Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social Entertainer, opinionator, lover of pets. 
Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social Contributor to Big Hairy News #BHN.
https://bhn.nz/
https://www.youtube.com/@BigHairyNetwork
Occasional Stand up Comedian
Ōtepoti I Dunedin NZ
Steph Dyhrberg @stephdyhrberg.bsky.social Feminist Wellington barrister. Kāi Tahu. TERFs and other bigots not welcome. 
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Simon Bentley @sibentley.bsky.social Aspiring Jedi. I’m like Sting, but instead an Englishman in New York, I’m a New Zealander in California, but there’s too many silables to make that work in a song…did you know Stings not even his real name? Wonder if Seal is Seal’s real name…
Forest & Bird @forestandbird.bsky.social Protecting our native plants, animals and wild places, on land and in our oceans. Authorised by Forest & Bird, 205 Victoria St, Wellington 6011
Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social Social Democrat~Blogger~LGBTQI ally~Critic of the alt.Right/neo-liberalism~BDS~Free Palestine!~Slava Ukraine!~He/him
#NationalNotFitToGovern
TIME TO EXPEL THE ISRAELI & RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS!
I blog,sporadically,@ frankmacskasy.substack.com
Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social recovered academic, columnist, journalist, editor, grandmother of four dragons, still tired after all these years jennapricejournalist@gmail.com
Caleb Moses @mathematiguy.bsky.social Indigenous language technology. PhD candidate at McGill University in Montreal. Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu.
Nancy Dollar @nancydollar.bsky.social Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans. (John Lennon - Beautiful Boy 1980).
I love Aotearoa.
God Defend Te Tiriti!
Grant Brookes (he/him/ia) @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social #NZNO National Executive member. Registered Nurse from Aotearoa New Zealand. Views here my own. Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet ✊🌹🍉
(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social I draw Political/Editorial Cartoons
Last cartoon for The Post, Waikato Times & The Press 21st July 2026
https://linktr.ee/creativeelc
Can be quite Sweary.
Origin Londoner, now Aotearoa 🇳🇿 forever. Kikorangi
Kate Hay #toitutetiriti @warriortui.bsky.social Yoga practitioner and Recovering barrister
Writer of poetry, short stories and science fiction
Political and historical podcast junkie
Emma Gorowska @emmagorowska.bsky.social Wellington, NZ
Niamh Hollis-Locke @niamhvh-l.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, too many hobbies-haver, etc. Shortlisted Ginkgo Prize, Heroines Prize. Writing a book (very slowly).
UK born, Aotearoa-based, holder of slightly too many English degrees. Enjoys a good walk.
https://linktr.ee/nh_l
Carlos Cordero @felisnigelus.bsky.social - F Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social Social studies and literacy initial teacher education. PhD student exploring race and colonialism in Aotearoa histories. Pākehā. She/her.
Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social Former Mayor. Global Greenie. Political reckons etc etc
Rohan MacMahon @rohmac.bsky.social Climate-friendly investor. That guy from the Auckland Street Choir. Quite good at following a list. He/him.
Elizabeth Kerr @elizabethxkerr.bsky.social Music writer, arts lover. I write about music, mostly the so-called classical kind, on my free website www.fivelines.nz and for NZ Listener. 🌈
JeremyReesNZ @jeremyreesnz.bsky.social Journalism believer, China watcher. Proud father and husband, lover of cricket. Napoli football fan. Executive editor Radio New Zealand. Chair of Neuroendocrine NZ
Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social Medievalist | Cricket tragic | Dog lover | Ex-scientist | Luddite | Occasional tractor driver | Living on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land | Long COVID sucks | She/her
Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social Indie/OSR TTRPG Artist and Game Designer. Neurodivergent father to two awesome neurodivergent kids. Husband and devoted partner. Weird space wizard. He/Him. Trans rights are human rights. LGBTQ+ ally. https://linktr.ee/jlbingham
David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social Ecologist and entrepreneur, posts are my own opinions, likes not necessarily endorsements.
He/Him
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ally
He tangata tiriti ahau
Tom @tomcpearce.bsky.social Dad, teacher and PhD student based in Te Whanganui a Tara. He/him
Education, politics, prison abolition, books and bikes.
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social I make films and comics in Wellington,
New Zealand. BLACK SHEEPS out soon!
Ewan @enh1874.bsky.social Happily married to a wonderful wife, dad and step dad o’two wee wonders. Part o’the Glasgow diaspora. ..views ur ma ain. he/him, HMFC HHGH. Nae Pasaran!
Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social mrjeffhowell.substack.com
Kirikiriroa. Gully adjacent. Airbnb valet. Serial pedaler of te Awa. Political opinionator.
My other car is a canal boat.
Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social he/ia. Yes, the Aotearoa one.
Mat Henderson @mathendo.bsky.social Lawyer, academic, writer. Wallumedegal Country
Manly hates you too.
Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social Awarded author, journalist: cybersecurity, privacy, Covid. WIRED, PopSci, Spinoff, Engadget, FT, IFJ. Visiting Scholar at Stout Research Centre, NZ. Black Hat keynote. S/her.
Bio: about.me/violetblue
More: linktr.ee/viblue
News: patreon.com/violetblue
WomenAotearoaNZ @weavinghouse.bsky.social Metaphorically weaving for #GenderEquality #HumanRights #PlanetEarth ~ Women Everywhere Always Vote at Elections #TogetherWeaving #SDG5 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Andrew R _ @andrewr4.bsky.social Often irreverent. Moving further left as I age. He/Him.
Member of BlueSky Bubble of Woke Lefties
Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland /Aotearoa / NZ
Darryl Carey @darrylcarey.bsky.social Kia Ora B’sky. I’m an architect & health designer in Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. Politics, art, literature, design, music, cricket, whisky & craft beer will all do it for me. He/him
Ciara 🇳🇿🏴🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social Dem Socialist. XStitching to take focus off chronic pain. Can’t work, so Kofi tips very welcome.
#ToitūteTiriti.
#FreePalestine🇵🇸
#EDS
https://ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch
Slow News Dave @wellingtonskeleton.space The Wellington Skellington (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Pākehā). He/him/ia. Biscuit Tin Enthusiast. Aotearoa New Zealand.
AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social Trans rights are human rights.
Professional aunt.
Posts about black cats, picture books, and random other stuff.
“Don't waste hate on pink geranium.”
5th generation Pākehā Aucklander, of UK heritage.
Robbie Ellis @robbieellismusics.bsky.social Comedy songmaker, composer, broadcaster, NZer in Chicago, dad. www.robbieellis.net
Pete Husky @petehusky.bsky.social #nffc Nottingham Forest |Health Equity Economist | Fair Weather Cyclist | Urban Vineyard hāhi | Faith & Social Justice | Tangata Tiriti | Auckland, Aotearoa | Nicky's husband | Mark's dad
Donna Miles @donnamiles.bsky.social Writer. Columnist @NZStuff.
@TEDx speaker. Bylines at The Guardian, Stuff, NZ Herald, The Listener.
Newsroom, The Spinoff. Former senior mathematics lecturer.
Mrs Chippy🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mrschippy.bsky.social Ship's cat. Tāmaki Makaurau - currently Eden Terrace apartment dweller & loving it. Apart from the lack of ducks.
Duck lover 🦆Sailor ⛵️Master of Public Policy - urban development
Health status - in long term recovery from life changing injury
Kelsea Hamilton 🇨🇦 @kham55.bsky.social Science based. Immune Suppressed Mom to neurotypical and neurodiverse twins 💗
Vancouver Island 🇨🇦
Dr Helen MacLean @drhmaclean.bsky.social Former medical research scientist, interested in politics, society and sustainability, also science, cats, music, gardening and AFL (Geelong, the mighty Cats). On Wurrundjeri land, Naarm (Melbourne, Australia).
Jemma Geoghegan @jemmageoghegan.bsky.social Professor at University of Otago, NZ; Webster Chair in Virology; Rutherford Discovery Fellow. I like viruses and evolution. 
JINX @xnij.bsky.social Idk I like art and Jinx | May or may not post my art here
She/Her
Cartoonist Enthusiast
(No dms, please)
Dan Benson-Guiu @thedbg.bsky.social Unionist, green, polyglot.
Catalan | Pakeha
Anne500 @anne500.bsky.social
Learning Designer Higher Education. Former lecturer & teacher Health & Physical Education. Auckland NZ, mother of wonderful twins. Views my own. 🏳️⚧️ 🌈 
@marksterms.bsky.social @marksterms.bsky.social 
KiwiRed @kiwired.bsky.social Adult autistic and type-2 diabetic. Enjoys reading, music, gaming. A NZer in the Philippines. Works tech support, for my sins - have you tried turning it off and back on? Also found on Mastodon at @kiwired@mastodon.nz
Nic Smith @nicjnz.bsky.social I'm an avid reader, and also pro-human rights in all it's forms: anti-racist, pro-LGBTQA+, and so much more.
I'm a NZer. Pro-community.
Power of 8 participant
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Josh Baldwin @joshbaldwinnn.bsky.social SENCo / Head of SEN • Literacy Lead • EAL Lead • Teacher of English • MCCT • NASENCo 2023
Ed Byrne @mredbyrne.bsky.social New special, “Tragedy Plus Time”, now available at edbyrne.com
PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com 🇬🇧🥝🇳🇿
Old man yelling at long white clouds in Aotearoa NZ
✅ https://vote.nz
▶️ https://youtube.com/@nzpomdotcom
✊🏼 https://union.org.nz/find-your-union/
💚 https://www.greens.org.nz/join
⚽️Nottingham Forest
Toitū Te Tiriti
#taxtherich
Jake Gold @jacob.gold Building AI infra @ https://clor.com in SF Bay Area. Helped launch and scale Vibecode and Bluesky. Prev: Nuro, Docker, Google, founder.
Addicted to history, computers, and open systems.
Unconditional love for all conscious life.
https://jacob.gold
Jaz @jaz.sh Jasmine (Jaz)
Gender Nomad
IRC made me gay
Reject drab, wear bright colors and play fast
Former Platform Engineering Lead at Bsky
28. she/her 🏳️⚧️
BSky Stats- https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats
https://github.com/jazware
The Snark Maiden @katydidnz.bsky.social Fan of lighthouses, McLarenF1, maps, & Moomins. Redhead, proofreader-for-hire, & freelance snarker. Casual snapper.
Kāpiti, NZ. 🇳🇿
"She could break up a pigeon fight in a bus shelter"
Resistance is fertile. Toitū te Tiriti!
https://substack.com/@katydidnz
Asher @asherwilsongoldman.bsky.social Kāpiti Coast resident, public servant, Jew, communications and engagement leader. Also I have a really cute dog.
jem @janetmcallister.bsky.social Roskill. Pākehā. Land back. What is your theory of change. 13 Dec 23: https://awc.org.nz/things-you-can-do-right-now-to-contain-this-cartoon-villain-government/
Francis McRae @frankmcrae.bsky.social 
Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social Tall man, weird little telly boy
Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand. Writing, TTRPG design with Handiwork Games and Taleturn, taking action, discussing NZ political nonsense. Usually walking the dogs. #FiveEvil is out!
(mr_orgue at the bird site)
Lawrence @suburbanennui.bsky.social Pākehā, burger aficionado, dad-of-twins.
John Ip @ipster.bsky.social Associate Professor in law at Auckland University; counterterrorism law and public law. Dad. Husband. Obsessive about my obsessions. Views personal. P(Repost=Endorsement)≈0.5
https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/j-ip- A Aaron Incognito @aaronincognito.bsky.social
Sana @bigshika.com Inventor of the Love Actually drinking game. Here to listen. She/Her. 🇳🇿🇯🇵🏳️🌈
Mastodon for technical stuff: @so@mas.to
Threads (inactive): @bigshika
Twitter (inactive): @bigshika
Robert Reid @rreidfu.bsky.social Socialist, unionist, proletarian director, comic. Twitter refugee.
Once a panelist.
We/our.
Chris Knox @vizowl.bsky.social Head of data journalism at NZ Herald
Public Service Association @nzpsa.bsky.social Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
A democratic union of 95,000+ people working in Aotearoa's state, community, local government and health sectors.
Olivia Wannan @oliviawannan.bsky.social Stuff reporter writing about climate, science and the environment.
Maria Mo @mariamo.bsky.social Pianist, cat lady, casual presenter for RNZ Concert 😎✌🏻
Nadine Anne Hura @nadineannehura.bsky.social Mostly failing at brevity. Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi. 
Chris Tse @chrisjtse.bsky.social New Zealand Poet Laureate, 2022-25.
Grant❤️🔥Buist @grantbuist.com 
Nat Dudley @natd.bsky.social design and product @ figure.nz
mostly I care about cats and knitting and gardens.
I was @natdudley on Twitter.
Megapope 🇵🇸 @megapope.bsky.social Ko Ngāti Whakaue te iwi. Mainly here to talk D&D and land back. Graphic designer, unionist, dad. Luigi supporter.
Hylobatidae @waninggibbons.bsky.social Kiwi, science guy, comedy writer, dandy, neurodivergent
18+
Feana Tu’akoi @feanatuakoi.bsky.social Writer
2025 Convenor of Judges NZCYA Book Awards
2024 University of Otago CoE Creative NZ Children’s Writer in Residence
https://www.feanatuakoi.com/
Claire Mabey @clairemabey.bsky.social Writer. Founder of Verb Wellington. Books editor at The Spinoff. Sylvia Townsend Warner fan. Mum. Author of The Raven’s Eye Runaways, an MG adventure (2024) 🍃Substack at clairemabey@substack.com | clairemabey.com
Ling Yee 令怡 @bigduckling.bsky.social Born in Hong Kong. Living in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. Migrant from Twitter / X, also on Mastodon. 🍉🌻
Linda Jane Keegan @lindajane.bsky.social Writer, tramper, plant nerd, winter swimmer, Singaporean-Pākehā, queer, ADHDer. she/her/they/them- H Thomas Harvey @happyspastic.bsky.social Facta non verba.
ⓘ Kaiwhiu ⓘ @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social Family, pets, rugby, cricket, good c*nt (iv&v), politics tragic.
Pākehā, tangata tiriti. Kāpiti Coast, Aotearoa NZ
Information is a virus.
Morningside Jem @jgreenbrookheld.bsky.social Looking down at you from my ivory tower.
I was once a political hack, but I'm normal now. 
Orthanc @orthanc.nz Semi-professional bad influence, secret santa imp, comfort food influencer, and all around good guy, He/Him, Orthanc of the Bluesky.
Tāmaki Makaurau
Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social From the banks of the Ōreti to the mighty Yarra.
Surgeon for little people. Educator for big people. Inventor of the elder-flower martini. Standing in authentic wonder...
He/Him.
This is all off the record, right?
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com 
Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social Comics scholar, one-time critical theorist. Interested in science communication & graphic medicine. Enjoys SF. Concerned (to say the least) by climate emergency and fascism. Escaped UK for Aotearoa. Tangata Tiriti. He/him.
Matt Whitehead @mjwhitehead.bsky.social Sometimes writer, ironically straight man-style humour, Wellington NZ
Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social I like the party favours but I hate the party people.
Ross @rossthesedays.bsky.social Trauma counsellor and hot take enthusiast. Multidisciplinary homosexual.
He/they
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/
David Hall @dvdhll.bsky.social • Co-Founder + Executive Director, Toha Network: https://www.toha.network/
• Creator of The Transition(s) Lab: https://the-transitions-lab.ghost.io
• Industry Fellow, Te Whare Tūroa AUT Regenerative Environments Research Network: https://regen.aut.ac.nz/
Emma Hart @ghet.bsky.social Medical transcriptionist, erstwhile writer, big on board games, gardening, craft, cricket, social justice and the general superiority of my cat. She/her. Aotearoa/NZ.
Brian Ng @aspiringboy.bsky.social Semicolons are life.
He/him. Paris-based Kiwi writer.
brianng.xyz
Sidney Wong @sidneygjwong.bsky.social 黃吉贊 (he/any) | Queer Cantonese 🏳️🌈 researcher working on responsible computational social science using language data. Te Pūnaha Matatini / Fulbright Scholar (US 24/25), Aotearoa NZ.
Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social Patient Advocate (morethanmySLE from Twitter)
*Disability & Chronic Illness Activist.
*♿️, Cancer Survivor & #Lupus Warrior.
*Testified 3x for Congress.
*Anjelika is my #servicedog
YouTube Congress Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@petermorley_sle/videos
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social America's Number One Punned-It.
Lifelong Dem. Left my account on Twitter for Bluer Skies. I follow back, but sometimes it takes time.
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KellyScaletta
Check out my Whiteboard videos and the Pun Show!
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.