Inconstant Gardener
@inconstantgardener.bsky.social
Mostly lurking. Grew up in Australia, but NZ has been home for getting on 25 years now. Greenie, lefty, feminist. Horse owner. Tramper. Crap skier. Ex-climber. I work for the gummint. Trying to be a. good/better tangata Tiriti
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Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season
Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season
"It was an absolutely delightful, joyful moment. I couldn't hope for anything better than that just before Christmas," sanctuary ecologist Robert Schadewinkel says.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season
#secretsantaAoNZ thank you Santa! It's beautiful!
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#secretsantaAoNZ thank you Santa! It's beautiful!
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ANYONE who attacks unarmed civilians just going about their lives, with any kind of weapon, is a cowardly, murderous, piece of shit. Simple as that.
If they do it at a time that's a celebration of peace, life, children, etc, then they're an evil, murderous, cowardly, piece of shit.
If they do it at a time that's a celebration of peace, life, children, etc, then they're an evil, murderous, cowardly, piece of shit.
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ANYONE who attacks unarmed civilians just going about their lives, with any kind of weapon, is a cowardly, murderous, piece of shit. Simple as that.
If they do it at a time that's a celebration of peace, life, children, etc, then they're an evil, murderous, cowardly, piece of shit.
If they do it at a time that's a celebration of peace, life, children, etc, then they're an evil, murderous, cowardly, piece of shit.
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What pisses me of is the mefia fawning over ever fart, utterance, and stunt from the the TP"U", but hardly ever seeks commentary from Tax Justice Aotearoa.
TP"U" gets free advertising and we get only one side of the story.
www.tjanz.org/labour_s_cgt...
TP"U" gets free advertising and we get only one side of the story.
www.tjanz.org/labour_s_cgt...
Media statement: Labour’s CGT welcomed, but ‘unambitious’
Tax Justice Aotearoa (TJA) and the Better Taxes for a Better Future Campaign have welcomed Labour’s commitment to a Capital Gains Tax (CGT), but expressed their disappointment with the narrow CGT La...
www.tjanz.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What pisses me of is the mefia fawning over ever fart, utterance, and stunt from the the TP"U", but hardly ever seeks commentary from Tax Justice Aotearoa.
TP"U" gets free advertising and we get only one side of the story.
www.tjanz.org/labour_s_cgt...
TP"U" gets free advertising and we get only one side of the story.
www.tjanz.org/labour_s_cgt...
#SecretSantaAoNZ I have my present ready to package up and send and will do it first thing Monday!!
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ I have my present ready to package up and send and will do it first thing Monday!!
#SecretSantAoNZ
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#SecretSantAoNZ
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!
Awesome work by the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust.
Chatham Islands' new Point Durham wind farm to drop power prices by 20 percent
Chatham Islands' new Point Durham wind farm to drop power prices by 20 percent
The Point Durham wind farm also makes it possible for the diesel-reliant islands to go green and run entirely on renewable energy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Awesome work by the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust.
Horses; Adelie, emperor, king and royal penguins; snow leopards; Burmese cats; albatrosses; assorted whales; orca; kea; tapir and okapi; wombats.
A new question for #SecretSantaAoNZ
Are you a cat or dog person? Pandas? Hippos? Dolphins?Dragons? Chimera? Nessie?
Are you a cat or dog person? Pandas? Hippos? Dolphins?Dragons? Chimera? Nessie?
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Horses; Adelie, emperor, king and royal penguins; snow leopards; Burmese cats; albatrosses; assorted whales; orca; kea; tapir and okapi; wombats.
#SecretSantaAoNZ Absolutely. Poetry FTW. Rime of the Ancient Mariner has been a touchstone for me. Also High Country Weather by JK Baxter. I don't access poems as easily as books and would love to know more.
For #SecretSantaAoNZ I would like to say that crafted, second-hand etc is wonderful.
If you are struggling, a copy of your favourite book, a poem that moved your soul, or an album that changed your life, I'd love to know the things that mean the most to you.
Remember it is the thought not the $$
If you are struggling, a copy of your favourite book, a poem that moved your soul, or an album that changed your life, I'd love to know the things that mean the most to you.
Remember it is the thought not the $$
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ Absolutely. Poetry FTW. Rime of the Ancient Mariner has been a touchstone for me. Also High Country Weather by JK Baxter. I don't access poems as easily as books and would love to know more.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
This could be an epic. I will restrain myself though. I prefer novels but like polar literature, sustainability, conservation and science. Also cookbooks and garden books.
Movies and TV - lots, but no helpful pattern.
This could be an epic. I will restrain myself though. I prefer novels but like polar literature, sustainability, conservation and science. Also cookbooks and garden books.
Movies and TV - lots, but no helpful pattern.
A new question for today #SecretSantaAoNZ
This one might require a few replies to answer, at least for me.
This one might require a few replies to answer, at least for me.
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ
This could be an epic. I will restrain myself though. I prefer novels but like polar literature, sustainability, conservation and science. Also cookbooks and garden books.
Movies and TV - lots, but no helpful pattern.
This could be an epic. I will restrain myself though. I prefer novels but like polar literature, sustainability, conservation and science. Also cookbooks and garden books.
Movies and TV - lots, but no helpful pattern.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Wheeew... OK - Beth Orton, Bonny Prince Billy, Ye Vagabonds, Pearl Jam and most indie stuff from the 90s. There are others, but I've had a wee dram...
Ursula Le Guin. Tolkien. Shout out to @poetactics.bsky.social who recommended The Bear and the Nightingale here - my new fave!
Wheeew... OK - Beth Orton, Bonny Prince Billy, Ye Vagabonds, Pearl Jam and most indie stuff from the 90s. There are others, but I've had a wee dram...
Ursula Le Guin. Tolkien. Shout out to @poetactics.bsky.social who recommended The Bear and the Nightingale here - my new fave!
A new question for today #SecretSantaAoNZ
This one might require a few replies to answer, at least for me.
This one might require a few replies to answer, at least for me.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Wheeew... OK - Beth Orton, Bonny Prince Billy, Ye Vagabonds, Pearl Jam and most indie stuff from the 90s. There are others, but I've had a wee dram...
Ursula Le Guin. Tolkien. Shout out to @poetactics.bsky.social who recommended The Bear and the Nightingale here - my new fave!
Wheeew... OK - Beth Orton, Bonny Prince Billy, Ye Vagabonds, Pearl Jam and most indie stuff from the 90s. There are others, but I've had a wee dram...
Ursula Le Guin. Tolkien. Shout out to @poetactics.bsky.social who recommended The Bear and the Nightingale here - my new fave!
#SecretSantaAoNZ
If my secret santa is rich, I would love them to make a significant donation to the Chatham Islands Landscape Restoration Trust www.chathamrestorationtrust.org.nz.
If my secret santa is rich, I would love them to make a significant donation to the Chatham Islands Landscape Restoration Trust www.chathamrestorationtrust.org.nz.
Chatham Island Landscape Restoration Trust
The Chatham Island Landscape Restoration Trust is a non-profit conservation organisation working to restore nature's gifts to the Chatham Islands.
www.chathamrestorationtrust.org.nz
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ
If my secret santa is rich, I would love them to make a significant donation to the Chatham Islands Landscape Restoration Trust www.chathamrestorationtrust.org.nz.
If my secret santa is rich, I would love them to make a significant donation to the Chatham Islands Landscape Restoration Trust www.chathamrestorationtrust.org.nz.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
OK, let's see. I'm into: the natural world of Aotearoa, feminism, tramping, mountaineering, books (of all sorts), wine, chocolate, horses, living with a smaller carbon and environmental footprint than I currently do, growing vegies and flowers and native plants.
OK, let's see. I'm into: the natural world of Aotearoa, feminism, tramping, mountaineering, books (of all sorts), wine, chocolate, horses, living with a smaller carbon and environmental footprint than I currently do, growing vegies and flowers and native plants.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ
OK, let's see. I'm into: the natural world of Aotearoa, feminism, tramping, mountaineering, books (of all sorts), wine, chocolate, horses, living with a smaller carbon and environmental footprint than I currently do, growing vegies and flowers and native plants.
OK, let's see. I'm into: the natural world of Aotearoa, feminism, tramping, mountaineering, books (of all sorts), wine, chocolate, horses, living with a smaller carbon and environmental footprint than I currently do, growing vegies and flowers and native plants.
#SecretSantaAoNZ
I bake (sourdough, Swedish cardamom buns, cakes), garden (inconstantly), run (not enough), take photos, tramp, swim (in the river), pretend I still ski and climb. I have a darning thingy to repair merinos and want to do more crafty things like that.
I bake (sourdough, Swedish cardamom buns, cakes), garden (inconstantly), run (not enough), take photos, tramp, swim (in the river), pretend I still ski and climb. I have a darning thingy to repair merinos and want to do more crafty things like that.
New question #SecretSantaAoNZ
Remember, sign-ups close today.
Remember, sign-ups close today.
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ
I bake (sourdough, Swedish cardamom buns, cakes), garden (inconstantly), run (not enough), take photos, tramp, swim (in the river), pretend I still ski and climb. I have a darning thingy to repair merinos and want to do more crafty things like that.
I bake (sourdough, Swedish cardamom buns, cakes), garden (inconstantly), run (not enough), take photos, tramp, swim (in the river), pretend I still ski and climb. I have a darning thingy to repair merinos and want to do more crafty things like that.
Um.... I collect books. Like, I buy them kind of compulsively, and then think I could have borrowed them. And saved money, to buy more books. Or something.
Question time #SecretSantaAoNZ
What do you collect? If you were a dragon what would you hoard?
What do you collect? If you were a dragon what would you hoard?
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Um.... I collect books. Like, I buy them kind of compulsively, and then think I could have borrowed them. And saved money, to buy more books. Or something.
#SecretSantaAoNZ As far as pets go, I have two horses. They are awesome. One just came through a major surgery experience at the start of the year, so thanking my lucky stars she's still with me.
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ As far as pets go, I have two horses. They are awesome. One just came through a major surgery experience at the start of the year, so thanking my lucky stars she's still with me.
Chloe for PM.
August 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Chloe for PM.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
PM Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Call David Seymour into line
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and making...
our.actionstation.org.nz
July 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
Couldn't have said it better myself.
June 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Go to hell, Shane Jones.
Luxon's #WarOnNature rolls on.
This is another blatant attempt at enabling mining on conservation land.
The whole point of DOC is to protect nature. Their power to veto mining in native forests and wetlands should be strengthened, not hamstrung.
#nzpol
This is another blatant attempt at enabling mining on conservation land.
The whole point of DOC is to protect nature. Their power to veto mining in native forests and wetlands should be strengthened, not hamstrung.
#nzpol
Shane Jones wants to strip Conservation Department’s concession powers
DoC is a “prison” for investors, the mining minister says, as he continues his push to turbo-charge development.
www.thepost.co.nz
June 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Go to hell, Shane Jones.
Under The Mountain and the O series were really formative for me. Vale Maurice Gee.
June 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Under The Mountain and the O series were really formative for me. Vale Maurice Gee.