I'm coeliac, so avoid gluten like the plague my body thinks it is. Love food and beverages of a wide variety. I've home brewed cider, mead, and ginger beer in the last few years, cook a wide range of cuisines. Yet to find many things that I dont enjoy. #SecretsantaAoNZ

Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins

Does a Terry's Chocolate orange count as one of your 5+ a day?

Looking forward to playing #SecretsantaAoNZ again!

Birdle 🇳🇿 01/09/2025 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 birdle.nz

Note to self - avoid passing out in the shower. Thankfully Wellington Free Ambulance are wonderful and looked after me. Still in A&E wearing an ever fashionable hospital gown

Well I guess I now live in the Hutt, despite the house not having moved...

Just trying to imagine male politicians facing this shit about their private body parts. Utterly disgusting. It’s 2025 man millenials are middle aged now pls stop.

Councillor Chung’s email represents a new low for local politics in this country. I have supported the Mayor through this type of nonsense since she was elected and will continue to do so. Please don’t vote for behaviour like this or anyone associated with it. It’s disgusting.

Thank you, Santa, for your kind and thoughtful gifts. Looking forward to the use I'll get out of the lot! Will have to spoil myself with a second coffee this morning to christen the mug! ##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ

Santa, your kind gift has arrived at my doorstep! Thanks heaps! ##MWSECRETSANTAAONZ

The Green budget has great stuff in it and it frustrates me no end that they get treated like "tree-hugging weirdos" while National, who were told that their landlord tax cuts didn't add up before the election, get to throw women under the bus and still are somehow "safe hands" for the economy.

Writing interview questions for volunteer leadership/mentorship roles is proving more challenging than I anticipated. Does anyone have any good interview questions up their sleeve related to conflict management with volunteers?

On a non-budget related post. Managed to sneak in and get my #MWSecretSantaAoNZ gift in the mail today. Fingers crossed that it arrives on time!

Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.

Got my flu jab this morning, and keep finding things that are somewhat painful or annoying to do! Went to turn off one of the N2 lines in a fume hood at work, and found that rather uncomfortable! Always makes me glad for "normal" function on a day to day basis, and how others aren't always so lucky

Stay in your lane and deliver better lunches first eh?

I enjoy scented things, though not a huge user of many beyond massage oil and cologne. Scents I like: Vanilla, Sandalwood, Lavender, Rose. #MWSecretSantaAoNZ

THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.) www.32auctions.com/organization...

Time for some sewing! Fix one that's coming off, and a scarf to add, then it will be on to the rest of the pile of badges and scarves!

Boy, something about sleeping in your own bed is so much better after five nights camping!

I'm very excited to be playing #mwSecretSantaAoNZ again! Enjoyed it on the old place, and looking forward to this year's game. Some things about me: I'm very involved in Scouts, I'm coeliac and passionate about cooking, food, and drink, favourite colour is blue!

Whoomp! (There It Is) Sign up on our app secretsanta.nz for Mid Winter Secret Santa #MWSecretSanta is officially open The Elves and I are here to help you out! Feed #MWSecretSantaAoNZ pls like & pin Secret Santa Starter Pack go.bsky.app/6amUyKW Easy read rules in Alt Text or secretsanta.nz/rules

me: "So, Rod Donald, that's basically what the Green Party is like in 2025. What's your analysis of the situation? Is the party doomed?" Rod Donald: "Holy shit, we have 15 MPs?" me: "Does the Green Party have a future?" Rod Donald: "15 MPs in the fucking parliament?"

Cory is on fire at the moment... pluralistic.net/2025/03/03/f...

Putting “Trump declares Pluto a planet again” on my bingo card.