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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 17/10/2026

It has been one week since our new intern (and my office mate) joined us. So far Nelson Nutmeg is doing very well adjusting. He's gotten a bit more adventurous and vocal. Still very chill and purry.

A black cat curled up on a green office chair. Eyes closed, but ears alert.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 17/10/2026

I have been enjoying the flower photos here. Got inspired to pull out the digital camera. Not too fancy or anything. But the macro setting works pretty well!

A photo of a honeybee gathering nectar from an apple blossom. The wings are folded over the back. The visible forelegs are covered in pollen.

A macro photo of a mānuka flower. The petals are light pink. The stamens kind of bend in towards the stigma. The centre is a darker pink /red.

A macro photo of apple tree flower buds. A cluster of them in the foreground. They are reddish in colour.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 15/10/2026

This is a table of the responses to the Save Science Coalition asks for public research. It doesn't take much effort to see which party is the party of public research and science. Please share around. #NZPOL 🇳🇿

This is a table: These questions were based on the Save Science Coalition’s items for an incoming government to focus on for the research and science sector, and were sent to all parties who were invited to the pre-election forum we hosted in August 2026.
If in government, will you...

The upshot is that ACT, and National did not respond. NZ 1s and TPM did for two questions, Labour answered yes 2/3rd and somewhat for the balance, Opportunity yes for 3/4 and 1/4 somewhat.

The Greens answered Yes for every ask.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 12/10/2026

Chose an easy one to start with. Home made bratwurst par boiled in home made lager. My partner is away for a few days. I took the opportunity to do the build and have an excuse to have 3 brats for lunch today. 😋 🤣

Three bratwurst sausages with grill marks being cooked on bbq grill. Under the cooking grates heating elements are visible. On the bottom is white absorbent clay.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 10/10/2026

His name emerged in line with our household cat naming convention. It is Admirable Nelson Nutmeg. We'll call him Sonny for short.

A black cat on a beige carpeted floor. He's rolled on his back, head upside down facing the camera, and front paws in a cute pose. Behind are windows looking out to trees in the background.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 10/10/2026

We did our normal Saturday morning shop. Happy to see our favorite vendors at the farmers' market. Hit the Push 'n Shove for the rest of our things. Then the SPCA. We brought this boy home. He's almost 2 years old. Very chill and very lovey. Sqweeee!

A young adult black cat reclined on a beige carpeted step. Handsome boy.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 03/10/2026

I came across a biscuit recipe that I wrote out by hand while looking for something else this morning. Decided to make them today. I decided to call them Double Chocolate Ginger Walnut Bickies. Big hit with the main family bickie eater. Recipe in the alt text.

12 dark brown biscuits with nuts on a silpat mat.

Recipe: Double Chocolate Ginger Walnut Bickies

Ingredients

125 g Butter
1 1/4 C Brown Sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 C Flour
1/4 t Baking Powder
1 t Baking Soda
Pinch Salt
1/3 C Cocoa Powder
1T Ground Ginger
3/4 C Chopped Nuts (Walnuts)
3/4 C Chocolate Bits (Whittaker's Dark Ghana chopped)

Takes 1 hour. Serves 24 Bickies.

Preheat oven to 180C
Cream butter, sugar, & egg.
Mix dry ingredients together then mix in with the wet ingredients.
Stir in nuts and chocolate.
Drop biscuits (1 T) onto silicone baking pad.
Bake ~15 minutes (until set around the edges).
Cool on tray for 5 minutes.
Transfer to rack to finish cooling.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 30/09/2026

We can't remember what type of maple this one is. When the leaves first start emerging in the spring, they look like little dots of bright red lipstick. It is a real joy to watch. This is only the second spring since we planted it.

A small maple tree with red leaves emerging. It is in a bed of mulch. A brown fence is behind it.

Close up of emerging red maple leaves. background is the mulch covered ground.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 13/09/2026

Our plum trees are the first of our fruit trees to bloom. They are in full glory at the moment. It is a very lovely spring morning in Palmy. 🇳🇿

A photo of spring. In the foreground are two plum trees in full bloom. Lots of white flowers crowd the branches. Behind them is a 2 meter tall wood privacy fence. On the right is a patch of raspberries covered with bird netting.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 30/08/2026

I bought 1 can of this during the 1st round. It has been in my fridge waiting for the right moment. Hasn't been the right moment, yet. Behemoth Brewing Company is a New Zealand Craft Brewer.

A can off beer. With a scary cartoon image of Donald Trump above the words "Dump The Trump". Above a red stripe with the words *American IPA * in white.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 22/08/2026

I'm now drowning in Rumaki! This less than half the batch. Ngā mihi nui for the inspiration. I've not had these in 15+ years.

A baking pan with cooked Rumaki. 12 of them in a 4 x 3 array. They are water chestnuts and chicken livers marinated in teriyaki sauce and wrapped in streaky bacon.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 11/08/2026

Hugo Shulte te waka. About this time 13 years ago I was packing up my belongings on my last morning on the Hugo Shulte (a container ship). I remember seeing Great Barrier Island on the horizon and that it took hours to reach the harbor. I was about to start the next chapter of my life in Aotearoa.

A photo of three men leaning on / looking over a guard rail on a container shop. The sky is cloudy with a patch of lighter colour on the right. The sea has very small waves. The man in the foreground is looking at the camera over his left shoulder.

A ship's course map of the pacific ocean. Aotearoa is near the bottom centre. There is a red line with words going from Los Angeles California to Auckland.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 10/08/2026

I like this view better. The graph is interesting. BTW, I'm chuffed as. 🤣

Authors
Robert J Elshire, Jeffrey C Glaubitz, Qi Sun, Jesse A Poland, Ken Kawamoto, Edward S Buckler, Sharon E Mitchell
Publication date
2011/5/4
Journal
PloS one
Volume
6
Issue
5
Pages
e19379
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Description
Advances in next generation technologies have driven the costs of DNA sequencing down to the point that genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is now feasible for high diversity, large genome species. Here, we report a procedure for constructing GBS libraries based on reducing genome complexity with restriction enzymes (REs). This approach is simple, quick, extremely specific, highly reproducible, and may reach important regions of the genome that are inaccessible to sequence capture approaches. By using methylation-sensitive REs, repetitive regions of genomes can be avoided and lower copy regions targeted with two to three fold higher efficiency. This tremendously simplifies computationally challenging alignment problems in species with high levels of genetic diversity. The GBS procedure is demonstrated with maize (IBM) and barley (Oregon Wolfe Barley) recombinant inbred populations where roughly 200,000 and 25,000 sequence tags were mapped, respectively. An advantage in species like barley that lack a complete genome sequence is that a reference map need only be developed around the restriction sites, and this can be done in the process of sample genotyping. In such cases, the consensus of the read clusters across the sequence tagged sites becomes the reference. Alternatively, for kinship analyses in the absence of a reference genome, the sequence tags can simply be treated as dominant markers. Future application of GBS to breeding, conservation, and global species and population surveys may allow plant breeders to conduct genomic selection on a novel germplasm or species without first having to develop any …
Total citations
Cited by 8000

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 10/08/2026

The genotyping-by-sequencing paper hit exactly 8000 citations on google scholar today. Loving the round number. This was my most useful piece of research and development. A very hard problem to crack - along with sleepless nights figuring out the scale up issues. AMA 😆

A google scholar screen shot for a paper cited 8000 times. Paper title is "A robust, simple genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach for high diversity species". It was published in 2011.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 20/07/2026

Yes, it has always been funding. The Beattie report from 1986 was as clear as a bell on that. It has only gotten worse since then. I would argue that there have been structural changes in this term that are a net negative. Including putting the control of most funding in one body.

A screen shot of a government report titled "key to prosperity science and technology" "Report of the Ministerial working party, November 1986" Worth a read.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 12/07/2026

Mr. Hammond Beans had 5630 days in total. Most of those were very good. He came from Grove School Road in Upstate New York. He had a lifestyle block for 13 years. He passed peacefully at home this afternoon. We are so grateful that there is a vet that makes these kinds of house calls in our area.

A very small tabby kitten with huge ears. He is on top of a powder blue duvet with white dotted spiral designs.
He grew into those ears and his paws as well. He was an absolutely magnificent cat. Not to mention cuddly as.

Two cats in front of a fire (off screen) taken 11/7/2026. In the middle of the image is Mr. Hammond Beans a 15 year old tabby. He is doing a wee stretch from the prone position with his hug mittens in front of him. Mr. Edmond Cookbook, a mackerel tabby is on the lower right of the image. They are on a beige carpeted floor near a tile portion with firewood.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 13/06/2026

OMG! If you are still looking for a recipe I'm happy to share mine. In the alt text below is my pot roast recipe with a kiwi twist. I've been making it this way for quite a while.

A pot roast in an casserole (white inside and red outside) sitting on a green pot holder on top of a black stove top.

Ingredients

~ 1kg Bolar Roast
2 T Cooking Oil
2 Onions (medium size)
3 Potatoes
3 Kumara
2 Celery stalks
2 Carrots (medium size)
1/4 t Marjoram
1/2 t Italian Herbs
2 Sprigs Thyme
2 Bay Leaves
1/2 t Beef stock powder
Salt
Pepper

Takes 3 Hours. Serves 8.

Preheat oven to 180C

This recipe is very forgiving. No need to have exactly the ingredient amounts described.

Peel kumara and carrots. Chop up all the vegetables. Place them in a bowl and mix them up. Cut roast into ~80mm pieces. Heat oil in a heavy casserole. Brown the meat. Remove from oil and set aside. Deglaze the casserole with a few tablespoons of water. Add vegetables and bay leaves to casserole. Sprinkle stock powder on vegetables. Place meat on top. Sprinkle herbs on top of meat. Add salt and pepper to taste (not too much). Cover. Bake for ~2 hours. Remove from oven and serve.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 12/06/2026

Well, I have to hand it to our senior cat. He has once again proven me wrong. We brought him home this afternoon. He is still in need of TLC requiring medications and use of a feeding tube. But he seems to be coming right. 🥰🐱

A tabby cat with a weary look in his face. A few shaved spots on his legs, and a wrap around his neck holding a feeding tube.
He's home.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 09/05/2026

Two mates cooked up the Muscle vs. Metal idea at a midwinter get together last year. Today in Palmerston North, it is happening. Very strong people are pulling a big truck, a big truck loaded with stone, and a very big truck. 💪 They train here: www.theplatformgym.co.nz A lot of us over 50 train too.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 18/04/2026

Shades of the 2003 Iraq war. Another that was started under bogus pretenses. Pictured is the back of a tee shirt from a volunteer effort led by my Dad. Details in the alt text.

The back of a white tee shirt. There is printing in black. At the top it says 'OPERATION "FEEL GOOD" UNDERWEAR FOR THE TROOPS CIVIC AUDITORIUM JULY 12, 2003. Under that it says "Thank you to our sponsors" Then the sponsors list as well as "Let us be the 1st to say... Welcome Home!" and "WELCOME HOME TROOPS".

The reason this shirt exists is that my Dad saw on the news back in 2003 that US troops in the middle east didn't have clean serviceable underwear. He thought that was horrible and talked some of his mates into organizing a volunteer effort. That effort collected a bunch of items that were needed, but not provided by the military, like underwear. Then they held a packing event. That's what happened on the 12th of July 2003 at the La Porte Civic Auditorium.

Dad died in 2014, so he's not around to do this again. It is such a pity that it is needed now for the reasons it is.

P.S. I miss my Dad. This story is one of many where he saw some kind of need and tried to help.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 05/04/2026

I've done both batches. Here is the bratwurst. I'll freeze freeze them free flow for convenient bbqing later. @dallasbarnett.com Seems like your kind of thing, but I can't remember if you like brats.

On a beige countertop sits a rectangular black enamel roasting pan. In it is a pile of freshly stuffed bratwurst sausages. They are a mixture of pink and white inside skins.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 17/02/2026

We have an occasion today that requires a cake. This chocolate cake with chocolate ganache is the recipient's favorite. With all the great baking photos that @mehr.nz posts, I thought I'd add this one. 😋

A chocolate cake with chocolate ganache dripping over the edges. It is sitting on a plate that can barely be seen on a tan countertop.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 22/12/2025

We've been working on our berry patches the last several weekends. Yesterday, we completed the enclosure for the boysenberries and black berries. 😋 Particularly pleased that almost all the materials were repurposed from things around the place. Nothing used was new. Good year so far for: 🍓🍇🍅🌶️🍋🍎🐑👨‍🌾

On the left some garden greenery. Behind are some fruit trees and a hillside. On the right is a standard 4 rail rural fence. The main part is an end view of a bird netted boysenberry enclosure. In the centre is a set of three parallel wires through which the berries are growing. There are arches holding up the netting. They are made of 2M rebar stakes with 4.6 M of black alkathene connecting them to provide the support. The netting is black ex vineyard netting. On the right, one can see concrete blocks that have been laid down. On the left back some other concrete blocks and left fore some cardboard. These are to keep the weeds down.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 06/12/2025

One might think companies would know this by now. This quote below from a 2004 Eben Moglen speech at Harvard Law School lays out precisely why the GPL proves itself. A substantial portion of innovation in software development is underpinned by this license. Extending the philosophy behind it 1/2

But notice that in order to survive moment one in a lawsuit over free software, it is the defendant who must wave the GPL. It is his permission, his master key to a lawsuit that lasts longer than a nanosecond. This, quite simply, is the reason that lies behind the statement you have heard—Mr. McBride made it here some weeks ago—that there has never been a court test of the GPL.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 02/12/2025

The results of last night's chicken bbq. The recipe from above includes poultry seasoning which is hard to find in Aotearoa. A recipe for poultry seasoning is in the alt text of the image.

Cooked chicken leg quarters on a grill. They are in two rows of four from back to front. They are on a grill surface of wires parallel from left to right. The background is a black interior of a grill.

Poultry Seasoning
3T Dried Rosemary
3T Dried Oregano
3T Dried Sage
2T Dried Ginger
2T Dried Marjoram
2T Dried Thyme
1T Black Pepper

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 23/10/2025

Lots of people turned up for the strike march and rally today in Papaioea / Palmerston North. ✊Solidarity! #NZPOL #StillMasking

Photo at a public worker's strike rally. Many people in the background with flags and signs. In the foreground is a man with a black hat and grey respirator holding a sign with a globe held in the palms of someone's hands. Text below says "2% GDP FOR PUBLIC RESEARCH / INVEST IN TOMORROWS BREAKTHROUGHS NOW!" "40 years of knowing it is needed" "40 years of potential wasted" https://te-ara-paerangi.community

Not pictured is the slogan "Tax Wealth More, Tax Work Less!"

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 08/06/2025

The author of that piece is quoted by another Newsroom writer here: newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/06/t... Again, this is not how it works. The quotes from Dr. Roche about the amount of funding necessary are concerning as well. Science workers of Aotearoa are already in precarious positions. 1/2

Screen shot of text:
“That actually goes both ways,” says Meyer. “Scientists are looking at the Government saying, ‘Show me the money if you want me to produce more money’, and the Government is looking back at the scientists and saying, ‘Well, you show me the money, what are you bringing in, how are you lifting your weight?’.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 05/06/2025

The article is missing the ground truth *this is not how any of this works.* The 'both sides' treatment is a disservice to Aotearoa, lazy journalism, and plain incorrect. Not only in this case, but so many others. Do better Radio NZ. Seriously.

Screen shot of a news article with this text:
"That actually goes both ways," says Meyer. "Scientists are looking at the government saying, 'show me the money if you want me to produce more money', and the government is looking back at the scientists and saying, 'well, you show me the money, what are you bringing in, how are you lifting your weight?'.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 14/05/2025

I'm reading @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and and Peter Hutchison's Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism. They offer this definition of capitalism. See alt text for more. I just finished The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow. NFTs are now gone...

Screen shot of text: "Capitalism is an economic system founded on colonial looting. It operates on a constantly shifting and self-consuming frontier, on which both state and powerful private interests use their laws, backed by the threat of violence, to turn shared resources into exclusive property, and to transform natural wealth, labor, and money into commodities that can be accumulated."
This is from the book Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison. It is offered as a definition of capitalism. IMHO this is very useful in a variety of ways, not the least of which that it distinguishes capitalism from commerce. Many seem to think that commerce is capitalism rather than a form of trading that precedes capitalism by thousands of years.
By using their definition of capitalism as a lens through which to examine current govt. and industry actions around the world, a much clearer understanding can be gained. To pick a few, the current actions of the Trump led US government and the many policies the AoNZ govt has pushed through under urgency - including the new pay equity law.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 03/04/2025

"Autumn... makes a double demand. It asks that we prepare for the future - that we be wise in the ways of garnering and keeping. But it also asks that we learn to let go - to acknowledge the beauty of sparseness." Bonaro W. Overstreet, American Poet From 'Meditations for Women.' 1947

Two stainless steel bowls on a light background. The one on the left has round beans (green and yellow) and a few strawberries. The one on the right is filled with glossy green jalapeno chile peppers.
Today's harvest.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 26/03/2025

This is not exactly the right word. But I'm posting it just the same. 😜

Text on a white background. A definition.
Ultracrepidarian Noun |uhl-tru-krep-i-dair-ee-uhn| Nineteenth century. English. A person with opinions on subjects beyond their knowledge. The ultracrepidarians argued over the constitution as if they were legal scholars.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 24/03/2025

Done! Filtered out the fruit. Added a simple syrup to taste and distilled water to reach 40 proof. Floral / fruity taste with an ever so slight acerbic finish. Salude!

A wooden surface and a avocado green background. On the of surface is a small glass with floral patterns painted on the outside. On the inside of the glass is a dark pink liquid. To the right of the glass is a 1 litre glass bottle about 90% full of dark pink liquid. It has a label on it which says "Murtado 40 Proof"

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 09/02/2025

There it is all ready to go. Like the trailer, I'm a bit better off than when I started on it. Using knowledge and tools from my tupuna. Reflecting on where I came from. Singing along with the outlaw country music on the radio. My wife just coming back from the swimming hole, cool on a hot day. 🥰

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 08/02/2025

Pulled this final paragraph from the Roper paper (New Zealand Sociology 2024, Vol. 39, No. 1, 39–59) references below. See alt text. I strongly recommend people following this account to read it. I finished my first read today. Will read it again because there is a lot there to take in. #NZPOL

Finally, for critically minded social scientists and humanities scholars, research on neoliberalism
should always aim to provide intellectual resources of hope. “To be truly radical is to make hope possible
rather than despair convincing” (Williams, 2022). The intelligent young people whom we are lucky enough
to teach and learn from are dealing with the negative effects of neoliberalism on their daily lives now, and
also experiencing mounting eco-anxiety. We owe it to them to contribute to collective thinking about how
and why better policies and a better world are necessary, feasible and possible.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 04/01/2025

The history of the media reform movement may be useful today. Abstract in alt text. 2/2

he influence of media on society is unquestioned. Its reach penetrates nearly every corner of the world and every aspect of life. But it has also been a contested realm, embodying class politics and the interests of monopoly capital. In The Political Economy of Media, one of the foremost media critics of our time, Robert W. McChesney, provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic and political powers that are being mobilized to consolidate private control of media with increasing profit — all at the expense of democracy.In this elegant and lucid collection, McChesney examines the monopolistic competition that has created a global media that is ever more concentrated and centralized. McChesney reveals why questions about the ownership of commercial U.S. media remain off limits within the political culture; how private ownership of media leads to the degradation of journalism and suppression of genuine debate; and why corporate rule threatens democracy by failing to provide the means for an educated and informed citizenry. The Political Economy of Media also highlights resistance to corporate media over the last century, including the battle between broadcasters and the public in the 1920s and 1930s and the ongoing media reform movement today. The Political Economy of Media makes it clear that the struggle over the ownership and the role of media is of utmost importance to everyone.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 27/12/2024

Our well used set is ready for their next home. It feels like the right time to pass them on. Postage on us.

A set of Moosewood cookbooks, stacked on their sides. From top to bottom: "moosewood restaurant new classics" white and yellow lettering on a purple spine, "MOOSEWOOD RESTAURANT COOKS at HOME" Yellow text inside a blue box with a red outline, inside of a green spine, "Simple Suppers" two tone spine from left to right - mullberry backgound and lighter text : Salmon back ground with lighter text, "MOOSEWOOD RESTAURANT LOW-FAT FAVORITES" Black text on a yellow background,"SUNDAYS AT MOOSEWOOD RESTAURANT" White text on a brown backgorund inside a blue spine.
Well loved with notes and bookmarks. Looking for their next home.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 19/12/2024

And funding opportunities for the social sciences and humanities have been cut from the Horizon Europe programme. 🤬

Changes to MBIE’s Horizon Europe Top-Up fund scheme

Tēnā koutou

MBIE is providing an update on the Horizon Europe Top-Up funding scheme.

Change to Top-Up fund eligibility for projects in Cluster 2 

From 1 February 2025, projects in Cluster 2, Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Society, will no longer be eligible for funding through the MBIE Horizon Europe Top-Up funding scheme.

This change is being made to align the Top-Up fund settings with the Government’s priorities for Science, Innovation & Technology investments, and direction outlined in the Catalyst Fund investment Plan. Research organisations who have submitted a proposal for a Cluster 2 project which opened before 1 February 2025 and who registered for Top-Up funding with MBIE within 10 working days of the European Commission (EC) call for proposals closing will still be eligible for Horizon Europe Top-Up funding.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 07/12/2024

A bit of fun for the weekend timeline. I make schnapps and liqueurs as a bit of a hobby. They all take a lot of inactive time. Today, I finished the walnut liqueur. It starts out as vodka, green walnuts, and patience. It takes at least a year from start to finished product. 1/2

A clear shot glass 3/4 full of a dark brown liquid. It sits on a wood chest top. The background is a wall painted green a little lighter than avocado. The liquid in the glass is walnut liqueur.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 04/12/2024

@nicgaston.bsky.social posted this NBR review piece about the show Collins put on at the KiwiNet Awards. It was clear that the mask was off. More people should know about this. I reckon it will help us come to grips with what she is doing.

Screen shot of a National Business Review anonymous comment. The gist of it is Science (sic) Minister Collins raging at a scientist at an awards ceremony. Collins says "No, you give us some money" "Yes, that's right, it's time to bring home the bacon, and sorry if anyone is offended by that. Sorry, not sorry. The country is counting on you."

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 06/11/2024

I watched that episode last night. It is titled "Edith Breaks Out". In the 70's there was white pop culture thing about Archie Bunker for President. I got the t-shirt as a hand-me-down. Didn't expect it to actually happen...

Printed text on a t-shirt. In the centre is an image of a man's head with a big cigar sticking out to the bottom left. Above that is red text "Archie Bunker". Below and left is "For" and at the bottom "President".

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