Donna
@kebabette.bsky.social
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.
dlvr.it
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The five-storey-high mural on Manchester St is the first of many new outdoor artworks in the city.
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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
ebx.sh
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
ICYMI: Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Meta executive and author of Careless People (Macmillan), has won Blueprint’s Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize 2025 👇 #BookSky
“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...
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
“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...
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...
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/...
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
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/...
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/...
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.
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teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/hun...
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
OoooooOoooo!
Our Nativity scene starring Werner Herzog as The Narrator.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Our Nativity scene starring Werner Herzog as The Narrator.
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
#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
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
#booksky #pukapuka
41 years ago today ... FJ's!
and the car park sign you can spot now at Papanui.
and the car park sign you can spot now at Papanui.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
41 years ago today ... FJ's!
and the car park sign you can spot now at Papanui.
and the car park sign you can spot now at Papanui.
Turned book pins into wee Christmas tree decorations using paper clips.
(Great idea from Kate Gabrielle on Instagram).
(Great idea from Kate Gabrielle on Instagram).
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Turned book pins into wee Christmas tree decorations using paper clips.
(Great idea from Kate Gabrielle on Instagram).
(Great idea from Kate Gabrielle on Instagram).
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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
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
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.
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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
“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
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
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
This is bloody great!
Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
From one song played masochistically on repeat to a sprawling 12-hour playlist, this is the music behind the books....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is bloody great!
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.
Also - Bonus information: I think it had heated toilet seats which was a revelation.
Behold! The Burgeriffic glory of the Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant, ファミリーレストラン キャメロン, on Main South Road, Hornby. #canterburystories
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/c... ^MT
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/c... ^MT
Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant: Picturing Canterbury
Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant, ファミリーレストラン キャメロン, on Main South Road, Hornby. An image from Canterbury Stories.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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.
Also - Bonus information: I think it had heated toilet seats which was a revelation.
Excellent photo usage, no notes.
ECan is the largest regional council in the country with the most troubled history. New Government proposals would see the permanent demise of its elected rulers.
Explainer: The Government’s radical plan for regional councils
ECan is the largest regional council in the country with the most troubled history. New Government proposals would see the permanent demise of its elected rulers.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Excellent photo usage, no notes.
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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
A little light Dr Alan Grant cosplay of a Wednesday. No carnotaurus was harmed in the taking of photos.
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
Scottish schoolboys singing Last Christmas on doorbell camera footage is wholesome festiveness to warm the cockles of your heart. news.stv.tv/west-central...
Kiddo and me both chortled our heads at this beauteous bin.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Kiddo and me both chortled our heads at this beauteous bin.
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
Today in op shoppery. Arts Centre placemats and Tinderbox by Megan Dunn & Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
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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
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.