“The young reporters bringing us the footage got thinner, they pointed to white strands appearing in their hair from the stress. Around December, they started asking if the world was going to do anything or if we just wanted to watch.” — Simone Kaho
https://t.co/YTs4naatWG
An inspiring session @AklWritersFest on Pasifika publishers and what sets them apart from mainstream: care, warmth, good feedback, and culture. Glad to see @DahliaMalaeulu thriving and hear readings incl from @GinaColeWriter whom I’ve recently read! #AWF23
@maxdnharris @LewSOS @norightturnnz It was poor. I had to call three times to get the right information of what to do to get a voting pack. Ultimately it needed a trip in person with ID to Federal
St. One person said there’d be polling booths - and to wait until they opened which was just strange.
Sincere congratulations to Wayne Brown and wish you every success in this blessed role as Mayor of Auckland. U have my full support and thanks for being so respectful and robust during rue campaign. All the best.
HEAL! is raw, unrelenting and visceral - as Simone Kaho (@missmon) navigates trauma, the patriarchy and toxic masculinity as a Tongan-Pākehā survivor.
Kahu Tumai responds to Kaho's newest poetry collection.
https://t.co/xioykQdfmg
Tāmaki - @saufoipress is launching HEAL! by Simone Kaho (@missmon) at @timeoutbooksnz on Friday 16 September!
Find all the details here: https://t.co/jgbikG33bt
Potentially unpopular opinion: if you can’t teach the whole curriculum without homework, your curriculum is the problem. Kids aren’t“quiet quitting” by expecting to only do work @ school. After 7-8 hrs of work, they should expect to protect their peace & find joy when they leave
Believe me when I say that there's still so many great things to come in 2022: The Year of Poetry.
Simone Kaho's forthcoming HEAL! (from @saufoipress) is a gamechanger. Here's a preview:
https://t.co/SJSIrXhjNu