Elizabeth S
@irihapeta.bsky.social
Aotearoa / New Zealand. Public servant for life. Enjoy musing on language & grammar. Like kind, thoughtful, funny social media. Invented the Wordle emoji grid: ⬛🟨🟩
We're off to the Chatham Islands on Saturday.
Expecting it to be cooler and wetter than it's been here (Wellington).
Expecting it to be cooler and wetter than it's been here (Wellington).
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We're off to the Chatham Islands on Saturday.
Expecting it to be cooler and wetter than it's been here (Wellington).
Expecting it to be cooler and wetter than it's been here (Wellington).
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Any Netsafe members on BlueSky? I’ve put myself forward for one of two available positions on the Board. I care deeply about protection against online harm and want to use my experience to strengthen the HDCA and tools to help others feel safe. HMU if you want to chat further.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Any Netsafe members on BlueSky? I’ve put myself forward for one of two available positions on the Board. I care deeply about protection against online harm and want to use my experience to strengthen the HDCA and tools to help others feel safe. HMU if you want to chat further.
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The unholy comrade of a cover-up: name suppression
The unholy comrade of a cover-up: name suppression
The public almost missed out on learning of the police hierarchy’s cover-up of its disgraced deputy commissioner’s behaviour – because until the 11th hour the Crown wanted a permanent suppression orde...
newsroom.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The unholy comrade of a cover-up: name suppression
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Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
The inside story of how police protected a senior cop, and prosecuted his accuser instead
For years, police leadership ignored warnings about Jevon McSkimming. The IPCA has set out the chain of failures.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
Perfect avocado for lunch 😍
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Perfect avocado for lunch 😍
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🧵Hey lovely people. I know some Nelson Tasman people follow me here, so this is for you.❤️
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🧵Hey lovely people. I know some Nelson Tasman people follow me here, so this is for you.❤️
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
If you live in the region. We're having a celebration for the launch of Tiny Moments of Joy at Quiet Dog Gallery on the 27th of November at 5:30pm, and we'd love you to come. (1)
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In today’s NZ Herald
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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fuck this.
(the red scrolling banner across the bottom reads ‘christchurch school in lockdown after car crash, reports of offender with a gun’)
(the red scrolling banner across the bottom reads ‘christchurch school in lockdown after car crash, reports of offender with a gun’)
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
fuck this.
(the red scrolling banner across the bottom reads ‘christchurch school in lockdown after car crash, reports of offender with a gun’)
(the red scrolling banner across the bottom reads ‘christchurch school in lockdown after car crash, reports of offender with a gun’)
Five police cars, lights and sirens on, just drove up Victoria St, then one peeled off down Manners St. Trying to block someone off in Willis St, maybe?
#Wellington
#Wellington
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Five police cars, lights and sirens on, just drove up Victoria St, then one peeled off down Manners St. Trying to block someone off in Willis St, maybe?
#Wellington
#Wellington
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In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In today’s Weekend Herald #nzpolitics
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A report from the Minister for Growth, on the unemployment rate.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #unemployment #joblessness
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #unemployment #joblessness
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A report from the Minister for Growth, on the unemployment rate.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #unemployment #joblessness
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #unemployment #joblessness
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Another insightful piece by Joel #NZPol
The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Another insightful piece by Joel #NZPol
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He's desperate to give off the Illusion of leadership by making his problems and people disappear!
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
He's desperate to give off the Illusion of leadership by making his problems and people disappear!
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QUAKE: Mag 4.8, Thu, Nov 06 2025, 09:09:53 PM, 15 km west of Wellington. Depth: 45 km #eqnz https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2025p836054
GeoNet: Quake - 2025p836054
The quake may have been felt in Blenheim, Castlepoint, Collingwood, Dannevirke, Eketahuna, Feilding, French Pass, Hanmer Springs, Hawera, Hunterville, Kaikoura, Karamea, Levin, Martinborough, Masterton, Motueka, Murchison, Nelson, Palmerston North, Paraparaumu, Picton, Pongaroa, Porangahau, Seddon, St Arnaud, Taihape, Waverley, Wellington, Whanganui, and surrounding localities.
www.geonet.org.nz
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
QUAKE: Mag 4.8, Thu, Nov 06 2025, 09:09:53 PM, 15 km west of Wellington. Depth: 45 km #eqnz https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2025p836054
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Can someone explain to Three News / Stuff the difference between percent and percentage points?
A shift from 13 to 15 is not 2%. It's two percentage points - and actually 15%!
#nzpol youth unemployment rate (rounded to prove a point)
A shift from 13 to 15 is not 2%. It's two percentage points - and actually 15%!
#nzpol youth unemployment rate (rounded to prove a point)
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Can someone explain to Three News / Stuff the difference between percent and percentage points?
A shift from 13 to 15 is not 2%. It's two percentage points - and actually 15%!
#nzpol youth unemployment rate (rounded to prove a point)
A shift from 13 to 15 is not 2%. It's two percentage points - and actually 15%!
#nzpol youth unemployment rate (rounded to prove a point)
A colleague was telling me about a relative who'd played backing with "the Bee Gees. No, not the Bee Gees. Another band [pause; thinks hard] He had a Japanese wife".
Me: Do you mean the Beatles?
Her: Yes!
😁
Me: Do you mean the Beatles?
Her: Yes!
😁
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A colleague was telling me about a relative who'd played backing with "the Bee Gees. No, not the Bee Gees. Another band [pause; thinks hard] He had a Japanese wife".
Me: Do you mean the Beatles?
Her: Yes!
😁
Me: Do you mean the Beatles?
Her: Yes!
😁
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Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
Crutchie bar
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Bummie Bears
Bummie Bears
Change one letter, ruin a candy
S&Ms
S&Ms
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Crutchie bar
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Just got a notice from my daughter's school - there was a student with measles at school for half a day a couple of weeks ago. Oh yay.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Just got a notice from my daughter's school - there was a student with measles at school for half a day a couple of weeks ago. Oh yay.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
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Remember, we don’t cross picket lines. And we honk in support.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Remember, we don’t cross picket lines. And we honk in support.
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Damien Grant blaming feminism for falling fertility rates is lazy analysis masquerading as contrarian insight. Women's rights didn't "end humanity"—they freed half the population from compulsory reproduction.
October 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Damien Grant blaming feminism for falling fertility rates is lazy analysis masquerading as contrarian insight. Women's rights didn't "end humanity"—they freed half the population from compulsory reproduction.