'People will say, I only want to read facts and serious and important stuff ... But we also know what people do read'

Listen to two of the best in the business, Mad Chapman and Anna Rawhiti-Connell, talk about how the news gets made in their new podcast thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/behin…

Then Shane te Pou found out & next minute…I’m on THIS panel. Anyway it’s next weekend and apparently this festival is fabulous. Join us. PS I thought Featherston was IN Poneke 🤷🏽‍♀️ E-Tangata Te Ao with MOANA 2/

Really stoked to share this latest 'Just So' column with hilarious and relatable cartoons by Giselle. This one is about just how gay the animal world is--nature queer in tooth and claw. nzgeo.com/stories/rainbo…

I love looking at how our photography team approaches collections items when prepping them for Collections Online, like these beautiful details of this rāpaki collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/90134

Listening to this as a podcast was cool, but you have not seen infectious joy until you’ve seen Andrew Stewart talk about reaching deep into pharyngeal areas …

Gorgeous heart lifting launch at Good Books - the genius Jane Arthur has written a book for kids who feel weird and awkward and for adults who still feel like that - here’s to Brown Bird and excellent weirdos and wonderful bookshops that we need and will miss 😭❤️‍🔥

Two ripper reviews from Sam Brooks dramatic-pause.ghost.io/critical-corne…

My last (sob) haul from GOOD BOOKS - two classics and two fresh off the press

Golden Lion win at Venice Biennale for Mataaho Collective 🔥
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Congratulations to the new Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows, including authors and contributors Vincent O'Malley, Joanna Kidman, Nicola Gaston, Carwyn Jones and Anthony Hōete.

Read more here: bwb.co.nz/news/bwb-autho… 📚 🎉

Phenomenally good interview on RNZ - Nine To Noon with Dr Thom; my favourite bit is when you hear Kathryn's keyboard clacking as she googles photos of the fish Tom is talking about then has an explosively appreciative reaction to them rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Chatting about discovering #newspecies with Te Papa's very own Kerry Walton.

Not in the least surprised that the sea pig tops the list thespinoff.co.nz/science/17-04-…

Discoveries from the deep – the Bounty Trough expedition blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/04/05/dis… via @te_papa