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  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Jan 18, 2023
  • 1 min read

It's all good! I've enjoyed my job so far, and as apparently conspiracy theorists read my stuff, I feel like they probably want me to do the hard sell. I chose to work there because their news is always reliable. And I doubt I said anything other than that, though I remember saying they were centre-left. I'm centre-left myself, so it's a pretty comfortable vibe. 👍

 
 
 

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Māori Politics

We spent all of last year slinging mud at each other in the press, yet we're still roughly where we were in terms of polling. It says something: we're not afraid of airing our dirty laundry. Everyone

 
 
 
Publishing plans

One of my fantasies is to publish a red leather-bound book of my best melodies. Divorced from their lyrics or context: just the tunes. It could be a bit of a Rosetta stone, written in several differe

 
 
 
How do I know I'm Māori?

Iwi whakapapa books. Unlike the Native Americans, we know which people trace descent. The family history department at the National Library dug into my family history as a result of my rendition of P

 
 
 

1 Comment

Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Jan 18, 2023

Lyrics are ambiguous. Everyone interprets my songs weirdly, and I think that's just something that a singer-songwriter has to shrug about. Otherwise it drives me mental to try and react to all the strange interpretations of my work. But I'm not surprised by that: lyrics are ambiguous, particularly pop lyrics.

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