©️ Ian Henderson, 2026

Driving back from Leeston. Driving past Lincoln Uni. Four students openly stealing a park bench and scurrying across the road with it. Slowed down to let them cross and thought 'I don't want to know' and kept going.

The battalions of people and traffic in #Chch today because of the Six60 concert. Very good for supporting the local economy. Very taxing on personal patience levels. (They are also a bit of a boring band, sorry.)

It has not been a good 24 hours in Canterbury. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609... www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Well, happy 230th anniversary to Edward Jenner carrying out the first successful vaccination against smallpox, opening up a field of science which has saved a number of lives too unfathomable to count, and which continues to be uncontroversial and widely accepted to this day

A whole swathe of anti-vaccine and anti-science nutcases across the globe have the lifeblood of children on their hands.

I thought the gold Trump statue was a story on The Onion and couldn't possibly be real. But dear lord it is real.

Still with the shit service!!! Now grumpy.

That nice feeling when you finish eating something you made and it was very simple but very bloody good.

(cough) Why do people still go on cruises??? (ahem) www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

I know we should be empathetic to workers like couriers because their working conditions are rubbish, but boy oh boy the generally shit service I've had the past few weeks (unaccountable delays, delivery instructions just ignored) has worn that very thin.

And there we go... newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/03/t...

Full moon tonight. Stay alert for inevitable werewolf intrusion. #Chch #FullMoon

The uneasy whiff left behind by a sudden departure. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Many years late to this. Incredible song. Brutal. "The neighbor's brother came home in a box/But he wanted to go, so maybe it was his fault/Another red heart taken by the American dream." youtu.be/ZSvNz6puDT4?...

I think the name of this establishment gives a very good idea of the type of place it is. (Full disclosure: sadly, when I was a student, it is almost guaranteed I would have frequented this bar 🙄.) www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

Why does everything in the United States have to be so unhinged?

They are coming... #aliens #greys #space #ItWasProbablyACloud www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Four days in #Dunedin and it was great. (Did not attend the Hyde Street party I might add.)

"Let us be happy while we're still young." I think this song is 29 years old !!!! youtu.be/taRRs-5PcH0?...

I do appreciate an old school 1980s influenced banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9s...

Street art I think by razortaserlaser. But I'm not sure. I just like it. Near Little High in Christchurch New Zealand. #StreetArt

I drive a hybrid as a work vehicle and I own a hybrid as a personal car. I am wondering if I should now look at electric for my own vehicle.

Heading home from the Mackenzie A&P Show. Bad car accident outside Geraldine, traffic diverted.

Birdlings Flat near Christchurch New Zealand. ©️ Ian Henderson 2026 #photo #photography #digitalphoto #art #Christchurch #AoNZ #Canterbury

Dog. ©️ Ian Henderson 2026 #photo #photography #digitalphoto #Chch

Ian Henderson 2026 ©️ #photo #photography #digitalphoto #art #Chch #AoNZ

So is Italy good at football or something? www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360958...

Sound the 'New Zealand mentioned in international social media' klaxon.

I realise these are newsworthy stories. That doesn't stop the constant list of companies going under any less depressing. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Fired Up Stilettos Expects Better From Would-be Allies ✒️ When party strategy gets in the way of progress, what options are there for recourse? We have the privilege to platform this article from Fired Up Stilettos detailing some worrying interactions with the Green Party.

Nothing like up north of course but pretty heavy rain in #Chch at present.

Tom Walsh basks in golden glow as he makes shot put history at world indoor athletics champs www.thepress.co.nz/sport/360972...

I was going to start using the buses more often due to, you know, end-of-the-world-and-petrol-prices etc, but do you think I can now find my MetroCard? Can I fuck.

Found this in a drawer. Still works. Annoyingly the little cap for the end is gone but still. Love some 2000s tech. #Sony #Walkman

Now that was some serious fucking thunder in #Chch. Actual house shaking.

Cocktails in the hotel bar watching the resort being bombed.

1/ @secondzeit.bsky.social has a fantastic and poignant story in today's Press about the 15th anniversary of 22 February earthquake. By chance I have over the past few months been sorting through my late father's things - saving the important or important-to-me.

Well that photo of the former Prince will become the next internet meme. Too good to be true.

Feeling a lot of this right now.... youtu.be/-4073f_yqbE?...

A storm and an earthquake. Gaia just loves to take the piss. Hmph.

Racing through loads of washing and flinging them outside before the rain comes this evening.

I am on this side of Christchurch at present and just about died when this went off.

You can keep the humidity thanks.

Meanwhile, on Facebook:

You can try to interest me in whether Starmer’s resigning or what a bad bunny is all you like. I’m still processing “All hail Mr Nipples”

I love that bit of the day at dusk when it all starts to fade.

Please don't do this at this time of year. #Eqnz