Researcher, educator, writer on cultures and change. Author First Expressions, Built for Change and Out of Bounds Church. Gardener, runner, sleeperhttps://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3mtrvnymlls2iNo new taxes is the perfect austerity slogan for a party with no real intention of doing anything meaningful to fix major social issues like climate change, child poverty, aging population, broken health care, fossil fuel dependant economy, Māori injustices23 Aug 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrvnymlls2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3mtj2awabys23I’m enjoying being back writing again in the Ordinary Knitters project. This week I’ve been stitching together some background literature, focusing on written accounts of younger women’s encounters with knitting. To help me think conceptually, I made a table, with quotes into a 3-stranded pattern.20 Aug 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj2awabys23https://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3mtg3z34d3c22Great journalism. Fact checking the words that drip out of a PM, bagging his own capital city [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtg3z34d3c22https://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3mszp6bqypk2hSome incoming academic journal editor energy today. Colloquium, the journal I edit was first published in 1967. All issues are online through ATLA but there is something about holding something printed 59 years ago. Thanks Hocken. Some of what I noted I wrote -> https://emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/first-issues-of-colloquium-from-1967/14 Aug 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszp6bqypk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3mswcno76as25So we are seriously expected to believe that the entire National caucus - all 49 of them - flew to Wellington in order to pledge 100% support to their dear leader and publicly out one of their colleagues as a lone wolf.12 Aug 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswcno76as25https://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3mssbhfoz5s2rWho is next cab off the National rank for Botany in 2026?11 Aug 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssbhfoz5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3msppijkod22xResearch sprints, then the slow warm down. Some thoughts on the crafting of visible endings. https://emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/research-as-marathons-and-sprints/10 Aug 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3msppijkod22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emergentkiwi.bsky.social/post/3mrynd6ukds2cExcellent article on business realitites in NZ. Luxon knows “very well that the state sets the conditions … that the upswing [National is] claiming credit for is a government outcome. But all the same: you’re on your own … Stop asking me for a plan.” https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewdicksonnz/p/luxons-wearing-daddys-pants?utm_campaign=post01 Aug 2026 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:2dk67ufh6lp5egcgi5k6ql36/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrynd6ukds2c