Dan Keane
@american.nz
american.nz / Americand writer & dad in Aotearoa. PhD in Substack at the IIML, Victoria U of Wellington. Americano & ginger slice, for here
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Dan Keane
@american.nz
· Oct 16
We Were Guaranteed a Haka
Anyone ever shout how much they love you, Gerry?
www.american.nz
So the haka is banned in Parliament, but taught in schools? A letter to my daughter & Gerry Brownlee. Ko Wairarapa!
Maybe Gerry Brownlee just needs a hug #nzpol
We Were Guaranteed a Haka
Anyone ever shout how much they love you, Gerry?
dankeane.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Maybe Gerry Brownlee just needs a hug #nzpol
So the haka is banned in Parliament, but taught in schools? A letter to my daughter & Gerry Brownlee. Ko Wairarapa!
We Were Guaranteed a Haka
Anyone ever shout how much they love you, Gerry?
www.american.nz
October 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
So the haka is banned in Parliament, but taught in schools? A letter to my daughter & Gerry Brownlee. Ko Wairarapa!
Kia ora @publicaddress.bsky.social ! Just found you on here & must thank you for this book, found it in a Carterton op shop last year & it's taught me absolutely heaps. Pearson & Hyde especially blow my mind. Re-read it on the regular. Cheers mate
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Kia ora @publicaddress.bsky.social ! Just found you on here & must thank you for this book, found it in a Carterton op shop last year & it's taught me absolutely heaps. Pearson & Hyde especially blow my mind. Re-read it on the regular. Cheers mate
Congrats to The Warratahs, named today to the NZ Music Hall of Fame! Here’s my exclusive recording of founder Barry Saunders singing one of their greatest songs, and the story behind his Letter to America
This Song Won't Fix the Distance
On the antipodal blues of Barry Saunders' 'Letter to America'
www.american.nz
October 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Congrats to The Warratahs, named today to the NZ Music Hall of Fame! Here’s my exclusive recording of founder Barry Saunders singing one of their greatest songs, and the story behind his Letter to America
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🤩 That's us! Look at that handsome bird! Let's see... Tarāpuka? Tarāpunga? Koekoeā? Toroa? Who else is shouty?
I decided to get behind #Birdoftheyear2025 so I've written a guide and done some drawings for 9 underappreciated birds. Here's one for hākoakoa #skua since I was inspired by @hakoakoa-boty.bsky.social
The guide comes out tomorrow. Can you guess which other birds are on my list?
The guide comes out tomorrow. Can you guess which other birds are on my list?
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🤩 That's us! Look at that handsome bird! Let's see... Tarāpuka? Tarāpunga? Koekoeā? Toroa? Who else is shouty?
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Bird books say we're "large, noisy and aggressive” to which we say: you got a problem with that? Somebody’s gotta clean up the carcasses and sort the weak from the strong. Vote Hākoakoa Subantarctic Skua for Bird of the Year. #skua #forestandbird #birdoftheyear2025
Photo by Ross Brooks
Photo by Ross Brooks
July 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Bird books say we're "large, noisy and aggressive” to which we say: you got a problem with that? Somebody’s gotta clean up the carcasses and sort the weak from the strong. Vote Hākoakoa Subantarctic Skua for Bird of the Year. #skua #forestandbird #birdoftheyear2025
Photo by Ross Brooks
Photo by Ross Brooks
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You have discovered a planet. An oval wind rushes over its husky bushes. Perhaps cottonwood trees could watch the sunrise there.
August 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
You have discovered a planet. An oval wind rushes over its husky bushes. Perhaps cottonwood trees could watch the sunrise there.
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Half of those rich Americans will shit a brick when they realise they've moved to the Deep Dark Woods of the empire, where the locals don't give a fuck who you are, how much money you have, or that you think you're special. And Amazon rarely delivers.
June 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Half of those rich Americans will shit a brick when they realise they've moved to the Deep Dark Woods of the empire, where the locals don't give a fuck who you are, how much money you have, or that you think you're special. And Amazon rarely delivers.
Hey NZ! Lights or no? Stoked to see my take on the question is The Spinoff's most popular story right now. I'm against 'em, but cheap solar ain't gonna stop. I miss the dark arleady
Lights at a hut are like togs in a sauna
Around the country, DOC is upgrading backcountry huts with solar panels and electric lights. But as technology evolves, are we losing something special?
thespinoff.co.nz
June 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey NZ! Lights or no? Stoked to see my take on the question is The Spinoff's most popular story right now. I'm against 'em, but cheap solar ain't gonna stop. I miss the dark arleady
Last time the Marines were deployed on US soil they shot and killed an American citizen named Esequiel Hernández, Jr. on May 20, 1997. Clinton was playing Drug War games. The Marines were in full battlefield camo. Esequiel, high school kid, was herding his goats along the Rio Grande. RIP
June 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Last time the Marines were deployed on US soil they shot and killed an American citizen named Esequiel Hernández, Jr. on May 20, 1997. Clinton was playing Drug War games. The Marines were in full battlefield camo. Esequiel, high school kid, was herding his goats along the Rio Grande. RIP
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* we didn't turn on her, the media gave voice to the most insane misogynist fringes of society *
Outside New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is regarded as a liberal paragon among world leaders. Why did her own country turn on her?
Why Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
A new memoir by the former Prime Minister revisits her time in office but doesn’t explain the confounding transformation the country underwent during COVID.
www.newyorker.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
* we didn't turn on her, the media gave voice to the most insane misogynist fringes of society *
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I’m sorry but if this propane-and-propane-accessories-lookin’ man walked up to me and said “Kia Ora breew” I would assume I was having a stroke
June 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I’m sorry but if this propane-and-propane-accessories-lookin’ man walked up to me and said “Kia Ora breew” I would assume I was having a stroke
Phoenix, my dear hometown. No history, no trees. Just freeways, swimming pools, and pure uncut American id
I coach 5-6 year-olds in soccer and 7-8 year-olds in basketball in suburban Phoenix, and let me tell you, the games don't look like they did 30 years ago. The skill level is so extraordinarily high that kids who haven't started playing by 6 are almost too far behind to catch up.
May 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Phoenix, my dear hometown. No history, no trees. Just freeways, swimming pools, and pure uncut American id
Skip the doom, lose your kids, and a drink a big beer at the rugby in small-town New Zealand. I made a tiny doc on a perfect fall day
At the Rugby
Watch now (2 min) | On the joys of neighbourly violence, crate bottles, and kids running free
www.american.nz
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Skip the doom, lose your kids, and a drink a big beer at the rugby in small-town New Zealand. I made a tiny doc on a perfect fall day
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OPSEC fail on the Predator Free Wellington trail cam this week
April 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
OPSEC fail on the Predator Free Wellington trail cam this week
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They can't, the tin is clearly very clearly and securely labelled in a professional way. As only an item of such national significance would be.
(I love how home craft it is)
(I love how home craft it is)
April 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
They can't, the tin is clearly very clearly and securely labelled in a professional way. As only an item of such national significance would be.
(I love how home craft it is)
(I love how home craft it is)
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Peeps are the nightmare face of capitalism
April 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Peeps are the nightmare face of capitalism
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eating an envy apple for breakfast and it is *delicious*. s-tier apple variety. thank you new zealand apple scientists
April 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
eating an envy apple for breakfast and it is *delicious*. s-tier apple variety. thank you new zealand apple scientists
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I think one compelling takeaway of *gestures broadly* is that terrorism works. 9/11 genuinely did destroy this country.
March 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I think one compelling takeaway of *gestures broadly* is that terrorism works. 9/11 genuinely did destroy this country.
If you bowl, you know. If you don't, c'mon down. My heartfelt Kiwi cover of Boys of Summer
We Bowled in the Rain
On the end of a thing
www.american.nz
March 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
If you bowl, you know. If you don't, c'mon down. My heartfelt Kiwi cover of Boys of Summer
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Fox Theatre
Walsenburg, CO
Walsenburg, CO
March 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Fox Theatre
Walsenburg, CO
Walsenburg, CO
NZ feels a little more lonely all of a sudden. I wrote about Chinese warships, empty beaches, and the end of the Pax Americana. Special shoutout to Optimus Prime
The Yanks Aren't Coming
New Zealand at the end of the Pax Americana
www.american.nz
March 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
NZ feels a little more lonely all of a sudden. I wrote about Chinese warships, empty beaches, and the end of the Pax Americana. Special shoutout to Optimus Prime