A belated Happy New Year from New Zealand, where I am now. 🙂
The bird featured in the photo is the Kākā, an uncommon parrot found only in New Zealand. We spotted it in the forest at Milford Sound / Piopiotahi.
#NewYear2026 #NewZealand #Parrots #Kaka #MilfordSound #Piopiotahi
A belated Happy New Year from New Zealand, where I am now. 🙂
The bird featured in the photo is the Kākā, an uncommon parrot found only in New Zealand. We spotted it in the forest at Milford Sound / Piopiotahi.
#NewYear2026 #NewZealand #Parrots #Kaka #MilfordSound #Piopiotahi
Whelp, it was lovely having private medical records. Shame it didn't last.
Spotted this fine tūī on the harakeke in our garden in the weekend.
#birds #AotearoaNZ #NewZealand
Spotted this fine tūī on the harakeke in our garden in the weekend.
#birds #AotearoaNZ #NewZealand
We discovered the only place in #NewZealand which wouldn't take any of our tap phones or cards - the buses in Rotorua. Which was a bit embarrassing as we had no other way to pay.
The very kind bus driver let us on anyway.
We discovered the only place in #NewZealand which wouldn't take any of our tap phones or cards - the buses in Rotorua. Which was a bit embarrassing as we had no other way to pay.
The very kind bus driver let us on anyway.
Auckland War Memorial Museum's Wiki Summer Students programme is now in its third year, and the latest cohort of six new editors have been learning all about the world of Wikimedia.
This 10-week programme runs until February 2026, and for the first time the Museum has partnered with other GLAM institutes in Tāmaki Makaurau — MOTAT, New Zealand Maritime Museum and The Fletcher Archives.
Read more below 👇
I finally made a donation to “adopt” a Kakapo, sharing the page if you’re curious or wish to support the NZ government’s conservation efforts
https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/get-involved/adopt-a-kakapo/
RE: https://famichiki.jp/@solsetur/115610329226682371
I still think this is one of the best Christmas presents.
Musuko is pleased. Also the Kakapo toy is huge!!
I finally made a donation to “adopt” a Kakapo, sharing the page if you’re curious or wish to support the NZ government’s conservation efforts
https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/get-involved/adopt-a-kakapo/
RE: https://famichiki.jp/@solsetur/115610329226682371
I still think this is one of the best Christmas presents.
Musuko is pleased. Also the Kakapo toy is huge!!
Hey fediverse #nonprofit people,
I've got a project (missionlibre.org), which is meant to bring kids aged 11-14 into #freesoftware. No part of it has been easy -- not practically, not personally.
I think Mission:Libre is wonderful, but it's an odd little project in a complicated situation. I could really use and ear and some practical advice from someone with experience. Are you able to help me?
I'm in #newzealand and people here just don't get it.
It's the longest day of the year for Aotearoa New Zealand ☀️
The summer solstice occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun, giving us the longest period between sunrise and sunset for the year. This year it took place at 4:03am, Monday 22 December.
Learn more on your favourite website ⬇️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice
Auckland War Memorial Museum's Wiki Summer Students programme is now in its third year, and the latest cohort of six new editors have been learning all about the world of Wikimedia.
This 10-week programme runs until February 2026, and for the first time the Museum has partnered with other GLAM institutes in Tāmaki Makaurau — MOTAT, New Zealand Maritime Museum and The Fletcher Archives.
Read more below 👇
Hey fediverse #nonprofit people,
I've got a project (missionlibre.org), which is meant to bring kids aged 11-14 into #freesoftware. No part of it has been easy -- not practically, not personally.
I think Mission:Libre is wonderful, but it's an odd little project in a complicated situation. I could really use and ear and some practical advice from someone with experience. Are you able to help me?
I'm in #newzealand and people here just don't get it.
It's the longest day of the year for Aotearoa New Zealand ☀️
The summer solstice occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun, giving us the longest period between sunrise and sunset for the year. This year it took place at 4:03am, Monday 22 December.
Learn more on your favourite website ⬇️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice
Our Lime and Lemon #Xmas Trees all decorated and set up at our front door!
Indoor tree in next toot in thread.
(Featuring Mr. 1 photobombing, dropping a bauble through the cat flap) #SecretSantaAoNZ
I don’t know if anyone else who wants one has not bought an #Xmas tree yet, but if you want to copy or take inspiration from what we do:
Every third year my family buys a living fruit tree to decorate which goes in the garden afterwards, and one of the thirds we buy a living #AoNZ #native #tree, and the final third we buy a pine tree (just for nostalgia once in a while).
This year is the fruit tree year and we’ll get a lemon tree, which we don’t have yet in our garden.
With the prices of dead pine trees, why not spend the same money on a living plant which will take up carbon rather than release it as it rots after Xmas? And also it’ll continue to give you joy after the #holiday season.
It gives more variety and we get to keep a whole lot of trees for our #garden!
#gardening #christmas #NewZealand #aotearoa
Edit to update: We ended up getting three fruit trees since they were cheap: A Lemon, a Lime and a Plumcot.
Will post pics once they’re decorated, follow to make sure you see them, if you wish to :)
Edit to add link to photo toot: https://mastodon.nz/@SimonCHulse/115727556441493344
The #auckland libraries create videos about aspects of the collection which is shown on a big screen on the ground floor of the central library.
How good is that? I've watched 3 short videos and they're uniformly excellent. #NewZealand
A few weeks ago a #FountainPen person from #NewZealand was looking for fountain pen shops. Today I bumped into one in Auckland that did not show up in my web searches. It has at least Nahvalur, Pilot, Platinum, TWSBI, Cross, Kaweco, Ferris Wheel Press, Lamy, and probably others I have forgotten.
In shop prices seem about normal by Australian standards ( allowing for currency conversion ).
This is their web site: https://shop2.fitzgeraldtaylor.co.nz/
The #auckland libraries create videos about aspects of the collection which is shown on a big screen on the ground floor of the central library.
How good is that? I've watched 3 short videos and they're uniformly excellent. #NewZealand
