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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Since it was created in 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal has awarded $2.8bn to Iwi. In one year, the govt Peters is part of gave away $3bn to landlords in socially worthless tax breaks. Peterson and this govt should be abolished. #NZpol

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Whatkonnerth @whatkonnerth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What that actual fuck! We have almost 50,000 tamariki living in poverty, unhoused people dying in our streets, people dying in the A&E. Omfg they are disregarding us! #votethemout

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9

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Kākāpō population reaches new milestone

The official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds.

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

if this can be done in the UK then it would be great to see NZ unions take a strong stance and at LEAST force some significant red lines in the event of a Labour win, but also start talking about industrial action to pressure ALL politicians into serious changes www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...

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UK trade unions back motion to boycott and sanction Israel

Motion demands taking action to oppose the 'catastrophic destruction of Gaza' and Israeli settler violence.

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Anthony Lapwood @antzlapwood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Utterly delighted to share the cover for my novel, Mincemeat! On shelves in November. Painting by artistic magician Hannah Ireland & design by prolific virtuoso @toddatticus.com Lovely comments from the brilliant @catherinechidgey.bsky.social & @brannavan.bsky.social #pukapuka #MincemeatNovel

Front cover for a novel. It has a purple background and features a painting of a Labrador in mixed natural colours, who is facing the reader and wearing a folded paper hat with green and pink checks.

Block text against an ice blue background across the top of the cover gives the author and title:

ANTHONY LAPWOOD
MINCEMEAT

A quote beneath the title says:

"A wonderfully unsettling novel" - Catherine Chidgey

"A wonderfully unsettling novel, shot through with emotional sleight of hand. In prose that feels drawn from a fever dream, Lapwood asks whether the truth about our families and ourselves is something we uncover or something we create. Elegant, haunting and unexpectedly funny.”

— Catherine Chidgey

“A missing persons mystery that morphs into an Antonioni-esque existential thriller – Mincemeat is a constantly surprising and taut piece of work.”

— Brannavan Gnanalingam

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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 21/08/2026

I made this for a friend but it’s worth sharing, printing or saving to your phone so you can get the QR code in front of someone

THEY
WILL
VOTE.
C O U N T 0 1 O N T H E M :
YOUR LANDLORD + YOUR BOSS
0 2 DESTINY CHURCH + MAGA KIWIS
0 3 ANTI-ABORTION LOBBYISTS
0 4 BITCOIN BROS WHO THINK WOMEN ARE PROPERTY
0 5 YOUR RACIST UNCLE
WILL YOU?
ENROL / CHECK / UPDATE
DEADLINE / MIDNIGHT
SUN 25 OCT
2026 SCAN TO ENROL
NOT ENROLLED BY THEN? NO VOTE.
VOTE.NZ/ENROL ELECTION DAY / SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2026
REMIND YOUR FRIENDS

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The August takahē has landed! Our most enormous thanks to everyone who contributed your extraordinary words, art, design, ideas, and mahi to make it happen 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-117/

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🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So that's multiple homeless people dead this week thanks to the government's hateful policies leaving them sleeping outside in freezing conditions. What a disgrace.

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Toi Aro d/Deaf and/or Disabled Artist Development Residency! I held the Toi Pōneke version of this residency earlier this year and it was an amazing opportunity. If you're a Wellington region artist and meet the criteria I'd really encourage you to apply. www.toiaro.nz/residencies

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Residencies | Discover Art Opportunities — Visit Today — Toi Aro - Home

Apply for Artist Residencies at Toi Aro, showcasing local artists. Discover upcoming residencies, plan your visit, and experience art and culture in Wellington.

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This Saturday!! The August issue of takahē will be live, featuring special guests Rebecca Hawkes, Caoimhe McKeogh and Ann Palmer, plus Tara Black, Pip Goldsbury, and Vashti Johnstone (who’s behind this lush cover art) 🖤

Photos of each of the 6 special guests are set around the cover image of takahē 117 (August 2026).

The cover of takahē 117 featuring acrylic and charcoal on canvas art by Vashti Johnstone and designed by Maurice Lye.

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"The Crown filed memorandums... saying it did not have the funds to continue the excavation. They noted the est'd cost would be approx $3.5m." A huge find that could transform our knowledge of Polynesian voyaging and the govt can't spare a few metres of a RoNS to properly excavate and protect it

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Have you purchasid the Trojan Horse poppe-corne bucket?

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Kieran McAnulty has just described the entirety of Luxon's Prime Ministerial style in one sentence #nzpol

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

write the book you want to read because you will have to read it over and over and over when revising

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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 25/07/2026

Nope. No, you haven’t.

r/WritingWithAl
u/Dazzling-Major-5620 • 13h
ChatGPT not letting you emulate specific authors anymore
Prompting
Join
I've been writing my book for several months now, paid for a more advanced model. Took a break. Came back.
Now Ms. GPT says she can't generate content in the style of specific authors. My prompts were soooo specific and I got exactly what I wanted out of them. For example,
'rewrite in the literary style of 'author here' with abundant dialogue and detail avoiding staccato prose. That was my go-to. Or 'please write and flesh out in the style of
'author' etc. they tightened the ropes. I have no idea how to get around this other than maybe feed it prose I already edited that's technically mine? Fuck.
& Locked post. New comments cannot be posted.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The incomparable Caoimhe McKeogh is Guest Fiction for our August issue! 🔥 We're counting down the days to publication of her latest story, 'Dry'.

A photograph of Caoimhe McKeogh leaning against an exterior wall. She wears a black dress and glasses. She has long blonde hair and is smiling.

Caoimhe McKeogh is of Irish and Cornish descent and lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University and is publicist at Te Herenga Waka University Press. Her writing has appeared widely in literary journals including Landfall, Overland and The Masters Review.

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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Were I an incredibly rich author I would simply live my life in a way that meant I did not have to send legal threats to Amnesty International.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Where it all began for Sam Neill, instead of concentrating on his law degree (and at my alma mata actually!) natlib.govt.nz/records/2252...

Sam Neill's stage debut at the University of Canterbury

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

One week left!! Be in quick to send us your ultra short fiction. Nine selected stories will be published in the August issue of Takahē and receive $150 ✨✨✨ Entry is $3 and every dollar goes towards paying writers. www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...

Text announces: One week left! The Takahē Matariki Short Short Story Celebration 2026. The image is a cloud-like pink and yellow watercolour background with small white stars.

The Matariki Short Short Story Celebration is accepting submissions until 27th June 2026. Nine stories will be selected to celebrate the appearance of the nine stars of Matariki.

This special submissions opportunity pays $150, has no theme, and is looking for stories of 500 words or less. The nine selected stories will be announced at Matariki and then published in the August 2026 issue of takahē.

Anyone currently living in Aotearoa New Zealand is eligible to submit work, along with New Zealand citizens and residents living overseas.

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

More racial purges: Australian edition

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Production has almost wrapped for our next edition, issue 260. Make sure your subscription is up to date by July 1st to ensure that you receive your copy. 260 will be arriving in your mailboxes in mid-late August. overland.org.au/shop/

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away.

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

@kathrynreese.bsky.social and I have a collab ghazal in here, and I have an ekphrastic piece about toast. @the-engine-idling.bsky.social is awesome and this whole issue is 🔥🔥🔥

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Mandy Hager @mandyh.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

If Paul Goldsmith doesn't like being called out every time he freeloads at an arts event, maybe he should actually DO something to support the arts, rather than starving us out. Not content to criminalise the homeless, he seems intent on driving artists onto the streets.

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'Same old cliche': Paul Goldsmith brushes off Dame Lynda Topp's criticism

The surviving Topp Twin delivered an emotional broadside at the government during an awards ceremony.

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Abortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand Aotearoa @alranz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

'NZ First is admitting that they do not care about science, which is 100 percent the basis of biology, thus, are creating a farce about science and forcing a legal definition where one is not possible - especially in medicine.' says Co-President Alma De Anda. #transrights #reproductivejustice #nzpol

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Claire Lacey (they/them) @poetactics.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Sharing this PSA, while thinking about how many of my publishing/speaking opportunities have come as emails or DMs from strangers... AI makes it way less possible to trust what's legit, which I suspect most impacts early-career, self-pub, and financially vulnerable writers.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

There are only two days left to sign the petition by Migrants Against the Acceptable Standard of Health Aotearoa to remove the archaic and eugenicist rules that have seen so many disabled and chronically ill migrants deported form the country, including children. Please, please, PLEASE sign this.

petitions.parliament.nz

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

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Anthony Lapwood @antzlapwood.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Pleased to have a new short story, "Silence", out via ReadingRoom @newsroom.co.nz A musician confronts difficult questions years after the tragic death of his lover... 🎻👬 newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/25/s...

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Short story: Silence, by Anthony Lapwood

A short story inspired by Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

My usual Anzac Day post. George was Ngāi Tahu.

My great-grandfather, George "Sonny" Skerrett, Gallipoli survivor, interviewed for the occasion of his 100th birthday in 1992: "Ashore, it was frightful. Terrible.... The Turks applied for the armistice to bury the dead. I went out with four doctors, couldn't do much for them, just bandage them. There were 4000 Turks buried that day, I never saw anything like it in all my life. I cried all day, all afternoon, I couldn't stop. Six of my mates, we did everything together, swum and played tennis, they were all out there dead. I looked for them but never found them. Some of the bodies had been lying out there for over a month, and they just fell to pieces in the 100 degree heat.... We were shelled continuously, shrapnel shells falling on both sides. Why I never got hit I'll never know. I still remember the beach. There were a couple of thousand men lying there in all shapes and sizes and forms, all wounded and sick.... We could only treat a certain number of them. The badly wounded, they'd say, you go and find someone else to look after, and they just lay there and died.... I still think about Gallipoli quite a bit. It accomplished nothing.... War's terrible, everybody loses. The only ones who win are the people who make the bombs and shells and the bullets."

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We're stoked to announce the return of the Matariki Short Short Story Celebration for 2026!✨✨✨ Nine selected stories receive editorial feedback and publication in the August issue (#117) of takahē, along with NZ$150. www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We are so happy to announce this year's winners of the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize! Head here to read more about the winning authors and their work: overland.org.au/2026/03/fina...

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Zoë Meager @zoemeager.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I loved editing the short fiction for this issue of takahē! As always. Why are our writers so incredible? 😭

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The inimitable Mikee Sto Domingo is Guest Fiction writer for the April issue of takahē! We can't wait to share her short story, 'Touched By An Angel' 🖤 #takahēmagazine #takahē116

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

everyone I still know who's inside the country tells me russians are pretty depressed. bad news but historically speaking it's good for world literature

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Zoë Meager @zoemeager.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I love to run up with a story about running 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank you @overlandjournal.bsky.social and big congrats to Madeleine and Tom!!

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Nō 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 @wittyeti.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

And if the landlords received the tax cut, the public servants have all been fired, the ferries were cancelled, benefits have been denied, hospitals need staff, schools need staff, regional councils have gone, etc - then who did they borrow the $120 billion for? Themselves? #nzpol

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Socialist fruit season has begun

Paper bag of feijoas from an Eastern Suburbs aunty via Roskill distribution hub

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