Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026open.spotify.com/track/5hmTvm... Summer vibes & a guilty pleasure listenopen.spotify.comWhatever Happened To TraceyThe Exponents · Something Beginning With C (Deluxe) · Song · 1992 020
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Had to drag out and dust off the very retro 1989 Newcastle Knights top for the NRL final tomorrow. It has somehow shrunk though?! 141
Reposted by Craig Ireson Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It feels like the NZ Election is a turning point. So much poverty & despair under this current coalition. Im not sure we & our whenua can take another 3 years of these BS, gaslighting energy vampires. Its time to elect the only adults in the room. Vote Green. Tax the fucken rich & honour Te Tiriti. 0154
Reposted by Craig Ireson Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.instagram.com/reel/Dd23gOr... #nzpol 712866
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Simply amazing modern Māori kai in Motupohue/Bluff. Creamed paua cheese rolls & salted titi (muttonbird) and blackberry jam on crostini 120
Reposted by Craig Ireson Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I lean and loafe at my ease .... observing a spear of summer grass. 0114
Reposted by Craig Ireson Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 20/08/2026There’s enough food in Aotearoa to feed everyone. Let’s start by making sure every child has a nutritious lunch at school. 514154
Reposted by Craig Ireson Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is appalling. 47 full time equivalent roles is massive. It's more than 1 in 8 people working at the Library & Archives NZ. Archives is already understaffed and not capable of ensuring compliance with the Public Records Act. Democracy & functioning govt depends on access to info. #nzpol 313565
Reposted by Craig Ireson Peter Dearden @peterkdearden.bsky.social · 26/08/2026something incredible is buried under a dune on the Chatham islands peterkdearden.substack.com/p/on-ships?r...peterkdearden.substack.comon shipsand incredible journeys 021
Reposted by Craig Ireson Anneleise Hall @anneleise.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Underscoring his unlimited capacity for hubris and failure to read the room 'wealthy and sorted' multimillionaire property owner Prime Minister Christopher Luxon played Dolly Parton's anthem to working women '9-5' as a tribute to her - after his government trashed the pay equity agreement. #NZPolstatic.klipy.comChristopher Luxon ChrisluxonAlt: Christopher Luxon gets wank gestured at behind his back 23210
Reposted by Craig Ireson audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026More sad news: Tim Curry has passed away. While we don't have the wonderful Mr Curry himself on AudioCulture, his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter is etched in the minds of the Rocky Horror Show's legions of fans. The Show was created by NZer Richard O'Brien... 🧵 audioculture.co.nz/articles/swe...audioculture.co.nzSweet Transvestite – Richard ONear the southern end of Victoria Street, Hamilton’s main drag, a spindly-bronzed man points a ray gun at the heart of the city. A rare symbol and celebration of subversion and difference in a city no... 181
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Hey, it's International Dog Day! This is our 12 week old puppy Gala 000
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If you look at where NZ is now and you think "hmm I wouldn't mind another 3 more years of this", you are either 1. A multi millionaire, 2. Racist, 3. An idiot, or 4. Some combination of the 3. So what is it? #NZPol #VoteChange 1162
Reposted by Craig Ireson kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026i just don't think this PR line should be allowed to stand, let alone amplified, when people are literally dying in the streets and waiting rooms of NZ because of the way the National coalition has mismanaged *everything* 59126
Reposted by Craig Ireson Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026180 years says everything about intergenerational eyes on the prize. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...rnz.co.nz'Nelson Tenths' bill passing finally settles 180-year land disputeA bill returning more than 3000 hectares to Māori in Te Tauihu has unanimously passed its third and final reading. 031
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It feels like the NZ Election is a turning point. So much poverty & despair under this current coalition. Im not sure we & our whenua can take another 3 years of these BS, gaslighting energy vampires. Its time to elect the only adults in the room. Vote Green. Tax the fucken rich & honour Te Tiriti. 0154
Reposted by Craig Ireson Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New Zealand don't go to your ED due to overcrowding and bursting at the seams. Go to your local GP first. Local GP: oh you want an appointment, how does the 9th September sound? Welcome to Nationals Health system We can't have another 3 years of this bullshit #nzpol 1115946
Reposted by Craig Ireson Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 15/08/2026Man Dancing at a Wedding, Rockville Centre, NY Meryl Meisler, 1976 010213
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Shh Luxon. Its ok. It will all be over with very soon. #ChoppingBlock #NZPol 000
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Lux flakes gone burger? #MilquetoastFootnote #OneTermWonder #NZPol 000
Reposted by Craig Ireson Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 01/08/2026the article in question about how a bunch of americans were taught how to read wrong, for those who haven't read it: www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...apmreports.orgHow a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readersFor decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno... 9797323
Reposted by Craig Ireson The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Sometimes it’s worse when our prime minister does actually make himself clearthespinoff.co.nzSometimes it’s worse when our prime minister does actually make himself clearChristopher Luxon scolding a business audience for being like children is unlikely to land well, especially given his previous employer.... 47423
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Manawatia a Matariki Volunteering with the Patea River Restoration Society, planting trees on dunes today 030
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Not the 1990 Poem by NZ poet Robert Sullivan. Its 36 years old and Winston Peter's features #NZPpol 000
Reposted by Craig Ireson Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.” 223149932811
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026te wāhi e mākona ai te whatumanawa o te tangata 000
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Getting absolutely tired of having to look at, listen to, and think about the same PoS every single day. I've even muted his name but still it slips through. 000
Craig Ireson @craigireson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Get to know me. I love: Niue. Been there 3 times. Amazing country Country music. Can be trite, but when it's raw and honest it's beautiful Football/soccer. Played almost my whole life League. A family tradition. Parramatta is my team. NZ history, esp. NZ land wars. Comics. Bronze age/Marvel 100
