Reposted by MurrToo Long Covid 💚 @toolongcovid.bsky.social · 29/12/2025#nzpol @funkypuffin56.bsky.social @neoodist.bsky.social @writagal.bsky.social 0124
Reposted by MurrDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Huge 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...sbs.com.auScientists rely on this COVID-19 data. It's made by a volunteer in MelbourneMeet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time. 12365120
Reposted by MurrAotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Aotearoa 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. 11210
Reposted by MurrViolet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 15/11/2025In 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. 0677
Reposted by MurrLong 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 1569226
Reposted by MurrClaire Lacey (they/them) @poetactics.bsky.social · 15/11/2025So sad to hear of the passing of author and activist Alice Wong. 092
Reposted by MurrWorld Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025A 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. 27539
Reposted by MurrCory Aitken - Alliance List Candidate @aitkesandpains.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Kiwirail 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! 4438
Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I'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. 141
Reposted by MurrAotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Solidarity with the striking workers. Let's look after each other's health while standing up for fair pay and fair working conditions. 02610
Reposted by MurrAotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Striking? 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. 095
Reposted by MurrHuia 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 111
Reposted by MurrAotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Collective action, collective care #wearamask #strike #covidsafe 16625
Reposted by MurrPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 20/10/2025Possibly 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) 1022040
Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 20/10/2025While 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...rnz.co.nzNew Zealand's nurses, teachers and others set for mega strike - What you need to knowExplainer - There's a huge strike coming. Who's taking part, why are they protesting and what's so 'mega' about it? 194
Reposted by Murr81st Column @81stcolumn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025When 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 1338
Reposted by MurrProf 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/ 17827
Reposted by MurrAotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025It'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. 0218
Reposted by MurrClean Air Classrooms #CleanAirForLife @cleanairclassrm.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Congratulations 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 24921
Reposted by MurrPaul Brislen @brislen.nz · 17/10/2025This 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. 89425
Reposted by MurrAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/10/2025Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.bit.lyKanchha Sherpa, last member of first Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953. 228890
Reposted by MurrViolet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Glad 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." 28636
Reposted by MurrSarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The 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 #solidarityrnz.co.nzSimeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strikeThere were audible cries of disbelief during Simeon Brown's speech to senior doctors. 613651
Reposted by MurrKaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 14/10/2025More misleading BS from min of Ed, Stanford. #nzpol 39847
Reposted by Murr🔜 Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Views 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 1334
Reposted by MurrPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 14/10/2025NZ 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. 4439
Reposted by MurrxX💖🌹Xx_dolly_Angelic_xX🌹💖Xx @dollyangelic.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Sad 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,[...]"teu.ac.nzTertiary 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 ... 12211
Reposted by MurrPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 14/10/2025Could 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... 3417781
Reposted by MurrDeborah 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...”hollywoodreporter.comJohn Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss HireThe '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... 052
Reposted by Murr2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025#nzpol Signed as a former high school Art and Art History student. 1145
Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The 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...1news.co.nzOffered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long CovidA 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? 220
Reposted by MurrLong Covid Support Aotearoa @lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Heartfelt 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...1news.co.nzOffered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long CovidA 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? 13418
Reposted by MurrDisabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025A new wheelchair-accessible picnic table has been installed near the playground at Dunedin Botanic Garden. Small changes, big impact!odt.co.nzNew picnic table to boost accessibilityThe Friends of Dunedin Botanic Garden group is celebrating the installation of a wheelchair-friendly picnic table near the playground in the lower... 0267
Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Geat to see this happening. Hopefully we get more mask blocs across the motu. 1125
Reposted by MurrMike Bartley @anothermike100.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Inflation 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. 13914
Reposted by MurrJulie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Really should ban myself from “just having a browse” in a book shop 3352
Reposted by MurrLGillies_photography @lydiashamlon.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Lots of Tui action at Western Springs Auckland New Zealand at the moment: this one was busy feeding on Karo flowers #birds #photography 📸 0479
Reposted by MurrMeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Every 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 … 03521
Reposted by MurrAotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Great 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...docs.google.comWellington Mask Bloc volunteer formRegister interest in volunteering for the Wellington Mask Bloc run out of Newtown Library 02014
Reposted by MurrHayley @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 🫠nzherald.co.nz'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. 1167
Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Once 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...theconversation.comWhy investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to comeUnchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air. 163
Reposted by MurrAotearoa Covid Action @covidactionnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2025We 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. 21411
Reposted by MurrNick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 30/09/202574 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas. Why hasn’t NZ? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...rnz.co.nz74 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. 3257
Reposted by MurrRichard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Ten 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. 37612
Reposted by MurrPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 30/09/2025Was in Ōtautahi Christchurch when an epic NorWest sunset kicked off. Hagley Park is the perfect place to frame it up. #Nikon #NZ #GreatNZRoadie #Sunset 38817