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Aotearoa New Zealand Profile Pic: 'Out of Step', Donau Kanal (2016) Banner: Albatross fountain, Wellington Geographer Specialist subject: health services access- RA/autoimmune arthritis Opinions my own Sorry for the typos 🧐

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miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 11h

Solar up and running is just like no solar, except way cheaper, even on a cloudy day - now to get familiar with the App...

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 11h

This week's bestselling books - October 2 newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/02/t... Something that made me smile The Non-fiction section - numbers 1 and 3 especially the letters under number 3 regarding Dame Sylvia Cartwright.

This week's bestselling books - October 2

The latest Nielsen IQ BookScan chart of NZ book, plus win THAT Nicky Hager book.

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'Piggy bank is empty' nonsense provides cover for the political class. Once the lie is exposed, they have to answer questions like 'If we have 100,000s of people wanting work, and plenty of raw materials, why is our infrastructure falling to bits? Sounds like mismanagement, ay? (It is!)

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 13h

#MusicChallenge #ClocktoberMusic 6. Shona Laing – 1905 A song dedicated to Henry Fonda by then 17 year old Shona. Peaked in the charts at no.4 in 1973. 🎶1905, you won your battle with life The turn was mine fifty years later

Shona Laing 1905

YouTube video by Jane Egan

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 13h

#IsmuasMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge Day 2: A song with a wah-wah guitar Joe Bonamassa - Pain and Sorrow So the Bonamassa Wah has a toggle that 'works fine with the Muff, but was a bit brittle for the already trebly Fuzzrite.' And I don't know what that means at all 😂

Joe Bonamassa Official - "Pain and Sorrow" - Tour de Force: The Borderline

YouTube video by JoeBonamassaTV

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 16h

Why do any media still let Curia set the agenda? #nzpol “One of the complaints was with Curia helping Jordan William’s other outfit, Free Speech Union, with compiling survey results. Curia omitted critical data points - including that most academics weren’t interested in engaging with FSU or Curia”

mountaintui.substack.com

Curia Found In Breach Of Industry Standards, Lester Levy Is Not A Happy Man, & Other Updates

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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Neoliberalism has exhausted itself and governments are being forced to abandon its tenets, whether they want to or not.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From 2025. Any update yet? #nzpol "Not everything can be sold. Not everything should be sold. But all I'm just saying is we need to move to a more mature conversation about asset recycling in this country ..." He said there was nothing off the table at this point...

National to mull asset sales as part of next election, Christopher Luxon says

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government will "think about" possible sales of government assets.

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #ClocktoberMusic Day 1: Harry Nilsson - As Time Goes By (1973) 🎶It's still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die The world will always welcome lovers as time goes by

"As Time Goes By" Harry Nilsson (1973)

YouTube video by Cuthbert J. Twillie

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 1: A song with a slap bass Ardijah - Time Makes A Wine Audioculture says “Ryan Monga is one of New Zealand’s greatest bass players, especially in the slap-bass style… embellishing with fills that snap at the octave above the root note”

Ardijah - Time Makes a Wine (Live Performance Video)

YouTube video by ArdijahVEVO

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Woohoo - solar panels are going up on our house today!!

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes! The proposal aims to: Make green claims reliable, comparable & verifiable across the EU Protect consumers from greenwashing Contribute to creating a circular & green EU economy Help establish a level playing field when it comes to the environmental performance of products #nzpol

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Almost all carbon offset projects are junk. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 30: A song that represents your dreamy future self. Beck – Waking Light 🎶When the morning comes to meet you Fill your eyes with waking light Thanks so much @isuma.bsk.social for another great challenge. 🎶🫶👏❤️👯

Beck - Waking Light (Live on The Tonight Show)

YouTube video by BeckVEVO

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 30 From a place you want to go Costa Rica El Parque - Cuántas noches The first Costa Rican song played on MTV youtu.be/9mF80O0955A?... Many thanks for hosting this very cool challenge, -sita- @ro-cocco.bsky.social ❤️🎶

World map - this is my AtoZ trip
Aotearoa
Bondi Road
Cook Islands
Hawaii
Denpasar
El Alamein
Freetown
Grananda
Hamburg
Inverness
*Glasgow
Jerusalem
Kyiv
Lucknow
Miyazaki
New Orleans
Ontario
*New York
Pasadena
Quito
Rio De Janeiro
Santiago
Tonga
Upper Hutt
*Around the World
Victoria
Wellington (of course)
Zeeland
Wien
Costa Rica
*=free days

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The story that Hayden wrote about who the biggest culprit in wasting councils' money. $3b and still counting it seems. #nzpol

thespinoff.co.nz

No one is wasting more ratepayer cash than the government

The $9 million already spent on council amalgamation proposals is just the start.

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Manu Caddie @manucaddie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... - hopefully the politicians will start taking climate commitments more seriously if it has trade consequences #nzpol

Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal

The Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne.

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

www.instagram.com/reel/Dd23gOr... #nzpol

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Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"In 2023, we were told we were told we'd have a $2b surplus now. Instead, we have a $9b deficit by the same measure." - Seymour admits Treasury forecast of last Labour government's economic performance was much better than the current govt has delivered. #NzPol

ACT: 'We have to go further'

ACT: 'We have to go further'ACT leader David Seymour says the PREFU figures have "vindicated" his party's "drive for savings" in the coalition Government."The number one result is we cannot afford Lab...

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 29 From a place you’ve been to Wien/Vienna 8yrs in Wien. Some say 'it’s not the same' but I’d go back anytime. 🎶And even if things look a little bad right now We're down, but never going anywhere Just another night in Vienna Wanda - Eine ganz normale Nacht in Wien

Wanda - Eine ganz normale Nacht in Wien (Live at Technisches Museum Wien)

YouTube video by wandamusikVEVO

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 29: A song with a synth-heavy arrangement. MGMT - Electric Feel "Uses Moog synthesizer, analog synths, and tape saturation effects to create a ‘hypnotic, retro-futuristic vibe."

MGMT - Electric Feel (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by MGMTVEVO

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Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital · 27/09/2026

This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...

The Aotearoa New Zealand School Lunch Quiz

The images show 15 school lunches delivered to a school in August 2026. Your task is to pick the name that was assigned to each one.

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 28: A song with a tritone substitution. All Along the Watchtower” – Jimi Hendrix The chord progression in Hendrix’s version includes a tritone substitution for the V chord in the key of C# minor, they say.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (Official Audio)

YouTube video by JimiHendrixVEVO

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 28 XY or Z New Zealand - named by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after a place called Zeeland. We don’t even spell it correctly. Can’t we just be Aotearoa? Zeeland - Show Me

Zeeland - Show Me (Music Video)

YouTube video by SPIRIT GOTH

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Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Incredible speech from Steve Abel - @abelsteve.bsky.social - and a shining example of what principled political leadership looks like #nzpol

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 27: A song for your "I told you so" moment Glasvegas – Daddy’s Gone 🎶You could have had it all You, me, and mum y'know Anything was possible I won't be the lonely one Sitting on my own and sad A fifty year old Reminiscing 'bout what I had

Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone (Official Video)

YouTube video by glasvegasVEVO

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 27 W - Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand She may be singing about Broadway, but this award-winning musician is based in Wellington. Vera Ellen - Broadway Junction

Vera Ellen - Broadway Junction (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Flying Nun Records

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The charge against Jordan Williams & the TU..." they deliberately orchestrated a campaign to stir up racial hatred against Māori ... playing on the fear and ignorance of segments of the population [disregarding] the immense harm this would do to our society." Their true goals were more important.

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 26: A song for a solo dance party in your kitchen at midnight Choosing thi took longer than looking up music theory! I had to have a dance-off on my dancey playlist 😍 And the winner (this time) was unexpectedly The Chills – Heavenly pop hit

The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 26 V - Victoria, Australia Victoria’s Secrets – Augie March 🎶To my blue collars sprawled out the blue stony wall Where the weather don't bother, the sea don't recall ... Every night I pick the locks on that white Victorian box

Victoria's Secrets

YouTube video by Augie March - Topic

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🄴🄻🄱🄾🅆 @aotearoaelbow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Suppose I should update this Governments incredible record for minimum wage increases in Aotearoa. #nzpol bsky.app/profile/aote...

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What I would say to you is... This is brilliant

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Name the current book you're reading. The Lack of Light: A novel of Georgia Nino Haratischwili

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 25 Free Day Blerta – Dance all around the world Blerta was musical and theatrical co-operative that travelled around NZ in their Blerta bus giving shows in schools and small town halls. The rest of the world seemed a very long way away for NZ kids in ’72.

Blerta Dance All Around The World May 1972

YouTube video by Owain Morris

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 25: A song with a passing chord. Georgia on My Mind” – Ray Charles

Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (Live)

YouTube video by RayCharlesVEVO

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Mike Vogt @vogtmike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing." - John Brunner, novelist (24 Sep 1934-1995)

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

$3.4b It's not like Fonterra can't afford to pay. Maybe they could even pretend its a charity thing and get a tax write-off, if they bothered to care? "We're proud of the collective effort that's delivered another strong result, at the top end of our earnings guidance. The team hasn't missed a beat"

Fonterra reports $3.4 billion operating profit following sale of Mainland brands

Fonterra has delivered a full-year profit of $2.6 billion in its financial results announced this morning.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Minister of Tourism Louise Upston on where the $40m came from to entice large overseas acts to Aotearoa. My #cartoon today #NZpol #NZMusic #NZArts

Cartoon. Title: “The Impresario” Two frames. 1st frame shows Louise Upston saying, “I can’t pull money for local performers, concerts and festivals out of thin air!” 2nd frame has her continuing, “and I didn’t pull money for big overseas acts out of thin air” Image shows Upton with her hands out, wearing a suit and bow tie, with money rushing from behind her, saying, “I had the $40 mill coming out the wazoo!”

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What they said ⬇️

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 24: A song for your "sad girl/boy autumn" playlist Jean Dawson – Pity Party

YouTube video by Jean Dawson - Topic

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

sometimes it really is a two coffee morning

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 24 U - Upper Hutt Back on home ground. Landed in Wellington and taking a quick trip up the motorway to see family the Hutt. Upper Hutt Posse – do it like this

Upper Hutt Posse - Do It Like This

YouTube video by Lord Raiden

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"ECan says those affected should buy their own filters rather than expect the agricultural sector to help out, senior staff at Environment Canterbury (ECan) say." So people not responsible for their shitty water have to fix it with no comeback on the people who used the ground as an animal toilet.

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Following the far-right racist campaign against Three Waters, the new Luxon Govt repealed TW and replaced it with 'Local Water Done Well', delaying compliance with safe drinking water standards. This led to kids being hospitalised in Hamner from contaminated water newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/22/l...

Law change delayed registration of water supply where children contracted E coli

Major drinking water report says drinking water was contaminated after logging upstream from school campground in Hanmer Springs

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#ismuasmonthofmusic #MusicChallenge Day 23: A song you associate with autumn 🎶Through falling leaves I pick my way slowly Talking aloud Eases my my mind The Fourmyula - Nature 1969. Wayne Mason wrote this aged 19, sitting on his mum’s porch on a sunny day, listening to the sound of the bees.

The Fourmyula - "Nature"

YouTube video by nh6music

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hosaq @hosaq-silmu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#WorldAtoZ #MusicChallenge #NewMusicFriday 9/23. T : Toulouse. Claude Nougaro 🎙️ Ô Toulouse youtu.be/hgbq8YgTU1k?...

Claude Nougaro - Ô Toulouse (1967)

YouTube video by Nostalgies 60'-70'-80'

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 23: T - Tanzania Who else but Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara); born in Stone Town, Zanzibar, where as a child he and his sister created the imaginary land of Rhye Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen

Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (Official Video)

YouTube video by Freddie Mercury Official

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #WorldAtoZ Day 23 T - Tonga Homeward bound, with another Pacific stop on the way Filipe Manu - Efiafi peau ongo'i vale The first ever performance of a Tongan song at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

Filipe Manu sings 'Efiafi peau ongo'i vale' by Sione Niupalavu Tatu

YouTube video by Filipe Manu

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dunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#nzpol stories.theconversation.com/nz-policy-tr...

stories.theconversation.com

The Conversation is keeping an eye on the major policies being promised during the election campaign

miravox @miravox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wonder how #nzpol speed readers are going tonight. Looking forward to summaries and thoughts as they come in.