TheSarapocalypse*
@sarainchch.bsky.social
Relentlessly hopeful for our future 🌿🌏♻️🚴♀️ Tangata Tiriti. She/her. 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
*safer streets, public transport, cycleways, clean water, fixed pipes, community facilities, more trees... awful!
*safer streets, public transport, cycleways, clean water, fixed pipes, community facilities, more trees... awful!
Pinned
two people dressed as christmas trees toasting with champagne
Alt: two people dressed as christmas trees toasting with champagne and holding their phones
media.tenor.com
Just signed up for #SecretSantaAoNz Will be opening on the Routeburn Track :)
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Wow! So great to see Christchurch is the best cycling city in the Asia and Oceania! 38 overall is very good too!
All this is only due to advocates and citizens pushing elected leaders! Let's keep up the good work!
cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/11/30/a...
All this is only due to advocates and citizens pushing elected leaders! Let's keep up the good work!
cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/11/30/a...
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Wow! So great to see Christchurch is the best cycling city in the Asia and Oceania! 38 overall is very good too!
All this is only due to advocates and citizens pushing elected leaders! Let's keep up the good work!
cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/11/30/a...
All this is only due to advocates and citizens pushing elected leaders! Let's keep up the good work!
cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/11/30/a...
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So many people I respect in TVNZ but how is it possible for one news tonight to describe Mcskimming as merely having had an affair with a junior staffer or to report on all the devastation in south east Asia as a natural disaster with not a single mention of climate change as an underlying driver?
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So many people I respect in TVNZ but how is it possible for one news tonight to describe Mcskimming as merely having had an affair with a junior staffer or to report on all the devastation in south east Asia as a natural disaster with not a single mention of climate change as an underlying driver?
Just finished The Impossible Fortune - #5 in The Thursday Murder Club series. So good that @christchurchlib.bsky.social has lots of copies and there're 195 holds! However, there are a few set aside as Best Sellers on the shelves at $3 for 7 days (no holds allowed), so biked to Spreydon yesterday 😃📚🚴🏿♀️
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just finished The Impossible Fortune - #5 in The Thursday Murder Club series. So good that @christchurchlib.bsky.social has lots of copies and there're 195 holds! However, there are a few set aside as Best Sellers on the shelves at $3 for 7 days (no holds allowed), so biked to Spreydon yesterday 😃📚🚴🏿♀️
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November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Already stuck for #SecretSantaAoNZ ? try my NZ-made magnets and badges. They’re tiny, useful, handmade, and impossible to hate. Use code SECRETSANTANZ for 20% off. Panic less, gift more, embrace the mystery. felt.co.nz/shop/supervery
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The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments - but she was still stunned.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
A lovely gathering in Hagley Park this evening for Trans Remembrance Day. Sadness, anger, fear - but also hope, resilience and pride. Heartfelt and heart-wrenching stories, including from a mum who now needs to tell her daughter she won't be able to get the care she needs. A lot of tears. 💙🤍🩷
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A lovely gathering in Hagley Park this evening for Trans Remembrance Day. Sadness, anger, fear - but also hope, resilience and pride. Heartfelt and heart-wrenching stories, including from a mum who now needs to tell her daughter she won't be able to get the care she needs. A lot of tears. 💙🤍🩷
What @witchnwords.bsky.social said! 👇 I've got some hints in my pinned post at the top of my page and will pop some more up in the next day or so. You can find out more about me by googling too as I've had a bit to do with calling out online harassment and was a Chch City Councillor for 9y 🚲🌳♻️
Upping this for #SecretSantaAoNZ
I know things are tight for a lot of Santas this year, it is the thought not $$ that truly matters. I speak for many when I say please do not stress or overspend.
And if you struggle please reach out to the team.
I know things are tight for a lot of Santas this year, it is the thought not $$ that truly matters. I speak for many when I say please do not stress or overspend.
And if you struggle please reach out to the team.
For #SecretSantaAoNZ I would like to say that crafted, second-hand etc is wonderful.
If you are struggling, a copy of your favourite book, a poem that moved your soul, or an album that changed your life, I'd love to know the things that mean the most to you.
Remember it is the thought not the $$
If you are struggling, a copy of your favourite book, a poem that moved your soul, or an album that changed your life, I'd love to know the things that mean the most to you.
Remember it is the thought not the $$
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
What @witchnwords.bsky.social said! 👇 I've got some hints in my pinned post at the top of my page and will pop some more up in the next day or so. You can find out more about me by googling too as I've had a bit to do with calling out online harassment and was a Chch City Councillor for 9y 🚲🌳♻️
Fyi: The Press is paywall free today if you're keen to catch up on any news from Ōtautahi 📰
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fyi: The Press is paywall free today if you're keen to catch up on any news from Ōtautahi 📰
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PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news
Goodness from my parents' garden this morning - yes, that's 20 good sized grapefruit 😋 Beautiful, expensive-tasting pulpy grapefruit juice in my future.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Goodness from my parents' garden this morning - yes, that's 20 good sized grapefruit 😋 Beautiful, expensive-tasting pulpy grapefruit juice in my future.
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The Clean Car Standard requires importers to improve the average emissions of the imported fleet over time, or pay a penalty. Turns out there was a third option: do nothing and lobby the government to delete the penalty. Well spotted @robertmclachlan.bsky.social
The NZ car industry has made no progress towards meeting the 2025 emissions standards. Are they even trying?
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The Clean Car Standard requires importers to improve the average emissions of the imported fleet over time, or pay a penalty. Turns out there was a third option: do nothing and lobby the government to delete the penalty. Well spotted @robertmclachlan.bsky.social
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Starting to think about shopping small and local for presents?
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Starting to think about shopping small and local for presents?
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
I make all my products myself, mostly from fabrics I've designed myself.
You can find my homewares at birdandbeach.co.nz, which is the business I run with my husband. (You can also follow us here at @birdandbeach.bsky.social.)
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“Of the sexual assaults reported across New Zealand in 2022 that had progressed to a court hearing, 41% were still waiting for an outcome after two years, up from 30% in 2018.”
It’s not just a few bad apples - the entire system is rotten. This status quo is being chosen - and misogyny is the choice.
It’s not just a few bad apples - the entire system is rotten. This status quo is being chosen - and misogyny is the choice.
The 932 day wait for High Court - is there another way to get justice for sexual assault victims?
'It was just a waiting game. I felt like I was lost in the system.'
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Of the sexual assaults reported across New Zealand in 2022 that had progressed to a court hearing, 41% were still waiting for an outcome after two years, up from 30% in 2018.”
It’s not just a few bad apples - the entire system is rotten. This status quo is being chosen - and misogyny is the choice.
It’s not just a few bad apples - the entire system is rotten. This status quo is being chosen - and misogyny is the choice.
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I’m sure lots of my Ōtautahi Christchurch mutuals know about these but I’ve just completed the latest Life in Christchurch survey for the City Council. This one is about travelling within the city, it’s especially good!
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
Life in Christchurch 2025
The latest Life in Christchurch survey is now open for your feedback and we'd love your feedback on your experiences of travelling in Christchurch!
christchurchcc.syd1.qualtrics.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I’m sure lots of my Ōtautahi Christchurch mutuals know about these but I’ve just completed the latest Life in Christchurch survey for the City Council. This one is about travelling within the city, it’s especially good!
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
They want my feedback re:bike parking & safety while biking in Chch? WOO HOO!🙌🏼
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"Questions to the IPCA at the time noted that it was understood the officer had been stood down pending an investigation into his alleged inappropriate behaviour with female officers."
NOTE: female officerS, plural
Yet the investigation has gone nowhere after THREE YEARS!!!
NOTE: female officerS, plural
Yet the investigation has gone nowhere after THREE YEARS!!!
Police are refusing to say why an investigation into a high ranking Southland officer has taken nearly three years and is still not concluded.
Prolonged silence: Police investigation into high-ranking officer still unresolved
Police are refusing to say why an investigation into a high ranking Southland officer has taken nearly three years and is still not concluded.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"Questions to the IPCA at the time noted that it was understood the officer had been stood down pending an investigation into his alleged inappropriate behaviour with female officers."
NOTE: female officerS, plural
Yet the investigation has gone nowhere after THREE YEARS!!!
NOTE: female officerS, plural
Yet the investigation has gone nowhere after THREE YEARS!!!
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Petition for men to stop enabling predatory behaviour in every sphere of life and start calling their mates out and for our justice system to stop being sympathetic to perpetrators and for media to stop writing articles just asking questions about women daring to raise their voice - in every sphere.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Petition for men to stop enabling predatory behaviour in every sphere of life and start calling their mates out and for our justice system to stop being sympathetic to perpetrators and for media to stop writing articles just asking questions about women daring to raise their voice - in every sphere.
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Where are they going to? 58% of migrant departures of New Zealand citizens went to Australia. Going to a country with Fair Pay Agreements, a growing economy, low energy prices, and a capital gains taxation system. For some reason that doesn’t seem to so be unpopular.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Where are they going to? 58% of migrant departures of New Zealand citizens went to Australia. Going to a country with Fair Pay Agreements, a growing economy, low energy prices, and a capital gains taxation system. For some reason that doesn’t seem to so be unpopular.
The Minister (a former police officer) and Police Cmsnr's refusal to admit systemic failures is simply a continuation of the culture of 'groupthink' and 'tolerance of unethical behaviour' identified in the IPCC report.
All the systems that failed in the police’s non-systemic failure
All the systems that failed in the police’s non-systemic failure
The police commissioner says the handling of serious complaints against Jevon McSkimming wasn’t a ‘systemic failure’. That doesn’t explain all the systems that failed....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Minister (a former police officer) and Police Cmsnr's refusal to admit systemic failures is simply a continuation of the culture of 'groupthink' and 'tolerance of unethical behaviour' identified in the IPCC report.
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All the systems that failed in the police’s non-systemic failure
All the systems that failed in the police’s non-systemic failure
The police commissioner says the handling of serious complaints against Jevon McSkimming wasn’t a ‘systemic failure’. That doesn’t explain all the systems that failed....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
All the systems that failed in the police’s non-systemic failure
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Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Paywall lifted: At every turn, the Govt has opted for whatever would actually lead to more pollution and a warmer world – even if it costs more, jeopardises NZ’s reputation, overturns a campaign promise or clashes with the Govt’s other priorities.
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
The long retreat:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Apropos... *gestures with sweeping hand. A frustrating but excellent read.
@christchurchlib.bsky.social have it in paperback and audio book.
@christchurchlib.bsky.social have it in paperback and audio book.
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Apropos... *gestures with sweeping hand. A frustrating but excellent read.
@christchurchlib.bsky.social have it in paperback and audio book.
@christchurchlib.bsky.social have it in paperback and audio book.
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If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?