Flagshaggers! *locks-in new insult*

Awwwww. #NZ #AU www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social in action

How can this happen without even an enquiry from NZ's government?

This is the digital version of, 'we are what we eat' (or steal, in this case).

winston peters told reporters that new zealander everlee wihongi has been in ICE prison for nearly a month because she didn't declare something on a form. the thing is - there *is no form*. please RT: www.webworm.co/winstonpeters/

Never pay full-price at Briscoes. #NewZealandValues

When Jenene Crossan related her creepy as fuck experience with Rod Drury, without naming him, at an in 2018, someone in Xero's senior leadership team *immediately knew who it was about* and if that doesn't tell you everything you need to know ...

My complaint about this headline has been upheld by the Media Council — they have found it to have been misleading and not accurate. I understand that Stuff has been instructed to publish a summary of the ruling today, but I have not yet spotted it. www.mediacouncil.org.nz/rulings/john...

Question: when can we expect the political parties to release their policies, given that the election is six-ish months away? Right now it feels like a game of Policy Chicken, with the parties waiting to see who'll break first. #nzpol

Tamarillo Twinge.

New Zealand, we need a chat. If you decide to have a harmless spider (tunnel web) that looks EXACTLY like the world's most aggressive and poisonous spider (funnel web), please don't make fun of the hapless Australian who has a bit of a conniption on spotting one in their loo. (1)

Since getting back onto a bike about three years ago I've had drivers pulling an illegal manoeuvre and almost hitting me (four), been shouted/sworn at for existing on the road (two), and almost run over because (I assume) the driver didn't see me on their left at traffic lights (one).

Bit of a punch to the chest re NZ politics, which is 0/3 on this scale.

Does anyone else remember Choose Your Own Adventure books? I devoured them as a young teen and always wished there were more available locally - to the point that I ended up writing one of my own (as an English class project in form four). I needed a graph to keep track of my storylines. 😄

What's worked for me this weekend has been working with my hands - focusing on what's in front of me, making progress on something physical, rather than taking in more hyped-up news. On a related note, I'm one coat away from finishing repainting my garage. 🙂

Heard through the ceiling of my apartment tonight: (cat wailing) Person: No!! (cat wails some more) Person: You do not want that! Spit it out! (even louder wailing) Person: That is a potato! You are an obligate carnivore!! #ahcats #lifeinapartments

When I was a little girl, a few nights after Apollo 11 launched, my Dad lifted me up into his arms out in the back garden and pointed up at the moon. "Can you see them? Look! There they are!" I was 4 years old. I'm 61 now, but that memory will stay with me forever. #GoodnightMoon 🌚

Last week I almost blinded myself while weeding the garden. If you grow swan plant/milkweed for the butterflies, you should maybe be more careful with it than I was.

I think a key difference is that during Covid the government wanted to communicate what people should do to stay safe. Whereas, in this crisis the government is mostly concerned about trying to communicate that they are effective managers...which actually tends to communicate the opposite.

Heads-up #nzpol: Brooke "There are accidents that will happen" van Velden won't be standing in the coming election! www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Drop a movie that traumatised you as a kid. (The 1950s version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Mum and Dad left for the evening and told my older siblings to not let me watch it. They didn't listen.)

Not a bad view from the weekend. (Unfortunately not *my* view: a friend had a weekend in Mōkau and snapped this shot with Taranaki Maunga and the Pouākai and Kaitake ranges in the distance.) #kikorangi

Reminds me of when a Health NZ surveyor phoned me regarding mental health our first lockdown. Her: "How are you feeling?" Me: "Well, I'm opening a packet of Squiggles at 10am so take from that what you will."

Jesus when he comes back to Earth:

On-point from Verity: "We all know that you don’t go back to your ex unless they’ve changed. ... Has he got new ideas? No. Has he been dismantling the Government’s plans? No. What has he been doing all this time? We don’t know." www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609... #nzpol #kikorangi

Belated happy international women’s day!

"What's your favourite food?" Me: "Anything cooked by someone else."

Patience pays off - finally spotted one of Rakiura's chics. 🥰

When assessing #kakapo chicks we weigh them, check their respiration rate and hydration. We usually do this twice in the first four days (this chick is less than a day old), and then every 5-7 days. The frequency of checks depends on their genetic priority. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots

'I have loved professional sport, but as a girl, and then as a woman, I feel that it has never loved me.' This is from someone who grew up around professional sport and saw its failures from the inside.

Soooon. #butterfly 🧪

Quick reminder that The Dawn Raids only targeted brown people at a time when our largest group of overstayers came from England.

Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister

The Gen X urge to spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round

Reminiscent of Al Capone being done for tax evasion rather than other, more serious, crimes.

Oh and you've probably not heard of Samalas(the volcano) or Pamatan(the kingdom) but you have almost certainly heard of what Samalas did to our planet- it's called the Little ice Age

A glorious bit of video. 😄 One of the racers thought she had pushed too hard in the race and was hallucinating that she saw a wolf.

It'd be kinda cool to be nationally celebrated when I have sex every four years... #kakapo #NZ

This is the Kiwi conundrum to focus on today. #kikorangi

Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend? Also we are only 45 days into 2026! Can we talk about climate change now? #NZPol Notes in Alt Text

Post trees you've photographed.

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Your project starts in three days and you want a plan for communicating with stakeholders?"

And wonderful to see the staff at the albatross center taking such good care of them. Here, egg-weighing time. Which gives you a sense of scale for these massive, beautiful birds.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

I've visited Chocolate Fish Café exactly once, as part of a LOTR fan-group (the café had been popular with some LOTR actors). By the time we'd all got out of the van, crossed the car park and reached the café... #kikorangi tinyurl.com/nfwcc6v2

Finally some good fucking news.

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