First post on a new instance, so hello, g'day, kia ora to everyone who hasn't seen us before.

First pic is from #Moeraki #Otago #NewZealand #Aotearoa and the famous #MoerakiBoulders

Prints: https://prints.travelling-light.net/featured/3-moeraki-boulders-and-waves-colin-and-linda-mckie.html

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #BWPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography

First post on a new instance, so hello, g'day, kia ora to everyone who hasn't seen us before.

First pic is from #Moeraki #Otago #NewZealand #Aotearoa and the famous #MoerakiBoulders

Prints: https://prints.travelling-light.net/featured/3-moeraki-boulders-and-waves-colin-and-linda-mckie.html

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #BWPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography

Shout-out to New Zealand folk:

If you can spare a moment, please can you tell me some of your favourite bands and musical artists from your country? Any genre is good!

I want to make a playlist and I'd rather hear about what you love and explore from there than asking Google. ❤️

Edit: After all of your suggestions so far, I have a 7 hour playlist of entirely-new-to-me music and I'm particularly in love with These Four Walls, The Beths, and Coast Arcade!

#NewZealand #Aotearoa

Are you all signed and hyped up for the #AotearoaBikeChallenge? 🚲

I am.

https://www.lovetoride.net/auckland?ic=4a0fc660&locale=en-GB

#AKLBikeLife #NoCarNoProblem #BikeTooter #Aotearoa

Your digital identity is not under New Zealand jurisdiction #Aotearoa #DigitalSovereignty #Indigedon #Māori

The government stores our most important data on US-owned cloud infrastructure, making it subject to US laws. Software architect Tamawera Owens explains.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2026/your-digital-identity-is-not-under-new-zealand-jurisdiction

Your digital identity is not under New Zealand jurisdiction #Aotearoa #DigitalSovereignty #Indigedon #Māori

The government stores our most important data on US-owned cloud infrastructure, making it subject to US laws. Software architect Tamawera Owens explains.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2026/your-digital-identity-is-not-under-new-zealand-jurisdiction

Are you all signed and hyped up for the #AotearoaBikeChallenge? 🚲

I am.

https://www.lovetoride.net/auckland?ic=4a0fc660&locale=en-GB

#AKLBikeLife #NoCarNoProblem #BikeTooter #Aotearoa

13 pou unveiled marking 180 years since Battle of Ruapekapeka #Māori #Ruapekapeka #Indigedon #Aotearoa

https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/01/11/13-pou-unveiled-marking-180-years-since-battle-of-ruapekapeka/

13 pou unveiled marking 180 years since Battle of Ruapekapeka #Māori #Ruapekapeka #Indigedon #Aotearoa

https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/01/11/13-pou-unveiled-marking-180-years-since-battle-of-ruapekapeka/

A light sea mist on the north side of #doubtlessbay near Karikari Peninsula early today. #photography #aotearoa #seamist

A light sea mist on the north side of #doubtlessbay near Karikari Peninsula early today. #photography #aotearoa #seamist

Haven't seen a sunset like that since.... Uh oh. 2020.

#aussieFires #aotearoa

Haven't seen a sunset like that since.... Uh oh. 2020.

#aussieFires #aotearoa

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has released its report on #Aotearoa. Conclusion: we are going backwards.

https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FNZL%2FCO%2F23-24&Lang=en #NZ #race #racism #UN #UNCERD #CERD

Quite likely the dumping is responsibility of a commercial trawler. 🙄

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/trail-of-dead-fish-found-off-great-barrier-island-hauraki-gulf-fisheries-nz-investigates/G6P7LRBODZBHVMGYICLQBT5NLM/

#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #fisheries #Aotearoa #oceans

Really sad to see this waste of fish, and likely to become a lot more common under the propopsed changes to fisheries rules that Minister Jones is pushing for.

Fisheries NZ investigating report of illegal fish dumping
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/583307/fisheries-nz-investigating-report-of-illegal-fish-dumping

#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #fisheries #Aotearoa #oceans

Kurau Thermal Park in #Rotorua looks lovely in the right light, but - like most of the town - smells of sulphur from the local thermal springs. You get used to it, though. #photography #travelphotography #naturephotography #newzealand #aotearoa

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has released its report on #Aotearoa. Conclusion: we are going backwards.

https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FNZL%2FCO%2F23-24&Lang=en #NZ #race #racism #UN #UNCERD #CERD

Hey friends in #Aotearoa you should go and see @drlucyrogers doing her free talk in Christchurch. Wed 28th Jan at 6pm.

https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69483f3594297d3600a1078a

Kurau Thermal Park in #Rotorua looks lovely in the right light, but - like most of the town - smells of sulphur from the local thermal springs. You get used to it, though. #photography #travelphotography #naturephotography #newzealand #aotearoa