Hākui K (she/her)

@haakuik

Te Waipounamu and Tai Rāwhiti iwi, also 2nd gen AoNZer on other side. ONLY THE BEST!!! is good enough for my children. Or anyone else's. 🇵🇸 Not representing anyone or anything else here, no link to multiple employers. 💖 Ahakoa taku iti he iti matā 💖

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Bluesky

Ist das dein Profil?Übernimm es — dann gehört dir haakuik.dirty.social.Profil übernehmen

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· 6d

'happy' is not quite accurate... 🫠

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· 14d

Māori mā, last chance to change rolls.

You can't change your roll after midnight 6 August.

vote.nz

0800 36 76 56

Kei a tātou te mana

Our choice has mana

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

ΤΕ ΚΑΙΤΙΑΚΙ TAKE KOWHIRI

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· 15d

It is a worry. I've heard what I think are their ads on *iwi* radio but don't watch tv and haven't seen much on billboards as yet. Tania Waikato's campaign has gotten more cut-through than anything else I've seen as yet. Attaching one of my favorite photos and a snippet of the caption 😍

Photograph of Dr Madeline Shelling competing in an athletic event she exemplifies physical strength and mental focus in this photo, swinging from overhead rings.

Overlaid red text reads:

6 days left to switch to the Māori roll!
7 August 2026 (sic)

86 days left to enrol!
Go to vote.nz to enrol now!
25 October 2026

Dr. Madeline Shelling (Ngāti Porou) exemplifies academic excellence and a deep commitment to community well-being. Holding a PhD in Māori Health, She serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her impactful research centers on Māori health equities, Indigenous-designed assessment tools, food security, and kaitiakitanga.

Beyond academia, Dr. Shelling is an elite athlete who has reached the pinnacle of international Crossfit, representing Aotearoa at the 2021 CrossFit Games. Her team secured a monumental 6th-place finish overall-making history as the highest-placing New Zealand team in CrossFit Games history. Her elite athletic success reflects years of unyielding discipline, resilience, and high-performance drive on the global stage.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· 15d

E mihi nui ana, thank you @nzjanette.bsky.social for the timely reminder Go to vote.nz e hoa mā, check your enrolment early. (Checks Tania Waikato's page..) We have until midnight TOMORROW 6 Aug to switch from general to Māori roll or vice versa, and 81 days left to register so our voices count.

Enrol early so you're ready to vote!

Enrolment will close before voting starts for the 2026 General Election.

Enrol or update your details at vote.nz

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

ΤΕ ΚΑΙΤΙΑΚΙ TAKE KÕWHIRI

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· 15d

They have been, they are - but it's evidently not getting enough cut-through if your sister missed it 🥺 Information overload is a massive issue. These are from their FB comms if they're of any use to you:

What's happening in August

6 August

Last day for Māori who are already enrolled to change roll types

7 August

Regulated period for election advertising expenses begins

Mid-August

Enrolment update packs sent to 3.6 million people

Recruitment well underway for 28,000 roles to deliver the 2026 General Election

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

ΤΕ ΚΑΙΤΙΑΚΙ TAKE KÕWHIRI

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

ΤΕ ΚΑΙΤΙΑΚΙ TAKE KÕWHIRI

Not sure who to trust about the 2026 General Election?

vote.nz

Your trusted source for the 2026 General Election.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Jul 21

That's a lot 💗 here's a sunrise picture to hopefully lift your spirits 💞

Photograph of ocean swells tipped with gold as the glorious Tamanuiterā peeks over the horizon. Bands of orange, gold, clouds and blue in the sky.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Jun 9

CIS WOMEN (white text on black)
FOR (white text on baby blue)
TRANS (white text on rose)
RIGHTS (black text on white)

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· May 21

Nui te aroha 💔 Not liking who we become in response is part of their playbook. In case it's of any comfort to others, how to survive and thrive in spite of the relentless awfulness: "... Write it... Paint it... Dance it..." - Maya Angelou "I cannot afford despair..." - James Baldwin ❣️❣️❣️

Image from an Instagram post. Black text on a parchment-coloured background:

"I never have been in despair about the world. Enraged. I've been engaged by the world, but never despair. I cannot afford despair... you can't tell the children that there is no hope."

- James Baldwin

BLACK LITURGIES

Screenshot from Goodreads of text on a white background next to a small thumbnail image of the author's face:

"You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that answer. You write it You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it."

Maya Angelou

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Apr 28

Always appreciate your posts. You do make the Bluesky world a better place. Sunrise shot from Rēkohu (love my coasties but *actual* first place to see the sun) for your nebulous sympathy purposes.

Slightly tilted photo of a blazing sunrise, gilding grass and a gravel road. Scattered clouds at the horizon and one in the sky reflect a pale yellow. The sun looks enormous, like it's read how sunrise symbolises new beginnings and hope and is doing its level best.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Apr 10

With alt text. Ancestors of mine were Catholic; I'd like to think that they would listen to these words from their spiritual leader. Actually from the current state of AoNZ it's nice to see anyone act like a leader of people...

Screenshot of three tweets from Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.

@Pontifex
Absurd and inhuman violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the Christian East, profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business, with no regard for people's lives, which are considered at most collateral damage of self-interest. But no gain Show more

@Pontifex.
God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Feb 14

In dark orange text surrounded by sunrays and a couple of stars, the single word:

PREACH!

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Dec 12

This is the part that worries me.

Screenshot from RNZ article:

Watching this week's endless debating it appeared on Thursday that another more egregious error had occurred. It seemed that a minister had forgotten to include key aspects within an amendment bill, and so ask a select committee to add them back in.

However, it was no mistake. Paul Goldsmith had purposefully omitted some disallowed measures from the Crimes Amendment Bill, in order that they could be added back in as an addendum by the Justice Select Committee, in order to dodge the usual rules about what is allowed.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Dec 3

All the trigger warnings. The author Puhiza Shemsedini writes with clarity 💗 link to the article in following

Screenshot from article by Puhiza Shemsedini:

On the second day, we learned about integrative negotiations.

One bullet point in the presentation said that negotiation requires “separating the people from the problem”.

I read it, and I felt something in my chest; I couldn't continue reading further.

Screenshot from article by Puhiza Shemsedini:

I was furious to hear someone else evaluate my ability to handle a conversation.

It is a tone the West often uses when speaking to the rest of the world.

We are told we are "not ready" for democracy, "not prepared" for self-governance, “not objective enough" to confront our own past.

Screenshot from article by Puhiza Shemsedini:

Readiness becomes a way to measure civilisation, to decide who can speak and who must listen.

In these spaces, "not being ready" is never about emotional strength; it is about power.

It is a polite way of saying that our truth is inconvenient, that our pain must wait for translation, moderation, and approval.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Dec 3

"Mana motuhake" (as described by Reti) functions stripped. Implied promises (when Te Aka Whai Ora was disestablished) broken. 'Pae Ora' placed second to 'Healthy Futures'.

Photo of a gently glowing sunset sky, a lake, sharp peaks and clouds. Also some roads and lights, but the focus is on the enduring, not the ephemeral.

When the news is relentlessly bad, moments like this one help me, maybe others. ❤️

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Nov 25

This. Always this.

Book cover, light blue with a red and blue bird between the three lines of the title:

AMAL EL-MOHTAR

This Is How
(red bird, upright)
You Lose
(blue bird, upside down)
the Time War

MAX GLADSTONE

Screenshot of a tweet from gentler days that changed the world for the authors and readers of the book 'This Is How We Lose the Time War':

bigolas dickolas wolfwood 5/7/23

read this. DO NOT look up anything about it. just read it. it's only like 200 pages u can download it on audible it's only like four hours. do it right now i'm very extremely serious.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Nov 25

Also 10am *this* Saturday at the Climate Action Campus to make banners with Ron Te Kawa 💗

Screenshot from the Disability Leadership Canterbury website:

OUR VOICES COUNT RALLY

Disability Leadership Canterbury

Saturday 6 December

starting at 11.30am at the Bridge of Remembrance

Join disabled Cantabrians, whānau, and allies for the last rally and hikoi (march) of the year.

Whaikaha, Whaimana: Our Voices Count

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Nov 24

What I would like Minister Potaka to pay attention to. And Minister Upston. Giving the people who know what works for their communities money, and *not* micromanaging how it's spent makes a huge difference. Thank you for writing this @brycecovert.bsky.social, I'm unsure how relevant it is here

(screenshot of an article by Bryce Covert on The Nation)

... The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families allocated $1 million, a “shoestring" budget, Henderson said, to the effort; equally as significant as funding was that it gave counties permission to try out new approaches. State leadership didn't tell the three counties-La Crosse, Marathon, and Wood-what to do or how. Instead, it gave them money and told them to do "whatever they need to do to keep kids safely housed with their parents," Koury said.

Related Article
"Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids."

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Nov 15

From her FB 🥺

This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing.

Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Nov 4

An illustration of Taranaki mounga with the words 'Remember Parihaka Fifth of November'

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Oct 28

I don't have an answer, other than "may be incapable of morality" and "I won't get used to this". I also don't know whether all or only some whānau with Prader-Willi will be affected. I find wisdom and some comfort in Cole Riley's Instagram account @blackliturgies ❤️ In case it also helps you:

Instagram post from the @blackliturgies account:

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin

BLACK LITURGIES

Instagram post from the @blackliturgies account:

INHALE
I won't get used to this.

EXHALE
The children are ours.

BLACK LITURGIES

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Oct 22

100% in support of the strikers.

Poster saying:

Stand Together
OCT 23 STRIKE

ACC joins tens of thousands of public servants striking for respect at work, protecting your entitlements and fair and decent pay.

www.psa.org.nz/acc

PSA
Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Oct 20

Tautoko! www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Screenshot of an article from Te Matatika (The Press):

Mon, Oct 20, 2025

Kia ora Christopher: what the PM needs to hear about striking public servants

Rob Campbell | The Post

(The image is of Christopher Luxon giving a thumbs up to someone off camera)

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Oct 2

Understood - I feel a bit helpless when it comes to that side of things. This matrix helps me know what to seek out, what to request of journalists, and even what to say to others about people who are certainly acting like populists. Another part of the same article:

Quick ID: when to switch to harm-reduction coverage

Treat a figure as "populist" for coverage purposes if both are true:

People vs "corrupt elite" framing in their rhetoric; and

Broken reciprocity with the media - criticism fuels them; recognition/normalisation matters more than tone; routine attacks on journalists.

Signs reciprocity is broken? Tick at least two: negative coverage recycled as proof of bias; "flooding the zone" with claims; coverage volume exceeds electoral support/salience; misuse of the right of reply.

***

Why the usual options backfire

In the moment, most of us default to one of three: ignore, cover neutrally, cover critically. Each carries predictable risk:

Ignore - the claim spreads unchecked somewhere else.

Cover neutrally - you create a phoney "debate" and confer status.

Cover critically - you still confer status and feed the "media hates us" script.

The fix is not less coverage; it's different coverage.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Oct 2

This looks like ✨gold✨ to my layperson's eyes. Any whakaaro from expert people? With big mihi to @froomkin.bsky.social and @jayrosen.bsky.social for sharing this article. AoNZ we all know which people to check our public responses to. Test it out, let us all know how well it worked.

Reporting populism: the harm-reduction matrix, by Michael Hauser Tov.

Available at this link:
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reduction-playbook-covering-populists

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Sep 29

Alpine Fault. 75%. 50 years. 4/5. Aaarghh. af8.org.nz

Screenshot of text from the AF8 website:

While we can't predict earthquakes, scientific research indicates there is a 75% probability of an Alpine Fault earthquake occurring in the next 50 years, and there is a 4 out of 5 chance that it will be a magnitude 8+ event.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Sep 26

E mārama ai te wairua o te kupu, me waniwani ko tōhona whakapapa... Learnt this today from Lola Fontain's comment on @sunnmcheaux.bsky.social Instagram post.

Oxford languages definitions of 'nice'; all positive

Origins of 'nice':

not know
ignorant
stupid

!!!

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Sep 20

If you haven't yet chosen, may i suggest voting kakī 🩷🖤🩷🖤 LOOK at them! - effortlessly elegant (except during mating dances) - chill out in the hoarfrost of Te Manahuna - pride of the south(-ern waders)

Photograph by SGalla32 on Wikimedia. A kakī (black stilt) is crouched close to gravel and stone ground, with its pink legs tucked under and its wings bent forward. It looks like a stealth plane with style.

Photograph by SGalla32 on Wikimedia. Two kakī (black stilts) are walking across stony ground with a large boulder and golden grasses in the background.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Sep 20

"Mana motuhaketia tō hauora" - Te Arikinui Kuini Ngā wai hono i te po ❤️‍🩹

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Sep 20

A photo of an elegant kakī or black stilt, an endangered wading bird from southern Te Waipounamu. Black and pink hearts surround the bird who looks pensive. The text above reads 'missed leg day'. The text below reads 'missing your vote'.

Hākui K (she/her)@haakuik· Sep 19

And to the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, the hugest mihi 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾