Green issues, foraging, books, voluntary work.
Joined May 2009
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 14
It's New Zealand National Volunteer Week
(Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu — Settimana Nazionale del Volontariato)
14-20 June/giugno
Grazie mille a tutti i volontari della @DanteAuckland e a tutti i volontari italiani in Aotearoa Nuova Zelanda!
@la_dante @ItalyMFA @ItalyinNZ @nzinrome
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 13
Thanks to @NewsroomNZ for this excellent review of Ron Crosby’s Keep Calm — We Are Coming by eminent New Zealand military historian Chris Pugsley. Available in Newsroom NZ:
newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/11/bo…
#oratiabooks #SAS #NZSAS #Afghanistan #nzhistory @NZDefenceForce
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 11
🐋 In all good bookstores from today: He Aha te Raru ki Tai? What’s the Matter with the Sea? Mij le ábijn dáhpáduvvamin?
Trevor Agnew's review:
agnewreading.blogspot.com/se…
#indigenousvoices
#reomāori #lulesámi #oratiabooks #fiveoceans @Norwegianbooks @Norduniversitet @reomaori
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
May 25
My e-cookbook is at the library (free) overdrive.com/media/8702248/…
Please share with your baking and cooking buddies :-) Grazie!
#libraries #ecookbook #vegetarian #vegan #plantbased @amlibraries @Auckland_Libs @L2_S2S @wcl_library @ChristchurchLib #libby
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 12
"This beautifully crafted, bilingual picture book is more than just a story. 'Rere Atu Ki Poronihia' delivers an important message about cultural and personal discovery."
Read the full review here: read-nz.org/school-library/r…
#reomāori #pasifika #diversityandinclusion #oratiabooks
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 10
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 11
🐋 In all good bookstores from today: He Aha te Raru ki Tai? What’s the Matter with the Sea? Mij le ábijn dáhpáduvvamin?
Trevor Agnew's review:
agnewreading.blogspot.com/se…
#indigenousvoices
#reomāori #lulesámi #oratiabooks #fiveoceans @Norwegianbooks @Norduniversitet @reomaori
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Jun 10
Two layers of stuffed cabbage leaves. Don’t bother asking for the recipe as it varies and the stuffing is mostly leftovers, especially leftover bread. Real comfort food for the environmentally conscious cooks.
#leftovers #stuffedcabbageleaves #alessandrazecchini #plantbased
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 10
Congratulations to Heather Haylock, illustrator Sarah Trolle and translator Ngairo Eruera —finalists in the @nzcya, BookHub Picture Book Award category, with Koro Wētā!
And congratulations to all the other finalists: nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-…
#NZCYA #BooksAlive #oratiabooks
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 7
Meet Are Tjihkkom from Norway, the #LuleSámi translator of our trilingual book He Aha te Raru ki Tai?/What’s the Matter with the Sea/Mij le ábijn dáhpáduvvamin?
Here Are reads out the Lule Sámi title: Mij le ábijn dáhpáduvvamin?
#oratiabooks #indigenousvoices #fiveoceans
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 5
This book centres the connection between the #Sámi peoples of #Norway and #Māori, while telling a thoughtful story that highlights the need to care for our marine environment.
scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2606/S…
#IndigenousVoices #LuleSámi #ReoMāori
#WorldOceansDay #Oratiabooks #FiveOceans
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 5
Previewing the new Māori-Lule Sámi-English picture book that confronts the plastic in our oceans — out on 11 June under the Five Oceans imprint with Sámi publisher Davvi Girji:
oratia.co.nz/childrens-books…
#IndigenousVoices #LuleSámi #ReoMāori
#Oratiabooks #FiveOceans @reomaori
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Il prossimo appuntamento con il Cantastorie è il 14 giugno.
Questa sessione sarà guidata e organizzata da genitori.
dantealighieriauckland.blogs…
#danteauckland #danteaucklandbambini @la_dante @ItalyinNZ #italianiinnuovazelanda
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 5
FREE Teacher Resource (9 pages, PDF, including bilingual Gagana Sāmoa and English word search and crosswords) available for Alagā’upu Fa’asamoa ma Uiga mo Tamaiti
Samoan Proverbs for Children:
oratia.co.nz/wp-content/uplo…
#samoanlanguageweek #vaiasoolegaganasamoa #oratiabooks #samoa
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 4
Fa’afetai lava The Coconet TV for this beautiful article about Sauniga o le 'Ava Samoa / The 'Ava Ceremony of Samoa 🙌
thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/p…
#oratiabooks #GaganaSamoa #SamoanLanguageWeek #VaiasooleGaganaSamoa #MoanaOceania #samoanlanguageweek2026 #vaiasoolegaganasamoa2026
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
In a world first, this unique picture book is trilingual in Māori, English and the endangered Lule Sámi language.
nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/he-a… @OratiaBooks
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Gain insight to the 'ava ceremony, the heart of Samoan life, essential for marking important occasions and welcoming guests.
nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/saun… @OratiaBooks
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Buona Festa della Repubblica a tutti i connazionali in Italia e nel mondo da Auckland, Nuova Zelanda!
🇮🇹 80 anni! 🇮🇹
#danteauckland
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Alessandra Zecchini retweeted
Jun 2
Fa’afetai lava to the staff and students of McAuley High School, Ōtāhuhu, for hosting this morning’s launch of Sauniga o le ‘Ava Samoa / The ‘Ava Ceremony of Samoa.
@Auckland_Libs #oratiabooks #moanaoceania #SamoanLanguageWeek #VaiasooleGaganaSamoa @Pacific_Peoples @RNZPacific
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