Whaea K
@whaeak.bsky.social
Childless cat lady, compulsive reader, Steampunker, Swiftie, Māori urbanist, auntie, anti-TERF feminist, Buddhist. Officially Old & fine with that. Te Atiawa/Taranaki, now living in the beautiful Ngāti Kahungunu rohe. Toitū te Tiriti!
Age yourself with a movie you saw as a kid
September 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw as a kid
donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
OK @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy I am PISSED. A *men's* rugby match between two countries that aren't New Zealand leads the sports section...while the fact that the Black Ferns are playing the quarterfinals in the *Women's* Rugby World Cup is at the bottom. WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. SEXISM.
September 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
OK @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy I am PISSED. A *men's* rugby match between two countries that aren't New Zealand leads the sports section...while the fact that the Black Ferns are playing the quarterfinals in the *Women's* Rugby World Cup is at the bottom. WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. SEXISM.
This is SO cool, although...how do I feel about penguins taller than I am? 🐧🧐
#GreatScience
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#GreatScience
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Dagger beaks and strong wings: New fossils rewrite the penguin story and affirm NZ as a cradle of their evolution
Remarkable new fossil discoveries are driving a significant reassessment of our understanding of the early evolution of penguins.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This is SO cool, although...how do I feel about penguins taller than I am? 🐧🧐
#GreatScience
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#GreatScience
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Remind me again why te reo rangatira is 'irrelevant' in the contemporary world?
August 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Remind me again why te reo rangatira is 'irrelevant' in the contemporary world?
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If your "structured literacy approach" with its "phonics sequencing and decoding suitability" cannot accommodate a handful of commonly-used words of te reo Māori YOUR APPROACH IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Act of racism': Education Ministry cans children's school book for too many Māori words
"Our members see this move as an act of white supremacy. It's an act of racism," says Te Akatea, the Māori Principals' Association.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If your "structured literacy approach" with its "phonics sequencing and decoding suitability" cannot accommodate a handful of commonly-used words of te reo Māori YOUR APPROACH IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Always plenty of fine pets to admire up and down Ponsonby Road, but this one might just be the GOAT.
July 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Always plenty of fine pets to admire up and down Ponsonby Road, but this one might just be the GOAT.
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Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
Red sky at morning, commuters' warning...
(Wellington forecast: gale on exposed places, gusting to 100km)
(Wellington forecast: gale on exposed places, gusting to 100km)
June 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Red sky at morning, commuters' warning...
(Wellington forecast: gale on exposed places, gusting to 100km)
(Wellington forecast: gale on exposed places, gusting to 100km)
Local Hero
LOTR - the whole damn box set
My Neighbour Totoro
Gold Diggers of 1933
Bambi
Fantastia
...OK, most of the Top 10 Disney animated movies...
Swing Time
Big Trouble In Little China
Eras Tour Movie
& *not my choice* the dreaded Love Actually, which my family insist on watching every Xmas
LOTR - the whole damn box set
My Neighbour Totoro
Gold Diggers of 1933
Bambi
Fantastia
...OK, most of the Top 10 Disney animated movies...
Swing Time
Big Trouble In Little China
Eras Tour Movie
& *not my choice* the dreaded Love Actually, which my family insist on watching every Xmas
Name 3 Films you've seen 10 times.
June 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Local Hero
LOTR - the whole damn box set
My Neighbour Totoro
Gold Diggers of 1933
Bambi
Fantastia
...OK, most of the Top 10 Disney animated movies...
Swing Time
Big Trouble In Little China
Eras Tour Movie
& *not my choice* the dreaded Love Actually, which my family insist on watching every Xmas
LOTR - the whole damn box set
My Neighbour Totoro
Gold Diggers of 1933
Bambi
Fantastia
...OK, most of the Top 10 Disney animated movies...
Swing Time
Big Trouble In Little China
Eras Tour Movie
& *not my choice* the dreaded Love Actually, which my family insist on watching every Xmas
Reposted by Whaea K
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
www.bbc.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposting because I forgot the alt-text and was recently rightfully slapped down for it
June 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Reposting because I forgot the alt-text and was recently rightfully slapped down for it
June 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There's a whole novel, or at least a poem, to be written about this little corner of a busy café
June 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
There's a whole novel, or at least a poem, to be written about this little corner of a busy café
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The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
June 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
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“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”
June 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”
I love all libraries, but there's something special about the small town libraries of South Wairarapa 🥰
#Pride #Rainbow #LibrariesAreTheBest
#Pride #Rainbow #LibrariesAreTheBest
June 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I love all libraries, but there's something special about the small town libraries of South Wairarapa 🥰
#Pride #Rainbow #LibrariesAreTheBest
#Pride #Rainbow #LibrariesAreTheBest
Rod Emmerson and I aren't always on the same page, but IMHO no-one could have said this better 🔥
May 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Rod Emmerson and I aren't always on the same page, but IMHO no-one could have said this better 🔥
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I know it isn't #Caturday yet, but I have a feeling you could all use this photo of Stove today. He's a very handsomb boi. Please pay your pet tariffs by posting photos of your babies below.
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I know it isn't #Caturday yet, but I have a feeling you could all use this photo of Stove today. He's a very handsomb boi. Please pay your pet tariffs by posting photos of your babies below.
It's a gray rainy autumn day and my cat is in a grumpy mood & refusing to look cute, so for #CutePhotoOfTheDayMay here's a beautiful Not-My-Border-Collie who wanted to say hi at the vege market last weekend.
May 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It's a gray rainy autumn day and my cat is in a grumpy mood & refusing to look cute, so for #CutePhotoOfTheDayMay here's a beautiful Not-My-Border-Collie who wanted to say hi at the vege market last weekend.
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.