Anahera Gildea

[Craig @KiwiCraig74]

John Key introduces new flag option

[WestSide 8345 @tauhenare]

I know there will be heaps of questions about what happened today, I have some of my own but here’s the thing, I’ll ask them tomorrow or the next day. I’ll wait till the injured are out of danger. Nga manaakitanga ki a koutou katoa. #LynMallAttack

[The Spinoff @TheSpinoffTV]

Lesson one: nobody needs a laxative at 2am.
A cracking read from @emmawehipeihana
https://t.co/oxuwgnyBtl

[Te Mihinga 🔴⚪⚫ @temihinga]

"If the law is a tool of colonisation, and it most certainly was and is, then it is also the tool of decolonisation. And that really is the phase we are in, not just as Māori but as a whole country" - Tā Joe Williams #TeReo

[𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕦 😕 @tinangata]

Leaky homes lead to moist ure and its NOT OK!!

[The Spinoff @TheSpinoffTV]

How can we talk about solving this sickness if we don’t acknowledge its fundamental causes? We are unwell because Papatūānuku is unwell, writes @nadineannehura

https://t.co/6BmHXRRk6g

[Anahera Gildea @anaheragildea]

https://t.co/jjVZDp4Vqn

[Stacey Morrison @formerlydaniels]

"Colonialism is a structure, not an event.” This is why telling Indigenous people to “get over” or “move on from” colonialism is illogical. It’s possible to “get over” something that happened in the past, but how can you get over a structure in which you’re enmeshed?" @alice_tps

[Anahera Gildea @anaheragildea]

Holy hell.. https://t.co/hdNR143Hxc

[Rosemarie North @RosemarieNorth]

Advice for Māori writers from Patricia Grace, @anaheragildea, @ired0mi + @emmawehipeihana at @AklWritersFest:
🖊Don’t stop writing
🖊Eat your vegetables
🖊Observe
🖊There’s room for all Māori voices. We need all of the stories to feel safe & recognised. #AWF21

[Auckland Writers Festival @AklWritersFest]

This morning: Our first Autumn Salon - @isabelallende, @mohamedwashere, Yiyun Li (https://t.co/2J7rG2sqAF)✨Honoured writer Brian Turner (https://t.co/0v4F5vj0Ut)✨@baronessghaz (Sold out)✨Patricia Grace, @anaheragildea, @ired0mi + @emmawehipeihana (https://t.co/UwXXgI3ddQ).🥳

[Mihingarangi Forbes @Mihi_Forbes]

Being prevented from boarding @FlyAirNZ because we have a greenstone heirloom with us that they say is a weapon.

[𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕦 😕 @tinangata]

"You take 20 Maori and teach them journalism, and you take 20 pakeha journalists and teach them how to not colonize, and I can tell you who will get there first."

Matua Derek Fox (years ago at a media awards event I was at)

[Anahera Gildea @anaheragildea]

@keraoregan This

[𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕦 😕 @tinangata]

Are we supposed to accept that this is making an effort @ParahiCarmen?

Did the editor get the memo?

[𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕦 😕 @tinangata]

Nothing "maiden" about this speech as @packer_deb enters parliament. It was the king hit of the day. An unassailable truth delivered into the belly of the beast. A notice that the day of reckoning has come.
#StillHereDespiteAllColonialIntentions

[evelyn araluen @evelynaraluen]

I have better things to do with my time than contend with with writers wilfully misinterpreting/projecting a range of assumptions on an innocuous, voluntary question aimed at discouraging black-facing in blind submission competitions. However, (thread)
https://t.co/1oxprsGGvd

[Shane te Pou @PouTepou]

Hey Maori MPs your people want action. Let's shift the dial and at least get decriminalisation.

[𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕦 😕 @tinangata]

Seems an appropriate time x