Cyn
@cyncharron.bsky.social
Ōtautahi, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Mum of teens, former biology teacher. Votes Green.
Proudly 🇨🇦 🇳🇿.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
Desperate for covid safety in schools.
Loves our greyhound Pearl, cargo e-bikes, cycle infrastructure,📚,handmade.
Please use alt-text for photos.
Proudly 🇨🇦 🇳🇿.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
Desperate for covid safety in schools.
Loves our greyhound Pearl, cargo e-bikes, cycle infrastructure,📚,handmade.
Please use alt-text for photos.
I have just taken the last first-day-of-school photo as the twins head off.
BIG FEELINGS 🥹
BIG FEELINGS 🥹
February 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I have just taken the last first-day-of-school photo as the twins head off.
BIG FEELINGS 🥹
BIG FEELINGS 🥹
Urgh. This is no surprise to anyone; the co-requisite tests are NOT fit for purpose.
Good article until this quote at the end: “Those students haven't had the benefit of the minister's investment in structured literacy or numeracy," he said.
THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM!
If your tests disadvantage
Good article until this quote at the end: “Those students haven't had the benefit of the minister's investment in structured literacy or numeracy," he said.
THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM!
If your tests disadvantage
NCEA hurdle trips up 15,000 students
Thousands did not reach critical new reading, writing and maths benchmarks last year, so get no NCEA certificates. Principals fear they could give up on study.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Urgh. This is no surprise to anyone; the co-requisite tests are NOT fit for purpose.
Good article until this quote at the end: “Those students haven't had the benefit of the minister's investment in structured literacy or numeracy," he said.
THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM!
If your tests disadvantage
Good article until this quote at the end: “Those students haven't had the benefit of the minister's investment in structured literacy or numeracy," he said.
THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM!
If your tests disadvantage
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I have never seen that many people turn up this far out from election day and this is now my fifth political campaign.
So let this be the sign to get out there and get active.
Can sign up to join us here: www.greens.org.nz/volunteer
So let this be the sign to get out there and get active.
Can sign up to join us here: www.greens.org.nz/volunteer
Volunteer
Today we need your help to take action on the biggest issues facing New Zealand.
www.greens.org.nz
February 1, 2026 at 5:22 AM
I have never seen that many people turn up this far out from election day and this is now my fifth political campaign.
So let this be the sign to get out there and get active.
Can sign up to join us here: www.greens.org.nz/volunteer
So let this be the sign to get out there and get active.
Can sign up to join us here: www.greens.org.nz/volunteer
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Spokes Canterbury is Proud to support Rainbow Ride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎉🚲
March is Pride Month, so only 4 weeks to get ready for a month of celebration 🎉 Register now to ride or marshal for the Rainbow Ride on Saturday 28th March 2026 rainbowride.org.nz
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Spokes Canterbury is Proud to support Rainbow Ride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎉🚲
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Covid year seven: still no standards to protect teachers & students.
“Journalists covering teacher & student absenteeism without talking about COVID are ignoring an elephant in the room and gaslighting many people suffering from Long COVID & illnesses that may have developed from getting COVID.”
“Journalists covering teacher & student absenteeism without talking about COVID are ignoring an elephant in the room and gaslighting many people suffering from Long COVID & illnesses that may have developed from getting COVID.”
"Precarious teachers and students they work with are especially at risk, considering schools are superspreader spaces and teachers are one of the most impacted professions from COVID."
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Covid year seven: still no standards to protect teachers & students.
“Journalists covering teacher & student absenteeism without talking about COVID are ignoring an elephant in the room and gaslighting many people suffering from Long COVID & illnesses that may have developed from getting COVID.”
“Journalists covering teacher & student absenteeism without talking about COVID are ignoring an elephant in the room and gaslighting many people suffering from Long COVID & illnesses that may have developed from getting COVID.”
Starting today!
The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 🚲🇳🇿
There are some great prizes to be won, and it’s also a low-stress way to clock up some km on the bike for fun and your well-being.
The website and app have great little modules to improve yours skills and bike knowledge if you’re new to biking.
The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 🚲🇳🇿
There are some great prizes to be won, and it’s also a low-stress way to clock up some km on the bike for fun and your well-being.
The website and app have great little modules to improve yours skills and bike knowledge if you’re new to biking.
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Starting today!
The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 🚲🇳🇿
There are some great prizes to be won, and it’s also a low-stress way to clock up some km on the bike for fun and your well-being.
The website and app have great little modules to improve yours skills and bike knowledge if you’re new to biking.
The Aotearoa Bike Challenge 🚲🇳🇿
There are some great prizes to be won, and it’s also a low-stress way to clock up some km on the bike for fun and your well-being.
The website and app have great little modules to improve yours skills and bike knowledge if you’re new to biking.
For my followers outside of New Zealand, in case you wonder what the country thinks of our current useless Prime Minister who you’ve probably never heard of, here you go.
Hope the fire guy doesn’t get in trouble but 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊🤣😊😊😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (watch the fire guy at the end)
January 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM
For my followers outside of New Zealand, in case you wonder what the country thinks of our current useless Prime Minister who you’ve probably never heard of, here you go.
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hey i know y'all are having a hard time now so i thought i would let you know that we have a train that runs from santa fe to belen, with my city, albuquerque, in the middle. it's called the rail runner. they all use the "meep meep" loony toons roadrunner sound to indicate the doors are closing
January 28, 2026 at 7:47 PM
hey i know y'all are having a hard time now so i thought i would let you know that we have a train that runs from santa fe to belen, with my city, albuquerque, in the middle. it's called the rail runner. they all use the "meep meep" loony toons roadrunner sound to indicate the doors are closing
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Today I delivered another 14 bags of groceries and love from White Center Food Bank to 7 neighbors in White Center for the @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers with bikes (and cargo bikes!) and trailers to deliver food to neighbors with mobility and/or accessibility challenges
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Today I delivered another 14 bags of groceries and love from White Center Food Bank to 7 neighbors in White Center for the @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers with bikes (and cargo bikes!) and trailers to deliver food to neighbors with mobility and/or accessibility challenges
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Quick question: have any NZ media outlets confronted Seymour about his 'let them eat less' statement in Parliament?
He's the deputy PM for god's sake, whats stopping you?!
#nzpol
He's the deputy PM for god's sake, whats stopping you?!
#nzpol
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Quick question: have any NZ media outlets confronted Seymour about his 'let them eat less' statement in Parliament?
He's the deputy PM for god's sake, whats stopping you?!
#nzpol
He's the deputy PM for god's sake, whats stopping you?!
#nzpol
Back to high school minor-yet-useful tip:
Since students can’t use phones to remind them of their new timetables, take a printed copy (our school gives each student 1 copy on sign-in day) to somewhere like Warehouse Stationery & get it laminated.
My teens have put theirs in front backpack pocket.
Since students can’t use phones to remind them of their new timetables, take a printed copy (our school gives each student 1 copy on sign-in day) to somewhere like Warehouse Stationery & get it laminated.
My teens have put theirs in front backpack pocket.
January 30, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Back to high school minor-yet-useful tip:
Since students can’t use phones to remind them of their new timetables, take a printed copy (our school gives each student 1 copy on sign-in day) to somewhere like Warehouse Stationery & get it laminated.
My teens have put theirs in front backpack pocket.
Since students can’t use phones to remind them of their new timetables, take a printed copy (our school gives each student 1 copy on sign-in day) to somewhere like Warehouse Stationery & get it laminated.
My teens have put theirs in front backpack pocket.
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Yet again, in almost any other NZ government a minister telling NZers to *eat less food* to save money would have them hounded by media and pushed out of politics.
Never forget the immensely important protective role that NZ media have played in protecting these fascists from public outrage.
Never forget the immensely important protective role that NZ media have played in protecting these fascists from public outrage.
#GinnyAnderson "Are wages keeping up with the cost of living when white bread has gone up 58.3% in the past year?"
#DavidSeymour "Consider wholemeal."
Ginny Anderson: "It's more expensive."
David Seymour: "Eat less."
You first, Scrooge McFuckFace. You first.
#nzpol #TheAtlasNetwork
#DavidSeymour "Consider wholemeal."
Ginny Anderson: "It's more expensive."
David Seymour: "Eat less."
You first, Scrooge McFuckFace. You first.
#nzpol #TheAtlasNetwork
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Yet again, in almost any other NZ government a minister telling NZers to *eat less food* to save money would have them hounded by media and pushed out of politics.
Never forget the immensely important protective role that NZ media have played in protecting these fascists from public outrage.
Never forget the immensely important protective role that NZ media have played in protecting these fascists from public outrage.
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We should not forget that Erica Stanford went to Atlas aligned center for independent studies late last year prior to the bill being entered.
#nzpol #nzeducation #nzschools
#nzpol #nzeducation #nzschools
The truth comes out abt Stanford’s role in changing the curriculum.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Ex-Education Ministry staffer says new school curriculum heavily politicised
"I watched colleagues run back and forth to the Beehive for approval, watched academics and sector experts be removed," she has told a select committee.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
We should not forget that Erica Stanford went to Atlas aligned center for independent studies late last year prior to the bill being entered.
#nzpol #nzeducation #nzschools
#nzpol #nzeducation #nzschools
So it’s 24 hours later and I just saw a Christchurch City Council worker finishing the graffiti removal.
He tells me the job was tagged in the system as “offensive” (there was an offensive symbol that I photographed) so it was seen to quickly. Excellent response from CCC.
He tells me the job was tagged in the system as “offensive” (there was an offensive symbol that I photographed) so it was seen to quickly. Excellent response from CCC.
I lodged a Snap Send Solve for a bunch of graffiti while walking the dog this morning and lemme tell you the urge to correct this was IMMENSE.
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 PM
So it’s 24 hours later and I just saw a Christchurch City Council worker finishing the graffiti removal.
He tells me the job was tagged in the system as “offensive” (there was an offensive symbol that I photographed) so it was seen to quickly. Excellent response from CCC.
He tells me the job was tagged in the system as “offensive” (there was an offensive symbol that I photographed) so it was seen to quickly. Excellent response from CCC.
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RNZ trotted out its school uniform expensive story I’ve been hearing since my eldest went to Intermediate 30yrs ago. The only change is that fee/uniform prices have increased. Kids are excluded because they’re not wearing uniforms & no govt has addressed this or the lie that PublicEd is free. #nzpol
January 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
RNZ trotted out its school uniform expensive story I’ve been hearing since my eldest went to Intermediate 30yrs ago. The only change is that fee/uniform prices have increased. Kids are excluded because they’re not wearing uniforms & no govt has addressed this or the lie that PublicEd is free. #nzpol
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Working with #kakapo, this is the best thing you'll ever see. When "candling" an egg you hold your breath, hoping to see this: beautiful embryo development in a fertile egg. This is Tiwhiri's second egg, about 8 days old. About half of eggs are infertile. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
January 28, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Working with #kakapo, this is the best thing you'll ever see. When "candling" an egg you hold your breath, hoping to see this: beautiful embryo development in a fertile egg. This is Tiwhiri's second egg, about 8 days old. About half of eggs are infertile. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
EVERYONE LOOK AT RUTH’S INCREDIBLE WEATHER QUILT
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
EVERYONE LOOK AT RUTH’S INCREDIBLE WEATHER QUILT
For anyone in NZ who has recently had covid, please be aware of this and mask up to avoid rapid reinfection.
This scenario raises the risk of rapid reinfections, for those relying on disease-acquired immunity.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:50 AM
For anyone in NZ who has recently had covid, please be aware of this and mask up to avoid rapid reinfection.
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good riddance to Minister Judith Collins, who orchestrated the present gutting of New Zealand's science funding establishment
I've not seen or heard any coverage today that mentions this tiny detail, affecting 100s of millions of public dollars and endangering NZ's entire intellectual community
I've not seen or heard any coverage today that mentions this tiny detail, affecting 100s of millions of public dollars and endangering NZ's entire intellectual community
Judith Collins resigns after a near quarter century in politics
She has been in Parliament for more than 20 years, as the MP for Clevedon, and then Papakura.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 AM
good riddance to Minister Judith Collins, who orchestrated the present gutting of New Zealand's science funding establishment
I've not seen or heard any coverage today that mentions this tiny detail, affecting 100s of millions of public dollars and endangering NZ's entire intellectual community
I've not seen or heard any coverage today that mentions this tiny detail, affecting 100s of millions of public dollars and endangering NZ's entire intellectual community
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NEW VACANCY: Kaiwhakahaere Ratonga Māori – Team Leader Māori Services, permanent, full-time, applications close 11.55pm Sunday 15 February 2026.
More details: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/jobs/
#libraryjobs ^MT
More details: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/jobs/
#libraryjobs ^MT
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
NEW VACANCY: Kaiwhakahaere Ratonga Māori – Team Leader Māori Services, permanent, full-time, applications close 11.55pm Sunday 15 February 2026.
More details: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/jobs/
#libraryjobs ^MT
More details: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/jobs/
#libraryjobs ^MT
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Long COVID Linked to New-Onset Allergies
"Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, participants were 74% more likely to be diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis, 66% more likely to be diagnosed with asthma, and 37% more likely to be allergic rhinitis."
Source: archive.md/R5nVs
"Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, participants were 74% more likely to be diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis, 66% more likely to be diagnosed with asthma, and 37% more likely to be allergic rhinitis."
Source: archive.md/R5nVs
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Long COVID Linked to New-Onset Allergies
"Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, participants were 74% more likely to be diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis, 66% more likely to be diagnosed with asthma, and 37% more likely to be allergic rhinitis."
Source: archive.md/R5nVs
"Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, participants were 74% more likely to be diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis, 66% more likely to be diagnosed with asthma, and 37% more likely to be allergic rhinitis."
Source: archive.md/R5nVs
I lodged a Snap Send Solve for a bunch of graffiti while walking the dog this morning and lemme tell you the urge to correct this was IMMENSE.
January 27, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I lodged a Snap Send Solve for a bunch of graffiti while walking the dog this morning and lemme tell you the urge to correct this was IMMENSE.
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Literally thinking about this in the NZ context today, why is it always "the Greens should try to appeal to dairy farmers and people who drive Humvees" and not "NZ First should try to appeal to people who went to university and believe in human rights"
To the extent you have any education, consult with any legitimate news sources, know anything about what's happening in the world, you vote Dem. To the extent you don't, you vote Republican.
The fun thing is watching pundits strain mightily to cast this as something *negative about the Dem Party*.
The fun thing is watching pundits strain mightily to cast this as something *negative about the Dem Party*.
January 27, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Literally thinking about this in the NZ context today, why is it always "the Greens should try to appeal to dairy farmers and people who drive Humvees" and not "NZ First should try to appeal to people who went to university and believe in human rights"