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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 13h

This is worth celebrating: Monday October 5th was World Teachers' Day. AudioCulture is always keen to spotlight important music educators, such as Jane Egan of Gisborne Girls' High. (Let us know if you know of someone worthy of a story.) audioculture.co.nz/articles/jan...

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 13h

Today, a bunch of us were invited to the Makaroro River in southern Hawke’s Bay to see the area that a bunch of arseholes want to flood out for an unwanted dam for their own financial gain at the expense of local ratepayers. We’ve been here before & said No! #DanScott #RachelBrooking #AlexHeadley

Dan Scott Tukituki candidate, Rachel Brooking MP, Alex Headley Napier candidate

The confluence of the rivers feeding into the river valley

A stunning braided river valley in sunshine

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Eloquentsonia @eloquentsonia.bsky.social · 14h

Interesting 🤔 This is how my views compare with the political parties in the upcoming New Zealand general election according to @votecompass.bsky.social But since that arsehole JT is still pulling the levers at TPM they miss out. 👀 #NZPol Try it for yourself! share.votecompass.com/f76c87dc33f1...

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My Vote Compass Results - 2026 New Zealand election

Vote Compass calculated my alignment with the parties running in the 2026 New Zealand election. Try it for yourself!

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 16h

''Is this your pussy?'' Halloween postcard, ca. 1909. Ref ARTS-PC-128, Toronto Public Library

Someone with a pumpkin for a head holding a black cat.

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 16h

Don’t be left standing in the rain after October 25th begging for a second chance, enrol to vote now! If you like this comic, and want to support, grabs pre-order of my new comic book: danielvernon.bigcartel.com

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#nzpol The economy is there to serve the people and communities in which it operates✊. To maintain that licence to operate the economy has two tasks🤔. Feed the people and house the people♥️. That is the measure of a successful economy🙂. Anything less is a failed economy😥. 🙏

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Hourly Peanuts Comics @esnupi.me · 15h

Peanuts by Schulz: Tuesday, July 23, 1991

A Peanuts comic strip, drawn by Charles M. Schulz, originally released Tuesday, July 23, 1991

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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 15h

I noticed something interesting. An internet search for Vote Compass brought up a site named VoteCheck before the correct site. The questionnaire on Vote Check has questions worded in ways that I think will tend to steer voters towards parties on the right

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19h

I fucking love high school drama kids not a cishet to be found for love nor money the male romantic lead is being played by a shaven-haired butch with a PUNCH NAZIS patch on their leather vest and a guillotine earring they asked if I’ve looked up my plays on AO3 I would die for these Youths

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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 18h

Unlike nearly everyone else in the country, Sarah has personal experience of TOP and its electoral proclivities

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 17h

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A man (30s?) is snoozing on his back on some grass in a park. A fast asleep tiny human (1?) sprawled across his tummy. Both soaking up the spring sunshine as a tūī calls from a tree branch overhead.

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Auckland Women's Centre @akwomenscentre.bsky.social · 17h

"'rigid harmful gender norms', including deep-seated entitlement to control a female partner, as well as colonisation, were underlying drivers of family violence in New Zealand." - We agree with Shine expert Mira, who is a member of our Coalition for the Safety of Women & Children, paraphrased here.

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'Those poor babies': Children among 16 dead in 47 days amid spate of violence

Several of the deaths appear linked to family or intimate partner violence.

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🌰THE CHESTNUT MOON🎑 Chestnuts are typically a symbol of October's moon (the 13th day of the 9th month in the lunar calendar), and it is often referred to as 'kurimeigetsu' (栗名月 the 'chestnut moon'). We'll be enjoying some chestnut delights as we prepare for the next full moon.

Chestnut confections appear during October, the time of year their harvest begins.

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 23h

Bungalu has mastered the art of holding his milk bottle with his trunk! Kaikai, meanwhile, hasn't quite got the hang of it yet – although we're not entirely convinced she's trying very hard. Why do the heavy lifting yourself when your Keepers are perfectly happy to do it for you?

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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 23h

Risky behaviour... #NZpol 2022

Two NZ pedestrians crossing tracks in front of a speeding train are nearly struck by a train labelled 'Climate Crisis'.

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 23h

Wasps are in the garden so nows the time to watch out for any #Yellow-leggedHornets that may have survived MPI's eradication programme, and winter. Not just Auckland, any survivors may have hitched a ride out of town. www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/... #agsky #HoneyBees #pollination

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 05/10/2026

We have everything we need in Aotearoa to rebuild our country 🌱 We CAN lower the cost of living. We CAN build a country where everyone has enough to live the life they deserve. There are just 20 days left to enrol to vote. Make sure your voice is heard, because your vote matters.

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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In an election this tight, every vote matters But National changed the rules that always allowed Kiwis to register in a relaxed way in the 2 weeks prior to election This was voter suppression It is deeply undemocratic- potentially cutting 175,000 voters Get registered vote.nz/enrolling/en...

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

While the commentariat talk up the nascent recovery (just one more year everyone!), the next slump is already upon us. Total new lending is a decent leading indicator - clear signs of stalling. [🧵1/n]

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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

FABRIC WANTED: As many of you know, my family runs a small charity passing on second-hand sewing machines to former refugees. We also make up starter packs of fabric, scissors, pins, etc, so the new owner can sew straight away. Do you have anything to pass on? www.redcross.org.nz/about-us/new...

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Five hundred + donated sewing machines whirring in new Kiwi homes

In five years Esmee Rowden and her family have sourced, serviced and sent 524 donated sewing machines to former refugees settling across New Zealand.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

AN ACT CANDIDATE JUST DOOR-KNOCKED ME HE DID NOT GET A WARM RECEPTION #nzpol

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's Rāhina Monday again! The good news is that the AudioCulture Quiz has arrived :) This week's questions are by our editor (and excellent musician) Steve Shaw. How did you score? audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

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AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture

Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 5 October 2026 Coconut Rough, May 1983 (L-R): Dennis Tuwhare, St...

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 04/10/2026

still odd how giant new zealand outlets like 1NEWS report on a story like this, going out of their way to minimize webworm's involvement. to be clear: we led the reporting, & there WOULD BE NO REPORTING if we hadn't broken the story after a year of research: www.webworm.co/multiverse/

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Happy Gotcha Day Tak! 😍😍😍 #teorangawhaikurī

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🧵Spotted on a Rainy Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (3?) is clutching a wheel of camembert cheese to her chest and wearing a big watery frown. Dad asks what's wrong and she bellows with utmost distress: "MY CHEESE IS SAD!" Dad trying to commiserate in between belly chuckles.

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The winner of this year’s Yuruverse mascot popularity poll is Sakaithunder, a 3-year-old panda YouTuber from Fukui Prefecture.

A panda mascot in blue overalls stands outside in front of some tents.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Global food prices are picking up - 6% year-on-year doesn't look like much, but it might be enough to push NZ food prices up to around 5% in 6 - 9 months time (typical lag). That would add a full percentage point to CPI.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal

Moist had worked hard at his profession and considered himself pretty good at it, but if he had been wearing his hat, he would have taken it off right now. He was in the presence of a master. He could feel it in the hand, see it in that one commanding eye. Were things otherwise, he would have humbly begged to be taken on as an apprentice, scrub the man’s floors, cook his food, just to sit at the feet of greatness and learn how to do the three-card trick using whole banks. If Moist was any judge, any judge at all, the man in front of him was the biggest fraud he’d ever met. And he advertised it. That was . . . style. The pirate curls, the eyepatch, even the damn parrot. Twelve and a half percent, for heaven’s sake, didn’t anyone spot that? He told them what he was, and they laughed and loved him for it. It was breathtaking. If Moist von Lipwig had been a career killer, it would have been like meeting a man who’d devised a way to destroy civilizations.

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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The best cartoon I've seen so far on the subject:

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Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tamatha's commentary makes the Brentness of the video bareable.

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Hourly Peanuts Comics @esnupi.me · 03/10/2026

Peanuts by Schulz: Monday, March 7, 1966

A Peanuts comic strip, drawn by Charles M. Schulz, originally released Monday, March 7, 1966

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Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just had a lovely watch party of my nephews wedding with my in-laws and whaanau. The conversation afterwards turns to politics. I brace myself. I know these folk and they're not traditionally 'left wing' voters. ##nzpol

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A man (20s?) wearing a hoodie, black jeans and battered sneakers is strutting along. Singing to himself as he goes, only to be stopped by a woman (30s?) who says: "OMG I've had that song in my head all day too!"

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🌿THE BIRTHPLACE OF TEA🍵 Infused tea had been drunk as early as the 8thC in Japan, when it was considered an exotic delicacy and a miracle drug. There are records of plantations in Kyūshū and even on Mt Hiei in Kyōto, but before long it had once again fallen from favour. #Kyoto

'Hiyoshi-chaen', a small parcel of tea bushes, is cared for by Hiyoshi Taisha on Mt Hiei. This is a remnant of the original tea cultivated here over 1200 years ago.

Photo thanks - https://hiyoshitaisha.jp

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🐸😼FROLICKING ANIMALS & AN ANCIENT TEA FIELD🍵🌿 The Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画), a set of four scrolls depicting anthropomorphic animals, is considered by many -though it features no words- to be the earliest form of manga (漫画) in Japan. #Kyoto #Japan #京都 #folklore

Scenes from the 'Choju-jinbutsu-giga' (鳥獣人物戯画), a set of four scrolls depicting anthropomorphic animals.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

😸😽🎃🤍..

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🐾🐾🐾🤍..

A cosy illustration of a fluffy black cat stretched out asleep on a wooden wall shelf, beside three books and a trailing potted plant. The background is a softly textured blend of muted green and warm golden tones. White handwritten text above reads: “It’s nice to leave a little room in the day for nothing in particular.”

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🐾🤍..

A black cat with enormous round eyes holds out a small red heart towards the viewer. Text reads: “A big thank you to everyone who is still putting good things into the world when the world gives us so many reasons not to.” Beside the cat, an arrow points to the heart with the words “For you.”

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Apparently good economic management involves increasing unemployment until one in six young people are out of work, poor, and increasingly disenfranchised. Is this 'building the future'? Would 'fixing the basics' not involve fixing this disaster?

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Sally Greaves @cardiokiwi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A humpback whale was spotted breaching off the Hawke’s Bay coast the other day. 😲😁 📷Annie Frogley www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...

A humpback whale breaches in deep water - the camera has caught it well out of the water. It's quite a calm day, with a blue sky.

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Hourly Peanuts Comics @esnupi.me · 02/10/2026

Sunday Peanuts by Schulz: Sunday, November 10, 1974

A Peanuts comic strip, drawn by Charles M. Schulz, originally released Sunday, November 10, 1974

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They’re the best words really…

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Akl City Centre Residents' Group @ccrg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also this weekend in te Pokapū Tāone. + 25 shows, events & experiences, more than half are FREE. Whether toddler, tween or somewhere in btw, there's something for every age, stage & spark. grown-ups, you're invited too. 🙏city centre targeted rate www.aucklandlive.co.nz/event/we-the...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026

wonderful reminder of the funniest dynamic of the mayoral race, where sliwa clearly liked mamdani and was delighted to see him humiliate cuomo also, more politicians should do this! get your flu shots!

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

National's culture of not caring + what Luxon's "we've got the balls” really means, Opp's bottom lines, the defective Prefu, super-intelligent Trump and why is everyone losing their shit about Chloe Swarbrick wanting to be finance minister? New Substack post at Hopetown substack.com/home/post/p-...

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They’re losing their shit over Chloe Swarbrick

The Prefu’s defective, Opp’s got bottom lines and Luxon’s got “balls”, but Chloe doesn’t know finance?

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