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Donna
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Ōtautahi Christchurch. Aotearoa New Zealand. Editor-at-large. Librarian. Flâneuse. Tea Mum. She / her.
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The five-storey-high mural on Manchester St is the first of many new outdoor artworks in the city.
New mural unveiled ahead of climate art festival in Christchurch
The five-storey-high mural on Manchester St is the first of many new outdoor artworks in the city.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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ICYMI: Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Meta executive and author of Careless People (Macmillan), has won Blueprint’s Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize 2025 👇 #BookSky
Sarah Wynn-Williams wins whistleblowing prize
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December 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Chlöe Swarbrick who is co-leader of the New Zealand Greens. She’s demonstrating the bold leadership that I look to do every single day.” Zac Polanski, UK Green Party leader www.the-guardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Zack Polanski: ‘I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg’
The Green party leader on his ‘floordrobe’, doomscrolling, and getting arrested on Waterloo Bridge
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Art day.
Little Street Art Festival. www.littlestreetartfestival.co.nz
New Ghostcat / Dcypher /Jacob Yikes collab Ghost Storeys www.instagram.com/ghostcat_mb
Made in Palestine exhibition at CoCA
coca.org.nz/exhibitions/...
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
OoooooOoooo!
✨ We're thrilled to announce Hungus by Amber Esau (Ngāpuhi / Manase) is coming 12 March 2026 – the arrival of a dazzling new voice in Aotearoa poetry.

teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/hun...
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Our Nativity scene starring Werner Herzog as The Narrator.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Jacinda Ardern’s memoir is in The Guardian’s list of the year’s best biographies and memoirs. The best memoirs and biographies of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
#booksky #pukapuka
The best memoirs and biographies of 2025
Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke on acting, Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon on politics, plus Margaret Atwood on a life well lived
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pickled.
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
41 years ago today ... FJ's!
and the car park sign you can spot now at Papanui.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Turned book pins into wee Christmas tree decorations using paper clips.
(Great idea from Kate Gabrielle on Instagram).
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Enjoyed revealing a little about how the cover for @erikkennedy.com’s Sick Power Trip came together for the @christchurchlib.bsky.social blog. Erik’s collection was one of my highlights from @thwupbooks.bsky.social this year.
Kia ora! I've unleashed my fave NZ book covers of 2025. My top pick is Sick Power Trip by @erikkennedy.com
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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“As soon as the Committee began its questions, I knew we were in the right place at the right time. The questioning was fast, direct, and showed they understood the situation in detail.” — Roimata Smail at the UN to present evidence of government discrimination against Māori #nzpol
On the ground in Geneva | E-Tangata
“As soon as the Committee began its questions, I knew we were in the right place at the right time. The questioning was fast, direct, and showed they understood the situation in detail.”  — Roimata Sm...
e-tangata.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Farmer John’s #ghostsign on Main North Road is now visible and man, that’s some nostalgia. And it wasn’t even me that frequented it, my brother did when we first moved to Christchurch. #Christchurch #Ōtautahi
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is bloody great!
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Labuboobs
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Big new street art work going up on Manchester Street.
#StreetArt #Christchurch #Ōtautahi
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I went here once some years ago, and the food was great.

Also - Bonus information: I think it had heated toilet seats which was a revelation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Excellent photo usage, no notes.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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📢 People will be able to whizz down a hydroslide, shoot some hoops or relax in a sauna at Parakiore as soon as the sun is up on 17 December.
$500 million indoor sport and aquatics centre to open in Christchurch next month
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A little light Dr Alan Grant cosplay of a Wednesday. No carnotaurus was harmed in the taking of photos.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Scottish schoolboys singing Last Christmas on doorbell camera footage is wholesome festiveness to warm the cockles of your heart. news.stv.tv/west-central...
'Scotland's Christmas advert': Boys spread festive cheer with doorstep rendition of Last Christmas
The video starts with five young boys rocking up the driveway of a house but takes an unexpected turn.
news.stv.tv
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Kiddo and me both chortled our heads at this beauteous bin.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Today in op shoppery. Arts Centre placemats and Tinderbox by Megan Dunn & Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Here's an odd vintage project: a Norse couple asked me to do a portrait of their cats, but make it look like the cover of a Frank Zappa album. The building on the TinselTown Rebellion cover is local to their home town.
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM