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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉

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Optimistic Indigenous Fijian artist-curator. Dreamtime n Recovery. Mother of Girl Child & Vunilagi Vou. Suva-born Tangata Tiriti in Aotearoa.

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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 5h
#NowReading
islandsbusiness.com
Why Fiji is urging the world to slow down on deep-sea mining
IT is a Friday afternoon, and the sun hangs high over the Yasawa Islands, pouring light across a vast expanse of ocean that shifts from...
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fiji's prosecutions office defends drug disposal protocols after cocaine turns to flour
rnz.co.nz
Fiji's prosecutions office defends drug disposal protocols after cocaine turns to flour
Fiji's public prosecutions office has issued a defensive statement clarifying its role in managing drug exhibits following revelations that nearly 40kg of court-stored cocaine were replaced with flour.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal war aje.news/e1smak
aje.news
Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal war
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Love to see it 🦉 Gen Zers becoming fully fledged bird-watchers www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifesty...
rnz.co.nz
Gen Zers becoming fully fledged bird-watchers
Forget the image of a retiree standing still in a bush with binoculars and say hello to the kids crawling with flash cameras and tallying bird sightings in true Pokémon fashion.
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Magpie Said 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I wonder how Luxon likes his new moko from NZ's Banksy. It very creatively takes a dig at his anti Maori & gangs stances.👏 It must've taken a while & risky!
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Suva City Carnegie Library 🤲🏽
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Trump-Xi summit exposes a US disadvantage in the Global South aje.news/8cxrnx
aje.news
The Trump-Xi summit exposes a US disadvantage in the Global South
Washington asks for alignment while Beijing offers strategic flexibility without military entanglement.
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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Putting a call out to anyone who may have done the Papa Reo course at Te Wananga o Aotearoa & may have resource materials they’d be happy to donate to a beginning teacher with hardly any teaching resources. I’ll pay postage. Please DM if you can help. Please also share 🙏 #TeReo
A picture of a nest with an egg and a feather and the words

Papa Reo
Home-based learning
Start your te reo Māori journey at home, with resources and a kaitiaki to support
you.
Level 1
Home-based
No fees
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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They replaced it in the last 24hrs or so, and it didn't last a day ...
National election billboard altered to say "Ignoring the basics, destroy the future"
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Ngā mihi nui to the person who wrote "Free Palestine" on the mural,” Stent said. lol
rnz.co.nz
Ed Sheeran mural artist says the vandalism is a 'welcome addition'
The words ‘Free Palestine’ were slapped across the huge Bath Street mural on the back of the controversy surrounding British musician Ed Sheeran.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I NEED THIS @pepperraccoon.com PŌTAE!! #BIRDNERD #AOTEAROA
pepperraccoon.com
Bird Nerd Embroidered Camo Cap
The perfect cap for the baddie birder... Go bush with this embroidered Camo hat, designed for days spent spotting rare birds or looking dope at the summer festivals. Embroidered in New Zealand on qual...
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is across the road from a school so the artist has considered the primary audience and gone with a wholesome message.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We took out Runner Up for our category 🥹🫶🏽❤️‍🔥 ‘Ethereal night goddess’ by Kiwi designer wins supreme WOW award www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...
rnz.co.nz
'Ethereal night goddess' by Kiwi designer wins supreme WOW award
New Zealand designers scored 15 of the 25 prizes in this year’s awards, which attracted entries from 18 countries.
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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#NZpol www.creepwear.net/public-housi...
creepwear.net
Public Housing Futures x creepwear — creepwear
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pact Packaging staff strike for living wage
rnz.co.nz
Pact Packaging staff strike for living wage
The pay offer for staff at Australian-owned business Pact Packaging - in Lower Hutt, north of Wellington - will not get workers near the living wage, E tū union said as workers went on strike.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 16/09/2026
Parties that have spent the last 3 years rolling back and dismantling anything resembling anything good for the environment are all taking bribes from polluting industries. I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you. #nzpol www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
greenpeace.org
New election scorecard shows parties with worst environmental policies are also taking donations from polluting industries  - Greenpeace Aotearoa
National, ACT and NZ First have taken over $1 million in political donations from agribusiness-linked donors since 2022, new Greenpeace analysis reveals. The finding is part of Greenpeace’s 2026 elect...
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They clearly spent a lotttt of pūtea on this website but it's EYEWATERINGLY beautiful and engaging!! Money WELL SPENT!! Our libraries should be places of wonder!
tematapihi.govt.nz
Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui | Wellington’s Central Library & Cultural Hub | Te Matapihi
Discover Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, Wellington’s central library and cultural hub. Explore books, archives, events, exhibitions, and spaces to learn, connect, and create.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CoolCoolCoolCool VOTE THEM OUT
rnz.co.nz
Pacific households to be hardest hit by scheduled benefit cuts, social housing rent hikes
Pacific households in New Zealand will be the hardest hit by scheduled benefit cuts and social housing rent increases, according to officials.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live with HIV www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
rnz.co.nz
Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live with HIV
Fiji's Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu has formally declared a national HIV emergency in the country.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Listening to the new book by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor. You’ll be glad to hear they have a path forward for us, and I love how the Jewish Labour Bund history fits into the conception. The end times inflection of fascism is really interesting. www.penguin.com.au/books/end-ti...
penguin.com.au
End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein - Penguin Books Australia
A blistering exposé of the new far-right apocalyptic alliance that's on the move around the globe - and how we resist
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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Michelle Duff: Marokopa report "should be compulsory reading, as a stark example of how family violence is minimised, and how damaging & misogynistic narratives, that cast men as heroes and women as complainers & overreactors, act to obscure the truth" Sexism puts women & children at risk every day
thespinoff.co.nz
It’s just a camping trip! With their dad! Marokopa inquiry reveals state of NZ child protection
Oranga Tamariki closed a report of concern while the children were still missing.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine if civics literacy was embedded in our education system!! Articles like this wouldn't need a trigger warning for impending complexity lol Political disenfranchisement of communities who experience disproportionate inequalities in the current status quo is the ethic of the colonial project.
rnz.co.nz
Explainer: What is an overhang and how could it change NZ's election result?
Explainer - You may hear an awful lot about "overhangs" and the upcoming election. But what does that mean?
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hump day kanikani 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 Dancing today with the spirit of liberation for Palestine, for the Global Majority, for Tangata Whenua, for TE REO MĀORI, for a decolonising, anti-racist future for Aotearoa!! And for Fiji - my heart!! We will overcome!!
youtube.com
Master KG - Jerusalema [Feat. Nomcebo] (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Openmic Productions
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Eww Ed Sheeran. Less profit, more spine, perhaps.
static.klipy.com
Tim Gunn Eww Gross
ALT: Tim Gunn Eww Gross
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This.
bbc.com
Parents have jobs. So why are school days still so short?
Katty Kay on why many school schedules haven't become longer, even though more parents have full‑time jobs.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Heartwrenching cost being paid by Fiji's most vulnerable.
rnz.co.nz
'Horrendously high' number of HIV infections in Fiji babies - health researcher
A "horrendously high" number of babies in Fiji are dying due to HIV related complications, says a health researcher, as the prevalence of the disease grows there.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Found elsewhere, worth a share here. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
THISSSS!! Love when artists make their stunning artworks into things we can wear and flex and embody the very important act of supporting artists! aati-by-mel-aluesi.myshopify.com/products/ang...
aati-by-mel-aluesi.myshopify.com
ANGA FAKA - TONGA: Men are from M̶a̶r̶s̶ worms / Women are from V̶e̶n̶
Reworked from the original oil painting ANGA FAKA - TONGA: Men are from M̶a̶r̶s̶ worms / Women are from V̶e̶n̶u̶s̶ Pulotu by Mel Aluesi. Shipping to Oz and Aotearoa.  Due to the product being on preorder, keep in mind the wait times for your purchase. Aotearoa = 12 working days. Australia = 22 working days. PAINTING DE
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CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What crisis did National borrow for? Everyone else had an excuse #nzpol
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Discussing our upcoming show at Epeli Hau'ofa Gallery in Suva, Fiji with Nemai Tagicakibau on Pacific Days, Radio 531pi 🌺
facebook.com
Facebook
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I've always despised Spotlight, the overpriced textile / homeware / plastic shit shop; ever since I first shopped there more than 20 years ago, staff have always been abrasive and the pricing is ridiculous. (How are they still open..?!)
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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Tis the season, e hoa mā. You know what to do. #tewikiotereomāori
Racks of Te wiki o te Reo Māori on display at the warewhare. 
Let’s sell this stuff out again.
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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā is blooming! 💓
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#NowListening
youtu.be
What does the right really want? | Undercurrents
YouTube video by Public Interest NZ
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A good listen:
youtu.be
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon eats halal: do the far-right even believe their own lies?
YouTube video by Pod Save the UK
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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s also a message for Kiwi voters too, considering the overall theme of this election from both major parties.
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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thousands sign petition against proposed amendments to legislation Treaty references
rnz.co.nz
Thousands sign petition against proposed amendments to legislation Treaty references
A Ngāti Kahungunu petition calling for a halt on government plans to amend references to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in legislation has attracted more than 20,000 signatures.
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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fuck David Seymour, fuck him right off by signing this petition! #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #ToitūTeTiriti petitions.parliament.nz/ddbe7598-59d...
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Things that come home with me from op shops because I don’t even bother looking at clothes 😍 Everyone I live with thinks it’s revolting.. I LOVE IT 🥹
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When you just start to reflect on maybe having a book collecting problem and vow not to buy any more books in 2026 and a notification comes through of a pre-order that’s on its way 🤗🤗🤗 After this one, I’ll revisit those thoughts…
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're still in the market for a copy of my book, Fish Pond currently has it for under $30 (just- $29.85) www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Fear-B... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
fishpond.co.nz
Fear, Byron Clark - Shop Online for Books in New Zealand
Fishpond New Zealand, Fear: The must-read gripping new book about New Zealand's hostile underworld of extremists by Byron ClarkBuy . Books online: Fear: The must-read gripping new book about New Zealand's hostile underworld of extremists, 2023, Fishpond.co.nz
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
PUT THIS MAN IN THE RUBBISH BIN, bury his ideas in a hole and fill with compost and worms, BIODEGRADE these toxic imperial hallucinations in the MULCH of our colonial PAST. BE GONE David Seymour!!!
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reading a harrowing account of a friend's experience with a serious alergic reaction and the care she received through ED at Middlemore Hospital, and I feel so grateful for all the care I've received at Middlemore. A struggling mega-institution full of many, many amazing people. #SouthAuckland
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The Brooklyn Public Library will launch its first-ever craft library on Wednesday, allowing library cardholders to borrow art supplies for a variety of activities, including screen printing, bookbinding, metal stamping and hand embroidery." gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
gothamist.com
Brooklyn Public Library launches first ever craft library
Cardholders can borrow tools and kits.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Natalie Nunn & Adore Nunn Laughing Hysterically
ALT: Natalie Nunn & Adore Nunn Laughing Hysterically
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What’s the point of voting for a candidate running in your electorate if they’re high up on the party list? Is that not a wasted vote? Why do political parties do that?
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#NowListening and thinking about if and when this glimmer of consciousness and political backbone from mother England will trickle down to the British colonial outposts in the Pacific, Fiji being one, whose sycophancy to Israel is in a state full-blown, deep throated, feverish delusion.
youtube.com
Ed Miliband DEFIANT Against Critics Of Settler Sanctions | Novara Live
YouTube video by Novara Media
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This government is GHOULISH. Ghoulish women and ghoulish men, making terrible decisions. Deciding who gets to EAT. I’m immune to worry about the left bloc coalition because THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE. This ghoulish soup of precious, privileged dumbfuckery is the choice. There is no choice.
thespinoff.co.nz
MSD told thousands food was ‘not an essential need’
The Ministry of Social Development is in the spotlight again after it told thousands of people that food was ‘not an essential need’ when declining their applications for food grants.
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𓆉 A Study of Resistance 𓆉 @colourmefiji.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Convinced my no flags / no bumper stickers / no signs but politically astute cousin-housemate to approve putting up a Labour hoarding on our fence line! My skills of persuasion are wasted on the art market 😂
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Enthusiastic 'Yes Yes Yeeess' Meme Reaction
ALT: Enthusiastic 'Yes Yes Yeeess' Meme Reaction
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