Save the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area The Waitakere Ranges are precious.  They provide Auckland with fresh air and clean water.  They provide us with serenity and artistic inspiration.  They have been described as “the lung...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...

Mike Westbrook obituary Acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader who was one of the most significant figures in the history of British jazz

Go well, Westie x

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Oh no!

Ah, Aislop’s Fables!

Ep01 Chloe Swarbrick on the fuel crisis and why are we all working so hard but getting nowhere YouTube video by Big Hairy Network

#nzpol
This interview is exceptional. Wow 💚💚💚

www.youtube.com/live/6HOpJEX...

It may be on to something, though…

Welcome aboard!

Easter 2026: could it be a good time to consider applying for the Lilburn Research Fellowship 2027?

This is the ONLY research position specifically created for the study of NZ Music. Applications open until May 17.

natlib.govt.nz/about-us/sch...

👇🏼 written submission

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Jim Cooper (1945–2026): A Pioneer of MIDI, Engineering Visionary, and Industry Leader The MIDI community lost one of its early pioneers with the passing of Jim Cooper, founder of JLCooper Electronics and a former President of the MIDI Manufacturers Association. Jim passed [...]

Just learned of the passing of Jim Cooper, ex Oberheim engineer and MIDI pioneer.

midi.org/jim-cooper-1...

PCE Submission: Proposed Ministry for the Environment Disestablishment Bill YouTube video by PCE

Here’s NZ Parliamentary Environment Commissioner & ex- National minister trying to warn the NZ govt their idea of merging environment with urban spatial planning is a disaster for rural communities & environment - I could not agree more - disestablishing Environment is terrible youtu.be/OMv6-kZTuGs

Report to the prime minister: prioritisation in new zealand's science, innovation and technology system

new zealand's 47-page govt report on science, out today, uses the terms "basic science", "discovery science", and "fundamental science" zero times

"curiosity-driven research" appears only in regard to cutting it

a foolish report released on April Fool's Day

www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/repor...

Righteous thread…

Government backs down from work from home policy day before court hearing - PSA The union filed legal action after a MBIE policy restricting flexible work arrangements was introduced.

A bit of good news for workers…

Government backs down from work from home policy day before court hearing - PSA www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Meanwhile in Victoria, Australia…

Two ministers rejected WHO changes – but can't agree why NZ's rejection of near-unanimously adopted changes to global health rules was decided by just two ministers without Cabinet approval.

A week after New Zealand formally rejected post-pandemic changes to international health rules agreed by the World Health Organization, the reason the decision was made remains unclear.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/26/t...

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Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

Thanks for the heads up – will listen later!

(1/2) High Court finds: Ministry of Health breached 2018 agreement with College of Midwives for fair and reasonable remuneration; LMC midwives unlawfully discriminated against on basis of sex under s 19 of Bill of Rights Act.
Declarations made; midwives entitled to monetary damages.

sen.nz/0s0wn3

Prime Minister demonstrates how fuel will be allocated at next level

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.

Petition against move-on orders.

"That the House of Representatives not pass legislation that would provide Police with the power to issue move-on orders."

petitions.parliament.nz/420b82a6-b4c...

Wish I didn’t ☹️

Rocketlab?

Blame Labour, probably.

Does this mean the govt is, after all, helping “millionaires in Remuera” despite what Nicola Noboats said…?

We should reconsider the term „energy crisis“ when speaking about the effects of the Iran war.
This is very specifically a crisis of fossil fuels and their single point of failure. Fossil fuels are no longer synonymous with „energy“. We have other, better options.

Nicholas Spice · Butter wouldn’t melt: Schubert’s​ Imagination Schubert’s​ imagination was unusually literary. Words released music in him: poems about desire, love, loss,...

‘In the uses of the musical imagination, Schubert was unsurpassed in his generation: it was his way to a kind of freedom, his escape from an uncommonly constricted life.’

Nicholas Spice on the Austrian composer.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...