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Support change and awareness around SarsCov2, Long Covid, and climate change. Novid. Teacher | Creator | Questioner - “Why?” and “Why not?” Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa NZ

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Too Long Covid 💚 @toolongcovid.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
#nzpol @funkypuffin56.bsky.social @neoodist.bsky.social @writagal.bsky.social
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Huge thanks to @mikehoney.bsky.social for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Scientists rely on this COVID-19 data. It's made by a volunteer in Melbourne
Meet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time.
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Aotearoa Covid Action (ACA) is holding its first ever online open mic night! It will take place on the 6th of December from 8pm to 10pm and is open to all sorts of art forms; singing, playing an instrument, reciting poetry/prose, showing your visual art, etc.
A 2D graphic of a stylized yellow and orange sun against a blue sky background. The text reads: Summer open mic. Saturday 6 December, 8-10 pm NZT. The Aotearoa Covid Action logo is inside a white strip banner.
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
In the coming days some people may mine our cherished ally's passing for attention, but grief is not a competition. Let's try to welcome the chance to mourn together, instead. Holding tonight the idea that ancestors just leveled up.
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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 15/11/2025
🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
Woman with dark hair and bright red lipstick, wearing a royal blue cardigan over a black shirt and shiny black puffer pants, seated in a motorized wheelchair with tubing from medical equipment visible, holds up a copy of "Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life" by Alice Wong.
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Claire Lacey (they/them) @poetactics.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
So sad to hear of the passing of author and activist Alice Wong.
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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A group of global experts in medicine, public health, law, and industrial hygiene have come together to urge the World Health Organization to finally recognize and recommend true respiratory protection — N95/FFP2-3 respirators — for all healthcare settings. Surgical masks are not PPE.
WHN graphic with a solid rust-orange background and the whn.global logo at top left. Large bold white headline reads: “Tell the WHO — healthcare workers deserve real respiratory protection.” Subtext: “Sign the petition by October 31st urging universal use of N95/FFP2-3 respirators in healthcare.” A small footer note says: “LINK TO PETITION IN CAPTION.”
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Cory Aitken - Alliance List Candidate @aitkesandpains.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Kiwirail are bringing back the ChCh- - Dunedin Southerner Train for the Labour weekend 🚞 I hope the Southerner does well and is made a permanent fixture, I got to take it in May and it was an amazing trip!
The full Southerner train ready to depart for Dunedin at the Christchurch railway station platform, May 21st 2025The beautiful historic Dunedin Railway Station lit up at night, 23rd May 2025
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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I've had heavy winds and computer issues to contend with today, but sharing this song in support of everyone in AoNZ in the mega-strike. I think we need 21st century protest songs. Happy to post a blue sky on Bluesky. ht - Credit: Photo by Christian Keybets on Unsplash.
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Solidarity with the striking workers. Let's look after each other's health while standing up for fair pay and fair working conditions.
 The graphic has a bright yellow background with black text and a black outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Mega-strike not mega-spreader. There is a small violet framed white banner at the bottom of the graphic with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Striking? Wear a mask. From Sir Mason Durie's Te Whare Tapa Whā model for health describing health and wellbeing as a wharenui/meeting house with four walls sitting on the land (whenua). The two walls here are: Taha tinana - physical health/the body. Taha whānau - belonging - community & family.
The graphic has a bright green background with white text and a white outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Striking? Taha tinana. Taha whānau. There is a small violet framed white circle in the bottom right with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
❤️I support Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Therapists, Teachers & Principals ❤️ I support full staffing, fair hours, equal & fair pay for NZers ❤️ I support public hospitals & public schools ❌ I do NOT support privatisation, PPPs or sale of public infrastructure, services or assets #nzpol #NZ #strike
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Collective action, collective care #wearamask #strike #covidsafe
The graphic has a vivid azure blue background with white text and a white outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Collective action, collective care. Strike safe. There is a small orange framed white circle in the bottom right with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 20/10/2025
Possibly the most epic sunset I've ever captured. A mothership lenticular cloud above the Māniatoto plains looking at Pātearoa Rock & Pillar Range, Central Otago New Zealand #Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ paullecomtephoto.nz (available on my site)
A monumentally large swirling lenticular cloud glowing most of the colours of the rainbow from the setting sun in the west. Stinking hot late summer evening that was about to crap itself.  High country grass plains with a range of mountains in the background
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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
While the government may be pushing back saying this is about money, it includes nurses' concerns about staffing levels and safety. Healthcare in NZ needs protecting rather than dismantling and privatising. What you need to know about this week's mega strike www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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New Zealand's nurses, teachers and others set for mega strike - What you need to know
Explainer - There's a huge strike coming. Who's taking part, why are they protesting and what's so 'mega' about it?
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81st Column @81stcolumn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
When the Tui sits in the Kowhai tree and the sun tips the mountain tops with gold when the Rata blooms in the forest glade, and the hills glow with sunny tints untold. #Photography #Spring #Aotearoa #Kikorangi
3:2, Portrait, Colour: A Tui in a Kowhai tree clearly I'm not a Bird photographer, but he was so close..... #Nikon #NZ
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Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
“Whichever figure you use, the numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.” - we really have created an enormous problem, yet don’t seem ready to face it. 1/
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
It's not just about salary, it's about working conditions. At ACA we believe teachers and students deserve clean air classrooms, adequate sick leave, and access to vaccines and antivirals. We don't accept the "new normal" of constant sickness and teachers quitting the profession due to Long Covid.
The graphic has a deep blue background with white text and a white outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Striking? Mask up to stay safe for school. There is a small yellow ocher framed white circle in the bottom right with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.
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Barry Hunt @barryhunt008.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Guess what we did yesterday
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Clean Air Classrooms #CleanAirForLife @cleanairclassrm.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Congratulations to the lucky London schools 👏🎉 Thankyou Mayor of London @london.gov.uk For leadership to protect children #HealthyAir is #SafeAir Every Child Deserves a #CleanAirClassroom 🌐 #CleanAir is a Human right
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 17/10/2025
This is shocking bullshit. I know some people don’t understand how the sun works but honestly opposing solar power is up there with daylight saving making your curtains fade faster.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/10/2025
Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.
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Kanchha Sherpa, last member of first Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92
Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Glad to see something evidence-based examining side-by-side immune system dysfunction and comparisons between HIV and Covid. Not glad to see the results 😭 Hand this to dismissive multi-infection people wondering why they're "sick all the time" or "can't get rid of brain fog."
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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The Drs are striking because the woeful state of our health system is endangering patients (and them) and they simply can’t stretch themselves or their resources any further. It’s a last resort. It is NOT them who need the lecture on ethics. #nzpol #solidarity
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Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike
There were audible cries of disbelief during Simeon Brown's speech to senior doctors.
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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
More misleading BS from min of Ed, Stanford. #nzpol
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🔜 Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Views from bus. Whau River as seen this morning from upstairs on a WX1 electric double-decker bus on the Northwestern Motorway (SH16). #publicTransport #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #bus #somethingBeautiful
Boats moored at Whau River mouth. The sky is blue with few clouds. The water is calm with few ripples & the moored boats reflect the golden morning light.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 14/10/2025
NZ Kea - the world's only alpine parrot. This cheeky soaking wet local of Arthurs Pass just sits outside the store/cafe waiting for naughty tourists to do the wrong thing & feed it.
Nestor notabilis - the NZ Kea, The kea is the world's only alpine parrot, native to the South Island of New Zealand. These highly intelligent and mischievous birds are found in both forested and mountainous regions, from the lowlands to the high alpine areas of the Southern Alps.
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xX💖🌹Xx_dolly_Angelic_xX🌹💖Xx @dollyangelic.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Sad and frustrating 😞 "Open Polytechnic is preparing to end its delivery of education programmes in prisons. If this goes ahead, it will cut off access to learning for people who already face huge barriers to education. It also means three full-time tutors will lose their roles,[...]"
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Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa | Let’s not close the door on prison education
<p data-block-key="94q67">Open Polytechnic is preparing to end its delivery of education programmes in prisons. If this goes ahead, it will cut off access to learning for people who already face huge ...
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 14/10/2025
Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on. These philistines need to hear from you all. Thank you petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble
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Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦 @teramis.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
"If you start seeing people resigning or getting fired, or you start seeing stories that seem off...especially if it involves the left going too far on a topic Bari Weiss cares about, it’s worth asking yourself why that might be...”
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John Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss Hire
The 'Last Week Tonight' host described the newly appointed editor-in-chief as someone "who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading...
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#nzpol Signed as a former high school Art and Art History student.
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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The article's header image merges two photographs of people with long COVID. That confuses the message around the importance of masking for these young women. The article itself barely touches upon what these women live with, but it's worth reading. 1/ www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...
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Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid
A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?
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Long Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Heartfelt thanks to our young people with #longcovid who took part in this, sharing their stories #kiwi #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...
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Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid
A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?
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Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
A new wheelchair-accessible picnic table has been installed near the playground at Dunedin Botanic Garden. Small changes, big impact!
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New picnic table to boost accessibility
The Friends of Dunedin Botanic Garden group is celebrating the installation of a wheelchair-friendly picnic table near the playground in the lower...
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The background is a photographic image of a half full tumbler of water. The text reads: Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come. Clean air is a universal health protection, just like clean drinking water. Amanda Kvalsvig and Anna-Maria Arabia – theconversation.com. Photo by Manu Schwendener on Unsplash.
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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Geat to see this happening. Hopefully we get more mask blocs across the motu.
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Mike Bartley @anothermike100.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Inflation on New Zealand is driven largely by the price of oil. The sooner we become an electrostate and get the price of oil out of the bottom lines of food production and freight, the better. We also need to bust the gen-tailer influence on the NZ electricity market and energy policy.
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Really should ban myself from “just having a browse” in a book shop
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LGillies_photography @lydiashamlon.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Lots of Tui action at Western Springs Auckland New Zealand at the moment: this one was busy feeding on Karo flowers #birds #photography 📸
A Tūī native to New Zealand feeding on a red flower (Karo)
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#nzpol 🎯💯
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 04/10/2025
Fonterror
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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Every other vaccine is given to infants before they are exposed to the disease. In NZ covid vax is gatekept for most kids until they are 5, and then most people can’t get ongoing updated covid vax until after 30 😒 Oh yeah, we also continue to ignore indoor air …
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Great news! We have already hit our goal of $1000 for the mask bloc. Thank you everyone for your support. If you'd like to volunteer to store masks and re-stock the box at Newtown Library, sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Wellington Mask Bloc volunteer form
Register interest in volunteering for the Wellington Mask Bloc run out of Newtown Library
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“There were plenty of jobs available, such as in horticulture.” Aside from the fact there are only *checks Seek* 100 jobs in horticulture in Rotorua currently, there are hundreds of applications per job, and the market is dire - media may want to ponder if it’s Luxon who needs to get off the couch 🫠
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'Stop playing PlayStation': PM tells school leavers to 'get off the couch', 'go find a job'
Improving school attendance was 'job number one' for cutting future unemployment, he said.
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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Once we experience the benefits of clean indoor air – imagine getting through winter without needing to take time off work or school – we’ll never want to go back. theconversation.com/why-investme...
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Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.
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Aotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We are so humbled to have met our donation goal of $500 after only two days after launching our ACA Wellington Mask Bloc donation page. Its so heartening that people believe in this cause so much that they are still willing to donate in a recession. We have set a new goal of $1000.
Yellow image with purple stylised mask graphic in a circle and ACA logo
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
74 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas. Why hasn’t NZ? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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74 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas. Why hasn’t NZ?
The United Nations High Seas Treaty has now been ratified by 74 countries, but New Zealand is not one of them.
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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Ten days to drop your votes back to a library or a Woolworths! (7 days for a post box). Nice chatting to Birkenhead residents getting on the ferry on this beautiful morning. Look I know voting isn’t always the sexiest thing to, but it’s super important.
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 30/09/2025
Was in Ōtautahi Christchurch when an epic NorWest sunset kicked off. Hagley Park is the perfect place to frame it up. #Nikon #NZ #GreatNZRoadie #Sunset
Glowing red underside of clouds moments after the sunset in ChCh's massive Hagley Park.  Trees line the side of the park, the field is pitch black & the street illuminated behind the trees.
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