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He's literally the Pope?????
From Hollywood to holy water: Pope Leo invites stars to the Vatican Observers say that welcoming of guests including Cate Blanchett, Monica Bellucci and Spike Lee is a move to raise pontiff’s profile
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Article I wrote on Bayden Barber featured on the front page of #Wikipedia today in the Did you know? section

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Screenshot of Wikipedia's Did you know section on 15 November 2025 Did you know ... Bayden Barber Bayden Barber ... that Bayden Barber (pictured), the chair of Ngāti Kahungunu, has supported establishing a parliament for Māori? ... that The London Standard described the lyrics in a Taylor Swift song as "a car crash of outdated millennial cringe"? ... that Xavian Stapleton was given a list of 55 schools to which he was not allowed to transfer? ... that the Kaman-Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum, opened in 2010 and styled as a mound covered by natural grass, received the US-based "Best Green Museum" award? ... that Theo Waimuri's bid for the General Elections Commission caused three lawmakers to walk out of his assessment hearing? ... that the region of Inazuma was used to allay concerns that Genshin Impact imitated The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? ... that, after a policeman held up traffic to let a mother cat cross a street, Harry Warnecke staged a re-enactment of the moment for a photograph? ... that some Japanese railway companies have their own character mascots? ... that the voice of the UK X Factor has narrated 30,000 adverts? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Canada's is really cool i think
Parliament of Canada
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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2025 Māori ward referendums - results by ward
#nzpol
Made for the #Wikipedia article, see detailed results here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ne...
Map showing margin of support by ward in the 2025 New Zealand local referendums on Māori wards and constituencies CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder | Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I was trying to find freely licensed photos of every mayor in the previous term and now a bunch of new mayors are in so gotta find even more photos!
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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2025 #Auckland mayoral election - margin of victory by local board subdivision

Incumbent mayor Wayne Brown was ahead almost everywhere, whilst 2nd place Cllr Kerrin Leoni was ahead in parts of South Auckland.

#nzpol #electionmaps
Map of Auckland mayoral election margin of victory by local board subdivision. Wayne Brown (in blue) dominates most places. Kerrin Leoni won in 2 subdivisions in South Auckland CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder | Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Map of Te Pāti Māori local councillors following 2025 New Zealand local elections

#nzpol #electionmaps
Map showing where Te Pāti Māori has elected councillors. Rotorua: 1 Palmy: 1 Kāpiti Coast: 1 CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder | Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Map of Green party local councillors following 2025 New Zealand local elections

#nzpol #electionmaps
Map showing where the Green Party has elected councillors. Hastings: 1 (endorsed Independent) Palmy: 2 Lower Hutt: 1 (endorsed Independent) Wellington: 4 Dunedin: 1 CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder | Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Map of ACT Local councillors following 2025 New Zealand local elections

#nzpol #electionmaps
Map showing where ACT Local has elected councillors. Far North: 1 Whangārei: 1 New Plymouth: 1 Manawatū: 1 Marlborough: 2 CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder | Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Map of Labour party local councillors (+mayor in Wellington) following 2025 New Zealand local elections

#nzpol #electionmaps
Map showing where the Labour Party has elected councillors. Auckland: 5 Palmy: 1 Porirua: 2 Lower Hutt: 1 Wellington: 6 (including mayor) Nelson: 1 Christchurch: 3 (including joint The People's Choice candidates) Dunedin: 1 CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder | Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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2025 Whakatāne District Māori wards referendum - results by ward.

#nzpol
Map showing results of the 2025 Whakatāne District Māori wards referendum. CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder | Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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2025 Māori ward referendums - margin of support by council (final results)

#nzpol
Map showing margin of support for Māori wards by council. CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder - Boundaries CC BY 4.0 Stats NZ
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Some maps of the Auckland Council election

Showing elected councillors by affiliation and political lean

#nzpol
Map showing elected councillors by affiliation CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder Map showing elected councillors by political lean CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder
October 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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only other region with an official flag is Bay of Plenty with this monstrosity
Bay of Plenty flag
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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more places in New Zealand should have flags

Otago really the only place with a proper flag
October 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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updated my Māori ward referendums map
can compare versions with these links

Progress (old): upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Prelim (new): upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Created for the #Wikipedia article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ne...

#nzpol
Map showing preliminary margin of support by council for the 2025 Māori ward referendums CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder
October 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Preliminary results of the 2025 Māori wards referendums

#nzpol
Map showing preliminary margin of support by council for the 2025 Māori ward referendums CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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2025 New Zealand regional council elections - preliminary results map

#nzpol
Map showing the preliminary results of the 2025 New Zealand regional council elections. Most places are shown as grey indicating they were won by Indepedents. Waikato and Otago regions are shown in blue, indicating they saw wins by local conservative/right-leaning groups. CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Wellington (no other candidate has a Wikipedia article)
#nzpol
Graph showing page views for Andrew Little and Ray Chung's Wikipedia articles
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Christchurch #nzpol
Graph showing page views for Phil Mauger and Sara Templeton's Wikipedia articles
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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wikipedia pageviews for various mayoral candidates
#nzpol

Auckland:
Graph showing page views for Kerrin Leoni and Wayne Brown's Wikipedi articles.
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Newsroom has a little interactive graphic thing where you can look at various things for local body candidates that answered their survey
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/02/c...

No dedicated page for it, it just appears in local election articles
#nzpol
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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and by suburb
Results by suburb. Oriini Kaipara was a head in most of them. Henare was ahead in four, mainly in Howick ward area CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder
September 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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2025 Tāmaki Makaurau by-election - Final results by Auckland Council ward

(took them awhile to release final polling station data so only got around to it today)
#nzpol #electionmaps #wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_T%...
Map showing results of the 2025 Tāmaki Makaurau by-election, margin of victory by Auckland Council ward. Oriini Kaipara was ahead in every ward. CC BY 4.0 TheLoyalOrder
September 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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me explaining how many continents there are in the western hemisphere
A screenshot of a youtube video from Senator Bernie Sanders that says "There are Two Americas"
September 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM