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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 11h

Coach spam. Translated is: enroll to vote & vote out this shit govt

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This bullshit is going into the novel

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Institutions need to understand that saying there are free therapy sessions does not absolve them from the responsibility to ensure the safety of staff wellbeing. I said, this person is at risk. Their response? Thanks for letting us know & btw, he can call this number if he needs to.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Brilliant episode open.spotify.com/episode/3IWM... Play it while your annoying uncle is visiting

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The Tax Tea Part Two with Shamubeel Eaqub

Both Sides Now · Episode

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

don't drink alcohol any more (wish I did/could), have to careful of the other drug (sugar), can't exercise (fkn foot), online content is a dumpster fire. Only respite is immerse myself in my crime WIP - hypnotically satisfying writing about all the shit I've seen in education the past 35 years

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I'M Very Good At Revenge Esther Roklov

ALT: I'M Very Good At Revenge Esther Roklov

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I can't hate this govt more. And the people who think National's policies are a good thing/human thing to do make me despair of our society

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Off to my foster father's funeral. @pepperraccoon.com piwakawaka art on display. He always said of me that l was small but fierce

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And now Coach has done something This is NOT him doing his 'limp' trick. Sigh

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think we need more stories of good bastards doing good stuff for others.

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6if... NB: there were at least 32 false or misleading statements made by PM Luxon (Hipkins 1, corrected in real time)

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The Leader's Debate: Fact Checked.

YouTube video by Paul… The Other One

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Take a moment to read this message from my teina. Like me, a childhood of abuse, trauma, instability. She's all the neg statistics of Māori & poverty, life of violent partners. Never could afford a dr. Now it's too late. Stage 4 inoperable I can't be there.

Screen shot of a message from my younger sister after her first day of treatment:

ok I won't know hw it will be in coply days they reckon ...nausea and diarrhea etc among others sis my anxiety thru the roof and tears jst streaming jst wen eva i feelin very sorry for that Lil 9 year girl sharon-Lee...

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Went to the launch of Motion Sickness by Michelle Elvy at Scorpio Books in Ōtautahi tonight. Privileged to be asked to read a couple of poems. James Norcliffe launched it. A few other poets spoke as well. So many clever words. The book is beautiful

Photo of Tania and Michelle Elvy. Michelle is holding a copy of her new book of poetry 'Motion Sickness' Michelle is wearing a lovely a bright magenta-pink scarf. Tania, on the left, wears a black jacket with a greenstone pendant and several pins and brooches. Bookshelves and other people are visible in the background.

James Norcliffe (man in his late 70s, lots of hair, grey, wearing glasses) speaking into a mic at a podium. To his left, four copies of the new book of poetry Motion Sickness. Different coloured covers: yellow, blue, pinkish, light purple.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

why are patients the ones who have to follow up with the specialist? A referral sent on the 17th of Sept. I rang on the 21st. Receptionist; yes we'll make an appointment. Crickets Rang just now; made an appointment. If I hadn't rung, when would an appointment have been made? (done via private)

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Remember. We have to make this a one term Government so the coalition parties all get the message that we will never tolerate their toxic punch-down racist bullshit ever again.💩4️⃣🧠🥚 #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just learned that one of my foster fathers, (Martin) died last night. He was a farmer and a jokester and an all round good human being. Moi mai rā e te rangatira. I was NOT an easy kid to foster but I learnt so much (about farming, family, the McLean clan) from him.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wonder how many people, like me, appreciate the 'connections' of social media like Bluesky? I used to enjoy the engagement of hundreds of people at school (staff, students, parents) but now I am mostly confined to my lovely home with just Coach for company (& hubby in the evenings).

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you took the $800 million National want to spend on 11km of road and shared it equally between all South Island Councils they'd each get $38 million to spend on roads which would have a wider net positive on roads than 11km of north Christchurch highway.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Chatting to Vet Girl (re Coach). Also, read her the latest chapter of my WIP. 'Mum,' she sez. 'THAT IS SO FRICKEN GOOD! I could see it all and those two women are hilarious!' High praise from the best writer's critic

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I listened to the PM this morning on RNZ. I have no words to express how much I LOATHE the man. He's just so appalling & smarmy & gives me the ick & arrogant & shallow & petty & rude & selfish & childish & I want to say I hate him but I don't but I would if I could

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today's looking like a win: despite a night of pain, I've had a shower, washed my hair (this is a big deal see photo), shaved my legs (bc I like to), got dressed including compression stockings. I even made my own coffee. Drugs are kicking in & I'm brave enough to listen to @trabaq.bsky.social

61 year old woman staring (far too) wide eyed into the camera. Long brown hair (still damp), behind me is a book shelf - not The Thirteenth Tale by Dianna Setterfield - it's a signed copy. Oh, and Carl Nixon's The Waters

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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yesterday's efforts in which my friend's beloved cat Marlow (RIP) a chunky Burmese, appears in all his attitude to make the scene interesting. Now I want a kitten

screen shot of Scrivener app chapter 10 Honor with some shitty first draft writing. The most important this is the wee progress box overlaid that contains the numbers of words (15613 of 70,00 words) and session target 2292 of 1000)

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

FYI It's my right to block anyone who follows me and I don't have to justify. But, just in case you're curious, it will be because I can gather NO information from your profile: that your are a real person, that you are safe, that you care about the welfare of others

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

a person I've known for a long time just started on their sobriety journey. Different to mine but much of the material is similar eg 12 steps. I've been sober 15 years but am encouraged as we converse about the steps & the promises. This is their 2nd week attending meetings. That's courage

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Stabilo: Progress Not Perfection Lettering

ALT: Stabilo: Progress Not Perfection Lettering

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I remember how anti Three Waters almost everyone on our community page was. Well, guess what? If we had three waters, this wouldn't be happening like this

Screen shot of someone's water bill and a message that says: So finally received our first water bill too! Actual water usage is $27.58 and the fixed charges are $310.44!!! I’m disgusted! #lydiaglidden how can you justify this rubbish?

There are twenty comments all ignoring the obvious

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My new WIP has a character whose 'go to' quips are Shakespearean; maybe this is why I'm having so much fun. Another MC is an acerbic recovered alcoholic The third is a sweet historian with a photographic memory in his 3rd year teaching. What's not to love? (as in the writing process)

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Whoever wrote episode 3 of A remarkable place to die absolutely smashed it. That hui was incredible

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You have no idea how buoyed l've been by your generous messages. It's hard to celebrate good things but we must. Ka mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Now, let's vote this fucken govt out.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So, yeah, this happened early hours this morning in Dijon France.

Accolades 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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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Post (and every other media outlet) laundering its editorial racism thought the advertising department is still racist. Pass it on. #nzpol

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

15 hours until I can share my very good news. It's been a shit old time in my whānau - immediate, in law and extended so this will be a lovely respite but I can't share yet. Time difference and all that and, still...

Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some things I love about being a writer in ANZ: being friends with my book heroes being able to email a FAMOUS writer who is just interviewed & have him email back within ten mins having FAMOUS writers say how much they loved my book(s) telling others YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH THEIR FAVOURITE WRITER. lol

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mum just rang: they're starting sis on chemo Monday. Taku teina has the type of esophageal cancer that is fast moving & secondary liver. She's been given 6 months without treatment; 12 with The specialist said 'if your family had 100k, we could give a drug that would fix you." Can this be correct?

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have lost a ring bought with my first royalty payment. It was a small diamond. Suspect it got sucked up by the vacuum this year. Not worth much (I paid $600 for it in the early 2000s). I hate having lost things. I just spent an hour looking for a photo album given to me by students. Found that

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There ARE still amazing people in this world. One of them is Fleur Beale who I am lucky enough to count as friend & mentor. She is so generous: in 2004, she hosted me & a group of students from Kelston Girls so we could attend the uni Schools Poetry workshops www.thesapling.co.nz/screens-frie...

Photo of three women on a couch: Fleur Beale, student (Neha, wearing lovely light blue pjs) and the author.

A group of students (from Kelston Girls - Indian, Pakistani, Cook Island, Malaysian, European) in warm clothes on a sunny day in Wellington outside the Victoria Uni Kelburn Campus sign (this was 2004)

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

www.instagram.com/reel/Dd23gOr... #nzpol

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Text message from my mum while l was at physio. Meanwhile asshats in this world are arsehatting

Screen shot of a text message
Hi love, Not good news for Sharon, Dr's have said stage 4 and they cant operate ..

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jumped online to a wānaga via Massey Uni re using Ai in research. Lots to think about (FD: I asked Ai to provide ALT text for the images because my brain didn't know how to do it)

A presentation slide titled “AI Quick Check: Before using AI,” showing a three-step decision process. Step 1 – Stop and check: asks whether secure or security-related information, including passwords, credentials or access details, will be entered. If yes, remove it before using AI; if no, continue. Step 2: asks whether the proposed use involves personal information; someone else’s work, including teaching, research or student work; Māori data or mātauranga Māori; an AI tool that could expose information to unauthorised users; AI contributing to a decision affecting a person, group or community; agentic AI capable of taking actions; or AI providing advice without qualified human review. If any apply, complete the organisation’s AI Use Screening Procedure before proceeding; otherwise continue. Step 3 – Choose an approved AI tool: select a tool appropriate to the proposed use and level of data risk, consulting the Approved AI Systems and Information List and seeking advice where necessary. A footer emphasises continuing responsibilities: remain accountable for decisions and work, review AI outputs for accuracy, bias, relevance and completeness, disclose AI use where required, keep appropriate records, and use professional or academic judgement rather than allowing AI to replace it.

A presentation slide titled “AI for Research Students: From Red to Green,” with the subtitle “The boundary shifts as you gain experience.” It asks researchers to consider: “Am I saving time on something I can already do, or am I skipping practice I still need?” The slide uses a traffic-light framework. Red – I need to do this myself covers work with high learning value or high risk if outsourced: tasks that build core disciplinary capability, require original judgement, interpretation or argument, cannot yet be independently explained or defended, or where errors could affect rigour, quality or academic integrity. Amber – use with care covers tasks where AI can assist but outputs need checking, the researcher can evaluate quality using sources, methods or expertise, some thinking is involved, and human judgement remains essential. Green – good to leverage covers low-stakes support for tasks the researcher already knows how to do, particularly routine, mechanical or administrative work where outputs are easy to verify and errors are easy to correct. A footer states that researchers remain responsible for verifying outputs and evidence, protecting confidential data, keeping records, declaring AI use, and discussing disciplinary norms with supervisors.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I can't think why this NZ primary teacher gave Charlie one star - the only thing I can think is that she hated how much Māori is in the novel

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your friendly reminder that Ben Thomas isn't a "political commentator". He's a for-hire spinner whose c.v. skews heavily right. No matter how disingenuous or straight-up dishonest, he's NEVER going to speak any inconvenient truths that will mess with his money. #nzpol

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Barbarella Stormforce @barbarasturmfels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A thing to remember about the Green Party's proposed wealth tax is that wealthy people will still be wealthy after they've paid the tax.

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026

Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have spent since 4am (non DS time) working on the 90 mins presentation I'll be making at 2pm today. I've got 30 mins to shower & get dressed & get in the car. I'm knackered before I even start. This is how I know I'm still broken

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Everyday is a good time to say "Fuck you Winston Peters" #nzpol

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Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We were told 'Don't use the word ākonga. Use learner'. Told this came from Seymour

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