El Yobo @elyobo.bsky.social Software dev. Somewhere on the left. Australian Kiwi. Build more homes.
YIMBY Melbourne and VIC Greens member.
I like to ride my bike: http://strava.com/athletes/elyobo
Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social ngai Aotearoa ahau | Ōtautahi resident | Retired | Was once an overland driver | Looking forward to voting them out in November.
Born at 315 ppm.
I'm on the Puffball server!
Gwen Brandt @dancnlizard.bsky.social geriatrician, family medicine trained, gamer, outdoor enthusiast, wife to an ER doc, mother, she/her 🚫genAI
Michigan Aotearoa/NZ
Escape Goat @nedgilmore.bsky.social You shall come to a prison built of regrets and sorrow, where the shadows themselves have gone mad.
Daniel @dznz.bsky.social Aotearoa, recently ex-IT, now a new PT. Some kind of socialist/anarchist. ADHD, pakeha, she/they/he 🏳️⚧️, fash can DIAF.
ardrigh @ardrigh.bsky.social IT guy, opinions for free
Brynley McDonald @zephire.nz Tech Enthusiast. Full Stack Developer. Politics Doomscroller.
he/him 🏳️🌈
📍 Auckland, New Zealand
NinjaKitty @ninjakitty86.bsky.social "Be kind to yourself, so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world."
Misha Collins
Jasmine Anderson-Baldwin @jsmnndrsn.bsky.social Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa NZ ➡️ Naarm Melbourne, AU. PhD candidate at Swinburne + OzGrav modelling star clusters. I like fantasy! and scifi! and birds.
https://jandersonb.github.io
she/her
Graeme Edgeler @graemeedgeler.bsky.social Annoyingly fair
kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social Critical view from the imperial periphery
Co-founder and Executive Producer for https://www.1of200.nz/podcast
Described as "NZ's Early Edition"
Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/1of200
Abby @yabbya.bsky.social Loitering with good intent in Aotearoa NZ. I like big books and I cannot lie (actually, any kind is fine). I say very little here. Pics are mine & not AI. Hope you're well.
Paul Heath @paulhpowerhouse.bsky.social NZ, Ōtaki, travels, adventures, news, bees, IT, ICL, leans left, curious.
Harry Chapman @howdystranger.bsky.social From Wellington, NZ. Interested in tech, public policy, climate change, etc
See chapman.nz
Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social She/her
Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net Gentleman of Silverstream. Writer, broadcaster and sometime CEO. Reviewer of films at funeralsandsnakes.net and RNZ.
kororā @davejac.bsky.social Mostly warhammer dwarves and space wolves and bikes with occasional chemistry trains soil and groundwater contamination waste policy and Waikato rugby nationalism frequently defeated by the nespresso machine
he/him
Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Tam (she/her) @tamarinsauce.bsky.social Profile schmofile. You might know me from the bad place. Aotearoa you know it 
Sam[uel] Smith @sgowsmith1988.bsky.social Journalist at Stuff News. Sunday Mixtape host at 95bFM.
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Email: sam.smith@stuffdigital.co.nz- story tips always welcome
Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social Human Rights Defender / Founder of Rights Aotearoa @rightsaotearoa.bsky.social || he/him || Proud alumnus of London Business School || ❤️Food & Wine || Trans rights are human rights || paul@rightsaotearoa.nz
@andrewlensen.bsky.social @andrewlensen.bsky.social 
Ethan Plaut @ethanplaut.bsky.social Research: Disconnection, tech refusal & beautiful, broken media. Sometime coder & dusty journo. Now Aotearoa NZ, always Chicago, formerly Stanford, SF, Phnom Penh, Fukui. Silence when I can. Music when I can't. Tangata Tiriti, Jew, he/him.
ethanplaut.com
Stephen Hill @srhastraea.bsky.social Cognitive psych interested in distributed cognition, memory, weird and non-weird beliefs, cognitive biases, conspiracy belief, misinformation, scientific vs lay cognition, climate change, open science, metascience, 4eCognition.
From Aotearoa/New Zealand
Yort @yort.bsky.social Was @Yortw on the other site.
Scott Common 𓅃 @nocommonswan.bsky.social Media & Coms Tutor, musician, ex-consultant, ex-gardening contractor, player of games, glass painter. Para-Luddite & Professional Amateur.𓅃
https://thek1500project.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@K1500Project
https://dolphinnoir.bandcamp.com/
James Caygill @torshin.bsky.social 3 kids. Social Democrat. Living in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa. Cabinet/Govt nerd. Toitu te Tiriti. Go Pack Go! Up The Arsenal!
@shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz Web Developer & Optometrist
https://shivan.xyz
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
samuel mehr @mehr.nz i am a cognitive scientist studying auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
lab: themusiclab.org
personal: mehr.nz
intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
book: WHY WE HEAR WHAT WE HEAR (2028, Bloomsbury)
Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social Lover of potatoes, electric cars and freshly harvested memes.
Ira @ira.bailey.nz Building coshop.nz, a community-centered food platform.
Things I repost:
- Food Systems
- Art I like
- Weird Cryptography
- Liberatory Tech
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/A-eO8zapoeySJJAWhLwVOxeiP6oY8VgfsdXSS2RXLRIr#did:plc:iqk7tmzyrrczk7rnhqds63l3
Craig Hoskin @kiwicyclist.bsky.social CIO, passionate about life, loving husband, proud dad to two awesome girls, left-leaning with a keen interest in running, cycling, and kayaking. Still young at heart, even if my knees sometimes disagree!- N @ngerukoretake.bsky.social @ngerukoretake.bsky.social
Kārikiōrangi @sharonm.bsky.social Climate change and equality for all. Down to one cat.
Ōtautahi Aotearoa
Lauren she/her @eccentriccatlady.bsky.social Reader, queer, nerd, mom, animal lover, passionate about social justice, neuro spicy, Aotearoa newbie, 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇳🇿🇵🇸💚🐶🐱👩🏻🎓
Simon O'Neill @sjponeill.bsky.social Green-leaning and living, Rottie lover, rural dwelling Aotearoan..
...until I left the Air Force for DOC after 28 years in the military, most if not all of my career decisions had been shaped by the Airfix and Revell catalogues from the 1970s...
Julie Spray @juliespray.bsky.social Childhood & medical anthropologist, child health researcher, Lecturer at University of Galway Ireland, Pākehā New Zealander, she/her, never enough cats. I study people because they fascinate & confuse me. Children make most sense though. We like to draw.
Ella @ellashepston.bsky.social law nerd // open water swimmer // ABBA fan
often talking about abortion
James W @jamesw228.bsky.social Takes about all kinds of things but predominantly politics, autistic people things and research, technnology.
Opinions my own and all terrible.
He/Him Pōneke/Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social Fraud-fighter and wannabe philanthropic entrepreneur. Help me?
Inclined to making terrible jokes.
https://twitter.com/mangetout and basically anywhere else I could get the handle.
Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
Jean helps me.
rosie @rosiemck.bsky.social dog, reposting other people's bangers, news
she/her, Aotearoa NZ
profile pic: human possum climbing into a bin
Jason @jasontweats.bsky.social Science is my religion, left of centre, musician! Be who you want to be but be kind to our planet 🌏 and all its inhabitants!
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
Join my sci-fi book club:
http://patreon.com/ellecordova
nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
Chris Keall @chriskeall.bsky.social Technology Editor, NZ Herald. Follow Chris Keall Journalist on Facebook to see a list of my recent articles
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/author/chris-keall/
John Hart @farmgeek.bsky.social I’m quite fond of trees.
You can DM me the old fashioned way on farmgeek at gmail dot com
Whakaoriori Masterton, Aotearoa
Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social Feminist, leftie, māmā. Tangata Tiriti, she/her. Opinions stated are entirely my own and do not reflect any other person or organisation.
Andrew Jull NZRN (he/him) @andrewjull.bsky.social Science works. Academic nurse. Trans rights are human rights. Free Palestine. Aspire to bibliognosty.
Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social Māmā, gardener, scholar-activist, kairangahau, scientist, writer | Indigenous, Māori, Te Aitanga a Māhaki | Nōku anake ēnei whakaaro
Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social User testimonials: "a great bear"; "a very wise stack of rocks". Social Justice NPC, amateur poet/jeweller/philanthropist, and badge dealer. Toitū te Tiriti.
Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social Mind of Sid James in Jenny Agutter's body. Descended from Frenchified Vikings. Gen X. Former Record Shop Snoot. Former Egyptian Archaeologist. Olympic Snarkaeologist. English. Tangata Tiriti. She/they. 🏳️🌈
Max Soar @maxsoar.bsky.social interdisciplinary/undisciplined | STS, Political Economy, other stuff | Pākehā | he/him
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-7861
ChrisTopher Henk @topherhenk.bsky.social Mostly cycling, with some tech stuff. Green and class issues if in the mood for politics. Maybe some family photos if you are really lucky.
Home is where it is raining heaviest.
Peter Kelly (@PeterKelly@mastodon.nz) @kiwipeterkelly.bsky.social Barrister (but posts are not in that capacity). Parent. He/Him. All views personal. General commercial litigation, trusts and equity, and public / constitutional law.
Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social It's overdue, and probably doomed, and I'm too old, and I don't care anymore. (he/him)
Michelle @michellewiley.bsky.social Everything I say is sarcastic except for the stuff that's not
Auckland based comedian
David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org Neurodivergent freelance bioinformatician, cuddler of data, and theoretical geneticist, with a love for Free Software and the hacking thereof. Rangitāne o Wairau. He/they.
https://ko-fi.com/gringer
Website: https://www.gringene.org
Sarah Chambers @sarahpolo10.bsky.social I'm the owner of Little Makos Swim School that teaches Learn to swim for wee ones and mum to 1 child & 2 staffies
@nessstill.bsky.social @nessstill.bsky.social 
Eddie @eddie.co.nz 👨💻 Contract web developer in Ōamaru, New Zealand.
Coder, birder, 3x🐱 parent. 💚♥️
He/Him, 35.
💍 @kelsy.co.nz
Runs @blueskyfeedcreator.com and NZ feeds
💻 https://eddie.co.nz
Tom Bailey @aproposensible.bsky.social Public servant; He/Him. Interested in economics, geopolitics, and climate change. Increasingly radicalised on urban planning, poverty and Te Tiriti. Opinions are my own. 
ButtPoems @buttpoems.bsky.social hey guys I’m here now. Comics comics comics
Laurie Foon @lauriefoon.bsky.social Councillor for Paekawakawa Southern Ward Pōneke Wellington!
wordsSHIFTminds @wordsshiftminds.bsky.social wordsSHIFTminds is Auckland, New Zealand-based composer, Chris Bell (est. 1960), recording in the Universal Mango Research Kitchen.
https://www.instagram.co/wordsshiftminds
https://soundcloud.com/wordsshiftminds
https://wordsshiftminds.bandcamp.com
LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social 
Amy Bowie @amybowie.bsky.social Singer, Songwriter, Voiceover, Arts Admin/Creative Support. Views are my own, not clients'/employers'& shouldn't be taken seriously. RT's are not endorsements. www.amybowie.com
Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social Kiwi software dev living in Melbourne
Has many opinions
header image gratefully filched from shitpost.plover.com
Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social Pākehā | Tāngata Tiriti | Waikato | Aotearoa
Annabel McAleer @annabellisimo.bsky.social Science communication & knowledge exchange #scicomm | 🥝 Aotearoa New Zealand
www.sharedscience.nz
Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social Fact, history, opinion, and sarcasm, with an occasional side dose of sass.
Primary function of being occasionally useful in between shitposting and ranting about politics! Expect bad language
#CovidisNotOver #Masksinschoolsnz #MasksinHealthcare
Georgia Carson @thebibliophile.bsky.social Ngāti Whakaue. Wellingtonian post-doc navigating Guangzhou, China. Trying this out.
JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social Knowledge-rich curriculum w/no AI
Greenie vegan banshee Cassandra
Nutrivore, attachment parent of 2 BIG KIDS, child of 2 countries
Tech writer idling on 2-stroke engine.
Factivist -more fair than kind. Crops not corpses. She/her
Robbie @robbiemackay.nz Software engineer, musician, greenie, anarchist. He/they
Jonathan Brewer @kiwibrew.bsky.social I design and build infrastructure for broadband,
public safety, utilities, and the Internet of Things.
jon.brewer.nz
Rachel R @rachelemridley.bsky.social Lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa.
Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, seeker of joy. Dad-DJ. Cosmopolitan.
Ellen @ellenstrickland.bsky.social A lot of animals. A kid. Reckons.
Tom @kiwiteej.bsky.social Kiwi escapee from Twitter. Archivist and other things. Hopes for a better, cooler world. Ōtautahi local. 
Liam Boardman @liamjboardman.bsky.social Still dabbling. Socialist/Greenie Pākehā. He/him
Melanie Newfield @melanienewfield.bsky.social Science and environment writer and communicator. Loves to talk about risk. Obsessed with plants and hopes to one day see every species of eucalypt.
I make the science behind important issues accessible here: https://theturnstone.substack.com
Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social Aotearoa based Restoration/Applied Ecologist.
Skateboarding, punk rock and plants.
iNaturalist enthusiast https://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=any&user_id=andymckay&verifiable=any
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Olly @ollydoesntknow.bsky.social 
Regular Eli @captainhelion.bsky.social The same Eli you know and love*, now with 12% less grease!
NZ-based history, wargames, and RPG nerd, for my crimes
Michael S. Daubs, PhD @mdaubs.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Communication at the University of Otago. Co-Director for Kōtaha: the Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab at Te Herega Waka - Victoria University of Wellington | 🇨🇦 in 🇳🇿 (he/him) | @mdaubs@aoir.social
Tatjana Buklijas @tbuklijas.bsky.social Science, history, democracy. Zagreb, Cambridge, Vienna, Auckland.
Eleanor Howden @aganor.bsky.social Tangata Tiriti.
Live in Tahuna to be closer to grandchildren. Love the maunga, roto and awa.
People and planet need our care.
We're in 'a massive, existential fight between the looters and life on Earth.' George Monbiot
NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social My mother survived walking through Hiroshima the day after as a 13 year old, so I have a fair idea of what a nuclear holocaust looks and feels like
🇯🇵 🇳🇿
Su Yin Khoo @ksuyin.com Designer of many things. Cycling around Auckland with some kids in tow. Wear your mask and don’t park in cycleways. She/her.
Lotographia 🍹 @lotographia.bsky.social Lotographia on various other social networks.
Person of Pōneke, Aotearoa. They/He (in that order). Green Party supporter & volunteer. Lego collector. Trying to build a website and write a book and failing at both.
"David Thomsen".
Strictly Obiter @strictlyobiter.bsky.social Going on a frolic of his own. Distinguished Fellow at the Robert Muldoon Centre for Constitutional Law.
Please send all complaints
c/- Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM
Supreme Court of New Zealand
85 Lambton Quay
Wellington
Jo Bailey @jobailey.bsky.social Designer, (was) @jo_bailey on Twitter. She/they. Scicomm PhD. Curious about architecture, typography, urban space, cats, visual culture, graphic design, renovation + making…
Rustie @rustie.bsky.social Sewer socialist technocrat.
Infrastructure. Psephology. Shitposting.
Long-suffering Blues fan. 🏳️🌈 but bad at it. He/him. Not a pigeon.
Pōneke/Wellington, Ao/NZ
Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social IYKYK
CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social he/him
johnnycans.medium.com for longer writing
tiktok.com/@itsjohnnycans for millennial pauses
The blackberry phone was the posters katana, a true masterpiece of form.
All opinions are personal, not professional.
Ben Dickson @drbenomycin.bsky.social Pākehā lecturing chem @ University of Waikato
Ex-academic precariat, still in the fight.
NZAS council and NZSR editorial board
Rides a 💖pink💖 bicycle.
he / him