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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 1d

Heartfelt thanks to our young people with #longcovid who took part in this, sharing their stories #kiwi #nzpol

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

www.1news.co.nz

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Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social · 6d

A new wheelchair-accessible picnic table has been installed near the playground at Dunedin Botanic Garden. Small changes, big impact!

New picnic table to boost accessibility

The Friends of Dunedin Botanic Garden group is celebrating the installation of a wheelchair-friendly picnic table near the playground in the lower...

www.odt.co.nz

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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 8d

The background is a photographic image of a half full tumbler of water. The text reads: Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come. Clean air is a universal health protection, just like clean drinking water. Amanda Kvalsvig and Anna-Maria Arabia – theconversation.com. Photo by Manu Schwendener on Unsplash.

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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 7d

Geat to see this happening. Hopefully we get more mask blocs across the motu.

Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 8d

For our Wellington whānau:
Our mask bloc is officially stocked and ready to go! Come on down to Newtown Library for some free masks.

A box of masks sitting on a bench with black and white sign above: Free masks please help yourself

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Mike Bartley @anothermike100.bsky.social · 7d

Inflation on New Zealand is driven largely by the price of oil. The sooner we become an electrostate and get the price of oil out of the bottom lines of food production and freight, the better. We also need to bust the gen-tailer influence on the NZ electricity market and energy policy.

Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 8d

Spain's wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the European average in the first half of 2025 -- thanks to wind and solar reducing the influence of costly fossil fuels on prices. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember

Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the elec...

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 7d

Really should ban myself from “just having a browse” in a book shop

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LGillies_photography @lydiashamlon.bsky.social · 7d

Lots of Tui action at Western Springs Auckland New Zealand at the moment: this one was busy feeding on Karo flowers #birds #photography 📸

A Tūī native to New Zealand feeding on a red flower (Karo)

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 7d

#nzpol 🎯💯

Mike Bartley @anothermike100.bsky.social · 7d

Inflation on New Zealand is driven largely by the price of oil. The sooner we become an electrostate and get the price of oil out of the bottom lines of food production and freight, the better. We also need to bust the gen-tailer influence on the NZ electricity market and energy policy.

Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 8d

Spain's wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the European average in the first half of 2025 -- thanks to wind and solar reducing the influence of costly fossil fuels on prices. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 7d

Fonterror

Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 7d

Fonterra caused the nitrate emergency in Canterbury by pushing too many cows. And now @Fonterra’s Govt is weakening freshwater rules to force even more cows, forcing Cantabrians to drink more of their sh$t. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

The Press

www.thepress.co.nz

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 7d

Every other vaccine is given to infants before they are exposed to the disease.
In NZ covid vax is gatekept for most kids until they are 5, and then most people can’t get ongoing updated covid vax until after 30 😒
Oh yeah, we also continue to ignore indoor air …

Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 7d

We need to get serious about protecting our tamariki. Study finds Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection.
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/long...

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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 7d

Great news! We have already hit our goal of $1000 for the mask bloc. Thank you everyone for your support.

If you'd like to volunteer to store masks and re-stock the box at Newtown Library, sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wellington Mask Bloc volunteer form

Register interest in volunteering for the Wellington Mask Bloc run out of Newtown Library

docs.google.com

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 8d

“There were plenty of jobs available, such as in horticulture.”
Aside from the fact there are only *checks Seek* 100 jobs in horticulture in Rotorua currently, there are hundreds of applications per job, and the market is dire - media may want to ponder if it’s Luxon who needs to get off the couch 🫠

'Stop playing PlayStation': PM tells school leavers to 'get off the couch', 'go find a job'

Improving school attendance was 'job number one' for cutting future unemployment, he said.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 9d

Once we experience the benefits of clean indoor air – imagine getting through winter without needing to take time off work or school – we’ll never want to go back.

theconversation.com/why-investme...

Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come

Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.

theconversation.com

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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 9d

We are so humbled to have met our donation goal of $500 after only two days after launching our ACA Wellington Mask Bloc donation page. Its so heartening that people believe in this cause so much that they are still willing to donate in a recession. We have set a new goal of $1000.

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 10d

74 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas.

Why hasn’t NZ?

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

74 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas. Why hasn’t NZ?

The United Nations High Seas Treaty has now been ratified by 74 countries, but New Zealand is not one of them.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 10d

Ten days to drop your votes back to a library or a Woolworths! (7 days for a post box). Nice chatting to Birkenhead residents getting on the ferry on this beautiful morning.

Look I know voting isn’t always the sexiest thing to, but it’s super important.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 10d

Was in Ōtautahi Christchurch when an epic NorWest sunset kicked off.

Hagley Park is the perfect place to frame it up.

#Nikon #NZ #GreatNZRoadie #Sunset

Glowing red underside of clouds moments after the sunset in ChCh's massive Hagley Park. Trees line the side of the park, the field is pitch black & the street illuminated behind the trees.

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Aaron Schiff @schiff.nz · 10d

These words that Nigel Latta wrote in 2015 have always stayed with me

What's the hardest thing about being a parent?

It isn't the sleepless nights, or the endless fights. It isn't the constant worrying about every last little thing, or the constant pestering about every last little thing. It isn't the impact on your work life, your love life, or your social life. It isn't the lack of money, the lack of time, or even the lack of anything approaching a life of your own.

It feels like it's all of those things, but it it's none of them.

In the end, the hardest thing about being a parent is truly understanding that everything comes with a number. You get a certain number of bedtime stories, and a certain number of bedtime kisses. Your get a certain number of roads they'll cross holding your hand, and a certain number of sports matches on a Saturday morning. You get a certain number of bike rides, and a certain number of bad jokes with no real punchline. Most of all... you get a certain number of hours.

One day you'll go to the bucket, and it will be empty.

So--and I'm saying this as much to myself as to anyone else--get as much as you can, of all that you can, for as long as you possibly can. It's the only score you'll get that will ever truly mean anything, and it's also the hardest one to keep track of.

Good luck.

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 10d

At National Library in Wellington to hear Rainbow Elders talk. Audience includes trans and nonbinary folk as well as hard core anti trans separatist lesbians. Not a comfortable feeling knowing people who want to erase us are sitting nearby.

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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 14d

There are some orgs from New Zealand that have signed: University of Otago, Massey University, New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) & the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM). Hopefully more sign soon. Please let people who could be interested know.
#GlobalHealthyIndoorAir

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16d

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.

Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

People signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the UN

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14d

Vaccines are one of the great public health success stories.

They’ve saved millions of lives around the world.

We cannot allow conspiracy theorists to undermine proven science.

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Kim Tairi (ia/ahau/koe/she) Nā te mea he Māori ahau @kimtairi.bsky.social · 14d

Kintsugi time #art

A kintsugi pottery repair workspace laid out on a wooden surface. In the center is an instruction sheet titled “PUBLIC RECORD” with “Kintsugi” as the subtitle, containing detailed materials, tools, and step-by-step instructions for the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer.

Around the instruction sheet are the supplies and pottery pieces for the project: several broken white ceramic plates or bowls with green decorative trim, a decorative plate featuring orange and yellow sunflower designs with a black silhouette, green painter’s tape, tubes of what appears to be adhesive or lacquer, wooden tools including what looks like a small hammer, white bowls, and various other crafting materials. The workspace appears to be set up for someone to practice this traditional Japanese repair technique that emphasizes the beauty in brokenness and imperfection.

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 14d

New #MaskBloc alert! I'm so excited for this, I hope you'll donate and share. Help prevent #Covid #LongCovid

Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 14d

Wellington! Some of our Covid aware folks have set up a mask bloc.
This mask bloc can't run without the generosity of donors. Five dollars may mean that a checkout worker can take 5 masks that they can reuse for months.
chuffed.org/project/1510...
chuffed.org/project/1510...

Wellington Mask Bloc

We are Aotearoa Covid Action, a grassroots advocacy group that has risen up in the wake of Aotearoa New Zealand no longer having a credible plan to control the spread of Covid in our schools, workplac...

chuffed.org

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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 14d

Some positive news, especially for people living in Wellington. A group from @covidactionnz.bsky.social is creating a Wellington based mask bloc and masks will be distributed out of Newtown Library.

chuffed.org/project/1510...

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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 16d

🙏 everyone who presented yesterday. The Air Club website has a link to the Healthy Indoor Air event. The speakers covered a lot of ground, so I'll enjoy being able to stop and start after watching the event live in New Zealand. Please encourage people & orgs to sign the pledge.

www.airclub.org

Air Club

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

www.airclub.org

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