Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Indigenous sociologist at large. Doing stuff on political violence. ND. Posting in personal capacityhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mt5muwdgjs2oRichard Dawkins, who has previously led online attacks on Māori scholars, is one of the more prominent online trolls who mounted a vitriolic online crusade against Prof Jason Arday. He is now on X trolling a Muslim scholar at Cambridge. The howls of white rage continue unabated.15 Aug 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5muwdgjs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mt36frwnfs2tI hope international media outlets will now give equal time, coverage and outrage to white academics who have plagiarised and made stuff up. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j1ye6n30no14 Aug 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt36frwnfs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mquis5irts2hLest we forget, Cook attempted to enter Wellington harbour on two occasions (once on the Endeavour and once on the Resolution) and failed both times. Not a good omen really. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/731338/kupe-and-cook-names-of-new-cook-strait-ferries-announced17 Jul 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquis5irts2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mmsl3rkffc23Well, well, well. New Zealand Initiative staffing decisions are fascinating - former NZI chief editor, Nathan Smith, a far-right blogger exposed in 2020, and now this. 👀 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/596499/climate-briefing-note-sent-to-pm-s-chief-policy-adviser-it-has-been-revealed?fbclid=IwY2xjawSDQKZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFKUjVxb3FjR2NhbnA3WlRWc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvAwgG1TBPizYL3AT73VTDH0gQroBlTkfftWqHtFbAxcxLHOFHcBcz5P-bcS_aem_o3f17I8iyOwEpaqstRssOg27 May 2026 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmsl3rkffc23https://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mlptouvhas2mAnd the Ockham award for nonfiction goes to Tina Makereti!!! YES!!!13 May 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlptouvhas2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3ml624fsjrc2aI had one of those weirdly life-changing converations yesterday when a colleague I haven't seen in years made some random comments in passing that left me totally revising my major work-life and life priorities. I'm still kind of reeling but yeah. Wow. Definitely the right guy at the right time.🤯06 May 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml624fsjrc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mk6rwxoj3c2zYou can't fight racism with more racism and that's all I have to say on the matter.23 Apr 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6rwxoj3c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mhwquidt4c2gJonathan Ayling touting himself as a"diversity hire"? Oh wait... he's serious.26 Mar 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwquidt4c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mht7jkghs22cVindicated! Every so often in this angry old world, there's a win. Nice one, Sanjana. #@sanjanah.bsky.social https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360955381/julian-batchelor-wholly-unsuccessful-defamation-claim-against-tvnz24 Mar 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mht7jkghs22chttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mhlw6qlq222xThe vast majority of Māori children end up in state schools and despite the current 'browning' of charter schools IMO we have a mokopunatanga responsibility to stand and fight in those spaces where Te Tiriti is breached daily. Neither system sufficiently shifts the political dial for our tamariki.21 Mar 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlw6qlq222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mhlrszr3a22bKia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua Feeling some very big 'feels' as I read this. Arohanui e hoa xx @lajacq.bsky.social https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/jacquie-kidd-living-while-dying/21 Mar 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlrszr3a22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mglx7tcgxk2nNicola Willis getting a tad snarky with Jenna Lynch at today's post-Cabinet press conference. And now Tova's broken ranks and asked the PM the question that dare not speak its name-will you still be the leader? Willis seems to be heaving big sighs but she may have taken a diazepam ahead of time09 Mar 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglx7tcgxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mgeksukyvc2lIs TVNZ seriously not going to cover the latest poll tonight? We had to tune into TV3 news. Political interference, perhaps?🤷06 Mar 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgeksukyvc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mdwnqqpxic25So... will there be a challenge to the Labour Party leadership or not? With all these damn redundancies, most of my sources have left the building, and the stalwarts of the Wellington rumour mill are as confused as a bunch of headless chooks. They may as well be speaking Klingon.03 Feb 2026 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdwnqqpxic25https://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mbrpkv37uk2g67,906 days (or 2,231 months) later... and sovereignty still not ceded. Never ceded.06 Jan 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrpkv37uk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3mbkwsvnec22g... Umm, hello? Mr Luxon?...This is Venezuela calling. ... ? Yeah gidday, we can't take your call right now. Please leave your message after the beep. ... Okaay, it's just that the Rules-Based International Order has broken down and... [BEEEEP]04 Jan 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkwsvnec22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3maodmshurs2bOver-hearing Avis rental car staff at Christchurch airport yesterday charging a price-gouging $4000 for one car for one week to an overseas tourist. Attempting to get us to sign a rental car agreement without providing the actual agreement. Cowboys!23 Dec 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3maodmshurs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3m7q4s53ljs2aSay what now?! https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/un-is-a-joke-government-ministers-take-aim-at-united-nations-over-report-criticising-new-zealand-treatment-of-maori/FQHGCTQL55GLPF5L2GGTV62KLA/11 Dec 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7q4s53ljs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3m5otcnkyq22t"When decisions become contentious, the backstops to resolve conflict tend to be drawn from western practices, and include things like a reliance on centralised authority, closed-door meetings, and formal votes": Sasha McMeeking https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/which-mandate-matters-most/15 Nov 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5otcnkyq22thttps://bsky.app/profile/joannakidman.bsky.social/post/3m5hi7qcsac2sI've signed https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/protect-te-tiriti-in-education?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=49a2c6d6-aa5d-44b0-a89a-8b139f4cc8e612 Nov 2025 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:swt5yktx3lkatpy62h55ffvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hi7qcsac2s