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Dog-lover, bus driver, tangata tiriti 🐶🇳🇿
Toitū te Tiriti
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Our first selfie 😍 #teorangawhaikurī
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LOOK AT THIS TALENT
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Want to support small and local with your gift giving this year? If you’re in Wellington today, the Kristmas Knack is on at Berhampore School until 1:30.
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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You can buy thornless blackberry generally bigger juicier than the wild ones. www.growfromhere.co.nz/product/blac...
Blackberry- Black Satin
Self-fertile thornless blackberry with large, sweet fruit. Flowering white in spring, with the tasty berries ready around February-March. Grows quite happily anywhere in NZ.
www.growfromhere.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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This is one of best Halloween costumes ever
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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NZ stands with our firefighters ✊

They're facing a Dire Emergency: broken down trucks, dangerous staffing, faulty equipment, and FENZ refusing to address a failing system. Firefighters want to keep New Zealanders safe—but they need FENZ to show up and genuinely prioritise community safety. #nzpol
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Amazing!

More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.

#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol

'Expression of kotahitanga': More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
It comes after the government removed Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/579646/expression-of-kotahitanga-more-than-1000-schools-reaffirm-commitment-to-te-tiriti-o-waitangi‬
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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“We are thrilled with the support – and with Metallica demonstrating people from all walks of life can support grassroots feminist care and advocacy,” Centre Manager Maia Hall said.
‘Feminist allies’: Metallica donates $20k to Auckland Women’s Centre
Maia Hall first thought the heavy metal band’s donation offer was an online scam.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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'My mana reignited': Attendees leave world's largest indigenous education conference feeling inspired
'My mana reignited': Attendees leave world's largest indigenous education conference feeling inspired
The conference, which closed on Thursday, brought together more than 3000 attendees from around the globe to Auckland.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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#nzpol Standing with Firefighters who are fighting for better wages and equipment that works. It’s time to support them and keep New Zealanders safe
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Walkies! 😍 #teorangawhaikurī
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My view right now 😍😍😍 #teorangawhaikurī
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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"The coveted Listeners’ Choice title, decided entirely by public vote, went to #BHN Big Hairy News, reflecting the show’s highly engaged audience across subscriptions and social channels."
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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kererū in a kānuka tree
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Thousands attend world's largest indigenous education conference in Auckland
Thousands attend world's largest indigenous education conference in Auckland
Alongside keynote speakers and hundreds of presentations, discussions over the week-long hui have centred on kotahitanga and shared strategy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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FUCK YEAH, ARCHAEOLOGY!
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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This room is still available! Please share this if you know anyone in the area, Oscar needs another servant.
Know of anyone in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton looking for a room? Italian Flatmate is moving out, so I'm advertising his room on Trademe. $275 (rent + utilities) plus you get to hang out with Oscar! The room is small but sunny, and the rest of the house is roomy. www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/f...
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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15 years on from the Pike River disaster where their men were killed, Sonya Rockhouse and Anna Osborne explain what a corporate manslaughter law would've meant for them. #nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Water fluoridation does not hinder brain development, 40-year study finds
Water fluoridation does not hinder brain development, 40-year study finds
A New Zealand dental surgeon says the 40-year study clearly shows fluoridation is safe for people of all ages.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If you see this post your getaway vehicle #YabbaDabbaDoo
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I needed this today, we'd be doomed without dogs
This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
The forgotten women of quantum physics
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Methodology
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
TIL that there are few things more disconcerting than a busload of intermediate school kids singing Santa Baby #BusDriverEd
a man is standing in front of a refrigerator in a kitchen .
ALT: a man is standing in front of a refrigerator in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM