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Richard NZ
@richard-nnz.bsky.social
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Elearning specialist. Moodle developer, designer, admin, user. Retired; gardener; granddad. Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Lived/worked in UK, Portugal, Singapore, China, Australia, New Zealand. Educated Kingston University, UCL, Bath, USQ (Oz) Open Poly (NZ).
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Habaneros coming along. #gardening
Green foliage with several small green peppers visible.
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Christmas sausages arrived and Polish rye vodka. As senior members of the family, we had to quality control. Na Zdrovia. #polish #christmas
Baleron (pork neck ham) on cutting board with two glasses of rye vodka.
December 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Strands #652
“Palette episodes”
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Tough today. Streak: 150!
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Green beginnings. #gardening.
Small green tomato in foliage. Italian style ribs.
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Recent trip to Greytown for our 48th wedding anniversary. The White Swan Hotel, lovely stay, excellent dining, good bar. #aotearoa #nz #travel #tourism
New Zealand high street view from deck of white swan inn in Greytown. Tables with sun umbrellas low bushes separating street.
December 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Strands #630
“Sweet tooth”
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Whatchamacallits is not a real word !!$&@?!. Hours of pain!
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Blue cod from Chatham Islands, baked with courgettes, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes.
Baked blue cod with courgettes, peppers, tomatoes and cubed potatoes. The cod is fished off the Chatham Islands 1000 km east of Aotearoa New Zealand.
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Good crop of favas/broad beans means Favas guisadas à Alentejana for lunch. #portuguese #food #gardening #aotearoa #nz
Basket of broad beans, ginger beer, hands peeling the beans on a table.
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Nobody in American politics hates their own voters more than the Democratic Party
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽‍♂️
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Thrushes decided to nest below our deck roof. #aotearoa/nz #photography #nature
A thrush with 3 chicks among green shiny foliage.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Got my C19 booster. Lovely spring day today.
A greenhouse and a garden bed, pots with spring herbs and flowers in front. Bit of green lawn in foreground. Sunshine.
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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What’s up? The supermoon. #photography #nature #springtime #aotearoa/nz.
Early night sky, clouds, supermoon seen through just forming cherry blossoms. New Zealand spring.
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Reading room. #booksky #nz #gardening
Wallflowers on the left, pot with bluebells, wooden bench then pot with areola on the right. Abutolon with red flowers behind.
September 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Maybe if they hadn’t given landlords a 3bn tax break there would be some serious help available for struggling hospital services. Remind me how much have rents come down? #nzpol
September 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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I’m not a dan hater but wtf can’t tvnz put on a fluent speaker of te reo for the weather during te wiki o te reo Maori.

#Aotearoa #NZ #tereo.
September 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Springtime in Tai Tokerau, Aotearoa.
A Tūī, NZ native bird, enjoying spring. The red flowers I’m not certain about I think it is a Coral Tree, native to the Pacific Islands.
September 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Pouto Point campsite and historic site where ships tried to cross the bar and deliver goods. Many failed. Kaipara Harbour, Aotearoa. #nz #history #travel
Beach, wave cut platform, small cliff, grassy slope leading up to campsite with motor home and 19th c customs house.
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Look who just stopped by to show us her brood. #aotearoa/nz #nature #birds
Photo of. Duck with 10 chicks on a grassy paddock.
September 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Shapes of things. Flax and masts Tutukaka, Tai Tokerau #nz #photography
Flax plants on the left, with tall flowers, masts of boats on the right. Reflections on water in the middle.
September 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Rawene on the Hokianga with driftwood and two shags. #travel #nz #photography
Old posts, driftwood and two shags on a branch with The Hokianga at Rawene Harbour in the background.
September 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Had to use panorama mode to fit this baby in, it’s 51m wide and 26 m tall. Moreton Bay Fig tree #Aotearoa #photography Pahi Beach #NZ.
Photo of a Morton Bay Fig tree, native to Australia but planted in Pahi Beach, Aotearoa/New Zealand about 1840 or earlier.
August 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Pahi Beach, Kaipara Harbour, #nz, #photography, #travel.
The harbour at Pahi Beach, Kaipara NZ, the tide is out, A derrick stands over an assortment of small boats.
August 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM