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@emdashkat.bsky.social
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Call me Kat. Aotearoa. She/her. Bikes,books, nature💚. Love is love. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈. Road drainage rescue count: 6 ducklings, 1 plover chick. Toitū te Tiriti. 🖤🤍❤️

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It would be a shame if this was framed as “collecting all the lizards”. Bathurst are proposing the rip up and destroy the entire ecosystem, dig out all the coal, then reconstruct some vague approximation afterwards. It’s not about saving a few rare snails. But Bathurst wants to frame it that way.
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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sound on for some Tūī-in-a-Kōwhai magic this sunny Spring(ish) morning #nz
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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's Rice Truck Saga Day! If you don't know this story yet, which was tweeted out in real time on the hell site six years ago today, gather round and read the thread. I promise you'll be laughing so hard that you'll be crying.
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Relevant to NZ and our *checks notes* biggest flu outbreak in 10 years and our decimated public health system and our refusal to pay for sufficient staff and our insistence sick kids go to school and our total commitment to not learning anything from Covid response circa 2021 like “clean the air”🫠
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Coming to Dunedin on 22 Jul 2028 at 4:17 p.m. Mark your colanders.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
That’s so great Rey! I’m stoked you are on your way. Go get it!
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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 · 18/07/2026
Every scene with Sam Neill and Marlon Williams together in S3 of The Twelve (TVNZ+, leaving soon) has felt like a warm hug after a shitty week. A couple of the best kind of good sorts. Thinking of Sam’s whānau and friends. ❤️
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Jono @jonocarpenter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Best of Bluesky tonight. Seeing Sam Neil, so ubiquitous he's like your dad in his favourite armchair, afresh through the eyes of a bunch of strangers celebrating his craft, kindness and grace.
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Dishy and decent and dad-like. ❤️💔
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G██████ 🇮🇪 🇳🇿 @genesis.eurosky.social · 11/07/2026
I enjoyed the Matariki community event in the Red Zone in Christchurch this afternoon. The hāngī was very popular and smelled great—hope they didn't run out of food before the last people in the very long queue!
Hāngī pit being opened and food extracted to be served to the massesSlicing open the muslin (I think) around the vegetables hot from the underground cooking pitKids partaking in the traditional bonfire activity of roasting marshmallows on sticksSpokes provided free valet parking for bicycles, which was well used!
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We’ve known this was coming. By 1 May 2028 the NZ copyright term will be extended from 50 to 70 years after death, benefiting a few publishers and ensuring nothing will enter the public domain for 20 years. Worst case, it will be retrospective, clawing back things currently freely shareable.
newsroom.co.nz
Oh boy! NZ’s own Mickey Mouse law spurs debate on rights and wrongs of copyright
The law change will help local musicians, but it will also extend copyright protection for multinationals like film studios, drug marketers and medical software firms. Jonathan Milne reports.
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Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm two weeks away from finishing a Masters in Public Management. Robodebt has been a key feature of several of the papers I've done - the damage done to so many people by automation of a process that should always be human (and humane). They literally teach us not to do this.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Great letter, Will. I’ve been struggling all day with how to turn my thoughts into adequate words, but your approach has helped me understand how I can best express my strong opposition to this bill. Will be emailing tonight (and I have never written to an MP before either). Thank you for sharing.
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Rey (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️ @dissonantsignal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Hey good people of the internet, I'm fundraising to get my PHEC (Pre-Hospital Emergency Care) certificate so I can more effectively help people at events and protests, if you can donate that's awesome but even just sharing the link will help make it happen! 💜 givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-m...
givealittle.co.nz
Help me help others! (PHEC fundraiser)
Help me help others! Fundraising for my PHEC 🏥
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
All the best Rey! Some excellent skills to add to your knowledge base! Ngā mihi 🙂
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Pickled perhaps? Seems apt. Also HBD 🥳
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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 · 16/04/2026
Hi Kylie we don’t know each other,but I’m currently in possession of some brand new unopened AWWA that might be helpful to you (free to a good home). I was going to donate them if I could find somewhere to take them, they are too good not to pass on! Happy to chat further via DM. I’m in Ōtautahi.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I found this recipe on Mon night and it was praised highly by all 3 generations as we gathered for dinner. And a great tutorial for my teen in balancing subtleties of flavour when cooking. It’s now on her ‘repeat’ list to do herself - a high bar!
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KoBettyAhau ♥️🤍🖤 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kobettyahau.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This made me cry in a good way - I think we are all yearning for this. Thanks Emily and Josh
emilywrites.co.nz
A Two Bedroom House
The next new rule was: You first. Guy wants to start a war? Go for it buddy. Go duel the other guy who wants to start a war. You get a knife, each.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Interesting bubble effect there!
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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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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
After confusing wording led to some people being turned away from pharmacists last week, Health NZ says Covid boosters are still available twice a year to anyone 30 or over. newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/01/c...
newsroom.co.nz
Covid-19 immunisation guidance updated after eligibility confusion
After confusing wording led to some people being turned away from pharmacists last week, Health NZ says Covid boosters are still available twice a year
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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
It's almost as if sustained policymaking with this aim could have steadily reduced our reliance on fossil fuels over the past couple of decades www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
thepress.co.nz
30,000 extra cycling trips in two weeks as Christchurch ditches cars for fuel crisis
Cycling in Christchurch has jumped 34% in two weeks as the fuel crisis forces commuters to rethink how they travel.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hari huritau! And have a wonderful honeymoon! 🥂
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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.
Mt Fyffe Forest Walk, Kaikōura.
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is GORGEOUS and timely af, here's their link: qtopia.org.nz
qtopia.org.nz
Qtopia NZ
Qtopia is an advocacy, social change, and social support service for the whole LGBTQIA+ rainbow community, based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, and working throughout Waitaha Canterbury and Te Waipounamu t...
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
GOALS.
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
More by these wonderful cartoonists/illustrators, here: www.bergerandwyse.com
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
If you’re looking for the elusive Whittaker’s Brandy Snap chocolate, I found it. There seems to be none left in Te Wai Pounamu? Get into it New Zealand. 🍫 #ChocSky
paddocktopantry.co.nz
Search: 70 results found for "Whittakers"
An Online Supermarket that delivers fresh quality Meat, Produce and well known grocery brands across New Zealand. Paddock to Pantry delivers you more; incredible freshness, great value, and we're 100%...
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Love to Ride website crashing because of too many folks on spokes trying to log their rides is a queue I will happily wait in. Fixed now, but evidently a big biking morning! Get into it New Zealand. 🚴‍♀️ #aotearoabikechallenge2026
lovetoride.net
Love to Ride
Love to Ride is all about getting more people enjoying and discovering how easy and fun riding a bike can be. Whether you ride all the time, or you're new to riding, join the Love to Ride community, h...
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
A guide for Aucklanders keeping watch for yellow-legged hornets: 1. “Hmm, is this stripy waspy thing a hornet?” = not a hornet 2. “JESUS EFFING C what the F is that MONSTER, that’s he biggest wasp I’ve ever SEEN, NO Jaden KEEP AWAY, shit I think it has yellow legs” = hornet
Absolute UNIT of a hornet beside an array of puny common wasps.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Thank YOU for sharing your mahi with us! I’m learning my birds (with crappy binoculars), and tōrea pango are one of my favourites 🙂
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
@enzogiordani.bsky.social takes amazing photos. Of birds. And you can never have too many birds. Unless it’s a bunch of gulls trying to steal your ice cream.
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It’s heartbreaking to see the rivers I used to swim in as a boy being slowly killed to irrigate dairy farms. Climate change will make dairying impossible in Canterbury before too long; but no, we’re going to wring the last few $$ out of the environment while we can.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
❤️
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Annie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The feet slaps….the tiny duckling feet slaps 😍😍😍 #tinyduckling #ducklings #FarmLife
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Just a tired tauiwi @irritabletauiwi.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Ōtautahi whānau if you haven’t seen the new supermarket go check it out the prices are good the vibe is good the staff are nice and you’re surrounded by people marvelling at the prices.
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Cyn @cyncharron.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Sending out positive wishes and lots of perspective for all your senior high schoolers this morning, Aotearoa! NCEA results are already out.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
That’s wonderful!
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Hard agree. Will be there, reliving my sand saucer glory days!
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Sophie the catalogue is full of gems. 💎 Spotted a new category in the Baking section though: Failures and Flops. Best fail wins?
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
💯 this 😂.
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Kat @emdashkat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Lamb calling sounds like a real talent!! I believe my sand saucer got a Highly Commended. Proud moment.
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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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Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The season’s first orphaned Ruru was admitted to Birdcare Aotearoa's nursery. BCA says with food, rest, and flight practice this feisty youngster can be released in a safe location. Want to donate? birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/donate/ Video source: instagram.com/p/DR-9wwck0OQ #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇳🇿
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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.
A small reflective ziplock packet with yellow and  black logo which reads ‘Poco Moto’. 
Packet contains a pair of ear attenuators, and a note on yellow card: 
“Thank you so much for helping Siouxsie, that’s so sweet! Thank you and have a great 2026. Silke 😁.
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