Kim @kjackways.bsky.social Fantasy and cosy mystery author | Words in @BestSmfictions @takahemagazine @flashfrontier | SJV and Micro Madness Finalist | Chronic illness | Aotearoa NZ
linktr.ee/kmjackways
alison evans @alisonevans.bsky.social author, zinester 👽 they/them 🏳️⚧️ Wurundjeri land 🍃 alisonwritesthings.com 🛸 is mise Alison, is údar mé, siad/iad ✨ (can't access DMs, pls @ me)
victorbillot.bsky.social @victorbillot.bsky.social Leader and Dunedin candidate for 2026, Alliance Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Member of the Maritime Union of New Zealand. Democratic socialist. Writer.
The Niche Cache @thenichecache.bsky.social New Zealand sports and shit.
https://www.theniche-cache.com
www.buymeacoffee.com/thenichecache
www.patreon.com/elnichecache
www.youtube.com/@thenichecache
https://thenichecache.substack.com/
David Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social Illustrator, cartoonist, five-a-side gun for hire.
Steve Baker @stevebake.bsky.social 
Katie Furze @katiefurze.bsky.social Kidlit writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Books include: KEKENO CURIOUS EXPLORER (2026), PEKAPEKA SECRET FOREST BAT (2025), RURU NIGHT HUNTER (2024), TUATARA A LIVING TREASURE (2023) from Scholastic NZ. #STEM #12x12PB #SCBWI https://www.katiefurze.com
Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com. #HumanMade
Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social Work in local govt. Widow, artist, partner. Living my best life despite tricky health! Well vaxxed.
Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things.
https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark
Ngākau Productions @ngakauproductions.bsky.social 
Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social Writer, translator, Beiruter. Editor-in-Chief of The Markaz review.
elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social Journalist, writer etc — but mostly her dad. AuDHD. Pro-library socialism. Luddite.
Host @thefirethesetimes.com & @thestartrekpod.bsky.social
Newsletter: http://hauntologies.net
Archives: https://eliaayoub.com
From 🇱🇧. In Brighton, UK
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
semperanticuspress@gmail.com
Rose Jang @rosamundcotton.bsky.social 
Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social I come from a land next to a land down under. Zestful user of profanity™️.
Interests: rugby, rugby, cricket, SNARK. Full support for all things Kiwi. PLANES. Like them. Also SHIPS.
https://bsky.app/profile/groverxv.bsky.social/post/3kzlszkke7m2v
K is for 🖤🩷 KAKĪ 🩷🖤 (she/her) @haakuik.bsky.social Te Waipounamu and Tai Rāwhiti iwi, also 2nd gen AoNZer on other side.
ONLY THE BEST!!! is good enough for my children. Or anyone else's. 🇵🇸
Not representing anyone or anything else here, no link to multiple employers.
💖 Ahakoa taku iti he iti matā 💖
@bingturkby.bsky.social @bingturkby.bsky.social Books, banjos and bass guitars. www.turkby.co.nz
Jen Longshaw @jenlongshaw.bsky.social Romani artist/writer living in rural New Zealand. Was once called a "CNN Communist" and "full of shit". Prone to sarcasm.
Fiona McKenzie @feever.bsky.social Writer/Director
https://www.facebook.com/share/1AKydscdzL/?mibextid=wwXIfr
@InclusivePerformanceAcademy
🇵🇸 Bouba's Delivery Service 🇵🇸 @johnnyfilmo.bsky.social he/him, pākehā, writer, unionist, filmo, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
interested in history, the public sector, Pokémon and animal psychology
https://one-for-them-one-for-me.ghost.io/- P Lissa Mitchell @photocuratornz.bsky.social
Mark Crookston @markival.bsky.social archivist and librarian
@tim-sims.bsky.social @tim-sims.bsky.social 
Susannah Shepherd @susannahshepherd.bsky.social Wellington, food, cats, writing. Recovering public servant. Also on @SusannahWrites@mastodon.nz
Sarah Gallagher @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social Libraries, heritage, dogs, design, crumble, cats, books, art, architecture in reverse alphabetical order.
Max @coldout.bsky.social game dev in Aotearoa NZ
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
Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social Ugly graphs, insights and outbursts. NZ.
Cricinfo @cricinfo.com #KnowYourGame
Get the latest cricket news, live scores & more on the new Cricinfo app. Download now 🏏
Android: http://srkl.in/6007BAqzKW
iOS: http://srkl.in/6001BAqzKS
Jen @jens246.bsky.social Classroom teacher, writer, poet. Committed to public schools, all students, all books. 
Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social PhD in CS at Te Herenga Waka, focusing on birds. Open source. Linguist and conlanger. eBird and iNat. SustainOSS and CURIOSS. He/him.
See https://burntfen.com for a list of things I did when I should have been doing other things.
@evanabelich.bsky.social @evanabelich.bsky.social 
Becky @beckyt.bsky.social 💚💚 I love people and books, and people-centred architecture and urban planning, and I also love art and trees and music and stuff.
Free Palestine. Tax the rich. PACIFIST ✅✅
Alan Humm @alanhumm.bsky.social Editor of the online arts journal One Hand Clapping. Novelist, poet, teacher and father but not necessarily in that order. You can find my writing here: https://www.alanhummswriting.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
Steve Newall @stevenewall.bsky.social Doing stuff in Aotearoa New Zealand:
Co-founder: @imvaotearoa.bsky.social
Programmer/Producer: www.fraudfilmfest.co.nz
Board: www.showmeshorts.co.nz
JOMTaylor (she/her) @reverendjasmine.bsky.social poet/human
toitū te Tiriti
no to AI
#beer #poetry #bipride #ōtepoti #cannabislawreform #aotearoa
sporadically i put poems here: jasminetaylorpoetry.co.nz
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org- E @emilymillersharma.bsky.social @emilymillersharma.bsky.social
Alison Mau @alisonmau.bsky.social 
Will de Cleene @zippygonzales.bsky.social Burned out hospo droid
🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social Chaotic soft bear residing in Pōneke. She/her. 
public enemy numberwang @fauxpar.se Clear eyes, full heart, can’t sleep.
Matt. Aotearoa. he/him 🏳️🌈
Ake (not a kererū .... yet) @tenamu.bsky.social Nō Maꞌuke mai au. E noꞌo ana au ki Aotearoa ē ꞌAvaiki Nui. Linguist, kaiako reo, musician. Worried about a certain species of primate. 
Picture Book Pause @picturebookpause.bsky.social Inserting moments of joy in your doomscroll via the mighty artform of the picture book, using examples on our bookshelf in Aotearoa New Zealand. (Profile pic is a Brian Wildsmith owl.) Always check the alt-text.
Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social Jaffna Monitor — UNAFRAID AND UNBOWED. Independent journalism from Northern Sri Lanka, amplifying unheard voices with truth and courage.
LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social Bi, Heat Transferer and Supercritical Fluid Enjoyer
Tech, culture, war, and war by other means
Supplying you with feelings via an efficient band
Ballistic missile maximalist
土法炼钢 manufacturing engineer
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Pippa Coom @pippacoom.bsky.social Governance | Strategic Advice | Campaigns
Former Auckland Councillor
City Vision @cityvision.bsky.social A progressive alliance of Labour, Greens, and Community Independents. We’re building a thriving, liveable, and inclusive Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. City Vision is an effective community voice for our region.
Ingrid Horrocks @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Aotearoa. Likes the sea & other stuff. Latest book Where We Swim. Fiction debut, All Her Lives: Nine Stories, on its way from THWUP & UQP. www.ingridhorrocks.com
Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social Am a Dr. Not the useful kind. Teach Evidence Law, International Human Rights, Gender & the Law at UC.
Researching online abuse, human rights, law. ASD-Dyspraxia 🌈
Instagram: @legally.feminist
Views are my own.
Iyad El-Baghdadi @iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social Palestinian 🇵🇸🇳🇴
Research Lead Kawaakibi Foundation
KULNA coming soon @kulna.bsky.social
Author: "The Middle East Crisis Factory".
Interview requests: press@kawaakibi.org
Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social Official account of Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi located in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/
@seanmolloy1973.bsky.social @seanmolloy1973.bsky.social 
deb te kawa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social Ngāti Porou | Aotearoa | Political Theory | Public Administration | Kua tata oti taku tohu kairangi
Eva Wyles @evawyles.bsky.social Writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, based in London
Deliverywoman (2025, Influx Press)
Agent: Kirsty McLachlan, morgangreencreatives.com
evawyles.com
Harper Dent @harperdent.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction. Loves nature, dogs and chocolate. She/them
Nicola Cummins @nixc.bsky.social Reads, teaches, edits. Prefers the active voice
Katrina Naomi @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social Poet & performer. Battery Rocks (Seren 2024). 'dance as if' out with Verve Sept 25. Winner of Keats-Shelley Prize, Arthur Welton Award & Saboteur Award. Swimmer & walker. Loves dance & art. Vegan. PhD - Goldsmiths. Also on insta.
www.katrinanaomi.co.uk
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social Poet. Reader. Plums, raspberries, apricots. Recently in Asymptote, New Welsh Review, Finished Creatures, Cyphers. Troubadour Prize. Jt runner-up Keats-Shelley prize. He/him.
Ethan Te Ora @ethanteora.bsky.social Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Matakore, Tainui, Ngā Mahanga. Currently a story producer for 1News at Six, formerly a senior reporter at @thepost-nz.bsky.social and freelance with @aljazeera.com. Won the Letteri Family Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Fiona Barker @fionacbarker.bsky.social Political scientist at Te Herenga Waka @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social Victoria University of Wellington. Comparative politics of migration, citizenship, political representation.
Trick of the Light Theatre @trickofthelightnz.bsky.social Theatre nomads from Aotearoa / New Zealand. Catch Suitcase Show and The Bookbinder at Assembly Roxy this Edinburgh Fringe.
https://www.trickofthelight.co.nz/links
Ding @dingfelder.bsky.social I do tech stuff & post random crap. Wellington Pastafarian CISO/CIO and Wannabe Sci-Fi Author 📚 Tree Hugger 🌎 bass 🎸& bari sax 🎷 NZ/US(NC) he/him
Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social Architectural Historian. Blessed & cursed by a love of architecture & Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ. Directs Te Pūtahi and Open Christchurch. Pākehā. Toitū te Tiriti. She/her. Views own.
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
// melissagiragrant.com
» melissa@melissagira.com
» tips (encrypted): melissagira.01 on Signal
@nyguild.bsky.social member
Graeme Edgeler @graemeedgeler.bsky.social Annoyingly fair
Shima @shima4life.bsky.social Island dweller
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
@blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social 
Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social Inveterate tree planter
Jessi @jessinz.bsky.social Māmā, Kiwi, traveller, blogger, lawyer. Lover of the beach, sunrises, great books and politics chat (she/her).
Tūī Kraal (they/them) @storywaker.bsky.social Mohua, Aotearoa ❤️🤍🖤
Genderqueer, generally queer
Does things with words
WIP: Keepers of Mirrow 🌱✨
https://storywaker.substack.com/
Simon @beanprole.bsky.social Dad, reader, average musician, cyber-security nerd, cat friend, and all around tired guy with a sore back. Aotearoa New Zealand.
Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social Teacher, Writer and Man about town. All this is personal opinion.
Check out my writing through https://linktr.ee/AaronDickAuthor
You can see my bsky video updates at @author-aarondick.bsky.social
Pākehā. He/him.
Simon Sweetman @simonsweetman.bsky.social Writer @ simonsweetman.substack.com Organiser of “Say The Thing” monthly open mic for poets and prose writers at MEOW. Collector of movie soundtracks, novelisations, lover of made-for-TV movies. CD and Cassette Tape enthusiast. EVERYDAY BLOGGER
Moanaroa Te Whata @moanaroa.bsky.social Illustrator.Animator. Writer. South Auckland based Niuean Maori Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou, Dad.🇳🇿🇳🇺 munrotewhata.com
Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social Settler in so-called New Zealand. West Aucklander. Oppose Ford Rangers.
Living Wage Employer New Zealand @lwemployernz.bsky.social Living Wage Employer, a Trademark for businesses/organisations licensed by the Accreditation Advisory Committee of LWMANZ.
You can find accredited LWEmployers and how to become accredited on our website https://www.livingwage.org.nz/accredited_employers
Fark @frccrlark.bsky.social Trying out a move to life on BlueSky and Signal before I abandon the Internet entirely and move to the mountains to milk goats.
Windows explorer @ktheexplorer.bsky.social faintly human shaped
David @d-m-ab.bsky.social | Cricket | Wellington | Law |
M.Field (who? /what?) @fieldnsn.bsky.social vetus et superbus // Sentient curmudgeon
♍: organise & over analyse
Busy regretting the past & fearing the future
📍Whakatū, Aotearoa
Jay Cee (Anarchist Reading List) @anarchistrl.bsky.social A Māori/Pākehā vegan anarchist in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Find me on Mastodon + the Fediverse: @anarchistreadinglist@kolektiva.social
At this stage, I'm not doing essay-length reviews. It takes the joy out of reading.
Stueethedog @stueethedog.bsky.social Music loving cyclist. Trans rights are human rights. He/him. Pursue happiness with diligence. Fuck the NACT coalition fucks
Claire Lacey (they/them) @poetactics.bsky.social poet. nerd. performer. educator. critic. phd in poetry and brain injury. general enthusiast.
located in Ōtepoti Dunedin. from Canada.
Lisa M @lisam74.bsky.social Arts producer, researcher, poet, artist, Wikipedian. I'm a white New Zealander living in Aotearoa gratefully because of Te Tiriti o Aotearoa.
He Tangata Tiriti ahau
He Pākehā ahau
Toi Tū Te Tiriti
Toi Tū Te Taiao
Toi Tū Te Reo
Mauri ora
Rachel Prozac @rachelprozac.bsky.social Professor of Psychology and a teensy bit artist. New Zealand. I study how memory can fail us, esp. in the criminal justice system, with the goal of preventing miscarriages of justice. I will always support the underdog—especially if it's an actual dog.
Sonja @sonbon.bsky.social Hi I'm new here
Tim McNamara @timclicks.dev Trainer and consultant on the Rust programming language. Author of Rust in Action. Team climate. Walkable neighbourhoods are nice, actually.
Signal: @timclicks.01
ant(h)ony @onehundredpercent.nz music person
Shreya Sunderram @shreyasunderram.bsky.social PhD Student @ @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social, Researcher @aaaricuny.
“Education is the practice of freedom.” -bell hooks