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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 14/10/2026

Does this count for #birdoftheday? Last year's birthday tattoo of a pohowera (or banded dotterel) by my very talented sibling

A tattoo of a pohowera on my forearm. It's a cute little shore bird that nests out at Kaitorete Birdlings Flat, with a stout little beak and banded markings on its front.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 14/10/2026

*Bryce Edwards voice* finally, the Green Party have put the "I" back in trans and have listened to me, the most important opinion, about identity politics

That train flag from when Ru Paul tried to post about never having screened trans people out of drag race

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 12/10/2026

Absolutely taken out by this one. Delivering what, no boats for more money?

Quote from Luxon reading "National, quite frankly, is the party of delivery.
We build infrastructure and we get things done.”

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 11/10/2026

I’ve been a scrooge bout it so I have to give it its due, I’m at Te Kaha for the FPC final and it is a VIBE

The field at Te Kaha, the stadium in Ōtautahi

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 09/10/2026

I've got space on my books for supervision clients at the moment. It's a space for personal & professional development, support navigating the challenges in our mahi, and a space to learn from and about how we work. Whakapā mai, kōrero mai! rainbowsupervisionaotearoa.pagexl.com

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026

This piece absolutely nails it and is a must read. This paragraph brought me to a standstill because it's also how we've gone from broad acceptance of trans people to journalists including comment from "gender criticals" fighting for "common sense" on every trans story.

Another layer of consideration: even if this is a genuine representation of a plethora of parental voices, we should consider also how it can be deployed in media disputes going forward. It is expressly positioned as a voice for parents, in opposition to teachers or public servants. What this will mean in practice, it seems likely, is that every time something new is introduced to the education system, the media will balance out the teacher or ministry explanation with a Parents Alliance reply. Detailed research and evidence-based conclusions will be held to the standard of
"common sense". And that, de facto, will serve the greater project of the right, undermining the idea of government itself.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 08/10/2026

Perfect response from Chlöe Swarbrick and the @greens.org.nz.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 07/10/2026

Last month @paulapenfold.bsky.social wrote this excellent piece interrogating a NZF candidate's disinformation about abortion. Today the leader of that party quite clearly shared the dogwhistle version of that rhetoric unchallenged. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

From Penfold's article:

Mundt said the abortion legislation had been "shrouded in controversy".
"It was passed just as the country was going into covid lockdowns," she wrote,
"so the focus of the nation was divertedẠại
She said NZ First had "put forward a conscience vote" and its MPs voted against the bill at its third reading.
"Their (sic) is NO upper limit to the age of a baby being aborted. If two practitioners agree, a baby can be killed right up to the day of birth," Mundt continued.

From Peters' interview today:

Asked about abortion, Peters said "the facts" were worth revisiting.
"At its worst, and it's a matter of timing, but it shades into a thing called murder. You got me here?
"It shades into a thing called murder or assassination, get any name you like. But that's the purpose. We've got to know the facts."

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 06/10/2026

BREAKING: we're no longer allowed to call nz journalists "cowards" you have to say they're "energised by fear" www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

On the campaign trail, one issue energises ACT supporters: race

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 05/10/2026

In case anyone else is invested in my cat's pee he eventually went last evening so this morning I have couriered a vial of this little man's piss across town

A very fluffy creamy orange cat lying in repose next to me in the couch in the sun as if to say "yes, as you so should"

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 04/10/2026

Groundwork have just released an election edition of their Te Tiriti Conversations guide. This election is critical for Te Tiriti, and it's important that we talk about it - even when it feels difficult or scary. groundwork.org.nz/te-tiriti-co...

The first page of the linked guide. It's titled Te Tiriti Conversations and the first page lays out some tips to guide tricky conversations.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 03/10/2026

Anyway in much more exciting non-political touching grass news, this weekend's project has been a real fun one. Both in the satisfaction of maybe the most lesbian flat pack but also in the absolute joy on my love's face when we got it done

A decently large (6x8) polyurethane greenhouse sitting in our courtyard

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 26/09/2026

Reject modernity embrace tradition etc etc

The same headline but it’s been poorly edited to read “what’s a man? Greek philosopher heckles Plato at the agora”

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 24/09/2026

After a bit of a fitful night he’s finally had a proper feed and is now purring away, thank goodness. Anyone who’s met him will know he purrs like an absolute machine so the absence of purring is very disconcerting

My cat Ono, who is fluffy and creamy orange, curled up next to me on the couch. My hand is rubbing his belly fluff

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 18/09/2026

Last night in the middle of making dinner I dropped everything to go take photos of the camellias in our garden. This morning after hearing that Bobbops passed in the night I'm looking at some of his first negatives. I hope I keep discovering the things I get from him. Moe mai rā e tōku rangatira

A photo I took last night of a camellia in bloom, pink with delicate yellow stamens. The petals overlap in a satisfying geometric way.

A photo of a contact sheet of half frame negatives. In the centre of the frame is a photo my grandfather took of a camellia, using one of 72 shots on a roll to give me this gift 50 years on.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 13/09/2026

Me on social media this morning watching everyone enjoy the CRL

Three panel meme with a young child posing for a photo shoot with a killer glare on their face. The panels read "congrats", "happy for you", "nice"

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 01/09/2026

Open app, see discourse, close app *yes I know this is an oversimplification don’t come for me

That meme with two people in two cars looking at each other in shock as they pass each other. The first panel reads “trans Americans saying private healthcare is good cos then govt can’t stop access to GAC”. The second panel reads “trans nzers fighting to prevent our public healthcare becoming privatised”

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 30/08/2026

Chuffed that Waitaha's first game in the Farah Palmer Cup is just down the road on such a cracker day, I might get sunburnt in august

Rugby Park in Christchurch on a sunny day with blue sky

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 24/08/2026

Rereading Nona the Ninth and wow this govt dated this book in a weird way

"After a while he said, Problem was the electricity guys were all, look, we sympathise but we cannot keep diverting three percent of the country's electricity to your vats. He was a nice guy."

It's ironic cos of Tīwai point and data centres

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 24/08/2026

The view from our flash fiction workshop at eastside gallery tonight was also tino reka

The intersection of Stanmore and Worcester, with colourful street art on a wall on the other side of the road, and the sky a bright and deep orange

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 21/08/2026

I think for a Jane Schoenbrun screening they should offer the fancy boxes to trans people

A view in the Isaac Theatre Royal looking down from the dress seats. On the screen is a red graphic saying “see something surprising”. Either side of the screen are private boxes decorated with gold filigree and red velvet curtains

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 21/08/2026

Big Girls Don’t Cry was fun and stressful and nostalgic and shouldn’t be nostalgic all at the same time, 10/10. Time for a whisky and a cheese toastie before the next show!

Looking up on New Regent St outside the Last Word, a whisky bar. The art deco buildings are lit blue and purple

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 30/07/2026

Look this “oh sorry you’re talking to my leadersona not the minister” nonsense is getting farcical. I understand very well the separation of different capacities but surely it was never meant to be used solely to dodge accountability as it has been this year.

Deputy Prime Minister and Act leader David Seymour echoed Luxon in branding the comments as "attention-seeking behaviour" and felt it prudent not to give them oxygen.
He acknowledged they were inappropriate comments for a Foreign Minister to make, but noted Peters was speaking in his capacity as
NZ First leader.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs says he stands by Winston Peters' statements (aka his own)

Later on Thursday, in a statement

attributed to Luxon as "National Party

leaderi, the prime minister said Peters'

comments weren't appropriate. But he

did not respond to Stuff's question

about whether he maintained

confidence in Peters as foreign minister.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 22/07/2026

My mete River has been going hard over the last year on her arts business - she did the illustrations for Te Whare Takatāpui we used in the guidelines - and I'm so proud of her and also my pēke hou is maybe the most ātaahua thing i own now riverjaydenart.com

A leather satchel with a kōwhaiwhai design on the front representing Hine-Uri. It's a dark brown, and the pattern is in lighter and darker tones of brown and black.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 17/07/2026

I had to check who posted this cos I thought those inlays were pāua at first

A pāua shell, the shell of what is called abalone in other parts of the world. It's iridescent

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 16/07/2026

(It's me I'm the boomers because I see this and go "you get those blankets you funky little man")

A screenshot of text messages. A photo of chase curled up in a basket filled with blankets. The message reads FRI AT 2:12 AM
Assistant manager at Rollickin here! He swung in for a little "hello" and warmed up in our blanket basket! Lol

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 16/07/2026

It's suddenly very important to me that bsky knows about Chase, my friend's cat who kept being taken to the vet by very well meaning people who thought he was lost as he wandered about town. Now he's famous www.facebook.com/chaseisnotlost

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 14/07/2026

Te rā tuatoru e te whānau! Today the Crown respond so my court fit is keeping the focus on the tamariki at the centre of this kaupapa 🫡

It's me! I'm in front of my hotel room mirror wearing a tank that reads "PROTECT TRANS KIDS", a long black skirt, and sneakers.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 13/07/2026

Thanks Simeon for helping me create the weirdest niche reel series I might ever make tbh

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 12/07/2026

A real privilege to be asked to speak at Kahu Carter's campaign launch last weekend. She's done the hard yards of representing Ōtautahi over the last three years and I reckon it's time we make it official (also this is my new favourite "me presenting" photo i feel like this is my true form)

It's me in the centre frame. I'm giving a speech behind a small table, into a microphone. I'm wearing a black hoodie with "Matariki" in various spellings from across Te Moana nui a Kiwa in white block text on the front. One arm is raised, I'm mid sentence. My lipstick is fire too btw

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 11/07/2026

Smashed it kei tua o tāwauwau fam

A plate full of kai - fry bread, a chicken drum, pork, lamb, rīwai, paukena, kūmara, stuffing, drowned in gravy

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 11/07/2026

"Oh I'll just do a little hākari, just for the two of us" 💀

An oven tray absolutely chocker with kai ready for an oven hangi. It's comically large for two people

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 02/07/2026

Wore makeup for the first time in ages today and the universe responded by gifting me new glasses incredibly early, everything is romantic dot jpeg

It's me! I'm a Pākehā trans femme with long dark blonde hair worn down one side. I'm smiling at the camera and wearing new glasses, which are quite large with a thin gold-brown rim! Also I'm wearing the new Pepper Raccoon hoodie!

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 23/06/2026

Very excited to get the notification that @pepperraccoon.com’s hoodie is in the post AND today I picked up the new Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Matariki merch ✨

It's me! I'm a Pākehā femme with long brown hair and black glasses, wearing a black hoodie with all caps white text reading Matariki, Mataliki, Mataliki and other variations of the spelling from across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. It's super comfy

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 23/06/2026

Attn Jenny Macroft, the next time you submit some vibes-based legislation could you make it a little longer please? We needed to use two copies (and a bag clip) to keep this door open at our submission writing session, it was very inconvenient

The bottom of a door propped open with folded up copies of the Marcroft bill and a pink bag clip

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 21/06/2026

Your regularly scheduled Sunday queer joy: how cute our lounge is

A collection of things on a shelf: a miniature brown house with a snow-covered roof surrounded by shells, stones, and a skull candle. In the background, a painted fairy door, a plastic bell jar with lego plants, and a green wall

A collection of things on a shelf: tiny frog figurines sitting either side of a tiny orange rubber duck devil. Behind them, two ceramic sheet ghosts, a copper coloured vase

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 20/06/2026

Welcome to the new leader of the uk Labour Party

Screenshot of a notification showing that chiitan liked my “haere rā, queer harmer” post

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 15/06/2026

Here’s a snippet of my speech from Saturday, because I’ve been thinking a lot about Georgina. If you haven’t, go watch Georgie Girl and see just how much she was revered by her rural NZ community in the 90s. That’s us, not this bill. Don’t let them tell you it isn’t.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 15/06/2026

E mihi ana ki te tīma @christchurchlib.bsky.social mō te āwhina! Ānei ētahi pukapuka Māori!

Three books in te reo Māori piled on a bench - The Old Man and the Sea; Anake Kōtahi Orā, a collection of short stories for teens and adults; and a translation of a marvel comic collection

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 13/06/2026

I think this one was one of my faves for sure!

Two people standing in a crowd at a protest, facing the camera and showing off their signs. One says "my gender isn't your choice" in colourful bubble letters and the other says "this bill is bird shit" with a painted picture of a seagull

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 13/06/2026

I noho tonu au i te marae i te ako te reo Māori, engari - ēnei tāku pikitia rorotu i tēnei ahiahi! Ka nui te mihi ki ngā tāngata kātoa - kua kī tōku wairua.

A crowd of people cheering in agreement and encouragement. The photo is taken from quite close up - the crowd fills the frame.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 06/06/2026

Look what I just saw on tiktok

Laufey the musician with the god of war paint on her face

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 04/06/2026

This is a fantastic statement from Labour's rainbow spokesperson Georgie Dansey (who i don't think is on bsky yet!). I've been critical of the way Labour have talked about trans issues so here's me giving credit where it's due again - this is exactly what we need to see from them, thank you Georgie!

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 02/06/2026

Tāmaki, yours is 12pm with a hīkoi starting at Myers Park: Afaik there will be actions in Pōneke and Kirikiriroa too - details to come

Screenshot of rainbowactiontamaki on Instagram; a poster with black background and paper cut-out-style figures in the foreground. The text reads:

MANA IRAWHITI:
DEFY DEFINITION
March from Myers Park
Saturday 13th June - 12PM
JOIN US FOR A RALLY AND MARCH AGAINST THE
"DEFINITIONS OF WOMAN AND MAN BILL"
DEFY DEFINITION.
FIGHT THE BILL.

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 02/06/2026

Ōtautahi, haere mai for a rally on a national day of action challenging the "definition of woman" bill. Hear from a wide range of speakers, cis and trans, and make it clear that it doesn't speak for *anyone*. 1pm 13th June, Bridge of Remembrance

A poster promoting a national day of action on 13th June called "unite for trans rights". In Ōtautahi it is 1pm at the bridge of remembrance. The poster is a blue trans gender symbol on a black background decorated with cartoon hands making fists, waving, and holding each other. In the foreground, the text is bright pink

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 25/05/2026

The willingness to explicitly revise history to justify the removal of rights to exist in public with no parliamentary or democratic oversight by claiming those rights never existed in the first place should concern everyone.

The story we're expected to believe is that at the very end of the Brown government, ministers drafted an aggressive bathroom ban, utterly at odds with both our international com-mitments, EU caselaw, and the trans inclusive GRA they had passed 6 years previously. Unfortunately, no one else noticed that's what the law said. And because they never bothered to point it out, it remained unenforced for a decade and a half. During which time the British government would issue travel advisories to American states who have passed similar bans and Labour MPs would declare them "malicious" and confidently state that such a thing would "never be passed in the UK." Then, in the year of our lord 2025, our Supreme Court uncovered the truth: we had in fact had such a ban on the books the whole time!

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