ExistenceCharm'd
@existencecharmd.bsky.social
I love all things arty, bookish, technical and natural. And random lots of other stuff. Living an "existence charm'd" in Aotearoa/New Zealand in Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland
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Shameful #nzpol
Climate change: the Climate Change Performance Index recorded another fall for New Zealand, now down to 44th position and classified as an overall “low” performer.
theconversation.com/nz-report-ca...
theconversation.com/nz-report-ca...
NZ report card 2025: how the country fared in 28 key global and domestic rankings
New Zealand compares well on global measures of freedom, happiness and transparency. But rankings in some important areas, including climate, drag the averages down.
theconversation.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Shameful #nzpol
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Reminder to check your booster status
Eek. There‘s been quite the spike in the wastewater surveillance. And anecdata also suggests an increase in Covid cases in the Wellington region. My neighbours have just all had it, and one of the leads in my daughter’s ballet show had to pull out because she got sick.
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Reminder to check your booster status
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Don’t ask me questions if you don’t wanna know the answers 🤷🏽♀️
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Don’t ask me questions if you don’t wanna know the answers 🤷🏽♀️
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An important exhibition to see if you are near Ōtautahi this summer. Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises, at Christchurch Art Gallery, displays the ten deeds signed between 1844 and 1864 that saw 34.5 million acres pass out of Ngāi Tahu ownership.
christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...
christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...
Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises
A landmark exhibition bringing together the ten Ngāi Tahu land sale purchase deeds.
christchurchartgallery.org.nz
December 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
An important exhibition to see if you are near Ōtautahi this summer. Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises, at Christchurch Art Gallery, displays the ten deeds signed between 1844 and 1864 that saw 34.5 million acres pass out of Ngāi Tahu ownership.
christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...
christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...
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One of me good mates works on this project and I'm so stoked that this is gaining traction. The perfect site for a fence. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Farewell Spit predator-proof fence takes shape
With the help of a heat-seeking drone, man’s best friend and plenty of hard graft, teams from Pest Free Onetahua and HealthPost Nature Trust aim to shut pests off the Spit for good.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
One of me good mates works on this project and I'm so stoked that this is gaining traction. The perfect site for a fence. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Shameless self-promotion alert! I'm going to thread my 2025 in journalism, which was a difficult year (20% of my newsroom got restructured out the door), but given I was nudged to increase my story count it appears I wrote quite a lot. 1/X
December 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Shameless self-promotion alert! I'm going to thread my 2025 in journalism, which was a difficult year (20% of my newsroom got restructured out the door), but given I was nudged to increase my story count it appears I wrote quite a lot. 1/X
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if you can't audit the black box, you're likely to become another Pedro de Arbués member of the autos da fé
the face-eating leopards will always turn on their own, Pedro was lucky, he got killed cleanly
burning heretical Catholic, Islami, and Jew witches doesn't have a good outcome, mostly
#nzpol
the face-eating leopards will always turn on their own, Pedro was lucky, he got killed cleanly
burning heretical Catholic, Islami, and Jew witches doesn't have a good outcome, mostly
#nzpol
we can't fix Aotearoa by bouncing between two nearly identical major parties
y'know, LAB and NAT
do i ruuuuurlly need to say it?
vote GREEN
#nzpol
y'know, LAB and NAT
do i ruuuuurlly need to say it?
vote GREEN
#nzpol
"the people covered by the outreach rapid response group will take everyone who doesn't fit in there. To try and prevent them coming into Housing First's criteria"
my reading of that was maybe not their intention, so here's sōf's personal take
"fuck you, ACT NAT NZF and the quisling LAB"
#nzpol
my reading of that was maybe not their intention, so here's sōf's personal take
"fuck you, ACT NAT NZF and the quisling LAB"
#nzpol
December 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
if you can't audit the black box, you're likely to become another Pedro de Arbués member of the autos da fé
the face-eating leopards will always turn on their own, Pedro was lucky, he got killed cleanly
burning heretical Catholic, Islami, and Jew witches doesn't have a good outcome, mostly
#nzpol
the face-eating leopards will always turn on their own, Pedro was lucky, he got killed cleanly
burning heretical Catholic, Islami, and Jew witches doesn't have a good outcome, mostly
#nzpol
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Bad Santa - in today’s NZ Herald
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Bad Santa - in today’s NZ Herald
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So a good news story. I left my wallet on a bench when out walking and had no idea it was missing. A local homeless guy found it and handed it into a lady running a cherry stall next to it. She looked through, saw a Zealandia membership card, gave them a call. They then called me and I got it back
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
So a good news story. I left my wallet on a bench when out walking and had no idea it was missing. A local homeless guy found it and handed it into a lady running a cherry stall next to it. She looked through, saw a Zealandia membership card, gave them a call. They then called me and I got it back
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Succulent flowers bold tiny delights
December 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Succulent flowers bold tiny delights
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We live in this graph
December 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We live in this graph
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The time of (even more than usual) forest walks and ocean swims has arrived - this is Moko, an 800-year-old rimu at Ōtari Wilton's bush - all the best everyone
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The time of (even more than usual) forest walks and ocean swims has arrived - this is Moko, an 800-year-old rimu at Ōtari Wilton's bush - all the best everyone
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In the 6 years of Ardern-led govt, I saw a lot of new Kīanga Ora housing built, a lot of Kīanga Ora housing refurbished, a lot of new projects begun; since 2023 I've seen nothing being done, but I've seen a lot of sites left empty, a lot of state housing abandoned and left to rot.
It's shameful.
It's shameful.
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In the 6 years of Ardern-led govt, I saw a lot of new Kīanga Ora housing built, a lot of Kīanga Ora housing refurbished, a lot of new projects begun; since 2023 I've seen nothing being done, but I've seen a lot of sites left empty, a lot of state housing abandoned and left to rot.
It's shameful.
It's shameful.
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‘Barclays is a prime target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement because of its financial ties to weapons companies. The bank also acts as “primary dealer” for Israeli government bonds’
So many financial institutions that we use support Israel and their genocide.
So many financial institutions that we use support Israel and their genocide.
Barclays urged John Swinney to crack down on Palestine Action, FoI reveals
BARCLAYS pressed the Home Office and the Scottish Government to crack down on Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, documents obtained…
www.thenational.scot
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
‘Barclays is a prime target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement because of its financial ties to weapons companies. The bank also acts as “primary dealer” for Israeli government bonds’
So many financial institutions that we use support Israel and their genocide.
So many financial institutions that we use support Israel and their genocide.
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Police arrest three people outside insurer of Israeli arms maker Elbit, including Thunberg for holding placard.
British police detain Greta Thunberg at pro-Palestinian protest in London
Police arrest three people outside insurer of Israeli arms maker Elbit, including Thunberg for holding placard.
www.aljazeera.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Police arrest three people outside insurer of Israeli arms maker Elbit, including Thunberg for holding placard.
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Before Christmas 2023 there was a magnificent display of Nacreous Clouds (AKA Polar Stratospheric Clouds). 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Before Christmas 2023 there was a magnificent display of Nacreous Clouds (AKA Polar Stratospheric Clouds). 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Santa's got a huge pile of coal. If anything a lot of MP's should be getting it this year... but I'm not a miracle worker with caricatures 😂 So these two will have to do.
#NzPol #Caricature #Santa #Cartoon #NaughtyList
Santa's got a huge pile of coal. If anything a lot of MP's should be getting it this year... but I'm not a miracle worker with caricatures 😂 So these two will have to do.
#NzPol #Caricature #Santa #Cartoon #NaughtyList
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Santa's got a huge pile of coal. If anything a lot of MP's should be getting it this year... but I'm not a miracle worker with caricatures 😂 So these two will have to do.
#NzPol #Caricature #Santa #Cartoon #NaughtyList
Santa's got a huge pile of coal. If anything a lot of MP's should be getting it this year... but I'm not a miracle worker with caricatures 😂 So these two will have to do.
#NzPol #Caricature #Santa #Cartoon #NaughtyList
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Phenomenal sunset from
Heretaunga/Hastings tonight
Heretaunga/Hastings tonight
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Phenomenal sunset from
Heretaunga/Hastings tonight
Heretaunga/Hastings tonight
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'Te Auaha' (an educational institution in Wellington) turned the lights off and closed its doors for the last time and returned to me, a photo and acknowledgement to my mum - that was in a room named after her ❤️
I'm going to put it in my weaving room 🙂
I'm going to put it in my weaving room 🙂
December 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
'Te Auaha' (an educational institution in Wellington) turned the lights off and closed its doors for the last time and returned to me, a photo and acknowledgement to my mum - that was in a room named after her ❤️
I'm going to put it in my weaving room 🙂
I'm going to put it in my weaving room 🙂
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Oh they understand alright
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Oh they understand alright
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Absolutely stunning!
1/n
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Absolutely stunning!
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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#nzpol Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because this awful National/NZ First/ACT coalition government considers you and your loved ones expendable. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#nzpol Pay attention, Aotearoa New Zealand, because this awful National/NZ First/ACT coalition government considers you and your loved ones expendable. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
