Kiwi Nomad
@kiwinomad06.bsky.social
Manawatu inhabitant- Taranaki born. Family historian. Enjoyer of the outdoors but perfunctory gardener. Retired teacher. Volunteer. Ancienne pèlerine. Badge of honour: "She's a difficult socialist I guess."
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NZ Govt to add new tax to electricity users to subsidise fossil fuels. Stupid environmentally. Stupid economically. Just plain stupid. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
The Post
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February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
NZ Govt to add new tax to electricity users to subsidise fossil fuels. Stupid environmentally. Stupid economically. Just plain stupid. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
Where I live. People/media put this place down but I’ve been happy here for many years.
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Where I live. People/media put this place down but I’ve been happy here for many years.
My phone screensaver from part of the Hauraki Rail Trail. Hard to comprehend what happened to this river just a week later.
February 7, 2026 at 7:51 AM
My phone screensaver from part of the Hauraki Rail Trail. Hard to comprehend what happened to this river just a week later.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Flower gardens in the Square.
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Flower gardens in the Square.
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Chuffed that my Woodlark #OnePlaceStudy got a mention at the 32 minute mark in Paul Milner's webinar familytreewebinars.com/webinar/engl... #OnePlaceWednesday
English Context - History, Sources and Repositories - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
An introductory overview on English History and its effect on sources and repositories. Understand where to look for records and how to...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Chuffed that my Woodlark #OnePlaceStudy got a mention at the 32 minute mark in Paul Milner's webinar familytreewebinars.com/webinar/engl... #OnePlaceWednesday
Gentle sunshine casts a pattern in my study.
February 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Gentle sunshine casts a pattern in my study.
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If people wonder about the power of adhd meds, I was diagnosed Dec 2023 and started medication. Since then I have made 53 skating costumes and sewn probably over 20 other items too. Prior to meds I was lucky to complete 2 costumes a year.
February 1, 2026 at 11:08 PM
If people wonder about the power of adhd meds, I was diagnosed Dec 2023 and started medication. Since then I have made 53 skating costumes and sewn probably over 20 other items too. Prior to meds I was lucky to complete 2 costumes a year.
Recently I found my Lalor grandfather had the address 'Kahikatea' named when he was listed for military services. I couldn't find where that was, so asked on a West Coast Historical FB page. An answer wasn't far away! kiwinomadancestors.blogspot.com/2026/02/wher...
Where was Kahikatea on the West Coast?
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January 31, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Recently I found my Lalor grandfather had the address 'Kahikatea' named when he was listed for military services. I couldn't find where that was, so asked on a West Coast Historical FB page. An answer wasn't far away! kiwinomadancestors.blogspot.com/2026/02/wher...
I helped a friend cancel her Ancestry membership yesterday. She thought she had done it previously but it had auto-renewed. There are even more steps than I remembered to cancel- so many 'are you sure' kind of steps. She had possibly not gone through all the steps before.
January 31, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I helped a friend cancel her Ancestry membership yesterday. She thought she had done it previously but it had auto-renewed. There are even more steps than I remembered to cancel- so many 'are you sure' kind of steps. She had possibly not gone through all the steps before.
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A busy few days on Anchor Island for #kakapo2026. We candled 9 eggs yesterday, and all 9 were fertile! That's unusual as #kakapo infertility is usually very high. Here's Waa's nest this morning. #conservation
January 31, 2026 at 8:16 AM
A busy few days on Anchor Island for #kakapo2026. We candled 9 eggs yesterday, and all 9 were fertile! That's unusual as #kakapo infertility is usually very high. Here's Waa's nest this morning. #conservation
Drove over to Hastings today. Had time to show a visitor the big new bridge from the Ashhurst carpark. Enjoyed the shadows.
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Drove over to Hastings today. Had time to show a visitor the big new bridge from the Ashhurst carpark. Enjoyed the shadows.
Several people independently recommended this book to me, based on a true story of a child from Tipperary who ended up running a hotel in Queenstown. Had to wait a few weeks to get it via the library. Great writing.
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Several people independently recommended this book to me, based on a true story of a child from Tipperary who ended up running a hotel in Queenstown. Had to wait a few weeks to get it via the library. Great writing.
I’ve just had a refreshing swim in an outdoor pool- first time this summer. ☀️🌟☀️
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I’ve just had a refreshing swim in an outdoor pool- first time this summer. ☀️🌟☀️
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Bonkers panorama of last week's massive Tahu-nui-a-rangi #Aurora Australis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Bonkers panorama of last week's massive Tahu-nui-a-rangi #Aurora Australis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
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The #Aurora Australis went coronal (directly overhead), extremely rare at 45°S, but also strangely the 3rd coronal event I've been in the past 2 years here in New Zealand during this solar cycle.
These images are 10 seconds apart looking straight up!
#Nikon #Photography
These images are 10 seconds apart looking straight up!
#Nikon #Photography
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The #Aurora Australis went coronal (directly overhead), extremely rare at 45°S, but also strangely the 3rd coronal event I've been in the past 2 years here in New Zealand during this solar cycle.
These images are 10 seconds apart looking straight up!
#Nikon #Photography
These images are 10 seconds apart looking straight up!
#Nikon #Photography
I just found out using Luke Howison's wonderful scans of the Intentions to Marry indexes, that a Lalor great-uncle and great-aunt had intentions to marry notices within three days of each other for weddings at their parent's house in South Beach. Did they actually marry on the same day?
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I just found out using Luke Howison's wonderful scans of the Intentions to Marry indexes, that a Lalor great-uncle and great-aunt had intentions to marry notices within three days of each other for weddings at their parent's house in South Beach. Did they actually marry on the same day?
@andrewredfern.bsky.social I'm pleased to note that as a result of your AI Legacy webinar I have just used ChatGPT to transcribe a bio I'd written in 1996 for my grandfather that I only had an image left of for some reason. It did a perfect job. Now I can edit it and add some new material!
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
@andrewredfern.bsky.social I'm pleased to note that as a result of your AI Legacy webinar I have just used ChatGPT to transcribe a bio I'd written in 1996 for my grandfather that I only had an image left of for some reason. It did a perfect job. Now I can edit it and add some new material!
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Kūwaha #KiaMāori #ReoMāori #Kikorangi #Wāhine #Kuia #MāoriSky #Skybrarian
Pom pom curtain now in doorway of my office/craft room
Pom pom curtain now in doorway of my office/craft room
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Kūwaha #KiaMāori #ReoMāori #Kikorangi #Wāhine #Kuia #MāoriSky #Skybrarian
Pom pom curtain now in doorway of my office/craft room
Pom pom curtain now in doorway of my office/craft room
@dimsie.bsky.social The man who restored this house would be a good mate for Perth Gore Uncle I reckon. www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
‘I’ve always been a MacGyver. I can fix anything: 83-year-old behind village’s famous Hobbit house restoration
There is no house in the tiny Manawatū village of Himatangi quite like the one Paul and Gillian Johnson own.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
@dimsie.bsky.social The man who restored this house would be a good mate for Perth Gore Uncle I reckon. www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
Yet another grey windy day in Palmy though the showers seem to have eased. But I am glad that I planted some zinnias as they are chirpy no matter what the weather.
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Yet another grey windy day in Palmy though the showers seem to have eased. But I am glad that I planted some zinnias as they are chirpy no matter what the weather.
The neatest tidiest signature I have seen from my grandfather. Very sadly, on the inquest document from his statement after his 5 year old daughter Annie died of burns- an aunty I heard about but never got to meet. Heartbreaking for the family.
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The neatest tidiest signature I have seen from my grandfather. Very sadly, on the inquest document from his statement after his 5 year old daughter Annie died of burns- an aunty I heard about but never got to meet. Heartbreaking for the family.
What a treasure to have for family genealogy.
Preserving more than 50 letters from my 2x g grandfather to his wife — written from camp in the US Civil War 1861 -1863 #Genealogy #NationalHandwritingDay
January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
What a treasure to have for family genealogy.
How embarrassing is it to have a PM who finally flies in to a disaster scene only so he can avoid going to Ratana. He should have left it to Mark Mitchell who did seem to know what he was talking about.
January 23, 2026 at 5:25 AM
How embarrassing is it to have a PM who finally flies in to a disaster scene only so he can avoid going to Ratana. He should have left it to Mark Mitchell who did seem to know what he was talking about.