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You can take the girl out of West Auckland but you can't take the West Auckland out of the girl Pakehā, tangata tiriti, she/her/ia, NZ
NZ gardeners… I’ve just noticed that my beautiful ti kouka is splitting in half. Is there anything I can do to save it? 🇳🇿🌱
Saying ka kite to this little piece of paradise before we head back home to springtime Aotearoa 🏝️☀️ ✈️ 🌨️🏙️
Left work early for a weekend in the countryside. Arrived at the farm, swapped my cardi for my Swanndri and my shoes for my Red Bands - inadvertently became a National Party member 😱 (PS two ticks Green ✅✅) #NationalNotFitToGovern
Kia ora. Ngati Kahungungu have launched a petition ‘Do not remove or amend Te Tiriti principles or references in legislation’ It can be found here. petitions.parliament.nz/ddbe7598-59d... If you support it, please sign and consider sharing with whanau, friends and colleagues
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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Listening to Toby and Mike discuss household solar. I really want solar but can’t get the ROI to stack up. 3brm 2 adults PHEV in Auckland. Electricity around $250/month in winter, below $200 in summer. Gas for instant hot water <$500/year. Are we just massive outliers?
The electric election: Mike Casey on a solar revolution
Podcast Episode · At Large with Toby Manhire · 31 August · 35min
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The neurodiverse nibbling came to visit so of course she and I had a neurospiciness contest to organise the chaos that was my sewing box while we waited for her mother to finish borrowing the sewing machine 🧠✨ 🌈🧵
The one I pinch myself about is Temple of the Dog, a last minute (very expensive but so worth it) opportunistic decision to attend, mere months before Chris died. Epic night.
Jonathan King@jonathanking.bsky.social · 2mo agoIntroduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live The Dream Syndicate The Cramps The Pogues The Clash Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Gun Club New Order The Sugarcubes Nirvana Earth Kitt
Anybody supporting the B4-16 ban, this is what you, as adults, will face (it is not just under-16s that will have to verify their age). It will breach S14 of the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990, endanger isolated young ppl who find their communities online, and give big tech more access to your data.
Mike Dickison@adzebill.bsky.social · 2mo agoCurrently in Australia and this is what I see when I try to access my Bluesky chat history. Welcome to the the world of verifying you’re an adult.
Last year Ozzy died and then dominated #TheRock2000. I wonder if Dolly will make the top 10 this year?
No cheating. Share the last picture of the sky from your camera roll.
Annikakes@annikakes.bsky.social · 2mo agoNo cheating. Share the last picture of the sky from your camera roll
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Steel beam coming through the windshield while I’m driving at 70mph (I swear every doctor in the Arizona small town hospital came to look at me and the photos of the car/beam and shake their heads in disbelief at my bruised thumbs)
Tze Ming Mok 莫志明@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 2mo agoIntroduce yourself as what almost killed you. Sup, I'm a tire blowout on the motorway three weeks ago that it pays to not speculate about in a paranoid manner *waves*. And somehow, also, my own umbilical cord at birth, hi y'all!
Just saw ‘Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant’ at #NZIFF Hilarious, insightful, fantastic! Highly recommend what will no doubt become a classic like Bad Taste or Black Sheep. In cinemas in September - go see it! youtu.be/3jGYW1fzIw0
Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment
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Got my Auckland Council rates bill today, which included some excellent comms. I’m pretty happy with how my rates are invested for the benefit of all Aucklanders, although if we bumped up Built Environment a bit more, maybe we could have more of these awesome multimodal street upgrades? 🤞
LOUDER FOR THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST COOKERS
Ministry of Health NZ@health.govt.nz · 3mo agoThe Ministry of Health will work with other agencies to rapidly deliver on the commitments outlined in Government's Response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry COVID-19 Lessons Learned. For more information see below.
Tũhono light trail by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei ringatoi in downtown Tāmaki Makaurau ✨🇳🇿 www.instagram.com/tetoangaroa/
The Waitematā sparkling, taken from on high on the WX1, while I listen to the dulcet tones of The Muttonbirds’ Anchor Me at #5 of the #Waiata100 ✨🇳🇿
I think we should start measuring government programmes in Hayden Donnell's 'metres of roading'. Lowering the age of bowel cancer screening to 45? 5 metres of road. A year of Three Waters? 63 metres of road. Reading recovery? 13mm of road.