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Woke socialist, stray cat magnet, Tūī feeder, she/her/ia. Living in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.

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Vase of blue, white and purple flowers in a blue vase sitting on a wooden dining table

Vase of blue, white and purple flowers in a blue vase sitting on a wooden dining table

Bumblebee on a blue flower

Bumblebee on a blue flower

A bumblebee has just flown into my house to collect pollen from the vase of flowers on the table!

08.03.2026 05:53 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

🤞

08.03.2026 05:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And that worked out so well for the Australian Liberal Party ....

08.03.2026 05:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Glad you are getting a break.

08.03.2026 03:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@alistaircoleman.bsky.social
Reminded by FB.
NZ headlines 6 years ago

08.03.2026 03:46 👍 107 🔁 33 💬 7 📌 2

Stanford is also very unlikeable

08.03.2026 03:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a cartoon of homer simpson hanging from a rock in front of a hard place Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson hanging from a ball, swinging between a rock and a hard place

I don't think Luxon will go willingly. They will have to force him out which may take a month or so but that would be too close to the budget to ditch Willis as finance minister as it would create even more problems. I love this for them #nzpol

08.03.2026 02:20 👍 30 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

In your case it really is worth renewing it, as you really don't want to have any problems getting in to take care of your mother

08.03.2026 01:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Taxpayer money being given to property speculators by National Party again #nzpol

08.03.2026 01:10 👍 27 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0

Some scary new creature is running around in your backyard! This reminds me - how are she and the cat getting on now?

08.03.2026 00:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

ICE attracts the worst of the worst. There is no reform sweeping enough to fix it. There is only abolition and prosecution.

07.03.2026 23:08 👍 354 🔁 133 💬 18 📌 4

Husband let his expire in the mid 1980s and, while he still cheers for Scotland when watching sport, he considered himself a New Zealander within a few years of arriving here

08.03.2026 00:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Absolutely ridiculous. Husband's parents are dead now so there no longer is any real need to return as he isn't very close to his remaining brothers.

08.03.2026 00:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Same for my Scottish husband.

08.03.2026 00:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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AI is already creeping into election campaigns. NZ’s rules aren’t ready Months out from the next general election, political “AI slop” is spilling over social media feeds. Lessons from overseas could help electoral laws catch up.

#nzpol Heads up and pay attention Aotearoa NZ. There's going to be a deluge of dirty politics and lies thrown at us on social media this year. Please remember to go to party websites to read published policies. Do due diligence and watch out for each other. 💪

theconversation.com/ai-is-alread...

08.03.2026 00:13 👍 38 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 3
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Herbs - AudioCulture In the mid 1970s the founding members of Herbs – Toni Fonoti, Spencer Fusimalohi and Fred Faleauto – were playing in a band called Backyard. They asked Dilworth Karaka to join, and considered renaming...

"We were the voice for a lot of people that just weren‘t getting heard.” – Dilworth Karaka.
We are beyond sad to acknowledge the passing of Herbs rangatira Dilworth Karaka. Already a highly regarded musician in Papa in the 1970s, Karaka joined Herbs when... 1/3
www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/herbs

07.03.2026 23:51 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

🎯

07.03.2026 23:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
US visa stamp from 1990 allowing multiple entries indefinitely

US visa stamp from 1990 allowing multiple entries indefinitely

I was looking through old passports yesterday and saw my 1990 US visa gave me multiple entry indefinitely. Such a different prospect now

07.03.2026 23:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

💔

07.03.2026 22:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

How exciting!

07.03.2026 21:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂

07.03.2026 21:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Eight Tūī around a stainless steel bowl with a background of green trees. Four are perched on the edge of the bowl and 4 are on the wooden base. While 4 wait their turn, 4 have their heads in the bowl drinking the sugar water

Eight Tūī around a stainless steel bowl with a background of green trees. Four are perched on the edge of the bowl and 4 are on the wooden base. While 4 wait their turn, 4 have their heads in the bowl drinking the sugar water

Timeline cleanse. Tūī chattering and calling to each other in my garden brings me so much joy

07.03.2026 21:51 👍 49 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

Always pays to consider all the lines before rushing in with what looked like an obvious connection as I did this morning

Connections
Puzzle #1001
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07.03.2026 21:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Chris Bishop: 18% preference , up 2 points since October. He is considered the best option across all voter groups.
Nicola Willis: 11% preference , showing no change since October.
Erica Stanford: 10% preference , down 2 points since October.
Mark Mitchell: 9% preference , up 4 points since October.
Simeon Brown: 9% preference , up 1 point since October.
Shane Reti: 5% preference , down 2 points since October.
Someone Else: 6% of voters would prefer a different candidate.
Unsure: 31% of voters are unsure who should take over.

Chris Bishop: 18% preference , up 2 points since October. He is considered the best option across all voter groups. Nicola Willis: 11% preference , showing no change since October. Erica Stanford: 10% preference , down 2 points since October. Mark Mitchell: 9% preference , up 4 points since October. Simeon Brown: 9% preference , up 1 point since October. Shane Reti: 5% preference , down 2 points since October. Someone Else: 6% of voters would prefer a different candidate. Unsure: 31% of voters are unsure who should take over.

It is with a certain amount of amusement that I disclose the information that the majority of NZers want to replace Christopher Luxon with "Unsure" as prime minister #NZPol

07.03.2026 20:21 👍 60 🔁 20 💬 14 📌 2

Cheered me up no end

07.03.2026 21:22 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RNZ is at it again so here are some pertinent facts about pensions. #nzpol

07.03.2026 19:41 👍 27 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 0

It is the reason they would never win with her as leader

07.03.2026 20:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shameful. Absolutely shameful billing it as a 'Summit' with 0 Indigenous scientists speaking. Colonised as.
#NZPOL

07.03.2026 20:19 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

So we replace unaware with unsure? Way to go Aotearoa

07.03.2026 20:32 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Only of mild interest because of cross party implications and leadership ambitions.

07.03.2026 20:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0