Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social Ugly graphs, insights and outbursts. NZ.
Gir @edufk.bsky.social Dog-lover, bus driver, tangata tiriti 🐶🇳🇿
Toitū te Tiriti
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online The Wild West Begins Where Your Body Ends
Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social Probationary curmudgeon. 🇳🇿
I’m probably not talking about what you think I’m talking about if you’re not in New Zealand.
@blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social 
Gil Durán @gilduran.com California writer. Ida Tarbell stan.
Author: NYT Bestselling “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
Newsletter: http://www.thenerdreich.com
Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern @maorigreenlantern.bsky.social Fighting misinformation and disinformation from the far right.
RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social Unofficial RSS news feeds from Radio New Zealand brought to you by @kylebarrow.com.
Hope to hand this over to RNZ whenever they decide to officially join Bluesky.
@newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social He/him
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Marcus Hobson @marcushobson.bsky.social Writer and book lover.
Poet, reviewer and story writer.
Obsessed by history, myth and good art.
Lives in New Zealand and occasionally Sweden.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social Recovering lawyer | Owned by a Pembroke Corgi | Host of Psycho Politics pod and contributor, @TheBulwark.com | Crappy pol | Trying to figure out Substack
substack.com/@gtconway
Clint Fern @clintfern.bsky.social Inveterate tree planter
🐶🐙Dr. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social She/Her. Likes Coffee, Cake, Canines & Curse-words. Pākehā.
PhDone - women's health & participatory research.
Feminist Killjoy. Living with Long Covid. Born at 336.25 ppm CO2
https://ko-fi.com/captcaffiend
Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com Politics with https://anticapitalistresistance.org/ and blogging at https://anticapitalistmusings.com/ and books at https://resistancebooks.org/
Anti Capitalist/Anti Fascist/Anti Trump
Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social Sunreturn is an independent record label based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. We strive to amplify the work of artists who find freedom in imagining new sounds 🌞
https://sunreturn.bandcamp.com/
"A Song Can Be A Rainbow" - The Floating Opera 🌈🎷
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
John Walters @jwvizdev.bsky.social VFX Art Director/Digital matte painter/Concept Artist - Avatar: The Way of the Water, The Batman, Black Widow….oh and Rogue Trooper.
zee @zeekidvicious.bsky.social He/they.
Queer Poet | Amateur Historian | Aspiring Archivist
Sims 4 CC creator 🤔
Semi-colon overuser 🤷🏻
J'essaie toujours d'apprendre le français
linktr.ee/edwinzpoetry
📍Tāmaki-makau-rau, Aotearoa
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
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
Yadana @yadana.bsky.social World-class procrastinator. Governance/music/sport/community enthusiast. Trying to minimise Anthropocene meltdown. Eats rice with hands.
2nd term GWRC councillor
Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social International award winning broadcaster, based in Dunedin NZ now trying to take over the news media world with #BHN
Find us at www.bhn.nz
Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com 🤖Sci-fi, 🦩drag* & 🐈cats 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Bestselling author of “The Cat Operator’s Manual” 📕 https://cuddleunit5.com published by Chronicle Books
Queen Captain of Space Station 1
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
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...
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/
Shaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social Physicist, complex systems, ex-COVID modeller, he/him
Author of "The Covid Response" https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-covid-response
Rabble @rabble.nz Hacker, anarchist, troublemaker.
Currently: @divine.video
Previously indymedia.org, odeo, twttr, center for civic media, affinity.works, etc….
Personal site: https://Evan.Henshaw-Plath.com
(they/them)
Julie Anne Genter @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz MP for Rongotai. Green Party of Aotearoa NZ.
Māmā working for healthier, happier cities and climate justice. 🚲🌏🌱💚🍉
Auth by M Ross, L5, greens.org.nz
Dr. Butch Ware for California Governor 2026 @butchware.bsky.social Running for Governor of CA ‘26.
Scholar, Activist & Former VP nominee.
Housing. Healthcare. Education. Abolish ICE.
👇 Join the movement
www.butchware4gov.com
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Ben McNulty @ponekeben.bsky.social Deputy Mayor and Wellington City Councillor for the Takapū/Northern Ward.
linktr.ee/ponekeben
Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social The official podcast account. Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
https://500songs.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey
Merch: https://500-songs.teemill.com
Fire And Emergency NZ @sservanredfield.bsky.social This is the main account for Fire And Emergency NZ, visit our main website: www.fireandemergencynz or visit our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/fireandemergencynz/
Just so you know, I am a volunteer firefighter and this is my personal account
Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social @theunpopulist.net
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
NZ Earthquake Bot @nzquake.bsky.social New Zealand earthquake feed (unofficial). Posts whenever GeoNet reports a decent sized quake (a few times per week). Maintained by @slyall.bsky.social
Pmax @pmax.bsky.social Teacher, TTRPG Designer and GM, General weirdo. He/Him. Employee at the Ministry of Romantic Relations @fumblecast.bsky.social
Peoples Pop Polls: The World Cup Of 1996 @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social The Peoples Pop Polls, run by Tom Ewing. Congratulations to ZOHRA, winner of the Pop World Cup for Algeria! Currently open polls: https://peoples-pop.com/2025/10/24/currently-open-polls/ NEXT: The World Cup Of 1996 - Starts 8th July!
Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social Author. Latest book: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
Zanny Minton Beddoes @zannymb.economist.com Editor-in-chief at The Economist
My Pun Killed Steve Albini @texannolongerinnyc.bsky.social I could fight a bobcat
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social Campaigning on and off the water to end the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and for freedom of movement for all Palestinians.
https://linktr.ee/freedomflotillacoalition 
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
Jack White @officialjackwhite.bsky.social ...................
Johnny Guitar, Archbishop Harold Holmes, III
...................
linktr.ee/jackwhiteiii
Nick Baker @nickbaker.digital Once upon a time I was the Lockdown Poll guy on Twitter. Digital analyst nick@nickbaker.digital wrangling web analytics, SEO etc. Sport, cricket 🏏🇳🇿
Mike D’Angelo @gemko.bsky.social I may live badly, but at least I don’t have to work to do it.
https://www.patreon.com/gemko
Will de Cleene @zippygonzales.bsky.social Burned out hospo droid
Kevin from BEST STUFF IN THE WORLD podcast @kevshindig.bsky.social I tell stories.
Podcasts:
THE BEST STUFF IN THE WORLD: https://shows.acast.com/the-best-stuff-in-the-world
GLEAMING THE TUBE: https://shows.acast.com/gleaming-the-tube
Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social a guy
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
@audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social 
Roscoe Changleen @changleen.bsky.social Pōneke based Pākehā.
#NZPol
Humanist. We can make everyone’s lives better with deliberate choices.
Toitū Te Tiriti.
This is the worst government ever.
⚠️ Bad fucking language warning.
Emz of Big Hairy News @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social A creative professional of many disciplines.
YouTube.com/@PrettyAwesomeGaming
IG @iamprettyawesome_
Host for #bhn
#NickyNoBoats artiste
Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social Co-Founder: Escarpment Domes. Director: Inspiring Communities. Leader: Housing Alliance Otago. Co-Chair: Independent Music Venues Aotearoa. Losing My Edge - Sundays 12-2pm on Radio One 91FM.
Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social urbanism, governance, photography.
Director Greater Auckland
AKL city centre advisory panel
@greaterauckland.bsky.social
www.patrickreynolds.co.nz
@thewillowa.bsky.social @thewillowa.bsky.social 
Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social Senior Writer at The Spinoff.
The Post @thepost-nz.bsky.social News about the key national issues, politics, business, arts and culture. Email us at news@thepost.co.nz. Visit www.thepost.co.nz
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Daniel Harper @danielharper.bsky.social One half of the I Don't Speak German podcast. I follow white nationalist assholes so you don't have to. Working on my Spanish. He/him. Todos somos americanos.
Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social Writer, IDSGpod co-host, antifascist, Shoggothic Marxist. He/Him.
patreon.com/cw/jackgraham
idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com
www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/author/jack
Catherine Robertson @cjrauthor.bsky.social Author of Flora Valley, Miss Lovelock and Imperfect Lives series romcoms (catherinejrobertson.com) she/her, trans rights, vote Green, owner of cats, dogs and chickens. Banner pic is Bernie judging you
Jeremy Baker @jeremybaker.nz Global citizen living in Aotearoa New Zealand 🏳️🌈
Website: https://jeremybaker.nz
Online Library: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/jeremybakernz
Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social English technologist, founder and product designer living in San Francisco. Prev: BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone, Wired & Eero. Founded things too. Currently trying to find something to get excited rather than angry about. http://www.plasticbag.org
JJW @jjw.wtf dislikes typewriters
Radio Free America @handle.invalid https://radiofreeamerica.online/
News stories, blog posts and podcasts with ideas and facts that intelligent and informed people would want.
UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social The official Bluesky page for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington Access Radio 106.1FM @wgtnaccessradio.bsky.social Not-for-profit non-commerical radio station that exists to remove barriers to broadcasting and elevate community voices.
www.accessradio.org.nz 
Jane Craven, Mrs Hudson the Younger @janefcraven.bsky.social Retired. Joint founder of Capital! Steampunk NZ. I am a gardener, nature lover, a maker of good food and I love to create costumes and clothes.
Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social Former Mayor. Global Greenie. Political reckons etc etc
Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social DPA is a pan-disability Disabled Person’s Organisation (DPO) that works towards effecting systemic change. This account is monitored during office hours.
Shaun Lawson @shaunjlawson.bsky.social Liberal leftie, political and football chat. 
Geordie Rogers @geordierogers.co.nz Councillor for the Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward
Auth: M Ross, 5/108 The Terrace, WGN
ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social Sharing our neurodivergent experiences helps us realize that we are not alone. Most memes are on ADHD, some are on Autism and others are just me being silly.
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Karl Puschmann @critikarl.bsky.social Freelance arts & culture writer. Words at screencrack.substack.com for Film & TV and pixelfix.substack.com for Video Game culture
Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social Retired Educator / Learning Scientist
Solo Game Developer
Pixel Artist
Worked on a bunch of JRPGs back in the day
Male presenting NB
Pronouns: Any if you must
Avatar alt: Pixel art of a male presenting Black person with pink hair in Kente Kufi and Robes
Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social Responsible for covid data + analytics that touched 200+ million American lives. Husband. Dad. Doctor. Longtime techie. Lifelong learner. Twitter + Threads expat (@DataDrivenMD)
@CharlesPPierce @theshebeen.bsky.social Keeper of the Esquire shebeen since 2011. Grand-Da to John Victor. Da to AD, BDP, and Molly Two Names. Aging epee hack, Ringsend Cowboy. "For man is a giddy thing, and that is my conclusion."...A pint of plain is your only man
CA21NORO7ALE @mu21cvs.bsky.social 21ST CENTURY MUSIC!
SEE HERE: https://mu21cvs.com/
We're in an off-season between Part III (2000s) and Part IV in December (2025/26).
But, between 26 August and 20 September, we reveal
PART V - CA21NO RO7ALE (Feb 2027).
Click on the link above!
Jeremy Rose @jeremyrosenz.bsky.social Wellington-based journalist. Substack https://towardsdemocracy.substack.com
Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social Writer. Books include A Crack in Everything, Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You & Solar System for iPad. See www.marcuschown.com
Stinky Jim @stinkyjim.bsky.social Here 🍉🇵🇸🍉
aka Jim Pinckney, DJ/Broadcaster, Producer, Writer, Voiceover blah, MDANT, Occasional Egg. Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, NZ.
White Fungus @whitefungus.bsky.social An arts magazine based in Taiwan. www.whitefungus.com
Simon Grigg @opdiner.com Wanderer, scribe, street photog & music obsessive. Photos: http://opdiner.com Founder: http://audioculture.co.nz Me: http://simongrigg.info
Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.
Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social Excited to announce A NEW LIVE TOUR!
The End of The World According to Jonathan Pie
Tickets ON SALE NOW from JonathanPie.com
Gav @gavmusicnz.bsky.social 
Emily Lawford @emilylawford.bsky.social Online editor at the New Statesman