Ronsboy67 · @ronsboy67
168 followers · 2199 posts · Server mas.to

An attitudinal shift I made decades ago.
The Guardian: ‘Bird killing machines’: New Zealand cools on cats to protect native wildlife
theguardian.com/world/2023/aug

#taonga #aotearoa

Last updated 1 year ago

Rorzer · @rorzer
84 followers · 648 posts · Server mastodon.nz

Saw te Rā at te Puna Waiwhetū today.
Quite incredible. A wonderful taonga that needs to sail home permanently.

What got me was the smell. Dry, dusty. A mix of flax and hessian.

The "collector" kept no provenance, so we don't know if was gifted, stolen or sold. We don't even know its awa.

#taonga #tera

Last updated 1 year ago

¡No Pasarán, Mate! · @nopasaran
35 followers · 320 posts · Server mastodon.nz

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, including , , and , are () that are passed down through generations and hold sacred meaning.

Removing the ownership of an image of an person from the group that they represent is .

#ownership #culturalexpressions #images #symbols #practices #taonga #treasures #indigenous #theft

Last updated 1 year ago

Robin Forlonge Patterson · @RFPatterson
81 followers · 744 posts · Server mastodon.nz

Who has the ? Has it any direct link to ?
volkagames.com/game/

#played #facebook #game #taonga #aotearoa

Last updated 2 years ago

This just annoys the living crap out of me... many of our priceless and precious images of the past, from a single news conglomerate in were sent to America to be digitised, but never came back... and now they are being sold there and we have to buy them back. is so vital and important. Never, ever let this happen... bid.thefairfaxarchives.co.nz/

#digitalsovereignty #taonga #nz #aotearoa

Last updated 2 years ago

scene_cachet :verify: · @scene_cachet
211 followers · 145 posts · Server mastodon.nz

If you had asked me 20 years ago that I would see and freely flying around I would have said you were dreaming.

It is amazing how far we have come with these precious

I will do my best to make sure our future is filled with roaming freely within the bush.

stuff.co.nz/environment/300743

#Kaka #Kakariki #wellington #taonga #kiwi #newzealand #birds

Last updated 2 years ago