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James Nokise

@jamesnokise.bsky.social
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(Noh-Key-Say) comedian, writer, podcaster, freelancer linktr.ee/jamesnokise

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/09/2026
President Donald Trump says he is banning three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the White House due to what he called "unfavorable coverage." to.pbs.org/3Vo2m0Z
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Trump says he's banning 3 outlets from White House in his latest attack on press freedom
President Donald Trump says he is banning three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the White House due to what he called "unfavorable coverage." Trump didn't provide details on how the...
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
At this rate, the Dunedin Ed Sheeran mural will be under threat..
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 10/09/2026
Audition is by @pipadam.bsky.social, and is published by @coffeehousepress.bsky.social:
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Audition
A genre-defying novel—part science fiction, part social realism—from one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand literature today.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
All New Zealand First is politely asking Kiwis to do if they fall in love with someone overseas is just check what their job is and if there’s a gap for it in the Kiwi market. Geez guys, you can’t expect to find someone outside your nation and there not be repercussions… What’s that called again?
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Critics are raving about Wild Horse Nine… but I’m gonna need a pacifc review please and thank you.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New Zealand is so hilariously petty. Before the All Blacks vs. Springboks match everything was front page, and then as soon as we lost it was banished to the sports section.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
On Tim Curry, Dolly Parton, and Optimus Prime… www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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The cultural giants whose greatest gift was human connection
OPINION: In 1986, if you happened to be a child leaving Maidstone Cinema with your father after watching the animated film Transformers, it would be (and it was) a very natural reaction to find yourse...
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I know it comes in threes. I know this. But this week they have ROBBED us.
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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry had one of the most varied and fun movie careers of all time. Man never looked like he wasn’t having a riot in whatever project he was doing. He’d steal movies and have you smirking at him doing it. God, what a week.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Watching the British Media unironically pivot from harassing Jason Arday into harassing Meghan Markle is just painful. Turns out empathy and self-awareness last one full pay cycle.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
For anyone who doesn’t follow UK politics: Farage = Argentina Binface = Spain
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 11/08/2026
Pip Adam's novel Audition is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Here, Pip (@pipadam.bsky.social) introduces the book, then reads from the novel's opening pages. More about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
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Pip Adam reads from "Audition"
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
That concludes the New Zealand leadership challenge for August. Please join us in a month for the September challenge…
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
First question to whoever is PM at the end of the day: “Are you willing to fire Winston Peters?” If the answer is “no” then it’s not a leadership change, it’s a shift swap
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tickets and tour dates available from www.jamesnokise.com
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
To be clear; Winston Peters was so racist… that the Prime Minister is calling for a referendum on MMP
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Wrote about the lack of care in the rollout of Wellington’s new water bills. A niche topic perhaps, but one people are really fired up about. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Welcome to Wellington’s great water bill shock
OPINION: So how’s your water bill? Sorry. You probably didn’t need that.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Whoever at Tiaki Wai looked at those first round of invoices and didn’t think some PR might be in order is either hilariously delusional or trying to change the government.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s been a time for Pacific Rugby… also the new Lomu film is out; thespinoff.co.nz/sports/30-07...
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Pacific rugby’s bad year just got even worse
'You can’t call it the Pacific Nations Cup if two of your main Pacific nations aren’t there...'
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Gotta love NZ where there’s a severe 5.5 near Ruapehu, but no staff on the news night desks to write it up… Ah well back to sleep Aotearoa, and please stay asleep Ruapehu #eqnz
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If the initials of my political party contained N and Z, I wouldn’t be chest thumping about being nationalist… www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Shane Jones positions NZ First as 'nationalist', continues swipes at migrants
Shane Jones says looking after "our own people" isn't racist, it's what a nationalist party that represents the interests of New Zealanders protects.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A privilege of being in NZ is that when a white man genuinely yells the N-Word at a POC multiple times, it’s like a bomb went off. Those racial slurs were like verbal shrapnel echoing around Welly train station. Then the racist tried to ride and security went “No, you have to leave. Now.”
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Pour one out for Sam Neil, preferably a Two Paddocks
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 02/07/2026
Happy 30th birthday to Stakes is High www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImDo...
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De La Soul - Stakes Is High (With Intro) (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by DeLaSoulVEVO
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Giramondo Publishing @giramondobooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Just announced: Audition by Pip Adam has been shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! ✨ Learn more: bit.ly/4vyqLhv
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Audition by Pip Adam shortlisted for Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction | Giramondo Publishing
Audition by Pip Adam has been shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction 2026. The prize is given to a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction.
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Jake Shapiro @shapalicious.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Reminders of the Nuggets 2026 postseason are everywhere
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Local Resister @projectspacetime.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Oh, look. A proper reflecting pond.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Can’t blame the Chiefs for forgetting the Finals was this weekend and only showing up at the last minute
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New Zealand… still Undefeated!!!
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elliepnw.bsky.social @elliepnw.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick
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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🌈 TODAY!!!!! Every dollar donated to Sweat with Pride will be doubled thanks to 2degrees, AA Insurance, ASB &Auckland Council- up to $50,000! 🌈 www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...
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pip adam • Sweat with Pride
I’m taking on Sweat with Pride this June to raise money for our Rainbow communities! 💦🌈 Our schools, workplaces, and doctors’ offices are still not safe places for many Rainbow New Zealanders and it’s...
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.
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The Prophet Obblonge @theprophetobblonge.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
San Antonio just raised the rainbow pride flag at city hall, under the state flag and above the Spurs flag
San Antonio Gay Pride Flag
Made by Dixie Flag
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/06/2026
Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My God, Lynda Topp The Icon you are.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Mark Mitchell added a new holiday home in Bali, Indonesia,” Mitchell is the Minister of Police, Minister of Corrections, and Minister for Ethnic Communities… and a holiday home in Bali should tell Pasifika all they need to know about him.
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Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Former Wellington mayor turned NZ First MP Andy Foster says he claims the $36k annual accommodation subsidy because "the cost of owning a home in Wellington is not cheap". thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-...
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NZ First MP Andy Foster claims $36k top-up to stay in home he’s owned for 26 years
The former Wellington mayor says he claims the accommodation subsidy because 'the cost of owning a home in Wellington is not cheap'.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A heartbreaking, yet somehow appropriate ending for Moana Pasifika.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
It’s been a week… www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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The cold and the cruel: A stocktake of a week in politics
OPINION: Nicola Willis has never been elected as an MP in Wellington, and most likely never will be after this Budget.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Stephen Colbert is an outstanding television host (who employs an amazing staff) and it's a real drag that The Late Show is ending because some business overlords needed to give the president sweet little forehead kisses so he would bless their insatiable greed.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Was up most of the night re-writing One Night Rant for #Auckland, because in the last 48hrs the govt has shown that it’s policies will be made from a cold cruelty covered with a veneer of unqualified “common sense”. So a brand new show for the 09 www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/one-night-...
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One Night Rant with James Nokise
Don’t miss a brilliant night of comedy with award-winning comedian James Nokise. It is an election year so there is plenty to rant about.
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"protecting women and girls" this was YESTERDAY
RespectEd Aotearoa will close in August after exhausting its reserves following the withdrawal of government funding.

For ten years, RespectEd Aotearoa has worked in the spaces where sexual violence begins. It has delivered comprehensive programmes that recognise everyone’s right to live free from harm. It has helped organisations build cultures where respect is genuinely understood and expected.

That work is ending in August.

RespectEd was founded in 2015 by Wellington Rape Crisis, WellStop, and HELP. These organisations understand the human cost of sexual violence and the limits of response-only or piece-meal approaches to sexual violence, RespectEd was created to fill this gap.

"We are not closing because the need has gone away," says Jan Logie, Chair of the Board of RespectEd Aotearoa. "We are closing because the funding did. And those are very different things.

"Government estimates that there are 209,000 incidents of sexual violence per year. This is larger than the population of Wellington, and yet the Government's decision to end funding forces the only specialist sexual violence prevention organisation in Wellington to close.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
All I’ll say is that it’s probably a good thing for #wellington that One Night Rant wasn’t this week. Be a 2hr opus based on the public sector cuts.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Looking at the options for Labour Leader in the UK… is the square head mandatory?
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Laughing at Power: How a new generation of Kiwi comics is turning politics into punchlines
From social media clips to sold-out shows, a new wave of NZ comedians is using humour to talk about politics, identity, and everyday life. But they say it comes with pressure, risk, and a need to be h...
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Shams Charania Tweets @shamsbot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
13-year NBA veteran Jason Collins has died at 47 years old after a battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma. Collins was the first active, openly gay player in NBA history. RIP.
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It’s #Wellingtons favourite game: Strong Gust or 4.1 Earthquake ?
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James Nokise @jamesnokise.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Shout out to Kiwi climate change deniers in the face of what has now become New Zealand experiencing its monthly Storm of the Year.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 05/05/2026
This was a gathering of oligarchs at a time when most New Yorkers are meting out their nickels on the grocery store line, hoping they can afford the inflated price of bread.
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Alexa, Show Me a Shitty Ass Met Gala
Jeff Bezos's party sucked.
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