
newsroom.co.nz
So much of this government interference with health practice is going unnoticed by the general population. The way this government has overreached is something that will impact all people living in Aotearoa and we need to be outraged by it.
In the New Zealand Medical Journal today
literally never heard of him, but the handlebar moustache says it all anyway. meanwhile did you know the president of the act party was raping kids?
Former Green Party candidate in late night bar incident can now be named
A former political figure who threw a drink and spat at a duty manager, can now be named.
stuff.co.nz
Lest we forget, Cook attempted to enter Wellington harbour on two occasions (once on the Endeavour and once on the Resolution) and failed both times. Not a good omen really. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Kupe and Cook: Names of new Cook Strait ferries announced
The two new Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook.
rnz.co.nz
Low T this, male loneliness epidemic that. As a mother, I’m still waiting for the hard-hitting exposé of the real threat facing today’s young men. But nobody wants to talk about the house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun, even though it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy.
I blame those back-office workers we used to have for not maintaining the website after we fired them I mean seriously do they expect senior management to do actual work????
...but it gets better... NZ Farming has already decided it's another covid 'hoax'... Why we can't have good things...
This will get less media attention than the last few days of fawning Paul Henry stories.. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
‘I am guilty’: Former ACT Party president has jail time added for latest sex charge
The latest victim of Timothy Jago said he still suffers from fear and anxiety after he was sexually abused in the 1990s.
stuff.co.nz
TDDA: we would like to buy some advertising on your news website RNZ: we don’t sell advertising, were a non commercial state medi— I mean state *funded* media org TDDA: oh. Wait, I have an idea www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-a...
Workplace testing shows cocaine 'entrenched' in NZ drug scene
Cocaine use in surging in New Zealand, according to a workplace testing company.
rnz.co.nz
Tim Jago got one month off his sentence "to take into account two emotional harm payments of $1,500 each." According to today's Herald piece, he's promising an equal amount to his latest victim. The kicker? He hasn't paid the first two yet.