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Luke

@waihekeluke.bsky.social
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Middle aged white guy. Tangata Tiriti. Aotearoa! New Zealand. Waiheke Island. Viticulture. Science enthusiast. Recreational fisher. Dog owner. Reader of instruction manuals. Listener of podcasts. ✅✅ Green Party.

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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Wanganui Chronicle, Monday, October 15, 1984.
a news paper ad for 4 Square store form the Wanganui Chronicle, Monday, October 15, 1984
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
watching a "documentary" on luigi mangione on TVNZ it seems to rely on a upper middle class liberal point of view... #resist #freeluigi
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Caulerpa invasion: 'Government isn't taking it as seriously as they need to' | RNZ News share.google/bxAccIc6YfVv...
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Caulerpa invasion: 'Government isn't taking it as seriously as they need to'
Caulerpa went from covering 60 hectares around Great Barrier Island to more than 2000 hectares.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Great news!! www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/29/f...
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First North Island Brown kiwi has hatched on Waiheke Island
Ten kiwi were introduced to Te Motuaarairoa, the eastern and most isolated side of the island, in May this year.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Has anyone else had this happen? I just went to check my enrolment on the vote website and I was not enrolled despite first enrolling in 1999 and always updated my address. #nzpol
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Had some fun messing with the Tiktok a.i tonight. Spent some time trying to make it racist or transphobic but it wasn't down with that so passed the first test. #a.i
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Thomas - HANZ @historyaotearoa.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
He’s back! Very cool to see them hanging around!
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Internet Dad @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 27/06/2025
Recording was cancelled this morning, so I'm working on designs
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I stopped talking my med's and now tiktok is feeding me vids about ADHD etc
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
What is with putting mayo on pizzas! It's a disgusting.
A pizza with mayo on it. Yuck!
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I hate Agapanthus but I think I hate Yucca's more. vt.tiktok.com/ZSrF9jQss/
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Good news but still only the bare minimum and only because environmentalists and recreational fishers submitted against increased take. www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/25/m...
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Minister closes inner Hauraki Gulf to fishing of rock lobster
The three-year closure, starting from April 1, is to allow the population to restore itself.
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 25/03/2025
I’ve got bad news for you about being a lil bitch
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Thomas - HANZ @historyaotearoa.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
THERE HAS BEEN A NEW MOOSE SIGHTING IN FIORDLAND www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/american-...
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‘Wow, that’s a moose’: US tramper claims rare sighting, DoC workers have doubts
The department pours cold water on the claim, saying it was probably a red deer.
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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The assassin with the duct tape shit blaster clapping Shinzo Abe did more to stop the spread of this cult than anyone else. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Japan court orders controversial 'Moonies' church to disband
The Unification Church came under scrutiny after the killing of former PM Shinzo Abe in 2022.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Time for more submissions folks. Shane Jones is at it again. #nzpol legasea.co.nz/fisheries-re...
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Fisheries Reforms Scam
The Fisheries Reform Scam! Shane Jones, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, has proposed significant changes to the Fisheries Act that will pass control of our fisheries to wealthy quota owners - priva...
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Listen to sixteenth minute
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I've certainly noticed an increase in numbers in the last few years since I found my first raspy cricket blog.pensoft.net/2025/03/05/a... #nz
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Australian winged wētā population in Auckland increasing, posing a threat to native invertebrates
In a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Orthoptera Research, the insect has been traced back to its origin in Queensland.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 07/03/2025
Spent most of today driving myself insane learning about CoreWeave. This company is a fucking time bomb. They are burdened by $11 billion in debt on $2 billion of revenue - and they lost $800m. This company is a sickly dog with super-Ebola, and it may be the narrative twist that begins the collapse.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I bought a boat!
Haines Hunter fibreglass boat 18ftHaines Hunter fibreglass boat 18ftHaines Hunter fibreglass boat 18ft
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Amped Up @ampedup.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
#nzpol #politics #wealthinequality #fixwealthinequlality #garyseconomics #bhn this should be #nzlabour and/or #nzgreenparty slogan going into next election. And every other party around the world wishing to address the massive ever widening wealth gap.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
First pick of vintage 2025. A small parcel of Gewuerztraminer and some Chardonnay. The fruit is in excellent condition. It looks like it might be a low T.A high pH year in relation to the Brix. #nzwine #vintage25 #waiheke
Tractor in a vineyard at sunrise.Tractor on vineyard ready to collect fruit.
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Matthew @kakarikicastle.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Fix more stuff. Throw away less. gowellconsulting.co.nz/open-letter-... #nzpol #waste #righttorepair
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Open Letter to the Members of Parliament of New Zealand: Support the Right to Repair Bill - Go Well Consulting
This letter was authored and signed by the following organisations: Circularity, Eco Choice Aotearoa, Fixed First, Go Well Consulting, The Lever Room, Sustainable Business Network, Proxima, Buy NZ Mad...
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 06/02/2025
Tax the super rich. 💰 For the planet, tax the super rich. For the people, tax the super rich. Say it with us: TAX THE SUPER RICH! ✍️Sign the petition: action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/tax...
tax the super rich
tax the super rich
tax the super rich
tax the super rich
repeatedly....
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Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Some of the deepest snark I've read in a long time
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/02/2025
A bloody youthquake in Mozambique is another sign of the crumbling of the old order in Africa | Estêvão Chavisso
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A bloody youthquake in Mozambique is another sign of the crumbling of the old order in Africa | Estêvão Chavisso
The violent repression of protests reflects a wider trend as Africa’s younger voters lose faith in independence-era parties The bullet ripped through the young man’s face, scattering his teeth in a pool of blood on the concrete floor. As more gunshots…
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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The contrast between this speaker's gravity and emotional awareness and Seymour's smug glibness could not be more stark. Act and National's political games have real world effects on real people. #nzpol
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This could be the future of NZ Labour. We must bully NZ labour away from simping to the centre right. #nzpol
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jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
interviewed zoe roth, aka disaster girl for an upcoming episode of sixteenth minute today. an unbelievably cool and thoughtful person that made me feel like a proud big sister :)
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Lessons to be learned: 1. Centrists align with far-right to look tough on immigration 2. Centrists gain nothing 3. Far-right wins more power
German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off.In an effort to portray himself and his party as tough on immigration, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the poll-leading Christian Democrats, pushed a series of measures tightening borders and accelerating deportations through Parliament this week. He did so with help from the hard-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD — parts of which have been classified as extremist by German intelligence agencies.

On Friday, the gambit ended in a crushing legislative defeat for Mr. Merz, dissent in his own party and jubilant claims of new legitimacy from the AfD, a chain reaction that could rattle Mr. Merz’s comfortable seat at the top of the polls.

Mr. Merz’s willingness to rely on support from the AfD, broke a taboo in German politics that had endured since the end of World War II.
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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Lots of us knew about former ACT President Timothy Jago Many feel he, and ACT, were able to keep this quiet for so long because of the election…it was almost like Jago was “treated differently under the law” If that was the case one wonders why Seymour wasn’t jumping up and down about it?
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Tom Eastman @tom.eastman.nz · 31/01/2025
Knowing that David Seymour was protecting a sexual predator would have been useful during the election. But nobody was allowed to tell you.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Finally. I guess now we get to see what else there might be to be discovered. Fwiw, I know someone who has come into contact with Tim Jago and describes him as evil. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Former ACT Party president Tim Jago named as former political figure who abused teenage boys
Tim Jago indecently assaulted two teenagers he mentored through a sports club between 1995 and 1999.
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 28/01/2025
I was observing earlier today that I think, objectively, Luxon isn't a good Prime Minister. Like beyond policy, he's just not good at the actual job of PM or party leader. I didn't like John Key's policy, be he was a pretty effective PM and party leader.
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Chris Hipkins @chrishipkins.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Christopher Luxon says we need to say “yes” more and “no” less, yet his government said NO to new interisland ferries, NO to new state houses, NO to Dunedin hospital, NO to affordable water reform, NO to school upgrades, and NO to higher wages.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Looking through my vinyls and found a David Bowie record I bought 25 years ago and never actually played before. Have a drink and listening to Scary monsters out of the wind is a great way to spend Auckland anniversary day. 🇳🇿
Photo of the album cover of David Bowie Scary Monsters, vinyl record ©1980, RCA Records.
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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Nick Rockel: “Money Changes Everything Fast-Track bill to pay dividends for coalition donors.” At the expense of people, communities and a liveable life in Aotearoa imo.
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Money Changes Everything
Fast-Track bill to pay dividends for coalition donors.
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Ira @ira.bailey.nz · 26/01/2025
While there’s 1500 rentals available in Wellington so it’s not a supply issue. Or is it ?🤔 If you filter for rentals $375 or under you get only 96 availability. Which just under half of the weekly wage of someone working *full time* at minimum wage. So not a supply issue, a greed issue…
Trademe map of Wellington City showing 1515 available rentals Only 96 showing
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We will never out republican republicans. Democrats should be the party that helps people- and starts with those struggling the most for the common good. Anyone missing this point should be fired from “strategizing” for the party.
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Listen to AoNZ's premiere history podcast. It's getting spicy 🔥
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I saw an interesting coloured cicada today at the vineyard, can't wait to find out more when it's identified on @inaturalist.bsky.social #nzwine
Bronze coloured cicada with a gold stripe.
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Cthuwu @cthuwu.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Found this one red note
select all squares with criminals. Only squares without luigi mangione are selected
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Musk is really leaning into the fascist symbolism at the inaugural parade.
Elon Musk "gesturing" at the inaugural parade. It looks like he's doing a nazi salute.
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 14/01/2025
✨ Bluesky search tips and tricks Add `from:me` to find your own posts Add `to:me` to find replies/posts that mention you Add `since:YYYY-MM-DD` and/or `until:YYYY-MM-DD` to specify a date range Add `domain:theonion.com` to find posts linking to The Onion See more at bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky
Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 15/01/2025
If you like stickers, and especially if you like #birds, you can support this indie artist by checking out pepperraccoon.com I’m not looking for work, but I am looking to share my work! #PortfolioDay
Piles of colourful Pepper Raccoon stickers of NZ native birds on a desk
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Luke @waihekeluke.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Netting has started on Waiheke Island. We are netting our Tempranillo, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc today. #nzwine #viticulture
Tractor putting on nets to protect grapes from birds. Tempranillo grapes on vine (in veraison).
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