Penz Aotearoa 📚🪡
@greengecko29.bsky.social
Reads a lot, sews things, does other craft, manages a library, is a mum and wife. Opinions are my own. Dislikes stickers on fruit. Give me pie. Cheese is life. She/her
In an entirely frivolous purchase, I now own a slushi machine.
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
In an entirely frivolous purchase, I now own a slushi machine.
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Sums up leadership as values driven, positive, thoughtful and hopeful.
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sums up leadership as values driven, positive, thoughtful and hopeful.
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
#SecretSantaAoNZ participants... heads up :-)
I never do sales, but I'm doing a big Christmas sale this year! Shop #kikorangi local, support an artist, and give unique gifts that always hit with their recipient!
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#SecretSantaAoNZ participants... heads up :-)
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A heads up for lovers of handcrafts - this beautiful pile of willow baskets and more is for sale this Saturday, 10-3 at the Steiner School Fair. Made here un Ōtautahi by my talented fellow Rekindle teachers Diana Duncan (aka Swamp City Basketry) and Gemma Stratton.
#🇳🇿🧶
#🇳🇿🧶
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A heads up for lovers of handcrafts - this beautiful pile of willow baskets and more is for sale this Saturday, 10-3 at the Steiner School Fair. Made here un Ōtautahi by my talented fellow Rekindle teachers Diana Duncan (aka Swamp City Basketry) and Gemma Stratton.
#🇳🇿🧶
#🇳🇿🧶
Finished up these #PeppermintFernPleatedPants on the weekend. Made with a linen shibori pattern fabric, should be great for summer wear. Next iteration will have the zip at the side to make it more #AccessibleClothing
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Finished up these #PeppermintFernPleatedPants on the weekend. Made with a linen shibori pattern fabric, should be great for summer wear. Next iteration will have the zip at the side to make it more #AccessibleClothing
Reposted by Penz Aotearoa 📚🪡
Unemployment - 5.3%
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
Unemployment rate at 5.3 percent in the September 2025 quarter | Stats NZ
New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in the September 2025 quarter.
www.stats.govt.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Unemployment - 5.3%
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
To the woman crying in the green Toyota behind me on the way to work: I really hope your day gets better.
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
To the woman crying in the green Toyota behind me on the way to work: I really hope your day gets better.
We just paid off our mortgage. A celebratory GnT tonight I think.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We just paid off our mortgage. A celebratory GnT tonight I think.
Mr22 failed his restricted again. Any advice for people with dyspraxia sitting their licenses?
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Mr22 failed his restricted again. Any advice for people with dyspraxia sitting their licenses?
Out of office replies set up. Finally getting some leave. Haven't had a week off since April which is v bad planning on my part, but I've been trying to keep the library open while other people have holidays and sickness.
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Out of office replies set up. Finally getting some leave. Haven't had a week off since April which is v bad planning on my part, but I've been trying to keep the library open while other people have holidays and sickness.
Spent the day doing gardening related things. Absorbed sunlight and dug in dirt. Covered the dirt because cat.
October 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Spent the day doing gardening related things. Absorbed sunlight and dug in dirt. Covered the dirt because cat.
Manifesting my purely frivoulous desire to own a slushy machine for this summer. Kmart's viral $NZ$189 is out of stock bother it.
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Manifesting my purely frivoulous desire to own a slushy machine for this summer. Kmart's viral $NZ$189 is out of stock bother it.
Reposted by Penz Aotearoa 📚🪡
Here is your Wednesday Weevil, Watching Warily. Seen at night in a Costa Rican rainforest. Love the giant eyes on this little nugget of a beetle. 🐙🌿 🕶️
October 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here is your Wednesday Weevil, Watching Warily. Seen at night in a Costa Rican rainforest. Love the giant eyes on this little nugget of a beetle. 🐙🌿 🕶️
Reposted by Penz Aotearoa 📚🪡
For ChrisT sake
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
For ChrisT sake
Came in to work to find someone left their nail clippings on my desk.
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Came in to work to find someone left their nail clippings on my desk.
Sad today. One of my loved lecturers from Uni Dr John Braggins, died on Tuesday last, and today, I hear about Jane Gooddall. I'm at the age when my mentors and inspirations are leaving earthside.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sad today. One of my loved lecturers from Uni Dr John Braggins, died on Tuesday last, and today, I hear about Jane Gooddall. I'm at the age when my mentors and inspirations are leaving earthside.
Microwaves:"You want to heat up your lunch? Sure!"
DING! Presents lunch: thermonuclear on the outside, frozen in the middle.
DING! Presents lunch: thermonuclear on the outside, frozen in the middle.
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Microwaves:"You want to heat up your lunch? Sure!"
DING! Presents lunch: thermonuclear on the outside, frozen in the middle.
DING! Presents lunch: thermonuclear on the outside, frozen in the middle.
Fat bear week is all over my socials, so naturally I had a dream about a fat bear.
September 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Fat bear week is all over my socials, so naturally I had a dream about a fat bear.
Grating Pumpkins
Subtly downgrade a band
Kneevisor
Kneevisor
Subtly downgrade a band
Hillside hoods
Hilltop beanies
Hillside hoods
Hilltop beanies
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Grating Pumpkins
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Grumpy Facebook rant ahoy. 🩷
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Grumpy Facebook rant ahoy. 🩷
Have muted the name of the person shot yesterday. For my own mental health.
September 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Have muted the name of the person shot yesterday. For my own mental health.
“When I was young, I used to say that I was a human being on a spiritual journey. It's the other way around, I think we're all spiritual beings on human journeys.” -Joy Cowley
How her mother's schizophrenia shaped author Joy Cowley
How her mother's schizophrenia and a suicide attempt shaped author Joy Cowley
From struggling to learn to read at school during the war Joy Cowley went on to become one of New Zealand’s most beloved and prolific authors. Now, a new documentary looks back at her extraordinary life.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“When I was young, I used to say that I was a human being on a spiritual journey. It's the other way around, I think we're all spiritual beings on human journeys.” -Joy Cowley
Watching my parents struggle on the pension, I've just increased my Kiwisaver contribution to 6%. Gonna change the fund to growth as well.
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Watching my parents struggle on the pension, I've just increased my Kiwisaver contribution to 6%. Gonna change the fund to growth as well.
Biology eh...
The weird new ant paper that shows queens laying eggs of a completely different species has me thinking that more species are probably cloning sperm in their spermathecae than we’d thought.
After all, most queens only mate once and cloning would be a great mechanism for keeping the party going.
After all, most queens only mate once and cloning would be a great mechanism for keeping the party going.
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
www.science.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Biology eh...
We're enlarging our raised garden.
August 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
We're enlarging our raised garden.