Rochelle
Rochelle
@heyrochelle.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy
Aotearoa. Nō Whakatu au. Pākehā. Cis. I’m disabled. I have Hypermobile EDS which causes chronic pain & fatigue. I [no longer 😢] have the best cat (all cats are […]

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Toitū te aroha is a way to stand together in all our various communities, but especially our rainbow & Palestine communities who have been facing opposition recently.

If you can’t be in Auckland marching today, you can sign the petition […]
Original post on cloudisland.nz
cloudisland.nz
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Sometimes I doubt my decision to use single email addresses for every company I deal with. It becomes awkward when I have to give my email address out to someone in person.

Today I got a spam email from “Netflix”, which honestly, if I had a Netflix account maybe it could’ve gone differently […]
Original post on cloudisland.nz
cloudisland.nz
January 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@elhowieson/115963367050697089

It might also be the NZ Government's. Check to see if it's got a 'C Luxon' nametag sewn to it
#nzpol
mastodon.social
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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@Salty Personally, I question NZ's funding for Winston Peters.
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM
We’ve arrived at our house in Whakatu #nelson, to discover the shops are all within an easy walking distance! We had no idea when we bought here that there were shops so close. Even the supermarket. My husband is considering taking up his coffee habit again 😄
January 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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[kai (stew posting)]

I roasted some tomatoes that I'm gonna put in a beef stew thing tonight.

Every guide I read said "pull the skins from the tomatoes and discard them" (or put them in the compost or whatever).

Unless the texture squicks you out, I think this advice is WRONG.

These are […]
Original post on cloudisland.nz
cloudisland.nz
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Re: 2FA on Manage My Health

I kinda want to know whether anyone has been successful at setting up an authenticator app with MMH.

I followed the instructions on the website a bit ago & went to the bother of downloading a different authenticator app (bc they don’t use my usual authenticator app […]
Original post on cloudisland.nz
cloudisland.nz
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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The Public Services Commission planning to spend $10k on ads attacking striking nurses, doctors, and firefighters and specifically timing those ads to coincide with Collins’ and Luxon’s anti-union campaign should be a national story tbh, this is great reporting www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-the-hel...
What the hell is going on between the Coalition Government and the Public Service Commission?
It's not normal for public servants and the Government to collude against unions like this.
www.emilywrites.co.nz
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Neighbour has a prolific cherry plum tree, currently dropping ripe plums all over the place. Asked if I could have some. Help yourself. Went over, got nearly two kg in no time at all, made jam (turns out this is about as much fruit as my biggest pot can hold anyway). Six decent size jars and one […]
Original post on microbe.vital.org.nz
microbe.vital.org.nz
January 10, 2026 at 4:45 AM
If you access Manage My Health right now, you get a message saying whether you were affected or not.

Also a good time to check bc people are in transit from work or are cooking or whatever they do. It’s been overloaded throughout the day.
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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Not wasting any time, Pippin's (BC, Canada) first news of the year is that he leapt up onto his cat tower and immediately snapped the platform off. The humans have some work to do to ensure he can still look out of that window from a perch.

#cats #cat #CatNews […]

[Original post on mas.to]
January 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Every day that passes without support is harder than the one before.
All I want in these cold days is a warm blanket for my children, medicine for my husband, and to buy our basic needs.
I am still in need of your support
you are my only hope.
#freepalestine
#humanitarianaid
#charity
#palestine […]
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mastodon.social
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This morning’s beautiful weather coincided with our walk. It had been raining this morning when I put the washing on, & ut’s gone cloudy again since, so it was very well timed.

Also, we had the good fortune of meeting one of our neighbours, Kobe (the golden retriever). He was doing what it said […]
Original post on cloudisland.nz
cloudisland.nz
December 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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they are idiots...

you can copy and paste the text from some of the epstein files to unredact it...

absolute idiots...
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I broke my tooth last night & am very grateful to Claudia at Bell Hill Dental (in Dunedin) for fixing it today for me. She had to take the old amalgam filling out before she got to work.

I am not a usual client for them, so I’m extra grateful they had space for me at this time of the year.
December 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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While children around the world write their New Year’s wish lists, Gaza’s children write their names on their limbs to be identified. They don’t dream of toys or candy; they only long for one night without bombing, and a roof to shield them from the rain and […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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BREAKING! Fonterra HQ is under quarantine! Toxic slime is oozing out of the building’s main doors.

The building has been identified as ground zero of New Zealand’s nitrate crisis. So the Greenpeace nitrate emergency quarantine unit has shut down the building and […]

[Original post on mastodon.nz]
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The pixelfed.nz instance appears to be broken. Something isn’t running. My posts there aren’t making it out here to followers. People I’m following on other servers, except Cyanistes, never have posts arrive.

Anyone know who can restart whatever is missing?
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Today I was in for more blood work at the hospital & no people were in the waiting room. Just me.

Last Thursday I was here & there wasn’t an empty seat. They had a sign saying there was a 90 minute wait for blood tests.
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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My daughter Kenzi, instead of going to school, has to go to a water filling station every day to fill up five to seven gallons of water. Your help will open doors to her future. She is a beautiful and ambitious girl who dreams of studying English. https://gofund.me/eed6031c
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM