Penz Aotearoa 📚🪡
@greengecko29.bsky.social
Reads a lot, sews things, does other craft, manages a library, is a mum and wife. Opinions are my own. Dislikes stickers on fruit. Give me pie. Cheese is life. She/her
Exactly. If you're in a service industry, you'll be lucky to get the stats off. Some orgs force their workers to take the week off betwn Xmas/NY but it's back at it Jan 5th.
What the actual fuck.
Everything closes for exactly one day, unless you are rich and can just take time off. Basically everything is open except for a few days here and there.
Everything closes for exactly one day, unless you are rich and can just take time off. Basically everything is open except for a few days here and there.
Who is resurfacing this question give me names I just wanna talk
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Exactly. If you're in a service industry, you'll be lucky to get the stats off. Some orgs force their workers to take the week off betwn Xmas/NY but it's back at it Jan 5th.
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Seymour: let's not make "assumptions" that a serious food safety incident is the responsibility of a company with a record of food safety incidents so bad that officials strongly warned against contracting it. Maybe it was the person who reported it! What a prick. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...
Seymour labels principal at centre of mouldy school lunches a media 'frequent flyer'
The principal has hit back saying the food is delivered daily and leftovers removed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Seymour: let's not make "assumptions" that a serious food safety incident is the responsibility of a company with a record of food safety incidents so bad that officials strongly warned against contracting it. Maybe it was the person who reported it! What a prick. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchu...
Teams transcripts struggle with Nuzild accent. Check ins is heard as chickens... totally changes the presentation lol
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Teams transcripts struggle with Nuzild accent. Check ins is heard as chickens... totally changes the presentation lol
There should be a rule that if the temperature gets over 24 degrees C you can get off work early to go for a swim #kikorangi
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
There should be a rule that if the temperature gets over 24 degrees C you can get off work early to go for a swim #kikorangi
My gherkin plants have given me 2 gherkins. There are more coming along. Hoping to have enough available at one time to pickle them.
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My gherkin plants have given me 2 gherkins. There are more coming along. Hoping to have enough available at one time to pickle them.
I just r'ceived an automated message to say a service request I did in 2022 for another library's broken elevator is now being worked on. I'm not sure what to say.
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I just r'ceived an automated message to say a service request I did in 2022 for another library's broken elevator is now being worked on. I'm not sure what to say.
Randomly remembered the person who bullied me at school for wearing a petticoat under my uniform (thanks mum). They're apparently v successful career person now. Life is weird.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Randomly remembered the person who bullied me at school for wearing a petticoat under my uniform (thanks mum). They're apparently v successful career person now. Life is weird.
The Slushi machine is proving to be a winner.
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Slushi machine is proving to be a winner.
We're building a fence. Considering getting chickens. Tell about successfully keeping chickens in an urban backyard.
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We're building a fence. Considering getting chickens. Tell about successfully keeping chickens in an urban backyard.
In an entirely frivolous purchase, I now own a slushi machine.
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
In an entirely frivolous purchase, I now own a slushi machine.
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Sums up leadership as values driven, positive, thoughtful and hopeful.
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sums up leadership as values driven, positive, thoughtful and hopeful.
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
Leadership extends an invitation to collective action and inspires others to do so while building them up
#nzpol
#SecretSantaAoNZ participants... heads up :-)
I never do sales, but I'm doing a big Christmas sale this year! Shop #kikorangi local, support an artist, and give unique gifts that always hit with their recipient!
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#SecretSantaAoNZ participants... heads up :-)
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A heads up for lovers of handcrafts - this beautiful pile of willow baskets and more is for sale this Saturday, 10-3 at the Steiner School Fair. Made here un Ōtautahi by my talented fellow Rekindle teachers Diana Duncan (aka Swamp City Basketry) and Gemma Stratton.
#🇳🇿🧶
#🇳🇿🧶
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A heads up for lovers of handcrafts - this beautiful pile of willow baskets and more is for sale this Saturday, 10-3 at the Steiner School Fair. Made here un Ōtautahi by my talented fellow Rekindle teachers Diana Duncan (aka Swamp City Basketry) and Gemma Stratton.
#🇳🇿🧶
#🇳🇿🧶
Finished up these #PeppermintFernPleatedPants on the weekend. Made with a linen shibori pattern fabric, should be great for summer wear. Next iteration will have the zip at the side to make it more #AccessibleClothing
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Finished up these #PeppermintFernPleatedPants on the weekend. Made with a linen shibori pattern fabric, should be great for summer wear. Next iteration will have the zip at the side to make it more #AccessibleClothing
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Unemployment - 5.3%
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
Unemployment rate at 5.3 percent in the September 2025 quarter | Stats NZ
New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in the September 2025 quarter.
www.stats.govt.nz
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Unemployment - 5.3%
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
Underemployment - 12.9%
The highest unemployment rate since December 2016.
And the highest underemployment rate since September 2015 (except briefly at the peak of the pandemic).
The government just doesn't care about New Zealand workers.
www.stats.govt.nz/news/unemplo...
To the woman crying in the green Toyota behind me on the way to work: I really hope your day gets better.
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
To the woman crying in the green Toyota behind me on the way to work: I really hope your day gets better.
We just paid off our mortgage. A celebratory GnT tonight I think.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We just paid off our mortgage. A celebratory GnT tonight I think.
Mr22 failed his restricted again. Any advice for people with dyspraxia sitting their licenses?
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Mr22 failed his restricted again. Any advice for people with dyspraxia sitting their licenses?
Out of office replies set up. Finally getting some leave. Haven't had a week off since April which is v bad planning on my part, but I've been trying to keep the library open while other people have holidays and sickness.
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Out of office replies set up. Finally getting some leave. Haven't had a week off since April which is v bad planning on my part, but I've been trying to keep the library open while other people have holidays and sickness.
Spent the day doing gardening related things. Absorbed sunlight and dug in dirt. Covered the dirt because cat.
October 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Spent the day doing gardening related things. Absorbed sunlight and dug in dirt. Covered the dirt because cat.
Manifesting my purely frivoulous desire to own a slushy machine for this summer. Kmart's viral $NZ$189 is out of stock bother it.
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Manifesting my purely frivoulous desire to own a slushy machine for this summer. Kmart's viral $NZ$189 is out of stock bother it.
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Here is your Wednesday Weevil, Watching Warily. Seen at night in a Costa Rican rainforest. Love the giant eyes on this little nugget of a beetle. 🐙🌿 🕶️
October 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here is your Wednesday Weevil, Watching Warily. Seen at night in a Costa Rican rainforest. Love the giant eyes on this little nugget of a beetle. 🐙🌿 🕶️
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For ChrisT sake
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
For ChrisT sake
Came in to work to find someone left their nail clippings on my desk.
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Came in to work to find someone left their nail clippings on my desk.