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Joanna Kidman

@joannakidman.bsky.social
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Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Indigenous sociologist at large. Doing stuff on political violence. ND. Posting in personal capacity

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Professor Mohan Dutta @mohanjdutt.bsky.social on civility and speaking out. culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/09/fk-c...
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F*#%K Civility!
Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Is anyone else watching the gorgeously storied 'This is Home' on Whakaata Māori? I'm in absolute awe of the story tellers who wrote it and the actors and production team who brought it to life.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dame Margaret Clark, mentor and friend www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingto...
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Trailblazing political scientist, former Human Rights Commissioner, dies aged 85
She was New Zealand’s first woman professor of political science.
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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Well, you get what you pay for I guess.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Richard Dawkins, who has previously led online attacks on Māori scholars, is one of the more prominent online trolls who mounted a vitriolic online crusade against Prof Jason Arday. He is now on X trolling a Muslim scholar at Cambridge. The howls of white rage continue unabated.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I hope international media outlets will now give equal time, coverage and outrage to white academics who have plagiarised and made stuff up. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
His family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday.
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A piece I wrote the other day about AI and stolen books. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
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Stolen Books
When it comes to AI, call me a sceptic. It doesn’t help that five of my books were illegally downloaded by Anthropic for AI ‘training’ purposes according to...
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M R. X. Dentith @mrxdentith.com · 25/08/2025
Just your occasional reminder that Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury regularly claims that Grant is the best columnist in the country…
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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...
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Kupe and Cook: Names of new Cook Strait ferries announced
The two new Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook.
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Avery Smith @averysmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Taxpayers' Union doesn't just advocate for lower taxes. Our research found they actively construct a political identity, 'taxpayer citizenship', that promotes who deserves rights in Aotearoa. Here's what it's made of. 🔻 buff.ly/MIayuwQ #NZPolitics #Aotearoa #TaxpayerCitizenship
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Kyle Matthews @kylermatthews.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Today my colleagues and I are releasing the first outputs from our research 'Who Counts as a Taxpayer? The Taxpayers' Union and Citizenship Rights in Aotearoa'. It's an in depth look at how the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union associates citizenship rights with paying tax www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFuQ...
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Who Counts as a Taxpayer? Video 1
YouTube video by Who Counts as a Taxpayer
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Well, well, well. New Zealand Initiative staffing decisions are fascinating - former NZI chief editor, Nathan Smith, a far-right blogger exposed in 2020, and now this. 👀 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Climate briefing note sent to PM's chief policy adviser, it has been revealed
The staffer received a document from Fonterra and Z Energy that made suggestions for a potential law change.
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards @ockhamnzbookawards.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Whakamihi @tinamakereti.bsky.social winner of the Ockhams General Non-Fiction Award 2026! @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
And the Ockham award for nonfiction goes to Tina Makereti!!! YES!!!
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Russell in the Wops @matuajacob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The most blunt anti-muslim campaigns of history reennacted just a few blocks away from Al Noor Mosque. They know better. #nzpol
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I had one of those weirdly life-changing converations yesterday when a colleague I haven't seen in years made some random comments in passing that left me totally revising my major work-life and life priorities. I'm still kind of reeling but yeah. Wow. Definitely the right guy at the right time.🤯
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
You can't fight racism with more racism and that's all I have to say on the matter.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Jonathan Ayling touting himself as a"diversity hire"? Oh wait... he's serious.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Vindicated! Every so often in this angry old world, there's a win. Nice one, Sanjana. #@sanjanah.bsky.social www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
stuff.co.nz
Julian Batchelor ‘wholly unsuccessful’ in defamation claim against TVNZ
Julian Batchelor’s defamation claim against TVNZ has been thrown out.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The vast majority of Māori children end up in state schools and despite the current 'browning' of charter schools IMO we have a mokopunatanga responsibility to stand and fight in those spaces where Te Tiriti is breached daily. Neither system sufficiently shifts the political dial for our tamariki.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua Feeling some very big 'feels' as I read this. Arohanui e hoa xx @lajacq.bsky.social e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...
e-tangata.co.nz
Jacquie Kidd: Living while dying | E-Tangata
“Living while dying, grieving while anticipating, good days and appalling days, happiness and despair, all co-exist quite comfortably within te ao Māori.” — Jacquie Kidd, on how whakapapa has guided h...
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Nicola Willis getting a tad snarky with Jenna Lynch at today's post-Cabinet press conference. And now Tova's broken ranks and asked the PM the question that dare not speak its name-will you still be the leader? Willis seems to be heaving big sighs but she may have taken a diazepam ahead of time
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Is TVNZ seriously not going to cover the latest poll tonight? We had to tune into TV3 news. Political interference, perhaps?🤷
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Amelia Shevenell @ashevenell.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
So... will there be a challenge to the Labour Party leadership or not? With all these damn redundancies, most of my sources have left the building, and the stalwarts of the Wellington rumour mill are as confused as a bunch of headless chooks. They may as well be speaking Klingon.
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Tina Makereti @tinamakereti.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
It was a huge honour to speak with Avery on this podcast a while back. I’m looking forward to listening to this final episode. A huge loss to see the Unsettling Extremism podcast and He Whenua Taurikura close. Mauri ora @averysmith.bsky.social @joannakidman.bsky.social
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Avery Smith @averysmith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
As He Whenua Taurikura closes its doors, this final episode distils years of research into a narrative about what extremism really threatens: not just physical safety, but the fundamental human need to belong and our ideas of peace. open.spotify.com/episode/3umc... #populism #GRT #islamophobia
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
67,906 days (or 2,231 months) later... and sovereignty still not ceded. Never ceded.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
... Umm, hello? Mr Luxon?...This is Venezuela calling. ... ? Yeah gidday, we can't take your call right now. Please leave your message after the beep. ... Okaay, it's just that the Rules-Based International Order has broken down and... [BEEEEP]
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Over-hearing Avis rental car staff at Christchurch airport yesterday charging a price-gouging $4000 for one car for one week to an overseas tourist. Attempting to get us to sign a rental car agreement without providing the actual agreement. Cowboys!
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Say what now?! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
"When decisions become contentious, the backstops to resolve conflict tend to be drawn from western practices, and include things like a reliance on centralised authority, closed-door meetings, and formal votes": Sasha McMeeking e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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Which mandate matters most? | E-Tangata
“Māori institutions can’t rely on formal mandates alone. If we want legitimacy that endures, we need to design institutions that reflect our own power dynamics.” — Sacha McMeeking.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I've signed our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...
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Protect Te Tiriti in Education
Aotearoa should be a place where everyone, regardless of their background, is respected and part of a vibrant connected community. Where everyone feels a sense of belonging and knows their children wi...
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
"Knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing." Freire calls this the 'banking system of education' This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.” ― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
“If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed” ― Paulo Freire
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.” ― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (It's a Freirean kind of day)
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know. www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Picking a fight with teachers? Good luck with that.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Can any public servants help please (if there are any left): Te Puni Kokiri used to administer Te Pūtake o te Riri fund but its disappeared off the TPK website. Am I right in assuming this funding has been cut? Is there any govt funding for Rā Maumahara now or do iwi carry this entirely on their own
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
An intriguing take on the libertarian philosophers who run the NZ branch of the Atlas Network www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
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The core reason why the coalition is failing
OPINION: Given the mess Labour left, why aren't National and ACT light years ahead in the polls?
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/op...
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Oppose the Amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area Act
Join us in calling on the government to immediately halt all progress on the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This is truly shameful legislation. The government is once again showing contempt for the rule of law. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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'Mean-spirited': Māori lawyer joins calls to stop marine and coastal rights law changes
Veteran Māori lawyer Annette Sykes says the government has to stop a law making it harder to get customary marine title.
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
(Teacher educators take note>>>) 'Uphold Te Tiriti so that tamariki can learn in their reo, within their tikanga, and on their whenua. Honour Te Tiriti so that whānau, hapū, and iwi see their histories and knowledge valued' e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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Erasing Te Tiriti in education | E-Tangata
“We shoulder the burden of ensuring that Te Tiriti lives in our classrooms, even when government policy tries to erase it.” — Rongopai Kira, deputy principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu...
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Advance copy of the new book.
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I will be down at Marsden Books, Karori, this Saturday 11 October at 12.30pm to sign books and stuff for Bookshop Day. Come along if you are in the area.
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.
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Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...
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Andrew Todd @ IAWG @andrewtodd.co.nz · 04/10/2025
We went from "ban guns" to "manufacture guns" in six years 🙃
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Govt plan to make weapons for export
Defence Minister Judith Collins wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies. The...
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
NZ academics... please take a moment to read this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter to UniSaver Board members 2025
Tēnā koe, University Workers for Palestine has been trying for over a year to get UniSaver, the preferred superannuation provider for most universities, to divest from Israel and companies complicit ...
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I have never in my life felt as ashamed of the settler state of New Zealand as I am today. #FreePalestineNow
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