A guide for Aucklanders keeping watch for yellow-legged hornets: 1. “Hmm, is this stripy waspy thing a hornet?” = not a hornet 2. “JESUS EFFING C what the F is that MONSTER, that’s he biggest wasp I’ve ever SEEN, NO Jaden KEEP AWAY, shit I think it has yellow legs” = hornet

@enzogiordani.bsky.social takes amazing photos. Of birds. And you can never have too many birds. Unless it’s a bunch of gulls trying to steal your ice cream.

It’s heartbreaking to see the rivers I used to swim in as a boy being slowly killed to irrigate dairy farms. Climate change will make dairying impossible in Canterbury before too long; but no, we’re going to wring the last few $$ out of the environment while we can.

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The feet slaps….the tiny duckling feet slaps 😍😍😍 #tinyduckling #ducklings #FarmLife

Ōtautahi whānau if you haven’t seen the new supermarket go check it out the prices are good the vibe is good the staff are nice and you’re surrounded by people marvelling at the prices.

Sending out positive wishes and lots of perspective for all your senior high schoolers this morning, Aotearoa! NCEA results are already out.

Omg I just need there to be a Sand Saucer category for Adults over 45 who Tried Their Best Today Despite Everything. Little River A&P show, on Jan 24 in Wairewa, Banks Peninsula. Who will win Best 3x Pikelets? Who can say!

The season’s first orphaned Ruru was admitted to Birdcare Aotearoa's nursery. BCA says with food, rest, and flight practice this feisty youngster can be released in a safe location. Want to donate? birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/donate/ Video source: instagram.com/p/DR-9wwck0OQ #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇳🇿

My PledgeMe reward arrived and it was a reminder that even when all of *this* is going on, and in the face of feeling helpless on the big things, doing a little thing did help make a difference to someone. Thanks again, Siouxsie, and to everyone who helped her.

January 10 2026. Seems accurate. #lemonpig

ALOT going on in the world, so here’s an adorable yet majestic owl for your TL. Hang in there, friends! 🦉 🗃️

Remember the Day After New Year's Day Day is known as New Year-Nah Day As decided by BlueSky folk this time last year

Only just discovered this excellent list of books (part1) and I’m trusting HLB on these! Love seeing Richard Scarry, Tove Jansson and Bill Watterson on one list.

Oxford does good big sky. Not that one, the other one. 🇳🇿

Goodnight. ‘The whole Moomin family had, as usual, hibernated for the winter and set the alarm clock to ring on the first of April. But the clock was old and not to be trusted, so it woke them up for Christmas instead. Since she was awake anyway, Moominmamma made coffee.’ ~ 🖼️ 🖊️ Tove Jansson

So now in order to read the books, I’m going to have to read up on the reading list first to make sure the books are real. Awesome! (New list, don’t let me down, BBC).

Meri Kirihimete, to all who celebrate, may the pavlovas be intact and the parents of young’uns filled with stamina for the day ahead. However you spend today, sending restorative wishes your way. Water sometimes helps. 🎄

Best Christmas tree, self-decorates.

I always try to uphold the annual New Zealand tradition of the Nativicado.

For anyone in Aotearoa looking for a worthwhile cause to make a Christmas donation to, please consider the Aunties Christmas appeal. Any contribution is gratefully received. #kikorangi #nzpol givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-au...

Experiencing the windowless depths of ED since 3.30pm, supporting a whānau member (they’re ok, now). Feeling v. grateful & impressed (and not surprised) by the warmth (humour!) & professionalism of every health care worker we’ve encountered today: EMT’s, orderlies, clerks, nurses, docs. Treasures. 🙏🏼

#NZ 🦠 I hope people are checking these locations There are new locations added for Queenstown and Canterbury, incl. close contact locations where isolation comes into play if you’re not fully immunised. Please do the isolation if it’s recommended. I was last year. Never worked out what it was. 1/

This one’s important e hoa mā - a few of our orgs are collaborating on this fund to ensure that no trans young person in Aotearoa misses out on lifesaving care. Alternative treatment pathways exist but are expensive and we need your help. givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...

Help! A while ago someone recommended a book about fonts to me and I've finally decided to read it but I didn't save the post and can't remember the name! Anybody read any good font books lately?

Its an excellent statement, too.

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Post your warning label.

Approval rating high for all these most excellent cat names.

Good statement from the RANZCP www.ranzcp.org/news-analysi...

And there's now a Wikipedia article about McLeans Grassland Reserve (which incidentally mentions the Mayor's comments). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeans...

Up at sunrise and photographing McLeans Grassland Reserve for Wikipedia. One of the last surviving fragments of the original Canterbury Plains dryland ecosystem, it became a reserve in 2021 and is being restored with native plants, but the mayor thinks it should be covered in solar panels instead.

Really disappointing that the mayor wants to turn one of the last remaining remnants of the pre-human Canterbury Plains into a solar farm, rather than see it restored it as a scientific reserve.

Thoroughly enjoying ‘wasting time’ with the inimitable Bill Nighy. Recommend for anyone who has an impish sense of humour and also abhors tight fitting dress pants. Also the air guitar solo at end of S1E5 was a belter. podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/i...

Finally some good news. 🏳️‍🌈

Get in!!! You might even spot a couple of things I’ve pledged!! 😜🙌

Congratulations Marlon Williams and KOMMI, winners of the 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka for 'Aua Atu Rā' 🏆

The MMR vaccine is also freely available to most people eligible for public health care in Aotearoa born after 1969 Many chemists even offer it, so no need to have or see a GP info.health.nz/immunisation...

Oh awesome. House mouse strikes again. #livingwithteen

saw this in a group im in and once again librarians are the fucking S tier class of what it is to be a good human

It’s happening people! I’m finally in a position to start crowdfunding to recover some of the costs of taking legal action against my employer. Watch this space :)

In today’s big birthday news, Dhi Ferrari at The Welder bakes the best birthday cakes. The Flat White Coffee Cake was amazing. Get there Ōtautahi 🎂

Timeline synchronicity. Give @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social a warm welcome Kikorangi 🇳🇿. Wish you didn’t have to exist, but glad you’re here. ❤️

This is fantastic! The E Tū Fb post did a shout out to one of the cleaners at my work, Mareta, for speaking up on the need for them to be paid the living wage. Mareta does essential work. If she didn’t do her job properly, the collections would be at risk of damage. She does amazing work ❤️

Just helped some tourists w big suitcases to cross the road. Went into nearby cafe, they were also heading there and insisted on buying me a coffee to say thank you! After a few goes I gave up protesting (no big deal etc) & accepted ☺️. Hope their flight back to China is a smooth one. 🇳🇿

Ah, the joy of freelance life. A couple of 2026 funding pools have just dried up, so if anyoneʻs interested in a project with a Wikipedian, now’s the time to get in touch. www.rove.wiki

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Rest in power, Dr. Jane Goodall

The only reason we've avoided having more huge outbreaks is that most ppl are immunised and this is v effective at preventing measles. When vaccination rates are too low, it lets measles back in. Two doses of MMR vaccine is the recommendation for anyone born since 1969.

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-