Caren Wilton
@carenwilton.bsky.social
Editor, writer, oral historian. Pākehā living in Wairarapa, Aotearoa. She/her. Old lefty bisexual feminist. Cats, gardens, art, books, knitting, human rights. Kia kaha te reo Māori, toitū te Tiriti. Covid isn't over. AI is a scam.
Day out in Wellington seeing art: Otis Frizzell and Owen Dippie's Mu mural, Xoe Hall's Matariki mural, Karin Montgomery's paper flowers, Maureen Lander's beautiful piece. Not pictured: Selina Ershadi and Azita Chegini's captivating video Amator in the Slow Burn exhibition
We are going to make 40,000 by 11:59pm tonight when petition for govt to stop removing the Treaty of Waitangi from NZ legislation closes. Spread it around and sign please. #kikorangi
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.
petitions.parliament.nz
For those in the back: The total amount the New Zealand government has spent on all historical Waitangi Tribunal settlements over the last 30+ years is less than the cost of a single year of the 2024 tax cuts for Landlords.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
Mr. Tyler Crook@mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 2w agoRT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
Our health system is not prepared for this at any level. This government learned nothing from Covid except it costs money to prevent and treat illness so let's save money and let people get sick and die. We are all we have. TAKE PRECAUTIONS. Stay home if you are sick. www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
Healthline calls in reinforcements amid biggest flu outbreak in 10 years
Healthline has called in reinforcements to cope with a deluge of calls amid the biggest flu outbreak in years.
rnz.co.nz
I made this for a friend but it’s worth sharing, printing or saving to your phone so you can get the QR code in front of someone
Beautiful evening having a glass of wine and listening to Reb Fountain's genius new album Water for Gasoline
Huh, so Luxon does have the capacity to remove Ministerial portfolios, after all. I guess it's just a question of what he sees as a sackable offence and what he doesn't. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Chris Penk loses ministerial portfolios after Luxon leadership challenge
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has removed Chris Penk's ministerial portfolios.
rnz.co.nz
Peak manager vibes. Call everyone to an in person all hands on their day off. Waste everyone's time for three hours and achieve nothing. Puff yourself up about how good you are. Refuse to answer questions and leave.
Great to see leadership questions have been put to bed. "A former National MP said of Luxon’s victory: “Is limping out of the room with multiple stab wounds really survival?”" from Stuff blog.
Loving how this pic looks like someone's throwing a dildo at him à la Steven Joyce
General Election 2026 Deadlines Deadline for enrolled voters to switch between General and Māori roll: 5 hours Days left to enrol for the first time: 80 days Enrol or update here: https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol
Really want it to snow at my place! It's 2 degrees so maybe it will...?
Went out at night! (Well early evening.) Stunning gig with Ebony Lamb and Gram Antler at a house up in the Wairarapa hills
Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.
Minister for Transport Chris Bishop and the Roads of National Significance. My #cartoon today in the Sunday Star Times. #Roading #NZpol #Health&Safety
I didn’t quite understand just how devastatingly bad the bird flu could be for Aotearoa. It’s worse than bad. www.nzgeo.com/stories/dead...
We’re about to find out what the deadliest avian flu in history means for a nation of birds
Only 300 individual birds in New Zealand have any sort of protection from H5N1, which has devastated wild birds and domestic poultry across the world. The virus has also killed tens of thousands of se...
nzgeo.com
I had pretty much a whole day not looking at my phone and it was calming and enjoyable. Back looking at my phone now but will try this again soon
Waka Kotahi is reporting a crash on the Remutaka hill and the road is closed... Just in case anyone was thinking of driving over
'we're as prepared as we possibly can be' Biosecurity New Zealand: 162 jobs gone Ministry for the Environment was officially disestablished MPI budget cut, 10% job losses Department of Conservation budget cut, 143 job losses Sure Jan.
BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani signs new law that says you don't have to go to work if your pet is asleep on you or just being extra cute.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, do people outside NZ know this great film?
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2mo agoName your fav Sam Neill film.
A friend suggested honouring Sam Neill by donating to a cause close to his heart. A lovely idea givealittle.co.nz/cause/bendig...
Stop Central Otago Gold Mine
Help us to stop the development of large-scale industrial gold mining in beautiful Central Otago.
givealittle.co.nz
So uplifting and moving to see all the clips and images everyone's been sharing in honour of Sam Neill. Such a deeply genuine, good, intelligent person, whom people loved so much. One of the best. Moe mai rā e te rangatira, we will miss you
