A Z speaker today said the court case the government is trying to block could cost $21.9B to the NZ economy over 5 years. Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods cost $18.5B together and that's just 2 events. We are massively underestimating the cost of climate change. #NZPol

Being human. Being humane. Integrity and concern for all life is an example we can all follow. #bethedifference #makeadifference

Sam Neill 1947-2026

This is Cookie. She's a big proponent of reusable shopping bags. Partly for the environment, but mostly for naps. 12/10 (TT: all.themunchies)

We only rate dogs. This is a southern spotted sand seal. Way too loud to be a dog. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 13/10 (TT: kerrygrsjsw)

Welcome to Puppy Court

This country is so great. Everyone is part of a tangled web of STUFF

Seeing as everyone is sharing Paul Henry stories, here’s mine. c2009 when he was on Breakfast he made fun of a guest, a spokesperson for Greenpeace, after her interview had finished, based on her appearance, undermining her message (which he didn’t like). A bunch of cool folks called this out…

NEW A landmark NZ study has found a link between pre-natal exposure to nitrate contamination of drinking water and premature births. Pollution by the dairy industry means many rural families can’t trust the drinking water from their kitchen tap to be safe. #TooManyCows

Alan Grant in Jurassic Park was essential for me because it modeled what an ethical, kind, and caring male collaborator and research partner should be for all women in science. I won't put up with anything less.

Five and a half hours into the 9-hour window for the three-monthly house inspection. 🙄 Also: petition for all rentals to have curtain rails installed. Putting them up & taking them down at the end of a lease period is such a faff. 👀

This is a delightful IG story from @greens.org.nz ‘s Tamatha Paul. Something to brighten your day @foxylustygrover.bsky.social #UpTheWahs www.instagram.com/reel/Dav9iZ4...

Sam Neill’s views on Indigenous sovereignty included his homeland of Aotearoa. He was open about his family being “both colonisers and colonised”, and was proud of his Māori grandchildren. In 2018, he was gifted a tā moko from Gordon Toi of Ngāti Whārara, a longtime friend and tohunga tā moko

KAIT Plaza, one of Japan's most celebrated works of contemporary architecture, is rarely open to the public. A one-day tea ceremony and listening event offered a new way to experience it. 👉 ebx.sh/h10T2a

Have you voted in the Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 yet? Vote for your favourite kids books from Aotearoa here: www.whitcoulls.co.nz/kids-top50

Also for those primarily in the Northern Hemisphere who can't see the Galactic Core of our Milky Way, here's a feature we are proud of. The dust cloud known as the Galactic Kiwi. Sagittarius A our supermassive black hole is in the head of the kiwi 26,000 ly away.

The final image with all of the satellites removed. Yes I could have used AI, NO! FWIW Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula in Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ is an amazing place to capture the wonders of the cosmos. Nikon Z7ii Nikkor 20mmZ lens ISO5000 f/1.8 8 Seconds #Astro #Nikon #Photography #NZ

Discworld QOTD, from Interesting Times

Of course no one is gonna ask David Seymour why he thinks a person who thought the Governor General couldn’t be a brown person is fit to hold public office. Oh well.

Sam Neill and his active tautoko for young artists ❤️ it can change the direction of a life, that kind of support and validation, and it stays with people forever. sometimes it can save a life (and from posts today, Sam's kindness did save a few). beautiful, from Kiwi actor Kerry Fox @kerryfoxacts

It’s always worth it. Every time. #CalvinandHobbes #TooReal

From Sam Neill “When the world seems close to pear shaped, When leaders fill you with despair When things look dark and dreary And love seems far too rare - CUDDLE A DUCK [ It works ...]”

Witch, hare and herbs linoprint by my mum, Jo, from my short story collection Help The Witch. You can read more about my mum's work here: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

Lovely to see Sam Neill and the Topp Twins in this video fighting to protect the oceans and the climate from deep sea oil exploration. Get Free - A Call to Action youtu.be/bb9DB2F5bds?... via @YouTube

This is Jet, Kiki, Ricky Bobby, Sushi, Whimsy, and Ducky. Their human left the back door open when she left. They assumed that was a pool party invitation. 13/10 thank you for hosting (TT: goldroxgoldens)

One of my favourite Sam Neill videos: Sam Neill and the humble plastic bag youtu.be/NE4vKJYMbMY?... via @YouTube

Tomorrow is Bastille Day.

with a sore heart, nothing felt right to watch tonight. until i saw the first few seconds of this beautiful doco released today. stars. ancestors. always finding way your home. Antarctica. Dr Rangi Mātāmua. maybe it'll feel like the right thing for someone else tonight. www.rnz.co.nz/video/rangin...

The discipline of distinguishing Hinduism, which filled that arena with legitimate joy, from Hindutva, the political production that harvested it. A multiculturalism worthy of the name, 1 that engages minority communities as internally plural & politically alive, with their own struggles over power.

re-upping this thread on the wonder of jurassic park because the great sam neill has left us an incomparable actor who truly understood the magic of cinema thanks, sam, for sharing that magic with all of us

Now good people remember that grief will bring up grief please look after yourself and the people around you

GNU SAM Neill. As well as being a great actor, I will always appreciate his lockdown videos of him on his farm, somewhere in New Zealand, speaking very gently to his ducks and pigs.

"Neill changed the Union flag on his uniform to an Aboriginal flag... In the movie's future of 2047, Australia would have progressed past being represented by a divisive symbol of oppression... his hope that the country ends up on the right side of history." Source: screenrant.com/event-horizo...

This is not too soon, especially with my having two brothers still here due to life saving heart surgery (in one case, 2xCPR). If you haven’t had your heart/blood health checked lately, go do it. You might think you’re fine till you’re not. Breathlessness, fatigue - get it checked #HappyBirthday2me

This is excellent from Sam Neill - good lessons for academics here as well

Continue Sam Neill's work by making Shane Jones mad as shit.

Now I can clean the paint off my windows.

We hope you had a good Matariki weekend, be it busy or restful. Rāhina Monday afternoon has rolled around, and it's time for the AudioCulture Quiz. This week's questions are by our editor Steven Shaw - let usn know how you got on. www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

Reading all the tributes to Sam Neill, & thinking just how lucky we were to have him in our midst. His IG stories sharing his animals were legendary. He perked us all up over the lockdowns with his mad globally-created home movies. Such a genuinely good bugger. Vale Sir Sam Neill. 🍷💔

socmed is a river of aroha & gratitude. "Sam championed me & so many of us right from the start. He changed my life, by his example & his actions." "He leaves a huge hole. Let's not let the NZ government to create a bigger hole in the land in which Sam called home." Director Toa Fraser @toafraser

Live your life so that when you pass, the world reacts like they did for Sam Neill.

Actor Sam Neill has passed away. Star of "Jurassic Park", he used to get some extra attention in Japan, as his second wife was make-up artist Noriko Watanabe. www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...

I got to have a few conversations with Sam Neill. He was one of those famous people who is exactly what you want them to be — just a great human being who genuinely loves what they do and enjoys sharing that passion with others. A huge loss for NZ's screen industry, and just NZ in general.

Sam Neil gets to hang out with John Clarke now. Moe moe rā. Kua hoki atu ki a Pōhutukawa i te rangi. Ka aroha ki ōna whānau me ngā hoa.

Cancel everything for a week of mourning and make it a state funeral. Rip Sam Neill, the guy who made us all want to dig up dinasour bones but not conservation land x

Established in 2021, Ngā Ao E Rua was created to provide a dedicated space for Māori clothing, making it easier for kapa haka groups, kura and whānau to find kākahu for performance

What a thrill and an honour it was to work with Sam Neill on my second-ever film. If there’s one thing I particularly remember, it’s was the endless generosity he showed to his 16-year-old co-stars – supporting them to give the best performances they could, while effortlessly delivering himself.

Aldi should call David Seymour’s bluff. “Yup ok we’ll open in New Zealand as long as you match German supermarket regulation standards: no Sunday trading and mandatory plastic/glass container deposit schemes”

✨CHIMAKI CHARMS🙏 One of the most important tasks in July for many households and businesses in Kyōto is the refreshing of the 'chimaki' (茅巻き). Sold exclusively during the Gion Matsuri, these broom-like charms hang by doorways to prevent misfortune entering the home or office.