NeuroWinter @neurowinter.com Reformed #AI & #MLOps tinkerer turned #SRE, now keeping #opensource databases alive.
Long-time #AppSec enthusiast, accidental sysadmin, and fueled almost entirely by espresso.
Blogging sporadically at NeuroWinter.com
JohnO NZ @johno49nz.bsky.social An invertebrate punster - just another prawn in the game of life.
An old codger who is seldom right with any political opinions.
Loves singing second bass.
No DMs please.
Tihor Arzah @lilbrownbuddha.bsky.social (he/him) | late 1900's millenial বাঙালি কিউই | Toitū te Tiriti | Tangata Tiriti
I love taking naps. I love to eat. I love to cook. I am not responsible for what my face does if you say something stupid.- H @hoswam.bsky.social @hoswam.bsky.social
GTRoberts @gtroberts.bsky.social APAC IT Manager for a global business, which has absolutely nothing to do with my posts. An eclectic mix of any damn thing I want.
Stephanie Tulloch @stefanietulloch.bsky.social Pākeha, Tangata Tiriti, Aotearoa NZ
(she/her/they/ia). BSc (Hons; Zoology) MBA.
KoBettyAhau ♥️🤍🖤 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kobettyahau.bsky.social Chic cat lady - ngai Aotearoa ahau. Social Justice is my bag she/her #NZ/Aotearoa 🇳🇿
Andy O'Brien @spadge.bsky.social Originally from Scotland. I'm a guest in Aotearoa, who works in public service. I try to do IT Security stuff. He/Him.🏳️⚧️Ally.
semantic nomad @semantic-nomad.net My soundtrack for 2026 (subject to edit)
TOOL -- Ticks and Leeches
Real Big Fish -- Everyone Else is an Asshole
Pigface -- I hate you in real life too
Apocalyptica - 'I'm Not Jesus' (feat. Corey Taylor)
RATM - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Ben Taels @bentaels.taels.net Kiwi, Dad, Human Factors Psychology PhD, & Games User Experience Research.
Director of Intended Experience: https://intendedexperience.nz/
Formerly Epic Games, Player Research, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Te Manatū Waka, & Hamilton Zoo.
Jono @jonoabroad.bsky.social MotoGP, Scala, dogs.
He/Him
Nabil Sabio Azadi @nabilsabioazadi.bsky.social Artist & writer. Anthropology things. 🌊 Ngāti Irāna o Aotearoa (Persian New Zealander) in Meanjin/Magandjin (Brisbane).
Becs @becs-os.bsky.social
Dee @deerberrynz.bsky.social Kiwi counsellor living with chronic migraine and cats. Tangata tiriti, late Gen X, polyam, kinky, queer, fat. Covid-cautious mask-wearer. Free Palestine. Anti-AI. (they/she)
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Electro Josh @electromjosh.bsky.social I am a cool guy - seriously go ask my mum.
(Beer, gaming, misc)
Keli @msamorphous.bsky.social Toitū te Tiriti! Eternal student, peer support specialist, creativity for mental wellbeing advocate, Gothic studies
Erin 🏳️⚧️ @queerjoy.nz Tangata Tiriti, student, organiser, troublemaker. ✌🏻🍃
Black feminists taught me. 🖤
None of us is free until all of us are free 🫶🏻 🍉
See also @wxhbxh@mastodon.nzoss.nz
helen varley jamieson @helenvarley.bsky.social cyberformance artist, theatre maker, writer, activist, open source advocate
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 💖
Douglas Moore @dougmnz.bsky.social A computer geek, a gamer, a cider drink, a whisky dr...wait, no nevermind. He/Him.
νητταρίω @nhttariw.bsky.social your search is over the Bubble Of Truth is here
it is just very small
@frithology.bsky.social @frithology.bsky.social
🔜 Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social Malaysian Chinese Aotearoa (New Zealander), geek, food, wine & microbes interest. Best Auckland Restaurant Venn diagram (Onedrive): https://tinyurl.com/AucklandRestaurant TL50
@sirsd.bsky.social @sirsd.bsky.social Free Palestine | #ToitūTeTiriti
(He/Him). Aotearoa
@lindaosborn.bsky.social @lindaosborn.bsky.social Ōtautahi, Aotearoa
Old, retired. Main loves: 3 grown up girl kids, 1 boy cat, woodworking, gardening, fixing stuff. Lefty from way back, unionist, introvert, hates housework.
Kay in the End Times 🏳️🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social Aotearoa NZ. Pākehā. Toitū Te Tiriti
#Queer (they/them) 😷
❤️ #Books Music
I block followers without posts 🧱⚠️
Please don't follow me unless you use Alt Text on images 🧱⚠️
https://manningkrull.com/digital-philosophy/alt-text-101-for-bluesky/
Blue Sky, Kiwi Fly @blueskykiwifly.bsky.social One eyed Wellingtonian with Long COVID, so slightly grumpy
Rugby, cricket - particularly the gals! Wrestling... AEW flavoued
Nerdy games and anime
And unfortunately have to keep an eye on politics 😅
Tangata whenua
Asmasher @annamarianz.bsky.social Elder millennial suburban mum
@blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social
David Nind @davidnind.bsky.social Content Specialist (20+ yrs, web content management, publication preparation).
Technical Writer: Docs-as-Code, DITA (topic-based, modular content).
Contributor to the Koha library software project + Wikipedia.
Loves free + open source software, and tea.
Iris Meredith @iris-meredith.bsky.social Software engineer, trans advocate and general nuisance. Blogs at https://deadsimpletech.com/blog
Support my writing:
https://www.patreon.com/c/IrisMeredithandherblog
https://en.liberapay.com/iris_meredith/
Eloquentsonia @eloquentsonia.bsky.social Writer, ghost writer, & editor who also does PR & comms. Confirmed do-gooder. Ao NZ Secret Santa Elf. Shopping Ninja. Tāmaki Makaurau.
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.
caite @caitelatte.com computer worker, sometimes twitch and celeste gamer, now living in Naarm Melbourne. they/she
Rata - Toitu Te Tiriti @ratamiller.bsky.social City Kickboxing life member
"The greatness of a nation is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable"
raglancoffee.co.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
@gideon999.bsky.social @gideon999.bsky.social
Mike @miken.bsky.social
Nick Piesco @nickpiesco.com Current professional computer nerd, former professional weather nerd. Licence plate collector, watch dabbler, design and type geek, raconteur, bon vivant. ‘He’/‘Him’.
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Anna Butterfield @annahmn.bsky.social Websites, WordPress, Wonder, with lashings of Tea | Big on Digital Literacy & Knowledge Mgmt | Help Me Net | Aotearoa / NZ
Cato @catojohnston.bsky.social Grand opening. Grand closing
Jason Kemp @dialogcrm.bsky.social WordPress guy. Auckland, NZ - was in North Otago. Topics incl. music, film, cycling / biking -mtb, renewable energy, climate, tech, coffee, architecture. Quals in law, arts & marketing. Barista. https://dialogcrm.com
ClauseOfŌtago @claws42.bsky.social I may not be wise, by what I do know, is that (in this world) wisdom doesn’t bring you wealth and vice versa.
💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social “It is cruel jest to tell a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.” - MLK
World's southernmost capital city, NZ/Aotearoa
Victor @paperiris.com Trying...
@megpatt.bsky.social @megpatt.bsky.social
The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social Aotearoa based. Mostly bonsai with my coffee is all I seek.
Started Bonsai 2020 = new to it. Also into aviation/space/science/geopolitics/wildlife/helpful tech stuff.
Bonsai feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sw2dek7u74jxlriba65utp4d/feed/aaaiycpqcyp4u
🚜 @traktorland.bsky.social Anthropology / archaeology, mechanical material culture, graff n tags.
#ThRiteHandSideOfThTrain
Tangata Tiriti
Yartapuulti / the Wairarapa
Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social Senior Political Reporter at newsroom.co.nz covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | He/him ✡️
Dylan @dylanp.bsky.social I used to have a personality but now I like cargo bikes.
Flo @moonburns.bsky.social Zap ⚡
Cindy-Lou-Who @ms-firecracker.bsky.social Tech|Software|Change Management|Poetry|Crochet|PBI|Ōtautahi|Aotearoa|Absolute music & data freak
Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com I make TV and film. I write stuff. I was on #TheTraitorsNZ. Wrote FAKE BELIEVE (http://bit.ly/fakebelieve). Made TICKLED documentary. He/Him. dylanreeve@protonmail.com
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
@jessietosswill.bsky.social @jessietosswill.bsky.social
Rick Shera @lawgeeknz.bsky.social Internet and digital biz lawyer. Partner, Lowndes Jordan, Auckland, NZ. IP, tech, privacy, cybersecurity, cap raising - with some trusts, general business and commercial property thrown in. Live in Glenorchy - Lord of the Rings territory
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
Tessa @tessanz.bsky.social Wellington, Aotearoa | Mum | Comms @internetnz.bsky.social | Will bore you about plants if asked
@quarumnibblet.bsky.social @quarumnibblet.bsky.social
Chris Burgess @chris.bur.gs Ōtepoti, Aotearoa. Tech for good, for people, for orgs. Less tech, and slower too. Popping balls through hoops, open source, learning guitar, making prints, building with wood.
Web: https://chris.bur.gs/
Suzi and Rose @suzirose.bsky.social fka @smslyons #pwME US born, now a citizen of Aotearoa. Believer in rational thought, the scientific process and the beauty of nature. She/her 🐾😷💉🌻
Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social She/her
Felipe @fewipe.bsky.social Pan de yuca ambassador to Aotearoa
Unofficial consul for empanadas and self appointed Wellington spokesperson for ajiaco.
MollyByGolly @mollymoo.bsky.social Refugee from the ex-bird place- J John Marshall @johnm.bsky.social Bioinformatics tools developer at Australia’s Centre for Population Genomics. Will edit GA4GH specifications for food. New Zealander fairly recently returned after a decade in the U.K.
D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Westie. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@molofaha.bsky.social @molofaha.bsky.social
Simon Lyall @slyall.bsky.social Living in Auckland, New Zealand.
I write about IT, Public Transport, Auckland, Food, Trailers, Audiobooks & Geeky stuff
Work with Cloud Infrastructure. Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, Monitoring, etc.
Blog: https://blog.darkmere.gen.nz/
adriankingston @adriankingston.bsky.social Work at a museum on digital stuff. Aotearoa.
Kate Pearce @secvalve.bsky.social Aotearoa. Recovered pentester, security pragmatist. Head of security at a place Kiwi know, many other hats. 👩🏽💻🏳️🌈 Personal views. #infosec #cybersecurity Also @Secvalve@cloudisland.Nz
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".
Duck @duckalini.bsky.social Platform engineer. Genderqueer nonbinary. I talk tech, politics and life. But mostly pets (the cat is Bernard, the dog is Gus).
Pronouns: they/them 🏳️🌈
Sarabeee #ToitūTeTiriti @sarabeee.bsky.social Great at: digital projects for people, authentic communication. Lover of: family, ceramics, mid-c homes, animals. Lives/works Ōtepoti. Creator of #spull (iykyk) 💉=9
Viv (she/her/ia) 🍉 @me.vivianchandra.com Sesquipedalian feminist tech strategist. Follow me for hot takes on #tech #feminism #equity #humanRights
GeckoSheep @geckosheep.bsky.social 🦎🐏 IYKYK
Luck is my super power but its not always good. She/her. Feminist killjoy 🌈🦄
Jonathan Brewer @kiwibrew.bsky.social I design and build infrastructure for broadband,
public safety, utilities, and the Internet of Things.
jon.brewer.nz
@jynxjyn.bsky.social @jynxjyn.bsky.social
Johnmac @johnmacmot.bsky.social Food grower, community volunteer, leftie. Slightly ancient, residing in Westport.
iPRES 2025 International Conference on Digital Preservation @ipres2025.bsky.social iPRES 2025 is in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 3-7 November 2025
Follow us for news and updates on the premiere international digital preservation conference.
All the details are at ipres2025.nz
Janet Greig @janetgreig.bsky.social Vegetarian. She/her 🏳️⚧️ #FuckThePatriarchy #TeamSussex
Levin, NZ Aotearoa 🇳🇿
Alan Holt @weedeagle.bsky.social Kia ora - I am a musician and writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, a member of duo White Saucer, esurient music fan, collector of audio recordings, former 95BFM DJ, former Flying Nunner and current International Manager at the New Zealand Music Commission.
Virginia Cattell @virgcatt.bsky.social Lover of puzzles and hot takes. She/Her. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 🇳🇿
Frole @stueyfro.bsky.social 'Dangerous far left commie', apparently. ✊️
Punk rock and podcasts 🤘
Neurodiverse 💪
Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Asbestos hunter 🎯
Nick Le Mouton @noodles.nz Product Security Lead
@Salesforce. Technology enthusiast, security nerd, grey beard developer. Opinions are my own.
Jason Danner @jpdanner.com Analytical chemist & techie
Reluctant American & proud Kiwi
Chief HOperating Officer @ gousable.com
Chief Beer Officer @ aerorock.co.nz
@jpdanner from Tweeter
He/him
Friendliest asshole you'll ever meet
@kennedyt @kennedyt.bsky.social Whatever
Michele A’Court @micheleacourt.bsky.social Comedian/Writer
Tangata Tiriti
SpecsChic: show me your cats! @specschic.bsky.social Specs & cats fan. Swears a lot. Typos - nearly always. Puns likely. In Ōtautahi/Christchurch, AoNZ. Turns out I'm neuro-spicy. Woke as. Views my own, not representative of my employer.
She/her.
TERFS, racists, ableists, & misogynists can fuck right off!
Catherine Middleton @catmiddleton.bsky.social Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University- S @stuartmackintosh.bsky.social @stuartmackintosh.bsky.social
@netpreserve.bsky.social @netpreserve.bsky.social
Peter Fletcher-Dobson @peterfd.bsky.social Innovation, Digital Products, and Te Tiriti. Created Aotearoa NZ’s first fintech accelerator and now digitally transforming organisations on a kaupapa to create systemic positive impact for Māori. He Tangata Tiriti au. Te Whanganui a Tara