Gir
@edufk.bsky.social
Dog-lover, bus driver, tangata tiriti 🐶🇳🇿
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There are some really dirty mixes of street and festival drugs out there right now in AoNZ, and ODs are picking up at an alarming rate. #kikorangi folks, please spread this far and wide, even if you think you don’t know anyone who’d be at risk. www.highalert.org.nz/alerts-and-n...
www.highalert.org.nz
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
There are some really dirty mixes of street and festival drugs out there right now in AoNZ, and ODs are picking up at an alarming rate. #kikorangi folks, please spread this far and wide, even if you think you don’t know anyone who’d be at risk. www.highalert.org.nz/alerts-and-n...
I've never seen this many fallen trees around the Hutt Valley before. Every street there's at least one down
February 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I've never seen this many fallen trees around the Hutt Valley before. Every street there's at least one down
PSA for Hutt Valley: "Please do not drive to look at flooding. Please do not drive to check conditions. Please do not drive unless it is essential." congestion is delaying emergency services, power restoration & delaying flood response, preventing crews from reaching vulnerable residents.
February 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
PSA for Hutt Valley: "Please do not drive to look at flooding. Please do not drive to check conditions. Please do not drive unless it is essential." congestion is delaying emergency services, power restoration & delaying flood response, preventing crews from reaching vulnerable residents.
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The Wellington Harbour entrance buoy just recorded a 13.6 metre swell. Farrrk.
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The Wellington Harbour entrance buoy just recorded a 13.6 metre swell. Farrrk.
Upper & Lower Hutt are pretty much cut off by road atm. SH2 is closed to northbound traffic from the Haywards interchange & Eastern Hutt Rd is closed at the Silverstream rail overbridge
February 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Upper & Lower Hutt are pretty much cut off by road atm. SH2 is closed to northbound traffic from the Haywards interchange & Eastern Hutt Rd is closed at the Silverstream rail overbridge
Watching Man on Fire on Disney+ & there's no subtitles for the Spanish dialogue, even the closed captions just say "speaking Spanish" & it's really fucking annoying. Can't even find any subtitles online, at least not from sites that aren't packed with spam/malware
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Watching Man on Fire on Disney+ & there's no subtitles for the Spanish dialogue, even the closed captions just say "speaking Spanish" & it's really fucking annoying. Can't even find any subtitles online, at least not from sites that aren't packed with spam/malware
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Little dogs of the Big Gay Out 🌈😍
February 15, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Little dogs of the Big Gay Out 🌈😍
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🔴🔴RED HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN FORCE FOR
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
🔴🔴RED HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN FORCE FOR
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
MANAWATU, RANGITIKEI and RUAPEHU DISTRICTS north of FEIDING and east of STATE HIGHWAY 1
Valid from 6pm Sunday-2pm Monday
‼️Expect 140 to 180 mm of rain
Check details here
bit.ly/AllWarnings
My fish slice died! Your thoughts & prayers at this difficult time are much appreciated 😭
February 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
My fish slice died! Your thoughts & prayers at this difficult time are much appreciated 😭
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We all need a a timeline cleanse!
A tiny #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian (height 0.9 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.
Dating c. 1540-1296 BC, New Kingdom.
A lovely weekend to all of you 🐸
📷Cleveland Museum of Art
A tiny #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian (height 0.9 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.
Dating c. 1540-1296 BC, New Kingdom.
A lovely weekend to all of you 🐸
📷Cleveland Museum of Art
February 14, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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February 14, 2026 at 7:58 AM
There's a bus stop at the top of Gemstone Drive in Birchville & every so often someone leaves a paper bag in the bus shelter with 5-6 empty wine bottles in it & I'd really like to know the story behind this behaviour #intrigued #BusDriverEd
February 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
There's a bus stop at the top of Gemstone Drive in Birchville & every so often someone leaves a paper bag in the bus shelter with 5-6 empty wine bottles in it & I'd really like to know the story behind this behaviour #intrigued #BusDriverEd
Gotta go, my ride is here
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Gotta go, my ride is here
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I have absolutely loved my first summer of properly growing flowers
It brings me so much joy seeing the colourful blooms and sharing them with my friends and family
It brings me so much joy seeing the colourful blooms and sharing them with my friends and family
February 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I have absolutely loved my first summer of properly growing flowers
It brings me so much joy seeing the colourful blooms and sharing them with my friends and family
It brings me so much joy seeing the colourful blooms and sharing them with my friends and family
I don't wish to be proscriptive, but if you drive a vehicle in Aotearoa then there's a 50% chance you are not very good at it. The odds increase if you drive any of the following:
-Audi, Merc, BMW or Range Rover
-Suzuki Ignis
-any oversize ute, ESPECIALLY American imports
-tradie's van
#BusDriverEd
-Audi, Merc, BMW or Range Rover
-Suzuki Ignis
-any oversize ute, ESPECIALLY American imports
-tradie's van
#BusDriverEd
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I don't wish to be proscriptive, but if you drive a vehicle in Aotearoa then there's a 50% chance you are not very good at it. The odds increase if you drive any of the following:
-Audi, Merc, BMW or Range Rover
-Suzuki Ignis
-any oversize ute, ESPECIALLY American imports
-tradie's van
#BusDriverEd
-Audi, Merc, BMW or Range Rover
-Suzuki Ignis
-any oversize ute, ESPECIALLY American imports
-tradie's van
#BusDriverEd
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Meanwhile in Australia:
"(It's) helping to drive downward pressure on power bills for consumers and businesses, with less reliance on
expensive gas
or unreliable coal to power our grid”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
#nzpol
"(It's) helping to drive downward pressure on power bills for consumers and businesses, with less reliance on
expensive gas
or unreliable coal to power our grid”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
#nzpol
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Meanwhile in Australia:
"(It's) helping to drive downward pressure on power bills for consumers and businesses, with less reliance on
expensive gas
or unreliable coal to power our grid”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
#nzpol
"(It's) helping to drive downward pressure on power bills for consumers and businesses, with less reliance on
expensive gas
or unreliable coal to power our grid”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
#nzpol
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Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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#TrainNews: Better Passenger Transport New Zealand has put together its wishlist for Hamilton’s Te Huia rail service, saying if it does get the green light to continue it could add a few extra options.
Via Waikato Times: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Via Waikato Times: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
A wishlist for Te Huia’s timetable adds more options
Better Passenger Transport New Zealand says if Te Huia is granted an extension it would need to find more passengers, and give them more options.
www.waikatotimes.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
#TrainNews: Better Passenger Transport New Zealand has put together its wishlist for Hamilton’s Te Huia rail service, saying if it does get the green light to continue it could add a few extra options.
Via Waikato Times: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Via Waikato Times: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Parents just send me this link. Headline is something else lol 😂
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
Een dikke papegaai die niet kan vliegen legt live een ei en maakt Nieuw-Zeeland ‘dolenthousiast’
Biologie: Na vier jaar is de kakapo, een iconische Nieuw-Zeelandse loopvogel, eindelijk weer aan het broeden. Natuurbeschermers zijn uitgelaten, want de zwaarste papegaai ter wereld wordt ernstig bedr...
www.nrc.nl
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Parents just send me this link. Headline is something else lol 😂
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
“A fat parrot that can’t fly is laying an egg live on camera and is making New Zealanders super excited”
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If you would like trusted news from a Māori lens on issues facing Māori and other Indigenous rōpū across the world, you can set Te Ao Māori News as one of your sources.
How to set Te Ao Māori News as one of your ‘preferred source’!
If you would like trusted news from a Māori lens on issues facing Māori and other Indigenous rōpū across the world, you can set Te Ao Māori News as one of your sources.
www.teaonews.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
If you would like trusted news from a Māori lens on issues facing Māori and other Indigenous rōpū across the world, you can set Te Ao Māori News as one of your sources.
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The Māori Seats in parliament are for Māori people. They are a Tiriti-based right not a race-based right.
This is why at Rātana Pā we launched a member's bill to entrench Māori seats - the bare minimum for protect dedicated Māori voice in our parliament.
This is why at Rātana Pā we launched a member's bill to entrench Māori seats - the bare minimum for protect dedicated Māori voice in our parliament.
February 12, 2026 at 4:58 AM
The Māori Seats in parliament are for Māori people. They are a Tiriti-based right not a race-based right.
This is why at Rātana Pā we launched a member's bill to entrench Māori seats - the bare minimum for protect dedicated Māori voice in our parliament.
This is why at Rātana Pā we launched a member's bill to entrench Māori seats - the bare minimum for protect dedicated Māori voice in our parliament.