miravox
@miravox.bsky.social
Aotearoa New Zealand
Profile Pic: "Out of Step" Donau Kanal (2016)
Career: Interrupted
"an actual real demented PhD" Health Geography/Health Services
My eye doesn't work that well right now. Apologies in advance of typos Brightside - it's a legit excuse
Profile Pic: "Out of Step" Donau Kanal (2016)
Career: Interrupted
"an actual real demented PhD" Health Geography/Health Services
My eye doesn't work that well right now. Apologies in advance of typos Brightside - it's a legit excuse
Truer now than when I downloaded it in 2023.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
February 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Truer now than when I downloaded it in 2023.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
Sorry, i don't know who to credit, but they deserve lots of it.
Reposted by miravox
Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend?
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Really quick chart to show the rise of declared state of emergencies due to sever weather events. See the trend?
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
Also we are only 45 days into 2026!
Can we talk about climate change now?
#NZPol
Notes in Alt Text
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
February 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
#MusicChallenge
Day 15: A song that always makes you cry
Black - Wonderful Life
🎶Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
Reflections on a life of service in police and corrections from Kim Workman.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
“..our prison pop has soared to 11k inmates. The muster is disproportionately Māori (53.4%) & trending upward. PM Luxon declared increase in prison muster a ‘good thing’, characterising it as price of ‘restoring law & order”
MP’s said same 64yrs ago. It wasn’t true then, & it’s not true now. #nzpol
MP’s said same 64yrs ago. It wasn’t true then, & it’s not true now. #nzpol
Kim Workman: My life in the criminal justice system | E-Tangata
“My first response to going inside Kohitere was one of anger and disbelief… Anger that no one understood that the offenders of today were almost always the victims of yesterday.” — Tā Kim Workman refl...
e-tangata.co.nz
February 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Reflections on a life of service in police and corrections from Kim Workman.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
Words of experience, warning and inspiration our leaders should take very seriously indeed.
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
February 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
#MusicChallenge
Day 14: A song about missing someone
Marlon Williams – Thinking of Nina
🎶But tonight I’m thinking of Nina
Said she’d meet me
Down at the station at a quarter to ten
Missed connection
Now I don’t think I’ll ever see her
Our car hates me...
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Our car hates me...
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
Put hands on the steering wheel it says, while my hands are on the steering wheel.
At least it detected there was a driver, this time, so that's a plus 🙄
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
#MusicChallenge
Day 13: A song with complex production
Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
Seriously, is this govt a pack of vandals simply for funsies?
"Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found"
"Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found"
Most economic damage from gas crisis 'locked in', officials warn
Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether or not the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead, new modelling has found
newsroom.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Seriously, is this govt a pack of vandals simply for funsies?
"Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found"
"Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found"
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Willis wants bipartisan support? Journos please ask her which policies Labour started is she committed to maintaining. #NzPol
Willis calls for bipartisan consensus on investment boost policy
‘Tax policy certainty needs to span successive governments’: Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks investment boost policy, productivity and the long term at the New Zealand Economics Forum
www.interest.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Willis wants bipartisan support? Journos please ask her which policies Labour started is she committed to maintaining. #NzPol
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: A song with beautiful harmonies
Spoilt for choice when Pasifika and Māori harmonies are all around us
Annie Crummer – Language
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: A song with beautiful harmonies
Spoilt for choice when Pasifika and Māori harmonies are all around us
Annie Crummer – Language
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: A song with beautiful harmonies
Spoilt for choice when Pasifika and Māori harmonies are all around us
Annie Crummer – Language
#MusicChallenge
Day 12: A song with beautiful harmonies
Spoilt for choice when Pasifika and Māori harmonies are all around us
Annie Crummer – Language
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Here's something real fukn easy to understand.
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
Oh... LNG is just too complicated for NZers understand.
Bishop literally just said that.
It's too complicated for us to understand.
#nzpol
#punchableface
Bishop literally just said that.
It's too complicated for us to understand.
#nzpol
#punchableface
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Here's something real fukn easy to understand.
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
Power companies have been raking in record profits year on year, and have been paying shareholder dividends instead of investing in new generation.
#nzpol
What drugs charge is so bad a sole caregiver for a 5 y.o. is sent to prison?
If serious, why would child be left with a mate?
If minor, why wouldn't home detention be more appropriate?
If serious, why would such a temporary arrangement be ok?
NZ incarceration culture should maybe be on trial?
If serious, why would child be left with a mate?
If minor, why wouldn't home detention be more appropriate?
If serious, why would such a temporary arrangement be ok?
NZ incarceration culture should maybe be on trial?
'Victim of unspeakable cruelty and deliberate evil': Coroner's findings on Malachi Subecz death
Everything possible went wrong for 5-year-old in the last six months of his life, as he was tortured, and no one noticed.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 AM
What drugs charge is so bad a sole caregiver for a 5 y.o. is sent to prison?
If serious, why would child be left with a mate?
If minor, why wouldn't home detention be more appropriate?
If serious, why would such a temporary arrangement be ok?
NZ incarceration culture should maybe be on trial?
If serious, why would child be left with a mate?
If minor, why wouldn't home detention be more appropriate?
If serious, why would such a temporary arrangement be ok?
NZ incarceration culture should maybe be on trial?
Salvation Army State of the Nation for 2026.
The number of children living in poverty is growing and troublingly, the number of children living in material poverty has now reached 156,600. The number of children referred for possible child abuse or neglect requiring further action increased 13% this year to 44,532
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Salvation Army State of the Nation for 2026.
Reposted by miravox
Luxon 'if you can pay, you should pay' somehow never applies this to #TaxTheRich #nzpol
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Luxon 'if you can pay, you should pay' somehow never applies this to #TaxTheRich #nzpol
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: A song that sounds unlike anything else
Darcy Clay – Jesus I was Evil
"country-fried punk rock" recorded in his bedroom
🎶I used to crash parties and Maserati's and Jesus I was evil
Go places and pull faces and Jesus I was evil
...
Jesus I was e—vil
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: A song that sounds unlike anything else
Darcy Clay – Jesus I was Evil
"country-fried punk rock" recorded in his bedroom
🎶I used to crash parties and Maserati's and Jesus I was evil
Go places and pull faces and Jesus I was evil
...
Jesus I was e—vil
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: A song that sounds unlike anything else
Darcy Clay – Jesus I was Evil
"country-fried punk rock" recorded in his bedroom
🎶I used to crash parties and Maserati's and Jesus I was evil
Go places and pull faces and Jesus I was evil
...
Jesus I was e—vil
#MusicChallenge
Day 11: A song that sounds unlike anything else
Darcy Clay – Jesus I was Evil
"country-fried punk rock" recorded in his bedroom
🎶I used to crash parties and Maserati's and Jesus I was evil
Go places and pull faces and Jesus I was evil
...
Jesus I was e—vil
Wellington city from Brooklyn. Even when recalling the walk from town, you don't recall quite enough about how long and steep that hill is 😆
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Wellington city from Brooklyn. Even when recalling the walk from town, you don't recall quite enough about how long and steep that hill is 😆
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: A perfect song for dancing
These days most of my dancing is while doing the housework 😂🧹
BØRNS - Electric Love
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: A perfect song for dancing
These days most of my dancing is while doing the housework 😂🧹
BØRNS - Electric Love
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: A perfect song for dancing
These days most of my dancing is while doing the housework 😂🧹
BØRNS - Electric Love
#MusicChallenge
Day 10: A perfect song for dancing
These days most of my dancing is while doing the housework 😂🧹
BØRNS - Electric Love
Especially given none of the heads of this rampaging coalition actually live in Wellington. In fact, it seems they're trying to avoid the city completely with their ridiculous tunnel.
Please can the terms: 'this government' or 'National' or 'CoC' be used to describe neanderthal idiotic backward policies
Not the term 'Wellington' which is our capital city and which has been metaphorically crapped on by this government's hopelessly incompetent economic decisions
#nzpol
Not the term 'Wellington' which is our capital city and which has been metaphorically crapped on by this government's hopelessly incompetent economic decisions
#nzpol
The EV slowdown: How government decisions changed the road ahead
We look at what went wrong and what needs to happen after the great e-slowdown.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Especially given none of the heads of this rampaging coalition actually live in Wellington. In fact, it seems they're trying to avoid the city completely with their ridiculous tunnel.
“Moving beyond GDP is about measuring the things that really matter to people and their communities. GDP tells us the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Our world is not a gigantic corporation. Financial decisions should be based on more than a snapshot of profit and loss”
António Guterres
António Guterres
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
“Moving beyond GDP is about measuring the things that really matter to people and their communities. GDP tells us the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Our world is not a gigantic corporation. Financial decisions should be based on more than a snapshot of profit and loss”
António Guterres
António Guterres
Imported LNG?
Why, oh why, are we under the thumb of absolute #fossilfools?
We could have energy independence with cheap offshore wind and solar power. We could phase out fossil fuels and transition to a carbon free economy.
But not with these crapitalist bootlickers in charge.
This is tying […]
Why, oh why, are we under the thumb of absolute #fossilfools?
We could have energy independence with cheap offshore wind and solar power. We could phase out fossil fuels and transition to a carbon free economy.
But not with these crapitalist bootlickers in charge.
This is tying […]
Original post on mastodon.nz
mastodon.nz
February 9, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Reposted by miravox
NZ building a fossil gas import terminal in the #climatecrisis could be Luxon’s most STUPID idea yet.
Why not spend that BILLION dollars on household solar and battery installation?
Would be safer, more resilient, provide cheaper power and climate-friendly.
#nzpol
Why not spend that BILLION dollars on household solar and battery installation?
Would be safer, more resilient, provide cheaper power and climate-friendly.
#nzpol
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
NZ building a fossil gas import terminal in the #climatecrisis could be Luxon’s most STUPID idea yet.
Why not spend that BILLION dollars on household solar and battery installation?
Would be safer, more resilient, provide cheaper power and climate-friendly.
#nzpol
Why not spend that BILLION dollars on household solar and battery installation?
Would be safer, more resilient, provide cheaper power and climate-friendly.
#nzpol
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Total Mobility online public consultation session times have been announced by Ministry of Transport.
Consultation information is available in audio, Braille, Easy Read, large print and New Zealand Sign Language.
Consultation information is available in audio, Braille, Easy Read, large print and New Zealand Sign Language.
Proposals to strengthen Total Mobility
www.transport.govt.nz
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Total Mobility online public consultation session times have been announced by Ministry of Transport.
Consultation information is available in audio, Braille, Easy Read, large print and New Zealand Sign Language.
Consultation information is available in audio, Braille, Easy Read, large print and New Zealand Sign Language.
When you're driving a too smart for itself car on a hilly, middle of nowhere road and it slams on the brakes, auto-turns to the side of the road, into the gravel, with a "driver not detected" warning.
Fun times 🥵
Fun times 🥵
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
When you're driving a too smart for itself car on a hilly, middle of nowhere road and it slams on the brakes, auto-turns to the side of the road, into the gravel, with a "driver not detected" warning.
Fun times 🥵
Fun times 🥵
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: A song that feels underrated
Big Country – Trouble the Waters
So underrated there isn’t a video for it. Yet for me, it signalled a return to their best.
The song is a lament - about 3 acts of senseless violence against people who are often marginalised
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: A song that feels underrated
Big Country – Trouble the Waters
So underrated there isn’t a video for it. Yet for me, it signalled a return to their best.
The song is a lament - about 3 acts of senseless violence against people who are often marginalised
February 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: A song that feels underrated
Big Country – Trouble the Waters
So underrated there isn’t a video for it. Yet for me, it signalled a return to their best.
The song is a lament - about 3 acts of senseless violence against people who are often marginalised
#MusicChallenge
Day 9: A song that feels underrated
Big Country – Trouble the Waters
So underrated there isn’t a video for it. Yet for me, it signalled a return to their best.
The song is a lament - about 3 acts of senseless violence against people who are often marginalised