I went here once some years ago, and the food was great. Also - Bonus information: I think it had heated toilet seats which was a revelation.

Excellent photo usage, no notes.

📢 People will be able to whizz down a hydroslide, shoot some hoops or relax in a sauna at Parakiore as soon as the sun is up on 17 December.

A little light Dr Alan Grant cosplay of a Wednesday. No carnotaurus was harmed in the taking of photos.

Scottish schoolboys singing Last Christmas on doorbell camera footage is wholesome festiveness to warm the cockles of your heart. news.stv.tv/west-central...

Kiddo and me both chortled our heads at this beauteous bin.

Today in op shoppery. Arts Centre placemats and Tinderbox by Megan Dunn & Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Here's an odd vintage project: a Norse couple asked me to do a portrait of their cats, but make it look like the cover of a Frank Zappa album. The building on the TinselTown Rebellion cover is local to their home town.

I invested in a ridiculously small water bottle for walks and such. Here it is beside someone’s large one.

In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived

“Trust us! Marginalising these communities more will absolutely bring down the cost of a KG of Mince and get your job back!”

Added a little print from Ōtautahi Creative Spaces artist to my Work Wonderwall. It came with this badge.

The big literary news that doesn't involve cats with teeth!

Woah. This story has made The Guardian, and now the New York Times. It’s a biggie.

Out here watching the Ōtautahi Christchurch sky do the do while bugs bite me.

Had a look inside the IKEA Art House in Cathedral Square. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

“Hardy said based on last year’s seed volume, about 62kg of wildflower seeds have been sown – equating to about 100 million seeds. “Not all germinate, but there’s plenty for people and insects to enjoy.” www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

M’s look is joyous af! 💕💐🌸❤️🌹💋

Christchurch’s Cake-nic craze is here, with the second cake picnic in three months attracting 200 bakers.

Christchurch Cake-Nic 2.0 is on at Risingholme Park in Opawa.

The Samoan-New Zealand typographer behind the beloved Bugonia font

The books I read in October. My faves: 👠History is painted by the victors by Kent Monkman 🗡️Murderland by Caroline Fraser 💧Is a river alive? by Robert Macfarlane Reviews at christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/users/750... @thestorygraph.com #pukapuka #booksky

This is time travelling. Head back to the early-mid nineties via The Press on Papers Past.

And he had the great MC names Mr Cardamom fka Young Cardamom

Interesting building happening in Cathedral Square. Maybe SCAPE related? #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

Wearing my wedding shoes today.

Interested to see if the one book on the Booker Prize shortlist that I read gets the gong. Go Flesh! christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3...

The chapel in All Souls Church in Merivale is beautiful.

All hatted up courtesy of yesterday’s costume sale at Showbiz Christchurch. Had an absolute ball!

On this day in 1881 the Māori settlement of Parihaka was invaded by 1500 militia and armed constabulary. Learn more about what happened and how leaders Tohu and Te Whiti ended up in Christchurch. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/parihaka/ ^MT

ICYMI: Atlantic has acquired former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur’s 1990s rock memoir. Even the Good Girls Will Cry: My 90s Rock Memoir will be published on 19th March 2026 👇 #BookSky

Ever since I saw Weapons, I knew I wanted to be witch bitch Aunt Gladys for Halloween. 💀🎃👻 #Weapons #auntgladys

“As charismatic as a bollard in a wig” is SUCH a serve. @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social might think it a compliment.

Told a colleague about to start The Thursday Murder Club by @richardosman1.bsky.social that she can’t have Bogdan because he is mine. Love him. But the joy of reading is she will get her own Bogdan.

Cat Lady is today’s spooky szn look. Halloween āpōpō!

Two poems about sex and words by Andrea Jurjević. A great way to start the day. Thanks @electricliterature.com electricliterature.com/two-poems-by...

Happy Wednesday.

Halloween at Tom’s Emporium

I bought these two damn cool artworks from the Gothic Punk exhibition at Art Hole. Spicy punk collage by @roezy_makes_art (insta) and Capitalism is a death cult badge by @annelizabethgilginas (insta)

On this day 190 years ago, northern Māori chiefs first signed He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni — The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand 📜 Pictured is the first page of the Declaration from Archives New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0

That "distancing" is only going to work if they don't also have powerful magnets.

A little light dress up for spooky szn

“I love Dominic Hoey”. I was stopped in my tracks by this Aotearoa New Zealand literature lovin’ graffiti on fence by Te Kaha - One New Zealand Stadium. #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #pukapuka

Tiny Jesus. Christchurch Farmers Market.

Great article about the bone people and Keri Hulme by @secondzeit.bsky.social www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608... Spiral exhibition at Chch Art Gallery christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/... #pukapuka #booksky #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

Two cool art events I want to go to this long weekend: 🖤Gothic Punk exhibition at Art Hole on till Sunday 11 to 2 ❤️Ōtautahi Prints at Art Gall Sat 25 Oct 10 to 5 christchurchartgallery.org.nz/events/otaut... #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

Stepped outside for a breath of fresh air. Still breezy in the trees. #Oct23storm #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

Redwood Library is closed today Thursday 23 October, other weather-related changes including the cancellation of JP services at Shirley and Spreydon. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/library... Follow live news from CCC at: www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/l... ^DR #Ōtautahi #Christchurch