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Hazhapard
@hazhapard.bsky.social
Try to solve problems, but mostly solve puzzles.
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Avatar - southern end of Kāpiti Island and adjacent islets, where the first of my forebears to arrive in AoNZ lived for about 15 years.
Banner - self at the age of 2 or 3, Mōkau River mouth, 1967.
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Sophie Handford won 69.6% of the vote in her ward at the recent local government election. Excellent selection. #nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Got a W in Wordle!
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Got the 5:36 from home this morning to get to Wgtn hospital for 7:30 admission
October 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The new hairdressing ‘parlour’ between my place and the shops looks like they went to a secondhand mirror place for their fit-out, and came away with quite a haul of mirrors. #puns
April 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Got enough done in the first 4 days of: www.napowrimo.net that it felt worth getting it up for possible comment. Have spent the last 3 days resuscitating, repurposing, and copying stuff to: hazhapard.wordpress.com instead of getting any more done.
Hazhapard's Na/GloPoWriMo
A poem a day for April 2025
hazhapard.wordpress.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
My main difficulty with watching 2001: A Space Odyssey is that as soon as Leonard Rossiter shows up, I want to go watch Rising Damp or Reggie Perrin
January 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Wondering if there's anything to read from the Day the Earth Stood Still school of political philosophy. The Rawlesian Veil is all very well, but what would the aliens do?
January 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Everything I've watched on Apple TV+ so far, best to worst.
1. Severance.
2. Ted Lasso.
3. Mythic Quest.
4. Shrinking.
5. Manhunt.
6. For All Mankind (1st episode only).
January 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
First 5 songs listened to in 2025:

Resistance - The Sound
Big Tears - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Lie Dream of a Casino Soul (Live) - The Fall
Expert in a Dying Field - The Beths
Robot World - Paul Melançon
January 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Last 5 songs listened to in 2024:

Crayon Sun - Throwing Muses
More Than Rain - Tom Waits
Swipe Left - Arc Iris
Rhythms of Class - Sleaford Mods
Cut To Black - Barry Adamson
January 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Back at Sky Stadium, 6 weeks since I last took a Saturday off work to attend a home game.
December 14, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Waiting to be told the new boats will be rail-enabled as there will be a rail around the top deck to stop people falling overboard. #nzpol
December 12, 2024 at 3:19 AM
The whole Ferrari vs Corolla metaphor needs a bit of work. Probably more accurate to say they cancelled a Hi-Lux because the costs to widen the driveway and build a bigger garage had blown out, so they’re going make do with a Corolla. #nzpol
December 10, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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Absolute class from @slanecartoon.bsky.social in the #NZListener
December 8, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Twitter/X - account deleted.
Threads - account deleted.
Who’s next?
Oh, look - LinkedIn has recommended I follow Christoper Luxon, ‘based on my activity’ #NZpol
November 30, 2024 at 11:44 PM
The line for my profile I was trying to remember retrieved from Threads, before I delete there: Try to solve problems, but mostly solve puzzles.
November 28, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Remove one letter. Ruin a movie.

My Brilliant Carer
Seeping Dogs
The Lie of Brian
Remove one letter. Ruin a movie.

Petty in Pink
Due
It's A Wonderful Lie
Carface
Full Meal Jacket
Tax Driver
Unset Boulevard
Rear Widow
remove one letter, ruin a movie:

A Beautiful Mid
November 25, 2024 at 10:27 PM
i) was dithering about filling in the Description in my Profile.
ii) uploaded a picture into the Banner slot, and thought, hey, where do I put the alt text?
iii) set the Description to be alt text for Avatar and Banner as a start.
November 25, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Can't remember how long ago it was, let alone try to find it, but still a bit disbelieving that, in one of his regular spots on One News, David Seymour referred to his "enemies". Has another NZ politician referred to the other side of the House as anything stronger than their opponents? #NZpol
November 25, 2024 at 9:42 AM
My favourite musical decade? 1975-1984
More specifically: 1977-1982
More specifically: 1978-1980/1
More specifically: 1979
November 25, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Eight albums from the year you turned 16 (couldn't decide what to leave out to make it four).
November 24, 2024 at 1:16 AM
The Hikoi went past yesterday (en route from Levin to Porirua) - signed this petition today: Stop the Treaty Principles Bill - TOITŪ TE TIRITI!!
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ka...
Stop the Treaty Principles Bill - TOITŪ TE TIRITI!!
In 1835, 189 years ago, a gathering of great chiefs of Aotearoa signed He Whakaputanga with representatives of the British Crown. Five years from that date, Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed between Māo...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM