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Terri is awesome — you should read this article and her debut novel “The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances”.

Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A few years ago I found $5 in a rarely-worn jacket pocket. Such a thrill! I put it in my pants pocket and forgot about it. A few months later I found it again. Yay! So I hid it again, and again. This $5 note has given me so much joy. Where is it now? I have no idea. But one day ... Yippee!

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Woody Harrelson: Gotta Enjoy The Little Things

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just went to the Women's Refuge annual pop-up opshop and it was heaving. Gorgeous clothes! I picked up this vintage Japanese torsade pearl necklace for $4.

Freshwater potato pearls, and blue and gold beads in a twisted top torsade style necklace, with box clasp.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 23/09/2026

an amazing new project launches today in new zealand: people can report sexual harm, and get matched with others who reported the same person. when you report, you get a lawyer - and lawyer-client privilege. for free. i profile the website, technology, charity, & law firm here: www.webworm.co/tika/

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This Could Change The Way Victims Get Justice

David Farrier's Webworm looks at Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton's Tika: a new way to report sexual harm in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm unwell, but I just had a dose of the good Codral, and I feel almost human again.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I really really really really really really want to read this book!!! #nzpol

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Take a picture

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Has anyone else's internet just died :(

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I bought this 'Pohutukawa Rina' print by Evelyn Page from an opshop, thinking it was a random blue version; turns out it's just a super-faded coloured print! I didn't know ink could do that. Thanks to Chch Art Gallery for not laughing at me when I asked who made this exciting blue copy!

Two nude women on a rocky seashore, with pohutukawa branches overhead. Very radical at the time.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. to.pbs.org/4xvWTCG

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More artists drop out of Ed Sheeran's tour in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, Denmark's Lukas Graham, and Finneas posted separately on social media that they would withdraw from the tour.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

''Call My Agent' the movie is on Netflix! Loved the series, love how the French are so chic and glamourous even in basic jeans and a tee. How do they do that? When I wear jeans and a tee I just look like I'm putting the rubbish out.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

There's a planned power outage today. How terrible I cannot vacuum or cook or do the washing.

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Sure If You Say So - Oh Well Meme

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Julie @kvarko.northsky.social · 10/09/2026

Book launch tomorrow night at the Palmy library

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Palmerston North City Library

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Look what showed up today! I read Terri's Māori scifi thriller at an early draft stage and it was the BEST early draft I have ever read. I was super jealous tbh 😅😭 And here it is, and it's glorious. The cover! The concept! I weep anew with mingled delight and envy. Launching soon! #booksky

The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances by Terri Te Tau, book cover showing a waterfall and trees.

The inner cover with reviews by worthy literary people which I can't write out now, but just know that they are GLOWING.

The synopsis which is of a Māori scifi time slip thriller

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I had a tax meeting with my accountant today and he said how cool it was watching my growth over the years, because he knew me when I was an unpublished writer and flat broke, and now I'm very published and only semi broke 😍😭

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Meredith Grey: I'm Not Doing Very Well, Am I?

ALT: Meredith Grey: I'm Not Doing Very Well, Am I?

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The electricity bill is the worst bill.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am a working writer who paints for fun. Unlike writing, I don't feel forced to make my painting good. I can watch telly while I paint. There's more stuff to clean up at the end. What am I supposed to do with all these crappy paintings??

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I did parent teacher interviews for one kid and then sat through three Year 10 drama performances for the other kid. I have achieved maximum parental excellence today.

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Amy Poehler: I'm a Cool Mom! (Mean Girls)

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Kendra, normal version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Got my period on the day Dolly died, and this is another reason why periods SUCK

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Did the thing I have been putting off and fretting about for two weeks and it only took 45 mins.

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Morgan Freeman as God: I Am God

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026

Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Making vegan nachos tonight; will the children notice there's no mince because it's 18:99 a kilo??

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Soooo excited for @rachaelcraw.bsky.social who won the YA prize at the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults with her excellent book, 'The Lost Saint'! Yay!!!!

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Leonardo DiCaprio's Gatsby Toast

ALT: Leonardo DiCaprio's Gatsby Toast

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My kid has the option to wear trousers instead of a skirt for her school uniform, and I asked her if she wanted some for winter. She looked absolutely appalled and hissed, "No! We call them 'Pants People'."

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Opshopping is a joy right now. Boomers are downsizing and binning all their fabulous quality collectibles. I bought these vintage costume pearl beads for $6 today from our local Vinnies. They make me feel all Bridgerton.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A man pushing a bike was walking across the pedestrian crossing and his pants fell down. This is the second time I have seen someone's pants fall down while they're crossing the road. I feel like seeing it for the third time means I get a wish or something.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Caught my kid's cold. Should have been a butter-fingers 😔

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Remember New Zealand, a change in Prime Minister is a reminder to check your smoke alarm battery 🔋 Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

@stephm1.bsky.social Senior English classes are reading Flight of the Fantail and reports are they really enjoy it! I just wish we had a book like this to engage with when I was their age!! 😍 #pukapuka 📚

Book cover of Flight of the Fantail by Steph Matuku

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Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

COVER REVEAL! The fourth and final Violet and the Velvets book is coming next month! Violet and the gang go to New York. Lots of band names and old venues I frequented (CBGB, The Knitting Factory) mentioned. A good time! You know, for kids!

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It was my birthday yesterday and I bought a painting from the opshop. It's called First Fleet by Dennis Wade, and I think it's neat.

An acrylic abstract painting with a blue background, and lots of colours on top.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Monsters

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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

The Titanic sinking under a moonlit sky.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Drama on the lawn today. Female blackbird yoinks up a fat worm and is promptly dive-bombed by a kōtare, who whips worm out of blackbird's beak, and zooms off with it. Blackbird highly disgruntled. Worm likely even more so.

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Drama Dramadrama

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I was working and then the sun shone in my eyes so I could not work anymore, it was a sign to nap

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Today!

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I went to a pottery exhibition today, and it was so, so good. Humans making stuff is my favourite thing.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Op shop book buy today. I am learning arting 😍🖼️ #booksky

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JewelKnightJess "R" Us 🎲🖌️🎮 @jewelknightjess.com · 30/07/2026

Buy books. Read books. Hold on to them until your dying day. Write. Draw. Paint. Think. Imagine. Don't let them extinguish the light that makes us human.

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Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Look at this wild ashtray I found all cobwebby at the back of the shed

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