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Donna

@kebabette.bsky.social

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Ōtautahi Christchurch. Aotearoa New Zealand. Editor-at-large. Librarian. Flâneuse. Tea Mum. She / her. 🌅👗🚶🏽‍♀️🎒☕📧✍⌨🎧🤓📚🤔🥀🍃🌹🚶🏽‍♀️❤📻🍲🚿🛌🏽

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 5h

The story of Song to the Siren really is astonishing. www.theguardian.com/music/2011/n...

Song to the Siren's irresistible tang

Its writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin Aston on how Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren became a modern class...

www.theguardian.com

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 9h

Nightmarish!

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 9h

Yes!

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 10h

The Christchurch plane has safely landed, thank goodness www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Flight returns to Christchurch airport after reporting issue shortly after take-off

The plane bound for Fiji hit a bird as it left Christchurch, before it spent 2 hours circling the airport.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 11h

Toitū Te Tiriti!

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 11h

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee declared the House suspended after a haka broke out in the public gallery following the Te Pāti Māori MP's speech.

www.rnz.co.nz

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 11h

Office discussion on "walk on songs". This is mine, if I ever win an award or get good at sport.
youtu.be/i3Jv9fNPjgk?...

AZEALIA BANKS - 212 FT. LAZY JAY

YouTube video by Azealia Banks

youtu.be

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 13h

What you waiting for? I do a monthly list of books I want to read. Here are my October picks - there is fashion, art, music, & upcoming memoirs by Margaret Atwood & Tim Curry! ^DR
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... #booksky #pukapuka

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 13h

He is! Pure chaos, but pure nonetheless.

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 15h

Blessed is the Peacemaker. And the Vigilante.

a group of people dancing on a stage with the name james gunn on the bottom

Alt: Peacemaker opening choreo - a group of people dancing on a stage

media.tenor.com

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 1d

I ❤️ Vigilante

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 1d

The most joyous post on the local FB group has comments from the cat’s owner, people he has encountered chiming in, and other popular felines.

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 1d

It rocks! And the theme song and dance routines are fun af.

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 1d

Dozens of protesters arrested at Aerospace Summit in Christchurch. thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-1...

Dozens of protesters arrested at Aerospace Summit in Christchurch

'We need to stop hiding behind this thin veneer of space exploration,' said one of the organisers. <br />

thespinoff.co.nz

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sprung, springing @aimeew.bsky.social · 1d

For the bookish folks in Ōtautahi :)

#booksky

Book Discussion Scheme Used Book Sale. Pre-loved BDS titles $3 each or 4 for $10 (great stocking fillers!). Saturday 18 October, 10am to 2pm, Book Discussion Scheme, 425 Colombo Street, Sydenham. Cash and EFTPOS only (no credit or payWave). Bring friends and family. www.bds.org.nz

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 1d

Qiane Matata-Sipu (author of the wonderful book on wāhine NUKU) has written a book for tamariki about first menstruation through a Māori cultural framework (honouring the works and teachings of Dr Ngahuia Murphy). It's in te reo Māori & English. www.nukuwomen.co.nz/shop-online/ #pukapuka

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 1d

There is a Blockade of the New Zealand Aerospace Summit at Te Pae in Ōtautahi Christchurch. m.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO25...

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds cool - Rebecca is a genius. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

‘Steven Universe’ Creator Rebecca Sugar Set for Animated Feature From Annapurna, Moomin Characters (EXCLUSIVE)

'Steven Universe’ creator Rebecca Sugar to write and direct Moomins animated feature for Annapurna.

variety.com

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 2d

Ōtautahi Christchurch peeps, if you like taking pics make sure and enter the Photo Hunt this month. You could win Riverside vouchers, and your pics will go onto the library's Disco Wall & into Canterbury Stories! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/photo-hunt/

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 2d

I've been looking at my photos for this month's Photo Hunt – and my pics include Books, Street Art, Fish and Chips, and Blossoms.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/m...
Share your photos and you could win Riverside Vouchers! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/photo-hunt/ ^DR

Scenes from around Ōtautahi Christchurch

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Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry, arohanui x

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 5d

Blossoms, dearies

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 5d

Memorial to Rod Donald at St Andrew’s.

Memorial to Rod Donald plaque - artwork by St Andrew’s art class

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 6d

It truly does.

Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 6d

Echium aka Pride of Madeira at Ōhinehou Lyttelton

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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 6d

In today’s NZ Herald

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FAFSWAG @fafswag.nz · 6d

FAFSWAG artist Pati Tyrell's commissioned art work for the cover of Tusiata Avia's new book entitled 'Giving Birth To My Father'. You can also pick up a copy for yourself here:

teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...

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