Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 10/10/2026More green things! And going to try growing some herbs in my window - fingers crossed they'll get enough sun. 🥰 🌱 (Seedlings & plants from & at Kelmarna Community Farm 💚) 000
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Dropping by with some lush food plant pix (speaking of how the economy could feed people!!) At the Auckland Botanic Gardens, plus a couple from the Wintergardens. Both lovely places to spend time! 🥰 110
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New art about the problem of being "the human in the loop" 😬 I support the calls to *slow right down* on the big decisions, and work with all communities waaaay more carefully. 101
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For the March for Nature tomorrow - because we need Aotearoa to sustain us all - not overseas billionaires! 💚 #marchForNature #climateAction #handsOffConservationLand 020
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Inspired by earth & greens (of all kinds!) flesh, tartan plus all the feels! A progress update on some new artwork 🌱 000
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 21/08/2026At Te Waihorotiu station this morning for the open day - the wall of kids artwork was getting lots of attention! (Thankfully, seems it'll be on permanent display 🥰 100
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 15/08/2026⚡️ Hard out! Great to read about their protest (curious to know the mood in the room as the banner unfurled) 000
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The InternetNZ meeting this week looks it will be a gritty one (just looked at the motions 😓 ) 010
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I missed out on being up with everyone @ the dawn service, so made up for it this morning - so beautiful! Photos of the sunrise over Waitaramoa / Hobson's Bay, starting from Ōrākei station, ending up at Te Tinana / Wilson's beach - with the city lights in the distance, and birds down on the beach. 120
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Reposting since this energy is where its at (if anyone says 'new normal' I swear I'll scream) Double-sided poster, side 1: “Feel the rage at what is being done to life on the planet" (This side is kinda confronting, so just some crops shown here.) 100
Reposted by BecsRussel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Waitangi 2026. A government of Atlas Network slogans confronts a complex nation unwilling to be neoliberal roadkill. Toitū te Tiriti Toitū te Taiao 111543
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Beautiful energy & beautiful people at #ToitūTeAroha today! 000
Reposted by BecsChris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 28/01/2026Want to see something no one's ever seen before? (barring 160~ people who watched it live a few minutes ago) 1032489
Reposted by BecsViv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com · 28/01/2026The amazing Alex Casey at the @thespinoff.bsky.social writes with such eloquence and I really couldn't say it better myself. If you have friends with deep pockets, or if you have any spare dollars to help us limp on, while we poke at people behind the scenes. thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-0...thespinoff.co.nzFeminist self-defence network in fight for survivalWith government funding drying up and their last staff member forced to resign, the future of Aotearoa's only nationwide self-defence network hangs in the balance. 41415
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Anyone remember West Coast rainforest 30 years ago? These are from Charleston, near Westport, where I'd spent a day in the rainforest with peops protesting the logging to make furniture and other products from the Rimu. #art #archive 130
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Shocking that we still don't have wastewater care sorted in Tāmaki Makaurau. Pix: #art #archive #installation of Oamaru foreshore, 1996. At the time, raw sewerage was still being discharged onto the foreshore - with a treatment plant (since complete) in the planning stage with the local council. 010
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Another from my art school archives - from 1996, but not much has changed, apart from the production methods (we used tape to tape editing decks!) Pics from a video story about how we bring nature inside for sustenance, pleasure & drama. 100
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Living on land with the memory of others who have lived there - (video art @ Oamaru foreshore, August 1995). Earlier that year, Pākaitore (Moutoa Gardens) in Whanganui was occupied by Te Ati Haunui a Paparangi Iwi, drawing attention to breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 110
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Hard to believe this was 30 years ago! From art school, October 1994 in Oamaru. Land & place carry history - to learn, I was able to view archaeology collection items used by Māori around Waitaki, at Otago Museum. (First photo taken at Island Bay, Wellington, the rest are at Oamaru) 010
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Went for a super lovely walk 💚 being able to take a breathe in spaces like these :-) 000
Reposted by BecsMichael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Pope Leo reminding right-wing Christians how far from the gospel they have gone. I love it. Meri Kirihimete. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...rnz.co.nzDenying help to the poor is rejection of God, Pope Leo says on Christmas Eve"On Earth, there is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other," said the pope said, lamenting lack of care for children, the poor and immigrants. 1145
Reposted by BecsLakeishia @tortellinigoat.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Love this (successful development of ecosystems including insects in urban spaces). The new George St is a much nicer space than what it replaced.phys.orgDunedin's inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havensEven small green spaces can bring nature back into cities, as our project in Ōtepoti Dunedin has shown. 032
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Massive ego - hard to believe that Coster would see this as helpful to anyone’s trust in police! 000
Reposted by Becsjem @janetmcallister.bsky.social · 23/10/2025@akwomenscentre.bsky.social represent! 4349
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Anō me he whare pūngāwerewere - the beauty of a spiders web. Listening to a talk by PJ from @aucklandzoo.bsky.social at Auckland Art Gallery 000
Reposted by BecsKera O’Regan @keraoregan.bsky.social · 11/10/2025“We recognise that Indigenous communities are already doing the adaptation work.” Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D Huson shares a vision for an Indigenous Climate Adaptation Network at the Indigenous Forum of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social “It’s a living breathing community of relationship.” #AF2025 0117
Reposted by BecsJulie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 19/09/2025SkyOpen (the free channel) is playing the Black Ferns v Canada tomorrow morning from 5am. Kick off at 6am Set your alarms and support our wahine! #rwc2025 #blackferns 23014
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 14/09/2025It feels like a grim news day, so to distract myself I made a little video of this beautiful mural! 💚 (info in thread) 100
Reposted by BecsMs Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Local elections: At least three districts exclude Māori ward candidates' profilesrnz.co.nzLocal elections: At least three districts exclude Māori ward candidates' profilesA Local Government New Zealand committee says the omission is disappointing and concerning, especially given the referendum on Māori Wards. 033
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 11/09/2025What a way to try and suppress critical thinking! People are smarter than this. 000
Reposted by BecsAssociate Professor Suze Wilson @suzewilson.bsky.social · 16/08/2025#nzpol #sexism #patriachy #leadership I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline. Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...nzherald.co.nzSexism in council? Tears, a resignation and Mayor Wayne Brown’s orgasm jokeClaims female councillors silenced amid 'laddish' climate and crass humour. 47833
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 07/07/2025⚡️ Local elections things have felt very quiet so far, and I only found out yesterday that you have to be enrolled by 1 August to avoid the pain of special voting 🤯 vote.nz/local-electi...vote.nzLocal elections 2025Local elections are being held in 2025 to elect members of city, district and regional councils. Each local council runs its own local elections. 000
Reposted by BecsTe Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social · 29/05/2025#Update on #RSB This morning, Govt members on the F&E Committee voted down every attempt by Te Pāti Māori to extend the submission deadline or retain the standard six-month review process. They have instead locked in a shortened four-month timeframe and a hard deadline of 23 June 2025. #NZPol 910454
Reposted by BecsGary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Today's emotional roller-coaster outside Parliament: first, seething with anger😡 then, surrounded by aroha❤️ then, elevated by manaakitanga & kotahitanga✊ finally, motivated & inspired & connected🥰 What a ride! #nzpol 1426
Reposted by BecsDave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Hipkins is blowing it again. The injustice of the Privileges Committee recommendation does affect all of us. It’s not politicians talking about themselves. I want Labour standing up with a strong stance against injustice today, not brushing it under the carpet as ‘politician stuff’ #nzpol 710835
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Sooo buzzing after #printopia festival. Old school - screen printing, lino, even printing presses… and I learned the origin of the phrase ‘out of sorts’ 😍 000
Reposted by BecsRoss @rossthesedays.bsky.social · 28/04/2025There's something incredibly patronising and dismissive in Nicola Willis describing slashing the operating budget by almost half as "there will be no lolly scramble" Just monstrous language to describe austerity measures that are social murder. 1626383
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I'm not loving most of the AI tools (so much noise, arghh) but my feeling is the only way we can win is by pushing to build it well (eg much more regulation, human rights protection, environmental protection, "less is more" approach 120
Reposted by BecsJo @dreadwomyn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Coming to Kirikiriroa on Tuesday, 29 April: 12 - 2 pm at Te Kohao Health on Wairere Drive. Get along there and meet the team as they make their way to Wellington. healthreformnz.org 1106
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Making some art riffing off of a couple of talks I went to last week (Leading with aroha & the problems with AI) - appreciating these opportunities to learn. 040
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Seriously cool! Can’t begin to describe this show except to say it’s fabulously multi-sensory. On for the next 3 weeks @ Silo Park, see insta @ interactivehealingenvironments for details 010
