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Fiona Bolger

@fabtknz.bsky.social
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Teacher. Interested in everything. Kdramas. Aotearoa NZ.

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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The sidecar was delicious and a great night was had by all! (Well me anyway.)
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I was the kiwi at the bar who had read your books! Very surprised to hear what she was reading.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Want to bring back manufacturing to your country? Read this... once again the world is just so much more complex that politicians believe. I don't agree with all the opinions within, but there's a lot here that is important. www.molsonhart.com/blog/america...
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America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back — Molson Hart
On April 2nd, 2025, our president announced major new taxes on imports from foreign countries (“tariffs”), ranging from 10% to 49%. The stated goal is to bring manufacturing back to the United States ...
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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
More disturbing stories about the detention centres. Among them, there was a couple in Canada taking selfies at the Peace Arch border. They accidentally strayed across the boundary and were taken into custody.
theguardian.com
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I’m assuming there’s a reason this land hasn’t been built on before now - is it the fact that it was a lagoon before the earthquake?
Map showing large lagoon that was drained after 1931 Napier earthquake.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
You can still submit on the Treaty Principles Bill up until 11:59pm It's better to submit something, even just a few sentences, than nothing www.parliament.nz/en/ECommitteeSubm…
Homer Simpson in an astronaut suit, on the phone. Captioned

THE ENTIRE DAY, I KEPT SAYING,
 "I'LL submit  A LITTLE LATER.
 I'LL submit A LITTLE LATER."
 AND THEN IT WAS TOO LATE
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 03/12/2024
hey if you’re not following the verge’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social (a mistake on your part tbh) she is on the ground posting from the national assembly in south korea rn bsky.app/profile/sara...
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Benjamin A. Engel @benjaminaengel.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Great description of the rush to the National Assembly. That lawmakers made it there before the military may end up being the key to martial law ending www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=...
koreaherald.com
[From the Scene] Rush to get to National Assembly in first hours of martial law
In the hours after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared in South Korea at around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, chaos ensued west of Yeouido in central Seoul as lawmakers, aides and reporters rushed to get to the Na...
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#kikorangi #nzpol
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
1. I’m thinking aloud here, as I really don’t have the answers. This is a thread about the political challenge of the very large numbers of young men now supporting the far right. I’m writing it without blame or derision. I’m just trying to find a way through. 🧵
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I think it’s incredibly difficult for parents. And unless groups of parents in schools/communities band together to limit children’s access to phones & social media, monitor gaming etc, the pressure on kids and then parents to be online with all their friends is extremely difficult to withstand.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Kids are less exposed to traditional tv and books with more empathetic social norms than before. Many parents are too busy working, too stressed and on their own devices too much to counteract or even be aware of the influences their kids are exposed to.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
As a teacher of 9 - 13 year olds, it is obvious at that age which students have empathy and which don’t. Boys especially spend many hours on YouTube and online gaming, exposed to a lot of racist, sexist, bragging content. I think those with less developed empathy are pulled to far right content.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Video is worth watching Behind the Banner: Inside the hīkoi mō te Tiriti www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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Behind the Banner: Inside the hīkoi mō te Tiriti
Over nine days, rangatahi and veterans of past hīkoi walked shoulder-to-shoulder to take their message to Parliament. Ella Stewart and Cole Eastham-Farrelly were there.
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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New: The Government’s backtracking on climate policy has been noticed globally, with New Zealand dropping to 41st out of 63 nations in the Climate Change Performance Index. #COP29 newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/21/n...
newsroom.co.nz
NZ downgraded in global climate rankings
The Government's backtracking on climate policy has been noticed globally, with NZ now ranking 41st out of 63 nations on climate policy performance.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/a...
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Massive crowds march on New Zealand parliament protesting Māori bill. Here’s what to know | CNN
Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and dilutes the...
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
theguardian.com
Tens of thousands march on NZ parliament in protest against Māori treaty bill
Police say about 42,000 people gathered at parliament in the last stage of the nine-day protest in opposition to the Treaty of Waitangi bill
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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So many people on the hīkoi today! Photo credit Keelan Walker
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
“But the biggest change was in our boys. They no longer had to be dragged out of bed; they woke up early, excited to plan their routes & meet friends, arriving at school full of energy and ready to learn. The transformation was remarkable.” Worth a read. sfstandard.com/opinion/2024...
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Opinion | The case against driving city kids to school
One solution for boosting youth mental health: Make kids navigate the city. That starts with getting them out of your car and onto buses and bikes.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
A MATTER OF PRINCIPLES Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week. #nzpol
nzgeo.com
A matter of principles
Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 06/11/2024
the arc of the moral universe could be a bit shorter imo
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Column | How can polls be right if nobody answers their phones?
While we count the days until Nov. 5, we talked to top pollsters about who’s most likely to respond to polls and how to account for the no-shows.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
This is the most powerful closing message
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
Why no New Zealand or Switzerland? Aren’t they the first and last countries where women gained the right to vote?
Since its first election in 1853 New Zealand has been world-leading in voting rights. All Māori men were able to vote from 1867 and all European men from 1879. In 1893
New Zealand became the first country in the world where women were able to vote in national elections.
TeAra.govt.nzThe first federal vote in which women were able to participate was the 31 October 1971 election of the Federal Assembly. However it was not until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland that women gained full voting rights in the final Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
Wikipedia
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/u...
nytimes.com
Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age
With the passage of time, the 78-year-old former president’s speeches have grown darker, harsher, longer, angrier, less focused, more profane and increasingly fixated on the past, according to a revie...
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
There’s a story about Dunedin protest in NZ news section if you scroll about 12 stories down. Guess it’s regarded as yesterday’s news unless someone does something newsworthy or they decide to do an investigation. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3504...
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Stuff
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-0...
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The first Wellingtonian
Hundreds of years ago, a man named Tara founded the first permanent human settlement in Wellington. What do we actually know about him?
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 21/07/2024
biden endorses harris x.com/joebiden/sta...
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 19/07/2024
Fears rightwing coalition will unwind NZ gun reforms brought in after Christchurch massacre 🤬
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Fears rightwing coalition will unwind NZ gun reforms brought in after Christchurch massacre
Advocates warn New Zealand laws brought in by Jacinda Ardern in wake of mosque shootings at risk in review spearheaded by former gun lobbyist
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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Reminder not to approach or touch sick or dead birds and if you see 3 or more call it in - public awareness is an important part of our early detection system for avian influenza! www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/...
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/14/p...
newsroom.co.nz
'Storm' of unmanageable special needs in the classroom
Schools say they're struggling to get support for an unprecedented sharp increase in numbers of children with high needs like autism and behavioural dysregulation
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
www.cnn.com/2024/03/16/o...
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Opinion: Is the US on the brink of another civil war? | CNN
It seems dire predictions of political violence are now commonly issued both by the country’s extreme fringes as well as from the mainstream, write Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 13/03/2024
New Zealand has robins too, one of which was so endangered it got down to 5 birds, only one female. Now around 300 birds after this amazing conservation story. www.birdlife.org/news/2023/04...
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Black is back: Next chapter in one of conservation’s great recovery stories
In 1980, only five Black Robins remained, restricted to one remote island in the Pacific. Despite being seemingly destined for extinction, an intensive conservation programme brought the species back…
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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal | George Monbiot | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal | George Monbiot
The notion that this illness is psychosomatic is having devastating effects, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 09/03/2024
A few years back I got my students to recreate Tenochtitlan in Minecraft and obviously had a pvp battle on the last day. Good times.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
www.channel4.com/news/m-e-liv...
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M.E.: Lives devastated – and sufferers are told it’s made up
For years many doctors believed M.E. - the long term neurological condition which causes debilitating pain and fatigue - was “all in the mind” of those who were suffering. That means many of the 250,0...
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Just have the election on a weekend day like lots of other countries. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
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Election day - Wikipedia
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Just down the road from here, & you'd be lucky if one in 10 non-Maori Hamiltonians have even heard of it. Why OUR history must be taught in schools. newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/21/t...
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The incident in Rangiaowhia
Vincent O'Malley addresses today's 160th anniversary of "an almost incomprehensible act of savagery"
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 18/02/2024
Highly recommend Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series that starts with In the Bleak Midwinter. Set in upstate NY. Main characters are the local sheriff and a female Episcopalian priest, both ex-military. Some romance. Everyone I’ve ever suggested them to has enjoyed them.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
The Borrowers framing story is not exactly the attention-grabbing start kids are used to now. I’ve never managed to get any kid to read it sadly. I feel like some of the other books in the series are a bit more interesting/action-packed too.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 23/12/2023
But the first book has an island, a ruined castle, a wreck and ingots! So great. I also remember a bit about how Georgina was a weird name but Dick and Fanny passed without comment. I’ve actually had a couple of Year 7 girls in my class super into FF this year. We had fun mocking Anne & Julian.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/d...
theguardian.com
‘A matter of survival’: India’s unstoppable need for air conditioners
Access to sufficient cooling could further drive up the already rampant inequality in the country
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serena (𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒) @serena.nz · 29/11/2023
If you want to petition the new government to keep the Smokefree Act of 1990 and amendments, please voice your support here: petitions.parliament.nz/a2eaafbd-ded... Repost for visibility 🫶🏼
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Petitions - New Zealand Parliament
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
theguardian.com
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
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Fiona Bolger @fabtknz.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Roots of Trump’s Rage
Just how stable is the “very stable genius”?
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