'A celebration of Black voices weaves its way through the stories in this stunning collection that brings together life, love and laughter.'

Read more of Sarah Broadley (she/her)'s review of #JoyfulJoyful on the blog.

Curated by Count Blacula 🦇 🧛🏿‍♂️ 🦇
Published by… mybookcorner.co.uk/joyful-joyful-…

1/2: Bula Vinaka,

I am happy to share that I will be representing Fiji at Best Diplomats Turkiye to be held in Istanbul from 24th to 27th February 2023.

I'd like to take this opportunity to reimagine 'diplomacy' and most importantly to further amplify our regional struggles...

Nah, these chicks were doing Tiktoks over 20 years ago lol give them their flowers rn

Vinaka Tau Peni Moi. Great story about Peni & Wizard Cleaning Services helping folks in need 👏🏾

'Explain what you mean by Woke & then we can have the conversation'. Incredibly put by Rakie Ayola💜 Still Menopausal.
This should be the response to every commentator, Journalist & MP who've become far too comfortable throwing the Term 'Woke' into every one of their dog whistle opinions

Completed the 52nd author visit for the year today. Was filled w story sharing, hugs from excited students telling me about the impact our stories have had on them - 1 student gifted me a copy of her NCEA assignment that received an EXCELLENCE & was based on our Tama Sāmoa bk 🧵

Over 20 The Sydney Morning Herald articles say $8 billion is 'rorted' from Medicare each year - but what is the evidence behind this figure? Tori Berquist & I tried to find it but it was nowhere to be seen. Our piece MJA: insightplus.mja.com.au/2022/41/medica… Adj Prof Karen Price RACGP President 😷 MJA Editor in Chief Bureau de Coopes

MMT & NRL star Andrew Fifita has today announced his retirement from rugby league. The Tongan forward initially wanted to continue his career after leaving Cronulla, but was facing 7 surgeries & decided his body wasn't ready for a 14th season of first grade.

Andrew Fifita has co-founded an app which he hopes will help break down mental health stigma:
“making people aware of (mental health/suicide) it's a massive problem for our Pasifika people, our Māori, our Indigenous… it's an eye opener, it's what inspired me to do this app'

“The beleaguered island nation is beset with political instability following its withdrawal from a trading bloc as it faces rising inflation, sewage pouring into rivers, looming power cuts and long lines at food banks. It will now have its fifth prime minister in seven years”

This March, Bank of America employees called the cops on BLACK PANTHER director Ryan Coogler for trying to withdraw $$$ from his own account. Unfortunate accident? Not a chance. I spent the past 3 yrs investigating racism in banking. Here's what I found 🧵 nytimes.com/2022/03/09/art…

VV's neighbour here in #EastTāmaki is Koleta Boutique, a small Fijian owned business with a gorgeous range of accessories, homeware, mats, masi & home-made soy candles (that smell divine!!) - we collabo'd on a stall and owner Davina Foon made this gorgeous snapshot of our day:

WATCH: Stuff the British Stole starts 1 Nov 🔥🔥🔥

Old joke:
Why are the pyramids in Egypt?
Cos they won’t fit in the British Museum 🥁

Fun 15 - 20 mins radio interview today, concerning tradition latte sites of the Mariana Islands

with 'Pacific Beat' radio program of Australian Broadcasting System

will share a link when available

If you know anything at all about Westfield Grasslands Restoration project I’d absolutely love to hear about it! Besides being marked on Google Maps there are a mere three Google results for “Westfield Grassland” and *zero* for “Westfield Grasslands”. It’s a mystery!

early in the pandemic, I organized an email pen pal group, of sorts, made up of willing people who -- like me -- lived alone, and lived with anxiety and/or depression. Varying degrees of closeness with each other. Some of us knew each other well, others barely at all.

Is it just me or did we go from sleeping in hoodies to sleeping in undies real quick? #humidity

PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome, impacts millions of people, resulting in a host of different issues that may not seem connected at first.
huffpost.com/entry/polycyst…

For the first time in #4Corners history, three First Nations women have come together to investigate a national crisis: Indigenous Affairs Editor Bridget Brennan, a Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta woman, producer Suzanne Dredge, a Wiradjuri woman, and Dharawal researcher Brooke Fryer.