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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ

@katem.bsky.social
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Knitter, gardener, museum geek and database wrangler Aotearoa/New Zealand She/her

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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the Guardian today - I haven't seen this anywhere in NZ media www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts
Government report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclones
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The one you make when your minder says - 'thumbs up and look positive', and you can't remember whether that means one thumb or two
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
There is no solar power crisis. No wind power crisis. No insulation crisis. No heat pump crisis. No e-bike crisis. No electric bus crisis. But there is a #fossilfuel crisis. And a #climatecrisis.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tibouchina - I had a lovely pale one called Moonlight in a previous garden. It frequently got hammered by wind but always came back.🌱
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026
this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 01/10/2026
this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A punnet is what we get strawberries in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punnet
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Punnet - Wikipedia
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Small pot or tub. for example: order.fishandchipswanaka.co.nz/product/pott...
order.fishandchipswanaka.co.nz
Chips Small Pottle - The Catch Wanaka
Small Chips.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love evening walks in the sun - I just don't want to have to get up in the dark when my body clock thinks is 5:30 am, and spend a week feeling completely out of whack. I've typed this trhee times because my brain isn't functioning today...
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
#BookSky
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It was very windy (and raining) in Auckland yesterday - the tui hanging upside down in my Kowhai looked like it was bungy jumping!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cherry trees are very cheery after a long winter!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Could be amaranth www.kingsseeds.co.nz/products/ama...
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Buy Amaranth Green & Red by Kings Seeds NZ online - Kings Seeds NZ
Chinese Spinach with green leaves which are blotched with red, taste like spinach with a hint of bitter-sweet Horseradish. Sow direct, heat resistant.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No, it definitely needs the baked crunch texture
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
And a ginormous snail
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I think Hoya obvata is correct
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Nat caucus have decided he’s the best they’ve got. Just let that sink in for a moment. #nzpol
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is completely unacceptable
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is disgusting!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Nice juxtaposition!
Screenshot of two skeets - 1st says 'Me watching an intensely emotional film scene: " I wonder where she got that jacket".'
2nd starts "Spotted in an Op Shop* in Aotearoa New Zealand" (not shown - the explanation that 'Op Shop' is a charity or thrift shop)
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Not as bad as being surprised by a Zoom you thought was going to be a phone call!
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 09/07/2026
This is fucking good & I honestly wish NZ Greens could get some of this messaging, with tangible visual references people can comprehend out to the public.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A full fridge stays cold longer
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I highly recommend this site. She makes it very straightforward. There are a lot of myths about sourdough. Mines been going for about 8 years, I just put it in the fridge until I need it again. I've just received it after two months in the fridge foodbodsourdough.com
A fresh baked sourdough loaf sitting in a cooking rack
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And he's 'comfortable' with that!
The Auckland City Mission closes at 5pm, and there was no night shelter available in the city.
Luxon said he was not aware of that.
"But I'm comfortable with the government's programme, and the amount of investment that we've put into housing," he said.
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Tom Bagatelle @tombagatelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I think we should start measuring government programmes in Hayden Donnell's 'metres of roading'. Lowering the age of bowel cancer screening to 45? 5 metres of road. A year of Three Waters? 63 metres of road. Reading recovery? 13mm of road.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I have Iris reticulata and Muscari (grape hyacinth), holding up to the wind so far!
Violet and yellow Iris and pale blue Muscari (grape hyacinth) huddling in their pots
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Indeed. #BookSky
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Yes, disable the car and tell friends, neighbours and their regular auto mechanic so they don't misguidedly re-enable it. You don't need to wait on authorities
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Absolutely BRILLIANT use of resources everyone!!!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Even when you think you are prepared for it, you're not!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Good luck!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Yeah, and it's almost impossible to wash them off and they taste awful
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My Jack Russell hated the vacuum cleaner - on moving day she managed to escape with the head and I caught her burying it, with the moving men standing around laughing.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Umm, did I word that badly? They would rather you call as soon as there's a problem, not wait until it's too late
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In my first aid training a few years ago, the trainer said one thing ambulance staff hate is elderly people not wanting to be a bother, until they need an urgent ambulance in the middle of the morning rush hour. "Just call us at 1 am, when we have time and the roads are quiet!"
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...
our.actionstation.org.nz
Stop the Discriminatory Bill Removing Disabled People’s Rights – Ensure Fair Due Process
Disabled people and their carers already face huge barriers just to live, work and care. This bill sets a dangerous precedent and strips away legal rights that other New Zealanders still have. It canc...
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
What disgusting, ignorant comments! I think his work is beautiful and I would be proud to have my rates contribute to a project like that.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My pet peeve is my unfailing ability to end up with turmeric on my clothes!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
100% agree! I turn 70 on election day and all I want for my birthday is a new government!
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Excellent point. Replacing public servants with AI is like importing your public service from the US. You spend less money into the domestic economy and shovel more NZ financial assets into offshore ownership.
Who are we paying?
Almost all the serious AI in the world is built by a handful of American companies. The huge computer systems that run it are owned by an even smaller group of American companies.

So when the government replaces a New Zealand public servant with AI, what really happens is this: money that used to be paid to someone living in Wellington, Lower Hutt or Palmerston North gets paid instead to a tech giant in California or Seattle in the United States. That money leaves the country and does not come back.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/21/before-we-let-ai-run-the-public-service-we-need-to-know-the-full-impact/
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yep, time to turn the dishwasher on! I've become a bit obsessive about making the most of the sun while it's shining.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
That's right - the staircase to the bedrooms was accessed from an open verandah. Must have been brutal in winter!
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I toured it during the last garden festival. We were told one room was glassed in after the first winter because it had been planned as a verandah without considering the climate.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
There's probably a way to switch between regenerative braking and driving - in my Leaf I have Park, Drive and B (braking) - check your manual for how your options work.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Can we just vote this lot out already! www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
rnz.co.nz
Government changes climate law to prevent lawsuits
The announcement means a landmark legal trial in the High Court next year will no longer go ahead.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Oops, link didn't work www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Regulation Minister ordering review of solar panel installation
David Seymour said less than four percent of households used solar, despite power savings of about $1000 a year.
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Kate - hiding in the garden NZ @katem.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Seymour talking through a hole in his head. My installation only took a few hours, plus a follow up visit to sign it off.
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