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Tehmina Gladman
@tbgladman.bsky.social
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Work in health professional education. Interest in higher education and educational technology. Likely to post about greyhounds, knitting, and travel. Also at tbgladman@mastodon.nz
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tbgladman.bsky.social
Yay! Just signed up. Can’t wait for #SecretSantaAoNZ 🧑‍🎄
secretsanta.nz Secret Santa Aotearoa @secretsanta.nz · 1d
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵

So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
The Bluesky Mastodon Secret Santa Aotearoa New Zealand rules are: The FIRST RULE of Secret Santa is: Be kind, please. The SECOND RULE of Secret Santa is: Be excellent to each other. The THIRD RULE of Secret Santa is to closely follow these instructions: You must enter an up to date postal address (or PO Box) on the Secret Santa App. Your gift must be sent by Tracked Post / Courier by 5th Dec AND your tracking number loaded into the Secret Santa App. If your address changes after 19th Nov you MUST DM @secretsanta.nz If your situation changes and you can no longer play after the matches are assigned you MUST DM @secretsanta.nz If your gift is being sent to work, you must take it home as soon as you receive it in case covid/life gets in the way The FOURTH RULE of Secret Santa is you must post some hints for your Santa using the hashtag #SecretSantaAoNZ. Post likes/dislikes, hobbies, interests, current hyperfixations, allergies, sock size etc - important stuff. The more the better! Stuck on what to post? Check out what others are sharing on the hashtag. The FIFTH RULE of Secret Santa is: Put aroha into your gift and ONLY SPEND WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD. It's the thought that counts is very much the foundation and spirit of Secret Santa. The SIXTH RULE of Secret Santa is: Opening Day is 17th Dec when you will open your gift and post videos or photos and much excitement! If you cannot do this date, please post in advance and again on the day when you will be opening. We understand that life might happen. The SEVENTH RULE of Secret Santa is that if you are disappointed in your gift, please do not post it onto your account. Let @secretsanta.nz know why in a DM and we can go from there.
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
I have such an odd dog #GreyhoundsAsPetsAoNZ
An elderly black greyhound lying on her bed and staring at the camera. She has one ear back and one ear standing straight up like a bat ear.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
Starting to feel a bit more like summer is coming. Complete with G&T in the garden. #SummerCocktail #AoNZSummer
A half empty glass of a clear beverage with a slice of lemon sitting on a wooden outdoor table. The corner of Randal Monroe’s book, What if? is visible.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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natashafromnz1.bsky.social
Want to be kids Secret Santa with us? Now is the time. For every $20 donated, 1 kiwi kid from a low income family gets a present at Christmas this year. We are currently at $1650. Can we reach $2k this weekend? Let's try. Pls share 💕 givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/b... @foxylustygrover.bsky.social
Bringing Kindness to NZ Families for Secret Santa 2025
An organization that brings kindness to all families in New Zealand/Aotearoa that are in need. Let's help with their Secret Santa for 2025.
givealittle.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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tastromo.bsky.social
Please make a submission, the govt is only allowing them for 10 days

#nzpol
norightturnnz.bsky.social Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 4d
National's bigger bulldozer for its corrupt Muldoonist fast-track law has been given a full six months select committee consideration - but you have only 10 days to submit. This is what the regime calls "consultation"
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
I don’t think I’ve posted my latest favourite knit that seems to go with everything. It’s the #Boddingtons by @babycocktails.bsky.social. #KnitSky
Picture of a cream knit vest with a travelling cable panel down the center shown over a black dress with collar. The dress and vest are on a hanger lying on a colourful quilt.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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natashafromnz1.bsky.social
Want to be a Kids Secret Santa with us? For every $20 donated, a kiwi kid gets a Christmas gift that they get to choose from Kindness Collective charity. So far $1550 donated! How cool is that?! Can you help? Pls donate and/or share 🙂💕 givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/b...
@foxylustygrover.bsky.social
Bringing Kindness to NZ Families for Secret Santa 2025
An organization that brings kindness to all families in New Zealand/Aotearoa that are in need. Let's help with their Secret Santa for 2025.
givealittle.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
Another opportunity to be a #SecretSanta. 🎁
natashafromnz1.bsky.social Tash @natashafromnz1.bsky.social · 7d
$1610 now. That's 80 kids we have helped so far get a gift at Christmas together. givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/b...
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Reposted by Tehmina Gladman
ninjakitty.bsky.social
We set up #SecretSantaAoNZ to spread smiles and fun. We know that times change but our purpose doesn’t.
If times are tough — which under this government is NO SURPRISE — please still be a part of this. We have options that you can sign up to & a lot of peeps happy to be Secret Santas! 🎁 🧑‍🎄 🎄🙌
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
Yay! My favourite time of the year. #SecretSantaAoNZ
foxylustygrover.bsky.social Foxy Santa @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 7d
Come for the Terry Pratchett quotes and say for the most wholesome love filled event you'll see on social media in end days of 2025, especially for the one true country Aotearoa

#SecretSantaAoNZ

Sign-up starts on the 10th of November
secretsanta.nz Secret Santa Aotearoa @secretsanta.nz · 8d
The story you are about to see has been told before. A lot. And now we are going to tell it again. But different.
This time, we're bringing Mastodon in for the fun.

Sign-ups open on November 10th.
Check out secretsanta.nz for more information
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
Went to my first ODI yesterday at Sky Stadium in Pōneke. Great one to attend. Black Caps beat England to clean sweep them for the first time since 1983. 🏏🎉 #BlackCaps #Cricket
November 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
tbgladman.bsky.social
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
Save the painted woolly bats
UPDATE: eBay has banned the sale of painted woolly bats on its platform! Now let's keep up the pressure to make sure Amazon follows suit.------Painted woolly bats are selfless little forest guardians,
action.eko.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
tbgladman.bsky.social
I’ve signed. Hope others will join. #nzpol
October 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
A petition for those interested in what is planned for our waterways: community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/sa...
Save Our Water Conservation Orders
Te Waikoropupū Springs have some of the clearest water ever measured on earth. In 2023, the Springs were protected by a Water Conservation Order (WCO). The WCO gives a special cloak of protection that...
community.greenpeace.org.nz
September 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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saycheeselouise.bsky.social
What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events?

You make him meet your eye.

You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud.

You make him listen to the applause you get.
September 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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nzctu.bsky.social
#nzpol “[CTU Secretary Mellissa] Ansell-Bridges said this was "more than a protest — it is a celebration of the women who nurture, lead, and resist".
"It honours the suffrage legacy and amplifies our collective power to shape the future."

www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/20/p...
Protestors march against Government's pay equity changes
From Whāngarei to Invercargill, women and allies gathered at more than 20 events across the country to protest pay equity.
www.1news.co.nz
September 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
Yay! Trying out the mug I hand painted at #CraftCampNZ. Love it!
A glazed mug with an abstract design painted in blocks of different shades of blue that I hand painted! It is filled with a mocha.
September 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
tbgladman.bsky.social
The weather cooperated today in Te Whanganui-a-Tara for the Women’s Day of Action #PayEquityNow
A group of people standing up for pay equity near the beehive with a clear blue sky in the background.
September 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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leftistlawyer.com
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
tbgladman.bsky.social
Please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/nz...
NZ Government Sanction Israel Now
Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...
our.actionstation.org.nz
September 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Tehmina Gladman
marthawells.com
This is the last day for the Murderbot + Witch King and my other fantasy Humble Book Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/martha... We've raised $89,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen so far!
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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saycheeselouise.bsky.social
They stack the select committee process and already have done-deals in the house via the coalition agreements. But voting in your local referendum is something they can't fix.

You can vote NOW till midday October 11th. If your voting pack doesn't come in the mail, call into your local council.
September 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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stinkyjim.bsky.social
On brand last minute but got mine in.Please please please take 5 minutes BEFORE 1 PM TODAY ‼️‼️ Rejecting this Bill is massively important for us and our democracy. The Greens Submission Guide is excellent, please use with your own flair and what have you. DO IT!

action.greens.org.nz/electoral_am...
Electoral Amendment Bill Submission Guide
action.greens.org.nz
September 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
tbgladman.bsky.social
There’s still time to submit on the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill. You have until 11:59pm on Wednesday the 27th of August. #nzpol www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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saycheeselouise.bsky.social
If you love democracy, crafts, or just want to support a young, progressive city councillor - please come along to my exhibition on the 5th.

6pm, the Nancy Caiger Gallery inside the Meteor Theatre, Hamilton NZ.
saycheeselouise.bsky.social Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · Aug 23
We're on like Donkey Kong 😎🧶✨
A poster for an exhibition, it has a piece of knitting that says "DEMOCRACY KNITS by Louise Hutt" surrounded by knitted hats with the words vote on them, balls of yarn, and the text "an exhibition, Friday 5th Sept - 6pm, Nancy Caiger Gallery. One night only".
August 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM