Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Paula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social I write.
Sav @savnz.bsky.social Solutioneer. Bike Packer. Faithless Fan.
Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social Aotearoa New Zealand
Punakaiki Fund. Climate Venture Capital Fund.
tobes @nztoby.bsky.social He/him
Muddling through
Paint
Left of left 🇳🇿
Michelle Dickinson @medickinson.bsky.social Nanotechnologist, Kitesurfer, builder of things.
Josh Couch @joshcouchnz.bsky.social 🎙️Radio & podcast producer • 👨👩👧👦Husband & father • 🧐Meme connoisseur • 🧘♂️Obnoxiously centrist • ✝️Somehow still a Christian • 🤷♂️I know, right?
https://linktr.ee/joshcouchnz
Keri Hēnare @kerihenare.com 
kyle @tloaak.bsky.social 25, he/him, from ōtautahi. rules are literally made up
Brett Roberts @brettroberts.bsky.social Contents include opinion, optimism and dad jokes / Overly interested in the intersection of tech, business and humanity / AI bullshit detectorist / Advisor & speaker
Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social ⟦ law + govt ⟧ ⟦ coffee + kai ⟧ ⟦ critic + conscience ⟧ ⟦ rugby + rugby ⟧ ⟦ rainbows + unicorns ⟧ — usual disclaimers apply
Catherine Bold @cathbold.bsky.social Toitū te Tiriti. Pākehā. She/Her. Mum to 3 teens. Bassoonist.
Bella @belladam99.bsky.social if the planet doesn’t work, we will not be able to live on it.
Bennett @bennettlmorgan.bsky.social - B Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social
(((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
Tim Murphy @tmurphynz.bsky.social Co-editor Newsroom.co.nz; Opinions my own, likes or reposts not endorsements!
Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social Podcaster and newsletter writer about housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa. Free and paid versions here: https://open.substack.com/pub/thekaka?r=akd4&utm_medium=ios
Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social Ko Māwhera te kāinga. Ko Kevin tōku ingoa. Ex-Retired, Pākehā, gay, vegetarian, conservationist, public health advocate. Chief of Staff for the Green Party co-leaders’ office in Parliament, but this is my personal account.
Jeni Little @chimaeratweet.bsky.social She who loves to make things and play music. 36 years a teacher. Safer Spaces in Music Education https://saferspaces.nz
Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social I may have been radicalised by basic decency, and a belief in social justice for all.
Husband, dad to two great boys, socialist, maths, music, football, books, computing, skiing, kayaking, tai chi, cycling, sci-fi, ...
Geraldine, New Zealand
Emma @mudiwa.bsky.social Westie, Pākehā, mum, privacy nerd, Prince, 🇳🇿
Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social "This heaven gives me migraine."
Old enough to know better at the ends of the earth (New Zealand). I am large and contain multitudes, all of them intensely irritating. (Same-sex) married. Catholic. Conservative-ish. Cis-male. Jane Austen cultist.
Pauline Dawson @paulinedawsonnz.bsky.social Midwife, Snr Lecturer, Doctor but not that kind
Toitū Te Tiriti, Perinatal health inequity, data monkey, social justice https://www.otago.ac.nz/obstetrics-gynaecology-womens-health/people/profile?id=1354 'The patriarchy won't smash itself'
Traci Houpapa MNZM JP @tracihoupapa.bsky.social Professional Director & trusted advisor to Maori, Government & Industry; people, pets & the planet matter; whanau whenua whakapapa, my thoughts/ideas; ia/she/her; Aotearoa NZL 🇳🇿
Tom @tomcpearce.bsky.social Dad, teacher and PhD student based in Te Whanganui a Tara. He/him
Education, politics, prison abolition, books and bikes.
Deb E. Howell @deb.deberelene.com Writer, mum, general dog's body at work & around home. 🇳🇿📚🐴🎶
https://linktr.ee/DebEHowell
Leftie. Hopeless idealist. Boring AF Middle-aged Cis-Het White Woman (BUFFER).
Also on: https://mastoart.social/@debehowell
Not looking for random DMs.
Theta Salmon @thetasalmon.bsky.social Pro-Facts/Logic/Research/Critical thought.
LW, pro-LGBT+ & think NACT are sociopaths.
Tip of the idiot dipstick (apparently) 😜
Unrelated: Pau is my spirit animal. ⭐️☀️🥁
Ben Woods @benwoodsnz.bsky.social I help make music happen. Sometimes I build and paint stuff.
Rodger Spillane @rodgerspillane.bsky.social Manawatū, New Zealand. Should run more. 
Jo McFadden @jojoaotearoa.bsky.social Just a kiwi geek trying to find her way in the world. She/Her Cis Pākehā Tāmaki Makaurau 🇳🇿🤓🐱 http://instagram.com/jomcfadden/ @jojohmc on Twitter
Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social Settler in so-called New Zealand. West Aucklander. Oppose Ford Rangers.
Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social Councillor for Wharangi Ward, Te Kaunihera o Pōneke. Authorised by Miriam Ross, Level 5, 108 The Terrace, Wellington.
Sarah @sarahnz.bsky.social Post grad student, (former but no doubt I'll be back) teacher, parent
Tony @personalidentifier.bsky.social Hutt based. Est. 85
Kirsten @eliterate.bsky.social Accidental alpaca wrangler, perpetually curious wanderer, wordy/sweary. She/her. Te Whānau ā Apanui. Aotearoa New Zealand.
Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social New Zealand's liberal blog.
@norightturnnz@mastodon.social
That PGP key expired a long time ago- N NZlurker @nzlurker.bsky.social Bicycles, Geopolitics, Climate, Military History. Aotearoa New Zealand
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.
Melanie D. @melulater.bsky.social Teacher. Karaoke queen. Herder of cats. Politics junkie from the left. Big #ChiefsMana fan. Independently owned and I garden on warm sunny days. If you believe in free quality public education, LIKE Save Our Schools NZ on Facebook.
MS Butler @marsbutler.bsky.social “It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine / te rā...” 🌤
Aotearoa NZ 🌏 🌈 🤲
Environment Network Manawatū @enviromanawatu.bsky.social Environment Network Manawatū is a network of over 60 member organisations that fosters and encourages environmental initiatives in the Manawatū river catchment. https://www.enm.org.nz/
Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social IYKYK
Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social Socially awkward political cartoonist. She/her. Like reading and walking.
Ngāi Tahu/Scottish.
Live in Aotearoa New Zealand
Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social It’s tough at the top.
https://billbennett.co.nz
Janet @karorij.bsky.social Human to Sam the Birman. Labour voter, living in Karori.
Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social Aotearoa born and bred. 🇳🇿
Grandmama, digital strategist, political obsessive (wish I didn't need to be). #ewwdavid
She/her
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.
Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social Pākehā. Officially verified as 'most definitely not an asshole' by Paula Penfold. She/her.
Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
There is, however, such a thing as society
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...
Hexcraft (goth bf era) @hexcraft.bsky.social Artist Writer and NYTimes worst seller on an international quest to become everyones friend🇵🇷
📍🗽
twitter.com/egirl_baddie
instagram.com/hexcraft.nikk
@renoviana.dev Baiano perdido no DF | Software Engineer | https://linktr.ee/renotviana
🛒 @carcarapromocoes.bsky.social
🐦 @avesbrasil.bsky.social
🪻 @florabrasil.bsky.social
📚 @livro.bsky.social
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “COVID lady/Pink Terror”. Microbiologist & science communicator, lover of bioluminescence & Lego. Becoming slightly obsessed with reusable period products despite being perimenopausal. She/her.
Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social buymeacoffee.com/foxygodmother
Artist
I am cis lesbian she/her
Bipolar including psychosis, medicated 16 years
Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, seeker of joy. Dad-DJ. Cosmopolitan.
Paul Brislen @brislen.nz Cassandra PR. Our motto: I fkn TOLD you...
I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴
Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice)
"We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020)
Aotearoa he/him
Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social Investigative journalist | The Crewe Murders 📖 | Nellie’s Baby 🎧 | I tell stories about people | kirsty.johnston@rnz.co.nz ✉️
https://www.instagram.com/kirstyjohnston_nz?igsh=bWU4a2pqemthYm5q