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Hey #aotearoa , we've found a kahu on the ground.

Do we pick it up to help it?

"The finger of blame has turned upon itself
And I'm more than willing to offer myself
Do you want my presence or need my help?
Who knows where that might lead"

Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ROiU9kOHeE

#JukeboxFridayNight
#MayDayMusic
#Aotearoa

Rest in piss bob jones.
Wait, sorry, rest in piss sir bob jones.
Knighthoods are a pejorative right?
#Aotearoa #nzpol

Always happy when the real deal (aka New Zealand kiwis) atr in the supermarket again!
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#kiwi #kiwis #newzealand #aotearoa

Tomtit Ngirungiru on a stick in Rakiura

Tomtit balancing twigs, break and curiosity
The Ngirungiru, or Tomtit, is a very small passerine bird in the Robins-family Petroicidae.
With a maximum length of 12 cm and a weight of 11 gram, it is basically the size of two Ping-Pong balls with wings and tail.

Frenetic enthusiastic
It is also very curious and enthusiastic. Meaning that when it decides you are not a threat when you meet one up close in the forest, it will follow you along for some time. But in a frenetic pattern, jumping between the trees, branches, trail and back up again.

And then maybe, maybe, just be still for a couple of seconds where you get a reasonable shot. Like this one in the forest at Rakiura, Aotearoa.

There are five subspecies of Tomtits, and they have different names in Māori. The South Island and Rakiura Stewart Island variant is called Ngirungiru. The North Island is called Miromiro. And as a loveable little fellow, there are several other Māori and English name for it. Tomtit is an adaptable feather ball, and lives well with most of the changes made to the biodiversity of New Zealand.

#2015CE #Animals #Aotearoa #AotearoaNewZealand #bird #birdparadise #Birds #blue #bluesky #curious #forest #frontdoor #green #Horseshoe #Bay #Kiwi #kiwiexperience #NikonD800 #Māori #NestorMeridionalis #New #Zealand #Ngirungiru #passerine #pingpongball #Rakiura #RakiuraStewartIsland #roadtrip #robins #smallbird #social #southisland #southpacific #StewartIsland #tomtit #weird #birdswood #Ngirungiru #Petroicidae

Photo shows a black and white small bird peering over its left shoulder towards the photographer. It has its wings down and tail up. Its feathers look a bit ruffled. It stands on a clean branch, and in the smoothed background there is a mix of tree branches, leaves and an overcast, blue sky.

"each Covid infection is playing Russian Roulette with disability" @broadwaybabyto

Our buildings need sci-fi retrofitting with air polishers.
It's a charity thing to do I think. Funny tech, potentially cheap, needs:
- connection to buildings where people we don't want to brain damage etc are
- the impeller well housed outside, having more machines around needs to be done carefully...
- electrics, ducting, fed with a big sheet of n95 filter stuff somewhere sometimes.
I'm free-ish. Who wants to help?
#charity #charities #aotearoa #newzealand #NZ #otago #otepoti #dunedin

background:

NZ: ‘I’m sick of being sick’: Call to fix air quality in schools and childcare.

"A group of New Zealand doctors, teachers, academics and principals are urging the Government to improve air quality in schools and childcare centres to reduce Covid-19 and other air-borne illness."

Source: https://archive.md/2OOFa
via: @DenisCOVIDinfoguy

The Ministry of Green Works will be a win win for #Aotearoa #NewZealand.

#NZGreens #NZPol

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/559601/greens-announces-policy-it-says-will-create-40-000-green-jobs

puku: belly, stomach #aotearoa #newzealand

Born in #Aotearoa in 1873, Mākereti Papakura is believed to be the first indigenous woman to enrol at the University of #Oxford.

The university said she had explored the customs of her people of the #Māori Te Arawa iwi [tribe] from a female perspective through her groundbreaking research. But she died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis.

Vice Chancellor Irene Tracey will award the posthumous degree of MPhil in #Anthropology later this year.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33zy33y8mxo

The Firebird with My Brilliant Career: Royal New Zealand Ballet’s remarkable, characterful duo

https://lucire.com/insider/20250430/the-firebird-with-my-brilliant-career-royal-new-zealand-ballets-remarkable-characterful-duo/ #ballet #arts #dance #danse #RNZB #NZBallet #TheFirebird #LoughlanPrior #CathyMarston #NZ #Aotearoa #Australia

Principals Ana Gallardo Lobaina as the Firebird and Joshua Guillemot-Rodgerson as Arrow. Photo by Stephen A'Court.

It's #MayDay in #Aotearoa

For health, for education, for working conditions, for human rights, for our trans siblings, for kids, for the rivers, the forests, and the ocean.

Stand up workers.
Let's fight back together.

https://www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/fight-back-together-maranga-ake-2025

See you out there.
Wear a mask.

#NZPol #unionStrong #MarangaAke #FightBackTogether

#Aotearoa folks

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bxad2tvmdvyu475djudf2rc5/post/3lnyg6ds7522k

#NZTwits Poll

Should the #NZPol government have the power to impose voting restrictions on any individual or group of citizens it deems unworthy of taking part in #Aotearoa #NewZealand democracy?

More on the #StocktonMine occupation.

Losing faith in legal process, you say?

Oh my, I wonder why?
[insert surprised face]

Younger activists turn to direct action after ‘losing faith’ in legal process
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/24/younger-activists-turn-to-direct-action-after-losing-faith-in-legal-process/

#ClimateAction #directAction #endFossilFuels #Aotearoa

rangatira: person of chiefly rank, boss #aotearoa #newzealand