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Princess Buttercup ☠

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East Polynesia born & raised. She/her. Queer. Tangata Tiriti (Inuk/Pākehā). Whakapapa to lands far away. He mana tō te kupu.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 3h
To celebrate this awesome wētapunga news, I feel like I should reshare a vid of the needle felted version I made for @sophiehunt.bsky.social last year! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink
Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 1h
DM be like...
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Alexis Rose Says 'Anyway' in Schitt's Creek
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 7h
When I was about 8 I watched the incredible melting man and the OG picnic at hanging rock. Was not all bothered by the dude who flew a bit close to the sun, but disappearing without a trace - that freaked me out 😂
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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 13h
The Act/NZF manifesto proposals to abolish the Waitangi Tribunal or end its contemporary claims jurisdiction are concerning for a number of reasons. Esp troubling is the claim (here eg from NZF) that the tribunal is interfering in the law-making process in an undemocratic way.
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 04/10/2026
Siouxsie and her indefatigable fighting for our collective health and for the safety of her colleagues at universities in Aotearoa. I know her a bit and am grateful for time spent with her. She's not typical. None of what she's done is easy. We are all better off for her mahi.
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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tamatha's commentary makes the Brentness of the video bareable.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Green Party put CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKER on a t-shirt challenge: Entirely Possible
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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So, yeah, this happened early hours this morning in Dijon France.
Top banner, burnt orange colour with the black and white Huia logo in the middle. Under that, in green background is a photo of the French cover of Charlie Tangaroa et la Creature Des Abyssses and smaller version of English Charlie. Top left corner are the words '2006 Etoiles bleues Literary Prize' and bottom right corner is a white Huia logoAccolades in France for Māori YA novel

Aotearoa author Tania Roxborogh wins Génération Mer award for Charlie Tangaroa

Author Tania Roxborogh has won a 2026 Génération Mer literary award for the French edition of her children’s novel Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea.

The novel has been named the winner of the Étoiles Bleues – Ados category, an award celebrating books that engage readers aged 13 to 18 with marine life and the ocean.  

Originally produced in Aotearoa by Huia Publishers, Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea was published in France by Au Vent des Îles and translated into French by Christine Roth.Roxborogh said she was deeply honoured that Charlie’s story had found another home with readers on the other side of the world.

‘It means a great deal to me that a story about a Māori boy from Aotearoa New Zealand has crossed the ocean and been welcomed in France. Stories connect us, and I think our oceans connect us too.

‘In Charlie Tangaroa, the sea isn’t simply the setting for the story. Charlie’s identity and whakapapa are connected to Tangaroa and to the moana. If we understand the ocean as something we are in relationship with, rather than simply something we own and use, that changes how we behave towards it.

‘I’m enormously grateful to Génération Mer for recognising Charlie’s story, to Christian Robert and the team at Au Vent des Îles for bringing the book to French readers, and especially to Christine Roth, whose translation has allowed French children to connect with Charlie and his world.’ Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea follows Charlie, a Māori boy who discovers he has an extraordinary connection to the ocean and the creatures within it. The novel draws on pūrākau, whakapapa and mātauranga Māori while asking questions about the relationship between people and the natural world. It combines wild adventure and humour with themes of belonging, identity and care for the environment.

The Génération Mer award adds an international honour to a book that has already received significant recognition in Aotearoa.

Roxborogh said she was ‘delighted’ to share the news.

‘When you write a story that is grounded so firmly in Aotearoa, you don’t necessarily know whether readers thousands of kilometres away will see themselves in it. This award reminds me that the particular can also be universal. Charlie can remain completely himself—a Māori kid from Aotearoa—and still make a connection with a young reader in France.’
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
First Labour policy that has made me go “oh nice one 👏🏽🙌🏽”
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's like they had a crystal ball 🧐 #nzpol
Front page and by NZCTU in the herald Sept 2023 with a picture of Luxon saying "Out of touch. Too much risk."
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is so racist it doesn't make sense to people who aren't racist. Like, seeing a dude with a facial moko smiling at you should not make you freak out (also I DREAM of Chippy being in TPM's pocket, he'd have better policies) #nzpol
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☕️Caffeinated Weka☕️ @cafeweka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got my 18-year-old nephew to enroll for elections last night. It took three minutes online. “Is that all it takes?” he asked. Yep, simple. 😊
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the questions I wanted to ask the TOP candidate at the Mt Vic debate, who said a lot of the "right" things and talked a good game about transp., was how can I trust you when you're funded by the same donors as ACT? But the mods only allowed one patai from the audience - pre-chosen. #nzpol
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well that was an interesting debate hosted by the Mt Vic residents association for Wellington North. ACT didn't turn up, the NZF and Nats candidates got the reception their parties deserved. Disappointed by Ayesha Verral not committing to reinstate Te aka whai ora. Boooo. #nzpol
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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
20 years ago I was leading the West Coast DHB, and we were working to lead thinking and practice on rural health services. A point that I made was that the difficulties sustaining services in rural areas would become more intense and would progressively impact on services outside the biggest cities
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because of gender and ethnic pay gaps in Aotearoa, Pacific women are now working for free until the end of the year. This election year, we need to vote for pay equity. It’s the only way to make sure that all working people are respected, valued, and paid what they’re owed. #nzpol
Tile showing a rally march with people carrying signs and flags. Text reads: “From today until the end of the year Pacific women are working for free because of gender and ethnic pay gaps. Working for Free Calendar.' Flower logo reads “Respect Us, Value Us, Pay Us.” Footer text: “*Stats NZ Household Labour Force Survey 2026.”
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GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/t... Keep the conversation up!
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Why I laughed when I was sounded out for a seat on the Taxpayers' Union board
Comment: Sunlight is the best disinfectant and that is what Nicky Hager has exposed the work of the Taxpayers’ Union to, says Lianne Dalziel
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
60% increase in voter registration from overseas!!!! No, that is not a typo. #nzpol 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You know if a bunch of hackers, whose mad skills are exactly who they think they are, wanted to bust open all the lives of the Cornell rapists and their 50 plus enablers forever and ever, so there's no sunlight that can't touch them. I'd be okay with that.
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April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza) Sips Tea in Parks and Rec
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Always amused when I see someone responding to the Greens releasing a socialist sounding policy with "the original Greens would be rolling on their graves!" etc. The first crop of Green MPs included a former member of the Socialist Action League and a former member of the Workers Communist League
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know this is a really uncomfortable convo to have, but we can't keep pretending that justice in this country is colour-blind. Tell me with a straight face that Arthur Finegan would have received the sympathy of the court if he Maori/Pasifika and had brutally assaulted a whitefella. #nzpol
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026
Nicola’s ferries won’t arrive until 2029, if ever. IREX would’ve been sailing by now and cost less that just one of National’s new RONs, that they now also can’t build. You only have a few weeks left to enrol. If you aren’t enrolled, your vote is like Nicola’s ferries. non-existent. #nzpol
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
like... is this malicious compliance on the part of an outsourced social media team
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember when RNZ used to be good?
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As some relief from the PREFU and general electioneering, here's some embroidery I found in the Salvation Army today. Cherries, and dandelions, and little rabbits, and a bit of ANXIETY.
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why is it when there's an almost empty carriage some random guy wants to invade your personal space rather than choosing any other seat?* Just pick any other seat if there's a whole carriage with like two people in it. Don't make it weird and uncomfortable. *I moved to another carriage.
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The official death toll is around 70k. They think we are stupid.
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. Like the day after parliament starts. Do it. Fundamentally this is the least we can do to make meaningful change in our stark health inequities. @greens.org.nz
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think the media are really out of touch with how much women want pay equity for all women #NZPol
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If these numbers were repeated on election night, The Greens would have 20 MPs. One of them would be New Zealands first Palestinian MP www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/28/p... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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Poll: Greens surge to best result ever as National, Labour slide further
The 1News Verian poll result would give the party 19 MPs if repeated in November’s election.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NZ's far-right, anti-science, anti-vaccine, disinfo, & conspiracy accounts (which demonstrate considerable imbrication through network bridging, & bonding effects) are increasingly vocal about Nov's general election, & influencing voting behaviours to dismiss, & decry Labour, & Greens. #nzpol
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aim high bitches.
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Alice Soper @alicesoapbox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even more relevant given most recent polls
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The moon was huge over Pōneke this morning. Enrol to vote e te whānau. #nzpol
From Vivian st looking towards Victoria University of Wellington a large moon sets with Meow nui in foreground.
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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These new Enid Blyton stories are a bit bleak for me
Five arrested on terrorism charges after explosives found near RAF base used by US
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That one chin hair.
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Jon Snow Battle
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NYC Deputy Mayor Julie Su: I think that’s part of the magic of Mayor Mamdani. What he believes deeply in is that government has an active role to play in shaping the economy, in shaping the city, and in making sure that working people have what they deserve.
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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Uuugh! #nzpol
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A couple of months back I saw these health promotion posters and it immediately reminded me of this paper 🧵
A hapu māmā stands in between the words nurture the future within.A poster which was next to the previous one saying nurture the future within and we are tomorrow's ancestors. Keep pregnancy alcohol free.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...
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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.
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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"For nearly 18 months the Crown repeatedly informed claimants, the Tribunal, and the public of its intention to develop alternative plans in lieu of Te Aka Whai Ora, but these intentions did not materialise and were not reflected in Crown action." - Waitangi Tribunal. #NzPol
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Waitangi Tribunal finds Crown had no clear plan for Māori health after scrapping Te Aka Whai Ora
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Government had no clear alternative plan for Māori health when it scrapped Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority.
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you tired of Aotearoa New Zealand’s politics being dominated by racism and xenophobia? We’re sick of it, and we’re fighting back. SAVE THE DATE: 17 October, and follow our friends @workersfirstunion.bsky.social to stay in the loop. #nzpol
Green graphic featuring headshots of David Seymour and Winston Peters beside the text: “Tired of racism and xenophobia ruining New Zealand politics?” Large text reads: “Save the date: October 17.” Additional text says: “Time to fight back. All Workers United.” NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi logo appears at bottom left, Workers First logo appears at bottom right.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Clandestine campaigns, and cancerous carriers: The Taxpayers’ Union’s corrosive circulation www.linkedin.com/pulse/clande... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/c... (WordPress) #nzpol #disinformation #InfluenceOperations #ElectoralIntegrity #astroturfing
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Clandestine campaigns, and cancerous carriers: The Taxpayers’ Union’s corrosive circulation
Nicky Hager launched Dirty Work: The Taxpayers’ Union and New Zealand’s Hard Right to a crowd of hundreds at Unity Books in Wellington on 22 September 2026, fewer than 50 days before the general elect...
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To be honest, when I read the book on Wednesday, this was my reaction: ‘But… we know all this already & no one cares…’ But Nicky’s point is that we should NOT be looking to whether others care. We must decide what WE care about. That’s how the Overton window shifts back to where it should be
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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nicky Hager book is unusual because its main thesis seems to be "they are just doing all this bad faith money-for-racism stuff in plain sight and the media don't seem to perceive it as bad" Media: "Hmm this Hager book has no revelations in it, we knew all this already, oh well carry on as normal"
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don’t be left sitting on the sidelines, make sure you’re enrolled to vote!
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Princess Buttercup ☠ @sckitupbttrcp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The mayors are big mad. Sucks to be the coalition. #nzpol
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Jason Kemp @dialogcrm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here is a list of the attacks on Māori and Te Tiriti from @emilywrites.co.nz #nzpol This is not a government that anyone can support at all. I was told recently that even John Key has been telling Nats to lay off on the Māori bashing. I hope it is true but ? www.emilywrites.co.nz/r/031a9de5?m...
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A list of (almost) every government attack on Māori and Te Tiriti
Not too long ago I was discussing the government and their attacks on Te Tiriti with a group of people. One of them said I know there's been the Treaty Principles Bill, but has there really been much ...
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