Tihor Arzah
@lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social
(he/him) | late 1900's millenial বাঙালি কিউই | Toitū te Tiriti | Tangata Tiriti
I love taking naps. I love to eat. I love to cook. I am not responsible for what my face does if you say something stupid.
I love taking naps. I love to eat. I love to cook. I am not responsible for what my face does if you say something stupid.
Threw some barley 🌾 seeds in winter to fatten the pigeons. 👀👀 Nek minit, I is a 👨🏽🌾 now 😂😂😂
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Threw some barley 🌾 seeds in winter to fatten the pigeons. 👀👀 Nek minit, I is a 👨🏽🌾 now 😂😂😂
coming off WIPCE 2025 which was amazing, good listening this and reminds us why as people of the diaspora, we should care more and be advocating for and standing beside tangata whenua around the world.
EP 76: The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands
We discuss how South Asian communities became part of the social, economic, and political systems built on Indigenous land, how race and caste shape our relationships with Indigenous peoples, and what...
brownhistory.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
coming off WIPCE 2025 which was amazing, good listening this and reminds us why as people of the diaspora, we should care more and be advocating for and standing beside tangata whenua around the world.
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New Zealand has a boomer problem
New Zealand has a boomer problem
We have too many boomers and not enough young workers to fund their retirements. National thinks its new KiwiSaver policy could be the answer....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New Zealand has a boomer problem
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this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
Wait....waiittttt...hold the fekking phone... @willdalrymple.bsky.social was in my area code?! In Aotearoa New Zealand! OMFG!! How did I miss this. 😭😭. Absolutely gutted. Oh maaaaannnnnn!
a man in an orange shirt is wearing green gloves with the words hulk sad written on them
ALT: a man in an orange shirt is wearing green gloves with the words hulk sad written on them
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Wait....waiittttt...hold the fekking phone... @willdalrymple.bsky.social was in my area code?! In Aotearoa New Zealand! OMFG!! How did I miss this. 😭😭. Absolutely gutted. Oh maaaaannnnnn!
Counting down to the World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education (WIPCE) 2025 from 16-20 Nov in AKL. Aotea Square will be alive with the sights, sounds, tastes, & wairua of Te Ao Māori & Indigenous cultures as part of Te Ao Pūtahi festival which is open to all. Nau mai haere mai. #wipce2025
Te Ao Pūtahi Festival
- WIPCE 2025
wipce2025.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Counting down to the World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education (WIPCE) 2025 from 16-20 Nov in AKL. Aotea Square will be alive with the sights, sounds, tastes, & wairua of Te Ao Māori & Indigenous cultures as part of Te Ao Pūtahi festival which is open to all. Nau mai haere mai. #wipce2025
Happy Diwali! Happy Kali Puja! Now more than ever, may we always triumph light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. 🪔🌟
Now I got to find me some mishti.
Now I got to find me some mishti.
October 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Happy Diwali! Happy Kali Puja! Now more than ever, may we always triumph light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. 🪔🌟
Now I got to find me some mishti.
Now I got to find me some mishti.
These younguns all about their 6-7’s pfffffttt puhleeeeeese…..don’t make me bust out the 369…. iykyk.
➡️ the🪟 ➡️ the 🧱, Till the 😰 💦👇 my 🏀
➡️ the🪟 ➡️ the 🧱, Till the 😰 💦👇 my 🏀
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
These younguns all about their 6-7’s pfffffttt puhleeeeeese…..don’t make me bust out the 369…. iykyk.
➡️ the🪟 ➡️ the 🧱, Till the 😰 💦👇 my 🏀
➡️ the🪟 ➡️ the 🧱, Till the 😰 💦👇 my 🏀
The second boil of a boil up is at the same gastronomic level as the day after any māngshor (meat) jhōl (gravy). Absofuckingdelicious! I'm saying it and I don't care if you harrumph. Signed this Ngāti Bangali. #aotearoakai #kai #nzfood
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The second boil of a boil up is at the same gastronomic level as the day after any māngshor (meat) jhōl (gravy). Absofuckingdelicious! I'm saying it and I don't care if you harrumph. Signed this Ngāti Bangali. #aotearoakai #kai #nzfood
Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.
October 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.
Mōrena whānau - please remember if you still haven't voted in Auckland, you need to drop off your papers into an orange bin. See my post below for drop off locations. You cannot post your votes anymore.
Voting closes midday this Saturday! 🗳️
#nzpol
Voting closes midday this Saturday! 🗳️
#nzpol
October 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mōrena whānau - please remember if you still haven't voted in Auckland, you need to drop off your papers into an orange bin. See my post below for drop off locations. You cannot post your votes anymore.
Voting closes midday this Saturday! 🗳️
#nzpol
Voting closes midday this Saturday! 🗳️
#nzpol
whānau ma, if you have already voted ka pai you. If you haven't yet, you have until 12pm Saturday 11 October 2025 to drop your vote in Tāmaki Makaurau. Check the link to find out your nearest drop off place. You need to vote to effect changes we all want & can have by haere rā them dinosaurs. #nzpol
Where to vote | Vote Auckland
Find your nearest location to drop off your vote, enrol to vote or cast a special vote.
voteauckland.co.nz
October 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
whānau ma, if you have already voted ka pai you. If you haven't yet, you have until 12pm Saturday 11 October 2025 to drop your vote in Tāmaki Makaurau. Check the link to find out your nearest drop off place. You need to vote to effect changes we all want & can have by haere rā them dinosaurs. #nzpol
There's upper lip and then there's Nic White's upper lip. Only a matter of time till Sir David Attenborough narrates that special episode in his next documentary. #trc #bledisloecup #wallabies #rugby
October 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There's upper lip and then there's Nic White's upper lip. Only a matter of time till Sir David Attenborough narrates that special episode in his next documentary. #trc #bledisloecup #wallabies #rugby
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If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If an incumbent councillor running in 2025 claims they support Māori wards please check receipts - there was a councillor vote on Māori wards in 2023. 11 voted against, & most are seeking your vote again - Fletcher, Lee, K Turner, Williamson, Baker, Newman, Walker, Watson: all said no.
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In a race to stand for nothing, we are increasingly heading for first place.
BREAKING: Winston Peters says is NZ is "not ready" to recognise Palestinian statehood.
"We do not think the time is now."
He says recognition at this time would be "open for political manipulation by both Hamas and Israel".
"We do not think the time is now."
He says recognition at this time would be "open for political manipulation by both Hamas and Israel".
September 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In a race to stand for nothing, we are increasingly heading for first place.
This gummint keeps confirming its position as a useless spineless git. Now to wait for the 'we need more evidence and time' spin for its decision not to recognise 🇵🇸 as a state. Absolute wankers. #nzpol
September 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This gummint keeps confirming its position as a useless spineless git. Now to wait for the 'we need more evidence and time' spin for its decision not to recognise 🇵🇸 as a state. Absolute wankers. #nzpol
following the Auckland Council’s Policy & Planning committee meeting on The Spinoff & I dont think I can control my facial reactions reading the kaka 🤦♂️. These dinosaur waste of spaces need to be voted out....go & open that voting pack, exercise your civic duty before 12pm 11 October. #nzpol
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
following the Auckland Council’s Policy & Planning committee meeting on The Spinoff & I dont think I can control my facial reactions reading the kaka 🤦♂️. These dinosaur waste of spaces need to be voted out....go & open that voting pack, exercise your civic duty before 12pm 11 October. #nzpol
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Kia kaha Black Ferns. You did us all proud. Good game but credit where credit is due, the Canadians were just outstanding today. It wasn’t that we played bad, more that 🇨🇦 was much better on the field. Man that was a bloody good game to watch. I know who I’m supporting in the finals. #wrwc2025
September 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Kia kaha Black Ferns. You did us all proud. Good game but credit where credit is due, the Canadians were just outstanding today. It wasn’t that we played bad, more that 🇨🇦 was much better on the field. Man that was a bloody good game to watch. I know who I’m supporting in the finals. #wrwc2025
We're right and truly faaaarked.
I read this as 'Trumps erupt in my rectum'!
Mind you, at least that's a defensible position.
Mind you, at least that's a defensible position.
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We're right and truly faaaarked.
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Grumpy Facebook rant ahoy. 🩷
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Grumpy Facebook rant ahoy. 🩷
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My running mate @jonturnernz.bsky.social doing a great job of pointing out the hypocrisy and that there is an oversupply of carparking in the area around the Dominion Road one atm. You cannot say you truly support public transport and vote against measures to improve it.
September 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My running mate @jonturnernz.bsky.social doing a great job of pointing out the hypocrisy and that there is an oversupply of carparking in the area around the Dominion Road one atm. You cannot say you truly support public transport and vote against measures to improve it.
Albert-Eden voters...actually all Tāmaki Makaurau local election voters, vote C&R out of existence...they are why we have not AND cannot have nice things...
#nzpol
#nzpol
I'm at Puketāpapa Local Board and C&R are voting against decreasing congestion by expanding T3 and bus lanes. Claiming that a small loss of on street carparking for a few businesses is more important that travel time improvements of 3 minutes plus per bus passenger. C&R did same at Albert-Eden.
September 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Albert-Eden voters...actually all Tāmaki Makaurau local election voters, vote C&R out of existence...they are why we have not AND cannot have nice things...
#nzpol
#nzpol