Remembering that time Fat Freddy's Drop helped Greenpeace highlight the threat to deep sea life posed by bottom trawling.
#BanBottomTrawling #nzmusic #music #artivism#NZPol #aotearoa #greenpeace #ocean
It should be noted that when #TomLehrer came to #Aotearoa, he wrote a song critical of the All Blacksʼ tour of apartheid South Africa and PM Walter Nashʼs support of it. Definitely on the right side of history.
https://flipboard.com/@npr/music-fru3ssldz/-/a-wGsOZ-KjQde4fcXE38w_Qw%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0
In about a week I'll be talking about #Meshtastic (a popular decentralised off-grid mesh-networking protocol) in the context of communications fallback during and after disasters. If you are in the quake-prone Pōneke/Wellington or Hutt Valley region, this is especially for you!
https://criticalsignals.nz/programme/introduction-to-meshtastic/
Please sign this petition to #NZ Government asking them to create and implement a National #Autism Strategy for Education in #Aotearoa New Zealand, @co-designed with autistic people and their families, with the aim of ensuring that autistic learners receive equitable access to inclusive, safe, and affirming education across all settings.
https://petitions.parliament.nz/541e2359-ecd5-4719-798e-08ddbf868713
Please share the petition as widely as possible before 10 August 2025!
Via @lin
Do your self a favour and watch the NZ Youth Choir win Choir of the World at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddffod. Honestly, the choir is just so good and so comfortable whether singing Bach, an African-American spiritual, or a waiata. They clearly love being from Aotearoa and all the good things we are. Bonus marks for proudly showing the Tino Rangatiratanga flag. Just a joy to watch. And if know Welsh you'll enjoy hearing their introductions from the compere too.
I have a niece named after this view - Lindis Pass. It’s the greatest compliment to a child to reference something as old as the view of the sky between the mountains when their parents were deciding what to call them.
Mumma showing Bubba how to find snacks at Lake Tekapo.
#Aotearoa#NewZealand
Mumma showing Bubba how to find snacks at Lake Tekapo.
#Aotearoa#NewZealand
And finally, the darkest night sky imaginable at Lake Tekapo. Going out and looking up in the middle of the night, in the crisp cool air, was so amazingly head-clearing. It’s soothing to think about how long those stars have been there, and how much longer they will continue to be there, no matter what happens down here on this planet.
I had no idea there were so many community circus events going on around Aotearoa these days, awesome! Thanks to the folks from Aotearoa NZ Circus Association for pulling together this schedule of the big events;
Three countries that consider #Rugby their national sport also have dedicated Mastodon services, supporting those three nations' local culture and communities:
#Madagascar#Madagasikara
#NewZealand#Aotearoa
#Wales#Cymru
Correlation is not causation, but we might be on to something here. Do the shared values of teamwork and community extend from the pitch to the Fediverse?
“Like so many of their generation, because of the trauma and suffering experienced at the hands of our then government, they never spoke te reo to us, their mokopuna, even on our marae.” — Takutai Tarsh Kemp, Te Pāti Māori MP who passed away last week. #Māori#Indigedon#Aotearoa#TakutaiMoanaNatashaKemp#TPM#MoeMaiRaa#ETangata
https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/takutai-tarsh-kemp-a-grassroots-marae-girl/
Toot.Kiwi is a brand new Mastodon server for anyone with connections to Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Pōneke in New Zealand / Aotearoa:
You can find out more at https://toot.kiwi/about or contact the admin @fancypants
cc @aotearoa
#FeaturedServer#NewZealand#Aotearoa#Wellington#TeWhanganuiaTara#Pōneke#Mastodon #Fediverse#FreeFediverse
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