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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Saw this today also, a Library display in at Tūranga, Ōtautahi.

A round low table with library books displayed all relating to Sam Neill. An A4 sign in the middle says ‘Vale Sam (Sir Sam Neill 1947-2026).

Book titles visible are:
THE PACIFIC: IN THE WAKE OF CAPTAIN COOK
THE POWER OF US: NEW ZEALANDERS WHO DARE TO DREAM
DID I EVER TELL YOU THIS? A MEMOIR

A library sign also says: “We're sorry
These books are lovely and interesting, and they are for use in the library only.
Ask us to find a copy you can borrow”

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Without downloading anything new, where are you at mentally?

Engraved metal wall sign on cheap kitchen tiles that reads :
HOUSEMAIDS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WASHING OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT DURING YOUR STAY. THANK YOU

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I don’t post on here much, but I always value your calm and reasoned input amidst the noise. Thank you! Also here is a quiet beach on Ōtamahua Quail Island (Lyttelton Harbour) for you.

A beach close up, with shells in the foreground, green water, hills and blue sky/white clouds beyond. A very quiet lapping of waves, on an island.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The only way to put the hot in a hot cross bun is via toasting. Cafés that microwave = instant fail for HCB101. Show me your hot buns.

A hot hot cross bun, toasted as it should be, on a white plate with a triangle of yellow butter. The Store at Tai Tapu gets it.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A saucer of sand that is artistically (?) decorated with flowers, by little ‘uns. Here’s the 2023 winning entries 😍

Saucers of sand filled with bright flowers, in a rural country show competition. Some saucers have winners certificates next to them.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Omg I just need there to be a Sand Saucer category for Adults over 45 who Tried Their Best Today Despite Everything. Little River A&P show, on Jan 24 in Wairewa, Banks Peninsula. Who will win Best 3x Pikelets? Who can say!

Text describing children’s entry categories from Little River A& P (NZ) 2026 show catalogue:

Class 1010 Sand Saucer - 5 years and under
Class 1011 Flower Arrangement in a Jam Jar - 6 and over
Class 1012 Vegetable or Fruit Model - 5 years and under.
Class 1013 Vegetable or Fruit Model - 6 years and over.
Class 1014 Decorative Pinecone - 5 years and under.
Class 1015 Miniature Garden - 6 years and over (dinner plate size).

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My PledgeMe reward arrived and it was a reminder that even when all of *this* is going on, and in the face of feeling helpless on the big things, doing a little thing did help make a difference to someone. Thanks again, Siouxsie, and to everyone who helped her.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

January 10 2026. Seems accurate. #lemonpig

A lemon pig, actually just a lemon with cloves for eyes, toothpick legs, and a coin in its ‘mouth’ (supposed to bring good luck for the year), already 2/3 covered in green mould.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Oxford does good big sky. Not that one, the other one. 🇳🇿

Rural landscape looking down a gentle slope of green grass, wire fencing, taller brown grasses and dark buildings in the distance. Top third of photo is all blue sky and giant fluffy clouds. Oxford, North Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Meri Kirihimete, to all who celebrate, may the pavlovas be intact and the parents of young’uns filled with stamina for the day ahead. However you spend today, sending restorative wishes your way. Water sometimes helps. 🎄

Image of wooden jetty in the sunshine, green/blue sea. Church Bay, Lyttelton Harbour, Aotearoa NZ.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Best Christmas tree, self-decorates.

A Pōhutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa), giving large bush/shrub energy, resplendent in full red flower, against a blue sky, in Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

One of these look familiar? Or maybe Just My Type by Simon Garfield?

4 books covers, all about typography and fonts.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Oh awesome. House mouse strikes again. #livingwithteen

Photo of an empty jar of Pic’s peanut butter left IN THE CUPBOARD.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

In today’s big birthday news, Dhi Ferrari at The Welder bakes the best birthday cakes. The Flat White Coffee Cake was amazing. Get there Ōtautahi 🎂

Huge 4 tier coffee cake, iced with coffee buttercream piping. Bouquet of brightly coloured fliers on background.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Timeline synchronicity. Give @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social a warm welcome Kikorangi 🇳🇿. Wish you didn’t have to exist, but glad you’re here. ❤️

Screenshot of two sequential posts in my timeline:
Long Covid Support Aotearoa:
We're new to Bluesky.
We are a New Zealand support group bringing forward the lived experience of our community with Long Covid and advocating for awareness, treatment, supports, and prevention.

And a post linking a TVNZ news story:
Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid www.1news.co.nz

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Just helped some tourists w big suitcases to cross the road. Went into nearby cafe, they were also heading there and insisted on buying me a coffee to say thank you! After a few goes I gave up protesting (no big deal etc) & accepted ☺️. Hope their flight back to China is a smooth one. 🇳🇿

A flat white espresso on an outdoor table, colourful packets of sugar in the background.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Just had the pleasure of meeting Ghostcat in action on St Asaph St near Manchester St corner. Love these slices of pre-quake Ōtautahi! Dog House and Cat’s Pyjamas were my go-to for late night hot chips after one too many, back in the day. Good times. #kikorangi www.ghostcat.co.nz/about

Ghostcat the artist, a bearded man with glasses in grey hoody and shorts, stands next to a wall which has the beginnings of the old yellow Warners Hotel facade (not to scale, obvs).
Below, the red and white signage of the Dog House, a ChCh late night institution in Cathedral Square, known for being open all night for arcade games and greasy burgers to soak up the too-many-pints after a big night.
The Cat’s Pyjamas fast food joint facade is out of shot, but trust me it’s there.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Ata mārie from Ōtautahi New Zealand. Waiting for the sun.

Imminent sunrise over Nee Brighton Brach, Christchurch NZ. Clear sky, Orange glow in the horizon, ocean, beach.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Kia kaha te reo Māori, always. ❤️ And also, Kaikōura you absolute beauty. Perfect place to practice some self care amid *everything*.

A stony beach, snow-sprinkled Alps in the background, and a blue sky day in Kaikōura on the East Coast of South Island Aotearoa New Zealand.

Found treasures on the beach. Driftwood, stones, kelp/seaweed, a feather.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Everything seems awful rn, but acts of kindness are tangible and meaningful, so give and receive them, if you can. Been down with crushing fatigue since the weekend. Had help from a special person, the teen, and now someone very kind just delivered dinner unexpectedly and I nearly cried.

Homemade golden coloured cornbread, and a dish of Basil, Chicken Gnocchi soup. Dish has a post it note with handwritten reheating instructions.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

If you need to transport yourself to an inner Sydney harbour for peaceful water sounds (and bonus birds), enjoy. 7.30am in April, Sawmillers Reserve. Sound up. 🪶

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Reading for your Matariki weekend in Aotearoa. Short | Poto: The big book of small stories | Iti te kupu, nui te kōrero. A beautiful collection from some of our best writers, and each story in both English and te reo Māori.📚

Book cover, orange coloured. The black and white text reads:
Short | Poto
The big book of small stories
Iti te kupu, nui te kōrero
Edited by Michelle Elvy & Kiri Piahana-Wong
Nã Michelle Elvy & Kiri Piahana-Wong i takatā

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Ata mārie from Ōtautahi Christchurch. Morning frost and clear skies.

Sun rising behind the Avon River , with The Warren and Mahoney-designed Town Hall to the left in silhouette. The Ferrier Fountain is flowing, looks like three dandelion heads ( kind of) of varied size. Green spotlights under the water light them up. There are also ducks on the river but they were feeling camera shy.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Am trying to notice the small things too. Replenishing the nectar and bird feed station, and now watching Tauhou, finches and sparrows filling up. Perfect time to delight in the latest Pīpipi (news from Hinewai Reserve on Banks Peninsula, NZ), in classic Hugh style. 🪶🌱.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Current view, Friday night. Think I prefer @tworuru.com ‘s Birds in Hats tho.

Classic United Fisheries poster of commercial fish/ seafood species. Found in every fish n chip shop in Aotearoa NZ.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Sign Posts. 2. Ok, sure, whatever you say.

Wooden wall, white toilet cistern lid, and above it a black and white photo of a nesting Kororā (Little Penguin). The hand written sign underneath it which reads “Sorry about the smell Penguins nesting under the floorboards”.

Seen in the outside toilet shed at Pōhatu Flea Bay on Banks Peninsula; home to a colony of New Zealand’s Kororā (Little Penguins), the White-flippered penguin.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Sign Posts. A thread of my favourite signs found along the way. I’ll add to it as I find more. 1. What else, of course.

Wooden fence posts, green foliage, and a rectangular sign that says KIKORANGI in white capitals, on a blue background. Kikorangi = sky blue’ in Te Reo Māori. Seen at Okains Bay.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Sign of the Bellbird living up to its name. A Korimako chorus, only 20 minutes from Ōtautahi ChCh CBD.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Excellent trade, would trade again A++.

A gem iron full of 12 baked ginger gems, golden curvy.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

After years of thinking about it, I finally found a decent gem iron secondhand. Ginger gems remind me of after school rainy days. It’s neither now, but still! Fingers crossed🤞🏼they come out ok. Will update in ten minutes 😂.

Photo of a cast iron gem iron, used for baking ginger gems. 12 mini half-cylinders of delight await.

Same gem iron, now super hot, filled with light golden cake-y mixture of yum, ready for the oven.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I have opinions, but I mostly use the like button, or stay away from it all periodically. Sharing pics of (what I think are) cool things in nature is my attempt at breaking up the doomscroll. Here you go. 🙂

Photo of small white fungi on a tree trunk at Kennedy’s Bush Reserve, Banks Peninsula NZ. Marasmiellus candidus, or ‘Fairy parachutes’ which is just about the most delightful name for fungi EVER, and a great description.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Every day Pride, Ōtautahi.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Big crowd at start of Te Tiriti hikoi in Ōtautahi this morning. More behind. Toitū te Tiriti!

A large procession of people walking along a footpath in central Ōtautahi, some waving Tino Rangatiratanga flags in red, black and white colours.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Regulatory Standards Bill submission duly submitted. Again, short & direct. I seem incapable of getting them in until I’m near the deadline (11.59 tonight, you still have time!) Living on the edge etc 🫣. Anyway, here is a photo of some stunning West Coast native bush. Very very worth protecting.

A photo of NZ native bush with some Carpodetus serratus / putaputāwētā / Marbleleaf leaves close up, leaves are mottled green with distinct veins, and everything is shiny and beautiful because it has been raining as usual.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Well you (and others here) have inspired me to create my own reading list for 2025, so thank you ☺️. I’m starting with these two, kindly gifted at Christmas, off said list. Quality over quantity and all that!

Book covers: Naomi Klein’s ‘Doppelganger’ and Laurence Fearnley’s ‘At the Grand Glacier Hotel’.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Watching the new Wallace & Gromit, complete with Wensleydale. Cannot be touched until Wallace says the magic words. I don’t make the rules. 🧀

A plate with round and rectangular shaped crackers, pale yellow sliced Wensleydale cheese, and tiny Christmas mince pies.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Mōrena! I woke up and saw an article telling me I need ‘at least’ $1m to retire on. Awesome, thanks for that RNZ. Off-setting my irritation with a nice picture of a Kaikōura dawn instead.

Kaikoura mountain ranges with sun just hitting the peaks. Ocean and beach in foreground.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Quail chicks winning the award for cutest zoomies this morning. 🐥 #spring #otautahi

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A cup of tea in bed, early walk, lunch with friends, dissecting the Saturday paper, a nap, crafting. A recovery day. P.S. I love that you found sunshine to read in. 😊

A photo of a knitting project born out of desperation when away from home, all supplies were left behind, and more HAD to be procured without delay.
This is a duck egg blue scarf on circular needles, in a wavy pattern.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

End result. Phase two (the weaving bit) when these have dried. 3/.

A photo with a pair of long thick heavy-duty suede gloves on the grass. On top of them are two hand-tied coils of blackberry cane fibres, one thick, one thin.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Took a few tries to get the fibre stripping right, but very satisfying in the end. 2/

A close up photo of a pair of hands holding a small knife with a curved blade, through which a long strip of green blackberry bark is being pulled to separate the inner fibre from the bark.

A photo showing long blackberry cane strips on the knee of a person wearing denim jeans. One strip has the outer darker bark attached. The other shows the finished product: the inner fibre (pale green) with bark removed.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Went brambling. Blackberry bush hunt successful. Found new green growth is best for stripping the cane fibres for weaving. 1/

Green blackberry bushes with new spring growth, a long straight, thick cane in centre of photo.

A person is holding a green coloured blackberry cane (thorns removed) and is stripping the outer bark from the stem.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’m a new convert to the always intriguing @backlisted.bsky.social podcast, well worth a listen for titles you might never otherwise read. The episode on Joan Barfoot’s Gaining Ground had me searching my local library for a copy. Thrilled to be reading it now myself. 📚

A red tattered looking hardback library book in foreground, bookshelf in background. The spine of the book has the title ‘Gaining Ground’, and white library issued stickers that read ‘Originally published with title: Abra’ ; ‘STORE’ ; and ‘Fiction BAR’.
The author of the book is Joan Barfoot.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

And now showcased in Wellington Museum in all their glory.

A museum display of a headless mannequin, dressed in bottle green walk shorts, white short sleeved shirt, red tie, and long white walk socks with red stripe at the top. The outfit is finished with a pair of natty brown lace-ups befitting the 1980’s. Circular signage on the glass reads ‘Tarau Poto Hīkoi Walk Shorts’.

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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Got inspired by @adzebill.bsky.social and the whole Hotdish thing, but added more vegetables and chilli. Sorry Minnesota, couldn’t bear to add the soup either.

A white baking dish filled with savoury beef mince, topped with rows of golden potato bites, the NZ version of Tater Tots.

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