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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Spent the last 4 months making a Mascot costume for the Tasman Makos. Never done it before so I've made lots of mistakes/remakes but it's nearly there! Just finished the shoes. Eyes to redo and gloves still to do. Their last mascot scared small children and made them cry so I had to do something!

A side view of a wearable large plushy shark head. It is grey and white, furry, with small bottom teeth and it's smiling. Hopefully not too scary

The making of the boots. Picture of a black and white (toe part) cover being fitted over a black short welly boot. I've finished these now. The cover goes on with velcro so shoes underneath can be changed to different sizes. The outer boots look a bit like converse but bigger and wider. Took way longer to make than I thought!

The process. The shark head inside is many pool noodles glued together over ahard hat. Photo of what it looked like just after attacking it with squirty expanding foam to help create the shape. Looks nothing like a shark at this point. Trust the process!

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Last time we'll see the Vega (Aretere) at sunset. It's been a fixture out there for months but it will be heading to Wellington tomorrow, then off to India to be scrapped. Reminded me we could have had our new ferries by now if it weren't for the current lot (sigh).

Pink and grey clouds over a calm sea. Tops of trees in the foreground. The Vega is on the horizon in the distance.

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

“My wishes for the planet in 2024: No killing. No killing. Don't kill anyone, anywhere, for any reason. -S.R.” Tweeted by Sonny Rollins on Dec 31, 2023

Sonny Rollins @sonnyrollins
“My wishes for the planet in 2024: No killing. No killing. Don't kill anyone, anywhere, for any reason. -S.R.”
2:00 PM • Dec 31, 2023

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Is now an electronically assisted being! These hearing aids will take a bit of getting used to. I can hear myself touching paper and eating and it's weird.

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Today was moist but cheerful. Played at Nelson Whakatū first Pride Festival. Full of positive and inclusive vibes. More events coming up over the next few weeks so get involved and show some love and appreciation to these folx who have worked hard to pull all this together for our community ❤️ 🌈

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Don't know whether I should be sad or proud #wordle

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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

There are a growing number of people looking at the situation in the Middle East and staring at our diesel supply and the apparent indifference of our government, and wondering: why aren’t they doing more? And there’s a straightforward but unhappy answer to that question. A 🧵 #nzpol

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ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Filched from Reddit Alert level 1: - Do nothing Alert level 2: - Do nothing Alert level 3: - Straight to level 4 as we did nothing in level 1 & 2 Alert level 4: - Hunger games #nzpol

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

A smart govt would make public transport free right now. A smart govt would immediately reinstate the clean car discount and double it. A smart govt would open the market wide for cheap solar and batteries and also subsidise it. #nzpol

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Just remembering how Luxon bought a new Tesla EV when there was a Clean Car Discount, then cancelled the policy so others couldn't do it, and is now canning the Clean Car Standards and adding a new tax to petrol. What a guy. #nzpol

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A new paper on falling cat science came out and I just have to draw people's attention to this image

A gray shorthair cat at the moment of release upside down, with its tongue out looking derpy

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

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

A photo of some green hops on a vine. They're looking nearly ready to pick and I'm drooling in anticipation.

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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

So we've heard from Seymour, wanting to sell Air NZ, and Winston Peters, wanting to keep it. I wonder if they could find someone who used to run an airline to comment on the matter? #nzpol

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

My favourite pictures from the weekend. A bit of horse and cart action! We took the fire truck down to the coffee cart on the beach for a spot of recruiting and fire safety awareness. Someone also brought a horse and gave the kids rides up and down the beach. Glenduan NZ

A green tuktuk coffee cart, a horse and a yellow fire truck lined up along the edge of the beach

A few folks, I clouding kids, sitting on the rocks and standing about on the pavement, chatting, next to the horse, cart and truck

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The daughter in Wellington is hunkering down and watching the spray from the sea, likely containing poo, blowing sideways and hitting all the houses. They're calling it a shartnado 😆

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Catherine Robertson @cjrauthor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

What is te reo for 'Where do you usually go?'

Photo of Winston Peters at Waitangi, with the headline: I didn't come here to be insulted

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Cool view from the deck this morning. A beautiful rainbow 🌈 one end lands where the old Aretere ferry is still mored up, the other end in the sewage plant. Perhaps a divine commentary on this govts handling of the new ferries? Who knows... Nelson, NZ

A big rainbow going from land to sea. Seen a ross the tops of trees.

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Phew! That was Friday. I'm now on holiday, yay! I'll never get sick of this view. Glenduan Beach NZ

A g+t on a wooden railing of a first floor deck with an orange sunset and sea viewed beyond and through the glass.

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Nail marks in mushrooms at the supermarket. I carefully inspect each one before it goes in the bag. Who knows what could have been under those nails, and no way to wash it off now it's INSIDE THE MUSHOOM!

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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

OMG THAT LAST LINE. 1,000/10 no notes needed. A++++ would cackle ridiculously again.

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Anyone can try this beer-related art challenge. Deconstruct ONE aluminium beer can to make a miniature chair, which must fit within the can from which it was constructed. First prize $3,000! Entries in by 1st March. Prize giving in Nelson NZ. Last year drew 50 entries nationwide! See link for rules

beerchaircompetition.co.nz

Beer Chair Competition

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

NZ taxpayers spent $6M to bring Michelin stars here and only paid $3M to the WHO. Contributing to world health seems like a much better spend to me. #nzpol

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Aaaargh! Nearly lost my streak! Wordle 1,682 6/6 ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Finishing the weekend sitting in the sun with a local wasabi gin after a busy weekend. I've been hosting a band from Wellington for a couple of days (go see Krakerjack, they're awesome!), and a then doing a spot spot of gardening. It's feeling summery again here in Nelson NZ

A bottle of Dancing Sands Wasabi Gin next to a tall g&t with lemon and ice

From above, a tabby cat with a white belly and paws, completely zonked, lying sideways in the sunshine on a wooden deck

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

On my own this week and I'm crap at cooking for one. Dinner was a few chips at the pub, cashew cheese and crackers, and cracked this one open for dessert. Btw these new choc-dipped peaches are dangerous (They're vegan too!)

Lined up on a kitchen worktop, from left to right; a packet of 'Tasti' dark chocolate dipped peaches, a glass of dark beer, the tin the beer was poured from, being a Garage Project Brown Kiwi dark ale. 😋

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 16/01/2026

This is Kevin. He's a reactive dog getting some training to be more comfortable. His trainer brought him to a pet store for some socialization where they learned he is no longer reactive when given a giant stuffed dinosaur. 14/10 (TT: katieandtatesfostermates)

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This fella was hanging out by the front door at work. Work is right next to a very busy roundabout on an industrial estate in Nelson NZ. Nature finds a way I guess. He/she was super cute 😍

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mayor of sc*ry town @missfluss.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

the workers shall control the beans of production

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

My usual hangout. East Street Cafe, Nelson (on Church st). In town to get my eyes tested and half a hour to kill. Iced oat mocha in the sun hits the spot. Ahh...

A photo of the urban jungle that is the seating area out the back of East Street Cafe. Wooden bench Taboes with umbrellas against a wall with a colourful mural and plants. Helmet with pink bow and empty iced mocha glass in the foreground.

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

And now for some good news: My 15 1/2 yo cat does not have the big C! He has serious ibd though and will be on steroids for a while. He's putting on weight and feeling better already 🥳

Mo, a tabby cat, on my partner's lap with a big shaved patch on his side and wearing a cone of shame. He did not like the cone of shame!

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I can't post any photos, but I've spent the last two days being an extra in a sequal to a highly anticipated NZ classic. Omg it's so bloody funny. Not baaaad at all actually 😂 Can't wait to see ot on the big screen!

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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Greta Thunberg & Jane Goodall #JaneGoodall #environment Everyday should be Earth day.

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

TBH Treasury is just 'modelling' alternatives. However, I am frankly astonished to see the paper takes no account of the 7 year gap in life expectancy between Māori (75.8) & Europeans (82.8) or the near 6 year gap between Europeans & Pasifika (76.9). www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

rnz.co.nz

Māori life expectancy increases more than other ethnic group - Stats NZ

Despite Māori having the lowest life expectancy at birth, there has been a 3.1 year increase from the 2005-2007 to 2022-2024 periods, taking it to 75.8 years

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Pay equity funeral march this morning in Nelson Whakatū. Well organised and attended. Poignant speeches from a nurse and a carer. Many photographers so hopefully the msg will get out there. At the end there were sausages, ballons for the kids and a stall helping folks to register to vote #nzpol

Protesters, men and women, carrying homemade signs along Traffalgar street. "Pay pay equity now", Women are worth it", "revised bill: one giant leap backward for womenkind"

Protesters, men and women, carrying homemade signs along Traffalgar street. "Mana wahine, mana mahi ", "me aro koe ki te hā o hine-ahu-one"

Protesters, men and women, carrying homemade signs along Traffalgar street from the back. A very long line marching ahead!

All the marchers filling up the steps up to Nelson Cathedral. A primary kapa haka group at the front doing an amazing job. Everyone wss singing along

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Off sick today with a bit of a cold, but I needed coffee, then I remembered there was a coffee shop down the road (about 40 km). It just so happened that some other lasses were going there for coffee too.

Spot my bike lol. It's the only coloured one I'm the whole line. The rest are all black.5 bikes parked in a line down the side of a straight road

A partial self-esteem of me with my helmet on and over my shoulder the girls getting read to ride their bikes

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Nearly 12 hours after leaving home, I made it back. Queen Charlotte and Whangamoas was so much fun and a great road to get to know this Queen (well, she is black and yellow). I do have a numb bum though. Might be the first mod! 🏍🥰 roll on Summer!

Motorbike tied down to the deck of the blubridge ferry

Me, windswept on the deck of the ferry. Lovely view of the sounds and sea behind

Bike next to a playground on the coast. A quick bum wiggle break

Mr, looking a bit bedraggled but happy next to my bike, now in the garage

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

The adventure begins! Looks like a nice day for a ride...

Picture of a black motorcycle helmet next to a boarding pass: Origin Air Nelson to Wellington

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Hazel @hazelt.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Partner has flu and I've got a slight sore throat. I really hope I can fight this off by tomorrow as I'm supposed to be flying to Wellington to pick up my new motorbike and ride it home! 🏍🤞

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

If you're sick of this government and this absolute race baiting bullshit and attacks on Māori across the board - vote in your local election and vote to keep Māori wards. Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to. How embarrassing if they all get kept.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Imagine paying nearly $700M for no boats and still having the confidence to say this? #nzpol

Nicola Willis slams Labour’s inflation target proposal as ‘insane economic illiteracy”

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Reality hidden by headline: Kiwis must accept lower quality public services to pay for the $2 billion the government gave to their friends, the landlords, while also factoring in corporate hand outs for tobacco and fossil fuel, and the money pissed up the wall for no ferries.

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