vivian Hutchinson
a writer, learner and gatherer based in Taranaki, Aotearoa New Zealand www.taranaki.gen.nz/vivian
- 30 Days to Parliament Grounds. A compilation of the national events, resources, stories and conversations surrounding the 50th Anniversary of the 1975 Māori Land March. An online diary from Te Hapua in the Far North to Parliament Grounds in Wellington. www.taranaki.gen.nz/matakite30days
- The land march that reshaped a nation. by Chris Tobin, The Press Weekend feature article yesterday published in the Stuff network of daily newspapers. - - - - - - - - www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
- Reposted by vivian HutchinsonThe Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine. Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
- The paradox of unemployment is that we are surrounded by an abundance of good work to do. www.taranaki.gen.nz/mtfjobs25
- A couple of decades before Timothée Chalamet got to channel Bob Dylan in his Complete Unknown biopic … that was Bruce Springsteen’s job. youtu.be/Wa0fOE-x84k
- There for the grace, I offer my hand ... 20 years after Welcome Home. Dave Dobbyn at the RNZ Studios. youtu.be/jqItSt58u4Y
- Calling out these dangerous times ... youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs
- Carole Cadwalladr: Coups are like concrete. when they stop moving, they set. It’s already later than we think. youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
- Moral ambition is the will to make the world a wildly better place. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
- and Bernie Sanders last night at Coachella youtu.be/rRaCL-IEShA
- Joan Baez is at 3hrs15mins. Neil Young is there too. The AOC and Sanders speeches at the end of this video are spot on for this moment. www.youtube.com/live/61aaIYM...
- a wwonderful cross-generational response to an extraordinary dangerous time in America, with events that will end up affecting us all. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- This book has brought me — an old activist and atheist — back to wonder, even to reverence, at a whole new level. www.textpublishing.com.au/books/carbon-the-book-of-life
- Aunty Marj (Matarena Marjorie Raumati Rau Kupa MBE) 15 March 1913 - 27 December 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.taranaki.gen.nz/matarena
- French senator speaking to this moment. youtu.be/unSSHfIs3U0?...
- The war on “woke” is a war on language itself, and a war on our capacity and willingness to express the ideas and commitments of a “fair go”. www.facebook.com/544368728/po...
- There are many years when I’ve looked up from my writing desk in the middle of March and thought: It’s quiet out there. I’ve been completely oblivious to the fact that it is Taranaki Anniversary. e-tangata.co.nz/history/the-...
- Seeing the Matrix: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa on the present moment. youtu.be/jsHoX9ZpA_M
- An actual and effective form of resistance will involve a cultural project up and down American life. the.ink/p/essay-the-...
- sunflowers for Ukraine
- 60 Minutes overview of events of the last week: “Walking away from the Ukraine will be the greatest geopolitical mistake that the US has made since World War II.“ youtu.be/NE6VxNXo_Zg
- George Monbiot on the possibility/probability of systemic collapse ... while the ultra rich “migrate to their New Zealand bunkers”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- is water wading at Back Beach.
- George speaks to the present moment. youtu.be/IEfJdtdtEoc
- Carole Cadwalladr: “The fact is the front pages look like it’s business as normal when it’s anything but.” open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
- Joshua Koko: “Manaakitanga is not weakness. It is the foundation of our endurance, the reason we are still here. It doesn’t mean we accept their terms. It means we’re upholding our own.” e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...
- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer: “To name the world as gift is to feel one’s membership in the web of reciprocity. It makes you happy — and it makes you accountable.” emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-se...
- Today in Parliament. The final steps to redress and reconciliation. A special day for Taranaki and our nation.
- Carl Chenery at the Select Committee today: “If you are going to have thirty years of apologies for unilateral actions, and then take a further unilateral action to define it, it seems to undermine the whole premise of what every party here has supported.” bit.ly/40K4n7X
- Treaty Principles Bill select committee in Parliament live today bit.ly/40K4n7X
- Documentary "The Invisible Doctrine - the secret history of Neoliberalism (and how it came to control your life)", featuring George Monbiot, is now on Kanopy. www.kanopy.com/en/pukeariki...
- Reposted by vivian Hutchinson
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