A photo book paying tribute to 32 of New Zealand's indie book stores has hit the shelves, fittingly on New Zealand Bookshop Day📙rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Mark Derby has been awarded the 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa Inc $25,000 Writers’ Award! Congratulations Mark! 👏 authors.org.nz/announcing-202…

Participate in a research project exploring new ways to retrieve historical newspaper articles. More details are on our website 👇 phanza.org.nz/participate-in…

Congratulations to Laurence Fearnley - selected as the latest artist in residence at Henderson House in Alexandra 🤩 odt.co.nz/regions/centra…

Thank you University of Glasgow for bestowing upon my mum the honorary degree of doctor of the University of Glasgow. This has brought her so much joy in the final beats of her life. Janey is so honoured, and I am so immensely proud of her. Congratulations Doctor Godley. Ashley Storrie

Wise words from the “Mooch” before the election! fortune.com/2024/10/31/ant…

Hello US #oncologists - anyone interested in moving to NZ, we're recruiting. Fixed term positions of 4 years are available. Permanent posts also. Jobs available from Jan 6. DM for more details.

The Hone Papita Raukura (Ralph) Hotere Collection held at DN Public Libraries contains 900 items and is now fully catalogued and is celebrated this month at the Reed Gallery as well as a great online exhibition here reedgallery.co.nz/exhibitions/th… #RalphHotere #art #library

The Herald reports that 55,000 people attended the hīkoi to Kill the Bill. When asked why he wasn't listening to them, Chris Luxon said he was focused on improving outcomes for Māori, "not this stuff." By "this stuff," of course, Luxon means honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The former Clarke store at 79 Malvern Street in Woodhaugh/Glenleith, Dunedin started in 1880 by my recently arrived great-great grandfather Edgar Scott Clarke (mentioned in his diary on 21 Feb 1880) is shortlisted for the Dunedin City Council heritage schedule. #Dunedin #heritage

How is it just for one party to an agreement to reinterpret it without the consent of the other party? Minister David Seymour's full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=m12UIt…

Well, the gang patch law was a great success - they just took off their shirts? What now? A law requiring them to cover their tattoos?

Here's a new comic I've been working on with CreativeNZ, trying to explain the state of arts funding in NZ. It's a been a big project, hope it helps. In some ways its complex, in other ways it's simple: art and creativity are a public good thespinoff.co.nz/partner/29-11-…

Six writers have been awarded 2025 residencies at the historic Robert Lord Writers Cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin, and applications are open until 17 January 2025 for residencies between September 2025 and early January 2026. Find out more here: hail.to/dunedin-unesco…

Riana Te Ngahue (Ngāti Porou), a young Māori lawyer, started making TikToks for people like her uncles "who don't really care about the Treaty". rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-k…

Rainbows & Oil Slicks. Dinosaurs and Unicorns. I’m backing the unicorns. My #cartoon today. #NZpol #fossilfuels #ClimateEmergency

Sign the petition: Love Humanities and Social Sciences together.org.nz/love_humanitie…

Brilliant! Great to see a Kingsman standing up for his community. We talk regularly in my family (I have a 11-year-old son with an inquisitive mind) of how Toby reclaimed Baldwin Street — an inspiration for generations to come. 👏 Dunedin City Council stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360520…

Merry Christmas ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and Rory Stewart - please enjoy our Nation Treasure, the indomitable Kim Hill taking on Mr Johnson 🔥 podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/kim…