Lee Rowe
@leerowe.bsky.social
Granny. Librarian. Pākehā. From Ōpunake. Now Tauranga Moana. Aotearoa. Toitū Tiriti. Free Palestine. My hobbies include not giving way to men on the footpath. Vaxxed to the max. She/Her/Ia.
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Hey Tauranga folks! Takitimu Drive is about to close between 11th ave and 15th ave. Potential slip about to occur. Please take care if in that area, as large trees appear unstable. Stay safe!!
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Hey Tauranga folks! Takitimu Drive is about to close between 11th ave and 15th ave. Potential slip about to occur. Please take care if in that area, as large trees appear unstable. Stay safe!!
Mood. On edge. Shocked. Grieving. Not for me but for those directly affected by the slips and all those who are helping. We are only 0 or 1 degrees separated by these people here in Tauranga Moana and around Aotearoa maybe 2 degrees. Mihi ki a Mauao.
January 23, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Mood. On edge. Shocked. Grieving. Not for me but for those directly affected by the slips and all those who are helping. We are only 0 or 1 degrees separated by these people here in Tauranga Moana and around Aotearoa maybe 2 degrees. Mihi ki a Mauao.
Tattooing in a study room today. Tattoo-ee consenting but everything else about it was wrong. I did smile at the entrepreneurial spirit of the "tattooist" who is doing our L3 Career Prep course & wants to get a job as a tattooist so was "practising" But yes incident report done #betterworkstories
August 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Tattooing in a study room today. Tattoo-ee consenting but everything else about it was wrong. I did smile at the entrepreneurial spirit of the "tattooist" who is doing our L3 Career Prep course & wants to get a job as a tattooist so was "practising" But yes incident report done #betterworkstories
Jesus RNZ are really doubling down on their target audience being 50 to 59 white people.
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Jesus RNZ are really doubling down on their target audience being 50 to 59 white people.
Flag wave 11 am Sunday 24th August Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui.
August 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Flag wave 11 am Sunday 24th August Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui.
Not sure how I'm going to cope with seeing MMB's face on my commute every effing day.
August 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Not sure how I'm going to cope with seeing MMB's face on my commute every effing day.
Just watched an interview with photographer Dennis Morris on Al Jazeera. What a cool dude! And I am ashamed of my racist view on life that means I didn't know about him until now. One onion layer at a time I suppose.
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Just watched an interview with photographer Dennis Morris on Al Jazeera. What a cool dude! And I am ashamed of my racist view on life that means I didn't know about him until now. One onion layer at a time I suppose.
Yet another gobbledook email about the Te Pūkenga transition. Full of acronyms ISBs, EAGs, TEC, ITPs, FRACs. I counted 23 uses of acronyms in the one email.
August 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yet another gobbledook email about the Te Pūkenga transition. Full of acronyms ISBs, EAGs, TEC, ITPs, FRACs. I counted 23 uses of acronyms in the one email.
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How the IDF morphed into completely evil. Gleefully committing murder,rape, torture. Filming it, celebrating it, with zero accountability. Monsters are not born, they're created.
aje.io/12i3kw
aje.io/12i3kw
What is Israel’s ‘most moral army in the world’ doing in Gaza?
Accusations of shooting civilians at will have led some observers to conclude that Israeli soldiers are ‘gamifying’ war.
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August 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
How the IDF morphed into completely evil. Gleefully committing murder,rape, torture. Filming it, celebrating it, with zero accountability. Monsters are not born, they're created.
aje.io/12i3kw
aje.io/12i3kw
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This is a useful resource from Tina Ngata
“Tiriti-Positive Candidates
United in Tiriti-Centered governance that serves all of Aotearoa
Select a council to show your Te Tiriti Positive Candidates”
www.votefortetiriti.com
“Tiriti-Positive Candidates
United in Tiriti-Centered governance that serves all of Aotearoa
Select a council to show your Te Tiriti Positive Candidates”
www.votefortetiriti.com
Vote For Te Tiriti
www.votefortetiriti.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is a useful resource from Tina Ngata
“Tiriti-Positive Candidates
United in Tiriti-Centered governance that serves all of Aotearoa
Select a council to show your Te Tiriti Positive Candidates”
www.votefortetiriti.com
“Tiriti-Positive Candidates
United in Tiriti-Centered governance that serves all of Aotearoa
Select a council to show your Te Tiriti Positive Candidates”
www.votefortetiriti.com
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We All Share a Duty to Speak Out for Gaza's Children
(Today, I have written this essay to express my wholehearted support for the children of Gaza)
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/we-share-a...
(Today, I have written this essay to express my wholehearted support for the children of Gaza)
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/we-share-a...
We All Share a Duty to Speak Out for Gaza's Children
Today, I have written this essay to express my wholehearted support for the children of Gaza.
gurdeeppandher.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We All Share a Duty to Speak Out for Gaza's Children
(Today, I have written this essay to express my wholehearted support for the children of Gaza)
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/we-share-a...
(Today, I have written this essay to express my wholehearted support for the children of Gaza)
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/we-share-a...
Flag waving for Palestine. Tauranga Moana today. Free Free Palestine vt.tiktok.com/ZSAeaM3Ug/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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August 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Flag waving for Palestine. Tauranga Moana today. Free Free Palestine vt.tiktok.com/ZSAeaM3Ug/
Tauranga people! Flag wave 11 am Sunday 17th August Coronation Park Mount Maunganui. Palestine you will never walk alone.
August 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Just the feeling that I have when I go to work now, where I feel appreciated, I feel valued, I work with stakeholders that are hilarious, they're two and it's just such an engaging life" Wonderful & funny quote from someone in their 50s retraining to be an ECE teacher. www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/...
The people over 50 who are hitting the books
Whether it's for the first time or a return to tertiary, people who are near or beyond retirement age still have the fighting spirit to head to university.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Just the feeling that I have when I go to work now, where I feel appreciated, I feel valued, I work with stakeholders that are hilarious, they're two and it's just such an engaging life" Wonderful & funny quote from someone in their 50s retraining to be an ECE teacher. www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/...
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Tauranga people! Flag wave 11 am Sunday 17th August Coronation Park Mount Maunganui. Palestine you will never walk alone.
August 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Tauranga people! Flag wave 11 am Sunday 17th August Coronation Park Mount Maunganui. Palestine you will never walk alone.
Tauranga people! Flag wave 11 am Sunday 17th August Coronation Park Mount Maunganui. Palestine you will never walk alone.
August 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Tauranga people! Flag wave 11 am Sunday 17th August Coronation Park Mount Maunganui. Palestine you will never walk alone.
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I know we’re all tired of making submissions, but this is another one that really needs our attention. Basically removes all responsibility to Te Tiriti and opens us up for more/easier privatisation.
Thanks to Hayley for working to get the message out.
Thanks to Hayley for working to get the message out.
It’s deeply frustrating that I’m struggling to find any mainstream media articles making these very clear, very concerning points about The Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill, alongside the opening of the door to privatisation.
The silence is concerning - and the deadline closes on Monday.
The silence is concerning - and the deadline closes on Monday.
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I know we’re all tired of making submissions, but this is another one that really needs our attention. Basically removes all responsibility to Te Tiriti and opens us up for more/easier privatisation.
Thanks to Hayley for working to get the message out.
Thanks to Hayley for working to get the message out.
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You can give the 4yr old daughter of the murdered journalist Anas a voice by reposting this
It’s the least you can do
It’s the least you can do
August 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
You can give the 4yr old daughter of the murdered journalist Anas a voice by reposting this
It’s the least you can do
It’s the least you can do
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RNZ did a story on it, used a picture of a different journalist who was killed *last year* & gave half the text to the *evil* Israeli justification without mentioning the 200+ media workers killed in Gaza since 2023
Anyone still unsure about RNZ's genocide complicity?
Anyone still unsure about RNZ's genocide complicity?
August 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
RNZ did a story on it, used a picture of a different journalist who was killed *last year* & gave half the text to the *evil* Israeli justification without mentioning the 200+ media workers killed in Gaza since 2023
Anyone still unsure about RNZ's genocide complicity?
Anyone still unsure about RNZ's genocide complicity?
Five zionists turned up at our rally for a free Palestine today. With Israeli flags. There was a bit of a fraca. Their main argument was "where will the Israelis go there are so many of us" Which really means zionists are superior. One said to me it's just like the marry & pakeha in New Zealand. Ugh
August 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Five zionists turned up at our rally for a free Palestine today. With Israeli flags. There was a bit of a fraca. Their main argument was "where will the Israelis go there are so many of us" Which really means zionists are superior. One said to me it's just like the marry & pakeha in New Zealand. Ugh
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Despite the cold, wet and miserable weather conditions today people came along to the rally to support Gaza
People bused in from Kaiapoi and drove up from Ashburton as well as all over Ōtautahi
We can cos we have safe, warm homes with food in the cupboards to return to
Unlike the people in Gaza
People bused in from Kaiapoi and drove up from Ashburton as well as all over Ōtautahi
We can cos we have safe, warm homes with food in the cupboards to return to
Unlike the people in Gaza
August 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Despite the cold, wet and miserable weather conditions today people came along to the rally to support Gaza
People bused in from Kaiapoi and drove up from Ashburton as well as all over Ōtautahi
We can cos we have safe, warm homes with food in the cupboards to return to
Unlike the people in Gaza
People bused in from Kaiapoi and drove up from Ashburton as well as all over Ōtautahi
We can cos we have safe, warm homes with food in the cupboards to return to
Unlike the people in Gaza
Making egg sandwiches for a party. Not the budget option it used to be!
August 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Making egg sandwiches for a party. Not the budget option it used to be!
Ah so this is why TCC was asking the community for ideas on what to do about parking at the Mount. I mean it's awesome news, I love Triathlon but there will be total gridlock if they don't solve the problem pronto sunlive.co.nz/news/369751-...
SunLive - Tauranga secures 2028 World Triathlon Championship - The Bay's News First
Tauranga secures 2028 World Triathlon Championship
sunlive.co.nz
August 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ah so this is why TCC was asking the community for ideas on what to do about parking at the Mount. I mean it's awesome news, I love Triathlon but there will be total gridlock if they don't solve the problem pronto sunlive.co.nz/news/369751-...
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Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays
A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.
gothamist.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.
Big group of us flag waving at the Mount today. vt.tiktok.com/ZSSPEMsam/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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August 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Big group of us flag waving at the Mount today. vt.tiktok.com/ZSSPEMsam/