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Screenshot of 7 Dec 2025 Guardian newspaper report that says "On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day [in Gaza]. That rate of violent death would be considered an active conflict in many other contexts, raising questions about how accurately “ceasefire” describes the new status quo. The screenshot includes a photo of tents burning in Khan Younis on 3 December in an Israeli strike that killed five people, including two children, in violation of the ceasefire.
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Snap
Man standing next to a statue of Riffraff
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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#SecretSantaAoNZ

Today my Secret Santa's presents arrived! Very excited... they're the first prezzies under our tree ☺️🎄🎁
Two wrapped presents under a Christmas tree with a little card ... waiting to be opened
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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❤️ 🌟
Butterfly resting on a leaf with its wings spread wide
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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A movie that takes place where you're from

From filming Born Free, Joy Adamson's biography about adopting Elsa, a lion cub a few days old.

Elsa was cared for in their home in Kenya and eventually freed into Meru national park
Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers lying on top of an old land rover with two lions alongside them. Photo taken while filming Born Free in Kenya in 1966. Born Free was Joy Adamson's biography about adopting Elsa, a lion cub a few days old. Elsa was cared for in their home in Kenya and eventually freed into Meru national park
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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If you see this, post a bird
A very large rare flightless parrot from Aotearoa New Zealand. It's called a kākāpō. It's green and about 60cm long.
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Out paddling for the first time this summer ☀️ ❤️
Front of a kayak floating on harbour fringed with dark green bushes and clear blue sky above
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Pleased with my effort this morning. Will I be ready for the 12 km walk Round the Bridges in two weeks? 😏
Map of my 8.5km walk... time taken 1hr 24mins
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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G'day
Tropical garden with palms, ferns and a small stream
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Share someone who looks stylish in a hat
Jimmy Cliff performing and as usual wearing a cool hat... this one is a hold and black leopard print Nefertiti inspired creation
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Unsolicited Rick pic
Rikki Morris. Best known for 1988 hit single "Nobody Else" which he wrote and performed with his older brother Ian Morris/Tex Pistol and which reached number one in Aotearoa New Zealand and remained on the charts for sixteen weeks.... ref. Wikipedia
October 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Drop something Blue
Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes Record sleeve June 2, 1974 Kevin Ayers - John Cale - Eno - Nico
September 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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In 2024 investigations by ECCHR and Amnesty International separetely concluded that under international law Israel was committing genocide
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights The ongoing genocide in Gaza: Q&A on the law and recent developments Over the last year, ECCHR has been conducting independent research and analysis on Israel’s actions in Gaza and the topic of genocide (see Question 6). We have reached the conclusion that, under international law, Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza
September 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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#nzpol
Important piece from Amanda Gillies.
Screenshot is my opinion sent to TVNZ which didn't even get a courtesy reply:
Downgrading, removing and omitting te reo Māori is probably the most short-sighted and damaging policy imposed on Aotearoa New Zealand since the Land Wars. This government is led by Act ideology. At best cutting te reo Māori in earliest reading and phonics books is selfish. At worst it is punishing the uppity natives who have finally started to reclaim their language and want it to be available to all New Zealanders. Selfish because it incorrectly and misleadingly claims that Māori words will confuse young children and will ‘hold back’ their reading skills. Selfish because phonics is not the only tool that should be used to help children learn to read. Selfish because the opposition to Māori being taught to all children from the earliest age, is driven by fear they won’t understand what their children are saying. Selfish because it is based on incorrect understanding or missing awareness that there is solid evidence learning other languages as early as possible gives children capabilities benefiting them throughout their lives. Selfish because it is rejecting the importance of building comprehension of our indigenous and official second language. Selfish because it denies te reo Māori is integral to our national culture, history and reality. At worst, cutting te reo Māori in earliest reading and phonics books is blind devotion to a monocultural view of Aoteroa New Zealand. Further it indicates an underlying fear that somehow Māori might displace English. It won’t. If we do the utmost to give all children early and continued exposure to Māori, there will be a hundred-fold return on our investment. For sure, educational, cultural, societal and economic benefits. Not least, our children, grandchildren and future generations will thank us when they have an indigenous language and culture that is fully integrated into our sense of nationhood. They will all be proud of how unique this makes them feel as Kiwis.
August 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Succinct reply to Peter Dunne still beating his old drum

"Bipartisanship is over. Its dead and buried under the NZ Initiative’s carpark alongside Centrism. RIP. Slaughtered by a minority ideology"

newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/14/o...
Trevor Best reply to Peter Dunne: Why wouldn’t they be wary of bipartisan agreements, Peter. They thought they had agreement with the other side on the treatment of methane, fair pay agreements and the intensification of housing in our main cities. None honoured. Just this week there was an attempt to leverage them into a public lynching. When a government shows the level of contempt for previous government policy this one has (even to the point where they have reversed legislation they themselves enacted or supported say like pay equity or Section 7AA of the OT Act) the very word “bipartisan” would be triggering. Given the big face palm they got from Mayor Brown this week it looks like the experience of local government is similar. Bipartisanship is over. Its dead and buried under the NZ Initiative’s carpark alongside Centrism. RIP. Slaughtered by a minority ideology. PS: Why don’t you ask Sinn Fein for an opinion on how “bipartisanship” is going in Ireland.
August 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Tūī feeding on the flower nectar... and helping to pollinate
Photo: © (M) Neil Fitzgerald
A tūī feeding on the stunning red flowers of ngutukākā tree
August 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Drop some BONES...

Son's local beer bar and brewery, Boneface, is very cool ☠️🦴💀
Cartoon style wall paintings of bonefaced aliens holding weapons. Artwork found at a local brewery in Upper Hutt, New Zealand
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/m...
“Growing up in Christchurch, there was just never an opportunity to learn te reo Māori, certainly not at school. I could have gone through my entire childhood, early adolescence, without ever having heard a word of te reo Māori spoken.” In those days, it didn’t hamper him professionally, he says. “It’s a terrible thing to say, but you could read the 6 o’clock news and not know anything about te reo Māori back then.” That brought with it whakama [shame], he says. “Trauma, shame and it comes from the fact that te reo Māori for us, if you’re Maori, is not a second language it’s our language. “So, if you’re really shit at it, what does that say about your identity?” A full immersion course was a turning point. “It just about killed me, a full day’s study, 9 till 3, in a classroom. I hadn’t been in a classroom for 30 years. “It was incredible, just the most amazing bunch of people.” McRoberts, who is now Te Ao Māori editor at NBR and has hosted the recent RNZ podcast RNZ 100: A Century of Stories podcast, says watching Six60 play ‘Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō’ in Christchurch was an emotional moment. “There were 20,000 people at this venue singing in te reo Māori, and I was standing there with my brother, and [Six60 bassist] Chris Mac’s wife Mel in the mixing tent in front of the stage, and I was just bawling my eyes out. “I remember Mel saying, ‘What’s wrong?’ And I just never, ever thought as a young Māori boy growing up in this city I’d ever see a rugby stadium full of 20,000 people singing in te reo Maori.”
August 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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...this.... understanding te reo Māori... challenges me in a good way 💖

this album from Marlon Williams is exceptional and will win awards
Cover of Marlon Williams's awesome album of songs in Māori. Te whare tiwekaweka. Depicts a haunted house in black and white with tall thin man in a top hat carrying a black bag as he walks towards it
July 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Respect...
Rosie O’Donnell, response to trump's threat to remove her US citizenship. Rosie posted a photo of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to Instagram, and wrote: “Hey Donald –you’re rattled again? 18 years later and I still live rent-free in that collapsing brain of yours. I'm everything you fear: a loud woman,a queer woman,a mother who tells the truth. You build walls – I build a life for my autistic kid in a country where decency still exists....” After she details other ways that her and Trump’s outlooks differ, she concluded: “You want to revoke my citizenship?Go ahead and try, King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan. I’m not yours to silence. I never was. Rosie.”
July 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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For the collectors.... :)
The K-Tel Rock 80 record cover song list A1 Gary Numan– Cars A2 The Pretenders– Brass In Pocket A3 Sniff 'N' The Tears– Driver's Seat A4 Nick Lowe– Cruel To Be Kind A5 Joe Jackson– Is She Really Going Out With Him? A6 Pat Benatar– Heartbreaker A7 Blondie– Call Me B1 Ramones– Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? B2 The Knack – My Sharona B3 Cheap Trick– I Want You To Want Me B4 Ian Gomm– Hold On B5 Blondie– One Way Or Another B6 Pat Benatar– We Live For Love B7 M – Pop Muzi – Scott*
July 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Drop something scientific 🔬💡🧯
Bulbs, wires and exercise books. Basic test of how to wire electrical circuits safely.
July 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Dave Dobbyn's the islander
One of AotearoaNZ's best songwriters 🎶 ❤️
Album cover of Kiwi musician Dave Dobbyn's 1998 release, The Islander. Dave wearing swim goggle sunglasses and wreck of an old ship behind him
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/23/a...
My Dad always told us to stand up to bullies. Not much fun, but its not just me I’m worried about. This ‘Victim of the Day’ campaign from a Deputy Prime Minister is repugnant, and like the ‘Regulatory Standards Bill’ itself, inimical to a healthy democracy. Although ACT has made a concerted attempt, aided and abetted by the NZ Initiative which is closely associated with this Bill, to pretend that its provisions are innocuous and inconsequential, an avalanche of authoritative analyses demonstrate that this is not the case. Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Dean Knight, Andrew Geddis, Jonathan Boston and other legal and constitutional authorities have all offered devastating critiques of this Bill, and what it would mean for democratic processes in New Zealand. Public health, environmental, heritage and many other experts have also spelled out its implications in their own fields of expertise, which are deeply disturbing. Perhaps its not surprising that those attempting to deceive the New Zealand public about the practical effects of this Bill should stoop so low in their efforts to defend it against informed criticism. Let’s hope that the Prime Minister and the National Party have the backbone to dissociate themselves from this kind of scurrilous, self-serving politics, and the tactics that go with it. If they don’t, shame on them.
June 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Greetings from Wellington, Aotearoa NZ :)
Wellington yacht harbour at 7pm on a clear winter's evening. Lights reflected on the harbour and white hulled masted yachts at anchor
June 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM