So uh, if anyone knows a good intermediate software engineer or high junior ready for that next step..... We're a small team, which means lots of autonomy and you can learn a bunch of stuff. Also working with me, maybe that's a bonus.

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Jfc, this is some grim shit seeping through our communities, & all supported by other grim shit aligned with the ACT party & many in NZFirst. #nzpol

Meanwhile people continue to die from climate change in New Zealand and our media largely don't give a shit that our government are doing worse than nothing. Thoughts with the family of this person. #nzpol

Transgender rights are under attack from all 3 coalition parties. David Seymour has been clear that he believes in "safe spaces" for "biological women" and segregated toilets for transgender folk. Vote them out. #nzpol vt.tiktok.com/ZSm6BT8Ap/

Black foils just crashed. #kikorangi.

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @universityofotago.bsky.social, also called Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka in Māori If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Does anyone know how AT's charges are calculated? I've been charged 3 days this week, but only went to work two. And the non work day was 2x$11.20. #kikorangi #tamakimakaurau #auckland

Want to work with a dynamic team helping connect scientists with the media? Applications close at 5pm tomorrow (12 Feb). www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2026/01/27/w...

There are wide-reaching lifetime impacts from inadequate supports. Disability should not - and doesn’t need to be - a precursor for hardship. Yet our statistics on this remain embarrassingly stagnant: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

Irony is… A NZ government that gave landlords a massive tax break now campaigning saying trust us on tax & no frivolous spending As 2 of NZ’s largest cities Christchurch/Wellington face critical wastewater infrastructure crises (& National climate risk) if only NZ govt planned long term #nzpol

Looking forward to the release of The People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity thespinoff.co.nz/society/04-0...

Protest on Thursday morning outside van Velden's office in Meadowbank. #nzpol

David Seymour says kiwis are squeamish about handing state assets - paid for by everyone - to ACT party donors to make profits they don’t need & reduce services & supports we require for a dignified life. #nzpol Yeah David we’re as understandably squeamish as you are self-serving. Hugely. #ACTout

My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass. It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved. I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it. Please share this...(1)

Alarming.

Shame Jones really is doing the opposite to what he claims he’s doing - his approach makes us less secure and more dependent on foreign suppliers, and less secure relying on non-renewables. He’s not putting @nzfirst.bsky.social, he’s putting his overseas donors first. #nzpol

Shane Jones’ rhetoric soars like a pigeon into a jet engine #nzpol

So, Brooke van Velden and ACT are anti pay equity for women, but not anti slavery. Got it. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Since it’s an election year I hope we can talk about how this government is responsible for deliberate withholding of healthcare to make some numbers on a piece of paper look good for their donors

Who are my nerdy editors who could read through a small booklet to check I haven't got any typos and to make sure it makes sense?

Anyone in govt remember Abbotsford landslip of 69 houses which "led to changes in building and subdivision practices in New Zealand, with geological assessment of the land now common prior to the approval of any land development"? hmm... #nzpol #NewZealand

NZ taxpayers spent $6M to bring Michelin stars here and only paid $3M to the WHO. Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol

The prospective buyers of Fletchers "The Hill" had better do their homework. The noise from the racecourse must be keeping hundreds of households awake atm. And residents of the development will get the full amphitheatre experience.

PLEASE if you can help with funds for Te Araroa whānau to help Manaaki Matakāoa get shit done, helping whānau in need during the floods that have destroyed their whenua and have cut them off from everyone. www.manaakimatakaoa.com

Of relevance to NZ too when it has one of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world, Māori consistently account for 50%+ of the prison population, and the govt boasts of how it's throwing more people in prison. #auspol #nzpol

Vote NO www.times.co.nz/news/poll-ha...

Three #kakapo nests found on Anchor Island today! Here’s Waikawa, on two eggs. #conservation #birds #parrots

Sunday 25 October is the date to focus on, being the mandatory enrollment deadline. Stuff reported that over 200,000 people enrolled or updated their details in the final 12 days before the last election, and we can't afford for these folk to now miss out. #nzpol

Has everyone seen the latest employment fuckery the current government is pushing through? Fire at will in every workplace, removing remedies for unfair dismissal, and even the ability to raise a grievance if you earn over 200k… 😬 Email your MP, vote, and join a union! #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

The Free Speech Union didn't exist when black ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.

Happy birthday Wikipedia, and ngā mihi to the dedicated volunteers who keep it alive! Want to know more about how we support Wikipedia editing in Aotearoa? Read about it here 👉 www.wikimedia.nz/wikipedia-re...

Excellent. What's the bet he tries to get on anyway, and mess up holiday weekend traffic?

If only the gov had been warned back in 2024... #nzpol

Stand against Destiny Church's movement of hate against the Sikh community, migrants, refugees, Muslims, the LGBTI community and Palestinians. Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland 31st January

Well worth a listen. Especially in an election year, with a disempowered press and well organised and cynical lobby groups #nzpol www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

It's almost as if privatising parts of our public health system was, and is, a terrible idea. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Repeat, abortion is healthcare.

FACT Aotearoa (fight against conspiracy theories)  newsletter 2025 Dec In this edition we voom through some conspiracy theory articles we’ve been reading. And we foreshadow things to come...

Do they mean tonight, or the 10th? Either way, it is bound to be overcast here. #Kikorangi

That was loud. #TāmakiMakaurau/Auckland. #thunder

Absolutely worth a watch or listen. This is the youtube link, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-... available as a podcast from all the usual places. Lots to think about #nzpol, #kikorangi

First mating of the 2026 #kakapo breeding season! True to form, it was Pearl and Boss on Whenua Hou, who mated on the night of 28th Dec. They were also the first two to mate in the last two breeding seasons. We're expecting a bumper year, so follow for updates! #conservation #parrots

I won't forget.

As someone who works with a lot of NZ charities I can absolutely guarantee you that if we subjected tax-dodging child-exploiting vermin to even a tenth of the annual financial and operational oversight as your average charity, they’d already be in jail.

Buy New Zealand books and buy them from independent booksellers!! #pukapuka 📚

Tomorrow's forecast looks OK.

Not sorry I subscribed. Some very good reading.

Boxing Day #kikorangi #nzcats #catsofBluesky