Kiwi Nomad
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social
Manawatu inhabitant- Taranaki born. Family historian. Enjoyer of the outdoors but perfunctory gardener. Retired teacher. Volunteer. Ancienne pèlerine. Badge of honour: "She's a difficult socialist I guess."
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Okay, there needs to be a Grammy category for this. And this needs to be the winner.
What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Okay, there needs to be a Grammy category for this. And this needs to be the winner.
Setting up a folder with the "Person Summaries" I have written for genealogy. Interestingly, the maternal side of my family seems to have piqued my curiosity more than my paternal side! #genealogy
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Setting up a folder with the "Person Summaries" I have written for genealogy. Interestingly, the maternal side of my family seems to have piqued my curiosity more than my paternal side! #genealogy
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Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Just looked up where they are holding the 2027 congress- Bunny St- I could catch the train in very easily- either tent in Paekakariki or there is a cheaper place to stay in Plimmerton. Accommodation cost is not going to be an issue... @mghistorical.com @cathyclarke77.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Just looked up where they are holding the 2027 congress- Bunny St- I could catch the train in very easily- either tent in Paekakariki or there is a cheaper place to stay in Plimmerton. Accommodation cost is not going to be an issue... @mghistorical.com @cathyclarke77.bsky.social
Apparently this self-sown plant has a nasty side and I need to get rid of it. A shame. It looks nice!
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Apparently this self-sown plant has a nasty side and I need to get rid of it. A shame. It looks nice!
It seemed common in my Jersey families to re-use a name after a death. My grt-grandfather b1854 was given the name of his toddler brother who died the day before. The family I'm working on had two X Charles Frederick Payn one b&d 1836 aged 5 months, the second b& d 1837 aged 1 month.
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It seemed common in my Jersey families to re-use a name after a death. My grt-grandfather b1854 was given the name of his toddler brother who died the day before. The family I'm working on had two X Charles Frederick Payn one b&d 1836 aged 5 months, the second b& d 1837 aged 1 month.
Checking- re-numbering my PaynDeGruchy files- realise one of the siblings I haven't entered on Ancestry or in Reunion- and he had 7 chn first marriage 8 chn second marriage. I have all the baptisms etc, not sure why I never entered. A job ahead.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Checking- re-numbering my PaynDeGruchy files- realise one of the siblings I haven't entered on Ancestry or in Reunion- and he had 7 chn first marriage 8 chn second marriage. I have all the baptisms etc, not sure why I never entered. A job ahead.
First evening with air con on in the lounge. Summer temps in Palmy.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
First evening with air con on in the lounge. Summer temps in Palmy.
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Anne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to think
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, #nzpol
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, #nzpol
Anne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to think
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, writes Dame Anne Salmond
newsroom.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Anne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to think
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, #nzpol
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, #nzpol
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The whole point of the emission standards was to remove polluting vehicles from our roads
But this corrupt govt decided giving their donors more profit selling used cars and burning more oil was he only important thing
Burning the world that your children will have to survive in
But this corrupt govt decided giving their donors more profit selling used cars and burning more oil was he only important thing
Burning the world that your children will have to survive in
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The whole point of the emission standards was to remove polluting vehicles from our roads
But this corrupt govt decided giving their donors more profit selling used cars and burning more oil was he only important thing
Burning the world that your children will have to survive in
But this corrupt govt decided giving their donors more profit selling used cars and burning more oil was he only important thing
Burning the world that your children will have to survive in
@cbgenealogy.ie I’ve been involved in helping some of our newer members this year at the local library. This week they’ve shared something they’ve found, plus a brick wall. Irish research was the most common brick wall!
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
@cbgenealogy.ie I’ve been involved in helping some of our newer members this year at the local library. This week they’ve shared something they’ve found, plus a brick wall. Irish research was the most common brick wall!
This reminds me of the day I realised the person buried next to my 3xgrtgrm in Perth, Scotland was her sister.
So true!
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Keep pulling that string and connecting those dots.
Who was that woman who paid for the cemetery plot? And the dots keep connecting.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Keep pulling that string and connecting those dots.
Who was that woman who paid for the cemetery plot? And the dots keep connecting.
File under collateral research...
I am constantly reminded that, often times, people are MUCH closer in real life than a family tree might otherwise indicate.
So, research those siblings and inlaws like crazy. Never assume some person is too far afield - you just never know.
FAN!
#Genealogy
I am constantly reminded that, often times, people are MUCH closer in real life than a family tree might otherwise indicate.
So, research those siblings and inlaws like crazy. Never assume some person is too far afield - you just never know.
FAN!
#Genealogy
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This reminds me of the day I realised the person buried next to my 3xgrtgrm in Perth, Scotland was her sister.
Another email from Mercury. Another price rise in January. Remind me again how much profit they made?
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Another email from Mercury. Another price rise in January. Remind me again how much profit they made?
When I put on my proof-reading hat for the genealogy newsletter I edit, I do suddenly notice errors- five so far and I am up to page 4. Until then my eye glides over such things, even though I am aware something is not quite right. pursed/pursued, where/were etc
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When I put on my proof-reading hat for the genealogy newsletter I edit, I do suddenly notice errors- five so far and I am up to page 4. Until then my eye glides over such things, even though I am aware something is not quite right. pursed/pursued, where/were etc
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ruh-roh, 'you can't park there sir', the Aurora building it's outer edges is NOT meant to be happening in the ENE sky - absolutely no point taking a timelapse, this thing is too big.
#Nikon #Aurora #Otago #NZ #Photography
#Nikon #Aurora #Otago #NZ #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
ruh-roh, 'you can't park there sir', the Aurora building it's outer edges is NOT meant to be happening in the ENE sky - absolutely no point taking a timelapse, this thing is too big.
#Nikon #Aurora #Otago #NZ #Photography
#Nikon #Aurora #Otago #NZ #Photography
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November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
@cathyclarke77.bsky.social Coming up tomorrow evening with one of our members for your talk.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
@cathyclarke77.bsky.social Coming up tomorrow evening with one of our members for your talk.
So I go to bed glad I managed to have a gastroscopy today without sedation. But the start with the anaesthetic spray freaked me out a bit and I fear I might have a nightmare.
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
So I go to bed glad I managed to have a gastroscopy today without sedation. But the start with the anaesthetic spray freaked me out a bit and I fear I might have a nightmare.
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After finding family in the vital records and censuses, consult the Statistical Accounts of Scotland at stataccscot.ed.ac.uk/static/stata... written in the 1790s and 1830s/1840s.
They detail the religious persuasions of the parish, landowners, history & much more. Context is everything! #genealogy
They detail the religious persuasions of the parish, landowners, history & much more. Context is everything! #genealogy
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
After finding family in the vital records and censuses, consult the Statistical Accounts of Scotland at stataccscot.ed.ac.uk/static/stata... written in the 1790s and 1830s/1840s.
They detail the religious persuasions of the parish, landowners, history & much more. Context is everything! #genealogy
They detail the religious persuasions of the parish, landowners, history & much more. Context is everything! #genealogy
Looking through some of my Ticino line- here is Giuseppe having his 90th birthday on the West Coast in NZ.
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Looking through some of my Ticino line- here is Giuseppe having his 90th birthday on the West Coast in NZ.
Gene friends with Irish ancestry- this is for you!
Looking forward to giving my first presentation with Legacy Family Tree Webinars this Wednesday at 2pm NZDT - free on the day and the week following, register here: familytreewebinars.com/webinar/find... #genealogy
Finding your family's footprints in Ireland - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Discovering exactly where your Irish ancestors hailed from can be a tricky exercise, especially with the lack of 19th century census returns. However, there is an...
familytreewebinars.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Gene friends with Irish ancestry- this is for you!
The new bridge on Taranaki.
November 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The new bridge on Taranaki.