Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com That bloke who does that podcast your annoying friend keeps trying to get you to listen to. He/him. Posts every random thought in his head. AuDHD and not many filters. If you're only interested in my podcast you probably don't want to follow.
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Jordan Morris @jordanmorris.bsky.social Comedy writer, podcast do-er, 2x Eisner nominee.
jordanmorris.net
If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
Jamie Small @jamiesmall.co.nz
Small-time publisher – Wordshop
Ōtautahi, Aotearoa New Zealand
Blogging about politics at https://cuppatea.nz
Tea reviews at https://cuppatea.nz/tea-reviews
Miriam 🌻 @mincandescence.bsky.social Huge fan of snacks, naps & cats. Very keen on education, children's rights, history & disability issues. Loving mama 🌿
@readrantrage.bsky.social @readrantrage.bsky.social Retired and tired. Now bugger off.
Marcus @utf9k.net I use computers for work during the day and to write letters to the government at night
https://utf9k.net
Courts of New Zealand @courtsofnz.bsky.social Official account. Posting judgments of public interest, daily lists, speeches by judges, reports from the courts.
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz A prison abolitionist organisation committed to building a fairer, safer, and more just Aotearoa.
(((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
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
Paxon Kale @rhamphotheca.bsky.social Wildlife Biologist/Naturalist. Anti-fascist. Anti-racist. Feminist. Vegetarian.
Bird and Beach @birdandbeach.bsky.social Ryan likes to make art inspired by coastal landscapes. Elisabeth likes to draw birds. If you like birds, or beaches, maybe you should follow us in case you also like what we make. 😊
Located overlooking Te Awakairangi in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16161865
Some writing and illustration for @thedailytism.com
Nonbinary. Pronoun agnostic. 🏳️⚧️
TheNymphia🪻 @thenymphia.bsky.social She/her
❗️🔞 ❗️
NSFW art dump
Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com Freelance journalist. @ms.now and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host.
Replies limited to followers only.
Check if my post is a joke before flaming me please.
For story leads, my signal is kab.80
Greatest Trek and The Greatest Generation @greatesttrek.com Star Trek podcasts by embarrassed nerds @benjaminahr.mobi and @cutfortime.bsky.social
Benjamin Ahr Harrison @benjaminahr.mobi Star Trek podcast host @greatesttrek.com, fart joke enjoyer, embarrassing dad, one half of a Star Wars character. E-40 enthusiast. Tougher than a $3 steak. Benjaminahr.mobi
Profile photo by Dennys Ilic.
Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
“Still bringin’ satin for them draws, velvet for the mic and got a pound for the cause.”
Jordan, Jesse, Go! @jordanjessego.bsky.social Podcasting since 2007, on Bluesky since 2024. Hosted by Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris. On Maximum Fun.
Michel Mulipola @bloodysamoan.bsky.social Sāmoan Artivist ● Professional wrestler ● Tekken personality ● Story Artist on Disney's Moana 2
2026 Green Party candidate - Māngere
Authorised by Miriam Ross, www.greens.org.nz, Wellington
RSVP - https://www.greens.org.nz/mge_se_ota_260620
@robosanta.secretsanta.nz @robosanta.secretsanta.nz 
FYI.org.nz @fyi.org.nz We help you request official information from public agencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, and publish it online. Search past requests or send one yourself at https://fyi.org.nz/
GeorgeWeeks2014 @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social 🇪🇺British/New Zealand urban planner & university teaching fellow living and working in Auckland. Twitter refugee. Interested in most things, esp. architecture, energy, accessibility, sustainability, comedy and health. My views are my own. #FBPE
GreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social Toitū Te Tiriti
Toitū Te Taiao
Down with the Atlas Network-driven, clown car coalition!
Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social Tangata Tiriti Pakeha
Love & respect for Aotearoa, Tangata Whenua & Te Tiriti O Waitangi
Kia kaha
Kia maia
Kia manawanui
Jennine🌿 @pxlefawn.bsky.social perpetually sleepy & mad at the government
lil philly girly pop✨️ Go Birds DH 🦅
🇵🇷🇩🇪🏴🇺🇸
Tāne @daylightdawn.bsky.social #ToituTeTīriti. #ToituTeManaMāori.
#ToituTeReo. #ToituTeKotahitanga.
Leaving a legacy of aroha, manaakitanga and kaitaikitanga for my mokopuna. Mauri ora!
Hamish @verbman.bsky.social 1: think really hard 2: nap 3: repeat ad nauseam n: treat nausea with friends, laughter, food n+1: cognition mid-laugh. 333ppm. @verbman@mastodon.nz
shambolika @shambolika.bsky.social Bookish. Tuneful. Humourous. Poetic. Erratic.
Pākehā, Rangitāne, Ngati Kahungunu: Euronesian. Aroreretini (it's not a deficit, but a partitioning, of attention)- A Aaron Incognito @aaronincognito.bsky.social
Ross @rossthesedays.bsky.social Trauma counsellor and hot take enthusiast. Multidisciplinary homosexual.
He/they
Sage Anastasi @sageanastasi.bsky.social Pākehā, dream avatar of gender magic. PhD student working on political & social polarisation, trying to make data scientists read Laclau. Opinions mine. he/him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Mastodon, where I am not active but there are DMs: @sageanastasi@mastodon.nz
deb te kawa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social Ngāti Porou | Aotearoa | Political Theory | Public Administration | Kua tata oti taku tohu kairangi
Just a tired tauiwi @irritabletauiwi.bsky.social 100% my own whakaaro not employer’s 🇮🇹 tauiwi in Ōtautahi, musings about life teens politics, antifascism, MH❤️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🫶🏼mutual support, gardening, DYI pātai. Toitū Te Tiriti. Sorry I can’t help too long strings of posts you were warned.
Corey @thisiscorey.bsky.social You probably know me from the bird app.
Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social Pakeha man from Aotearoa New Zealand. Community, tech, cities, health systems, politics, disability, design, culture, wit, whimsy..
Content Queen @contentqueen.bsky.social Cardigan sporting, faceless bureaucrat.
Better accessible digital content is my game.
She/her
Paul Ilett @paulilett.bsky.social Author | Foster Carer | LGBTQ+ | 🏳️🌈 He/Him | 🏳️⚧️ Trans Ally | Living in the City of Southend-on-Sea | https://paulilett.co.uk/
Lew @lewsos.bsky.social Chopper of water, carrier of wood, reader of the fucking article
Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social ⟦ law + govt ⟧ ⟦ coffee + kai ⟧ ⟦ critic + conscience ⟧ ⟦ rugby + rugby ⟧ ⟦ rainbows + unicorns ⟧ — usual disclaimers apply
Keola Donaghy @keoladonaghy.bsky.social Associate Professor of Music UH Maui College, haku mele/composer, Ethnomusicologist, Pacific and Indigenous languages. ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi au, e pīahi reo Tahiti, ā, he tauira reo Māori anō hoki. Aloha, 'ia ora na, kia ora, 안녕하세요, agus dia duit!
beck eleven @beckeleven.bsky.social Freelance. Felines. Feminist.
Ōtautahi, 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.
World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
Anneleise @anneleise.bsky.social “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” she/her, systems thinker, writer, artist, Tangata Tiriti AnneleiseHall@mastodon.nz
Avatar: Princess Leia 'A woman's place is in the resistance'
Aotearoa
Blog: https://diary-of-a-butterfly.ghost.io
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
John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Host/creator: Depresh Mode, Sleeping with Celebrities, The Hilarious World of Depression.
Host/co-creator/head writer: Wits.
Author: The Hilarious World of Depression.
Lead singer: Math Emergency.
Dogs owned: 2
Slow News Dave @wellingtonskeleton.space The Wellington Skellington (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Pākehā). He/him/ia. Biscuit Tin Enthusiast. Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Katie Pai @katiepaiau.bsky.social Always trying to be more professional at work. Tangata Tiriti wahine in a Ngāti Mahuta bubble #landback. Self-confessed science nerd. Only quiet when reading.
1/200 Media @1of200.bsky.social Independent media and politics from Aotearoa
https://www.1of200.nz/
https://open.spotify.com/show/4Lj8sdQt46AIF5VpdoM78Y?si=873df6b9d60f4edd
https://www.patreon.com/1of200
Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social “senior” “writer” @wired.com
miles_klee@wired.com
signal: millionbear.44
book: https://asterismbooks.com/product/double-black-diamond-mads-gobbo-miles-klee
⚠️ user has been kicked out of Musso & Frank for wearing a tank top
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Bee @dailybee.bsky.social AuDHD hermit living in Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿
I hyperfixate on politics far too much for my general wellbeing. Other than that, movies/games/books/my cats are my reason for living.
Andreas Hatz 💙💛🇳🇿🇺🇦 @andreashatz.bsky.social End prohibition now! (yes, that includes nicotine)
TERFS and crypto/NFT pushers will be blocked.
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/
Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd game dev / comics editor / author
probably worked on that thing you like
lapsed hockey reporter / aotearoa based
represented by ed wilson @ J&A
these views represent my employers so hard that my boss is actually holding a gun to my head as I type this
Dylan Horrocks @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social Spills ink, rolls dice:
hicksvillecomics.com
hicksvillepress.com
Teaches about both:
visualnarrativelab.com
Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social Writer, ice skater, gin drinker. She/her 🏳️🌈. THE LAST BINDING trilogy, SWORDCROSSED, CINDER HOUSE out now. BODIES OF MAGIC out September 2026.
Octavia @octavia-cade.bsky.social New Zealand writer, PhD science communication! Seven time SJV winner. Author of The Stone Wētā, The Impossible Resurrection of Grief, and You Are My Sunshine and Other Stories. Creative NZ's writer in residence in Berlin for 2026.
Elizabeth Knox @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social Author, Aotearoa. Exchanging flaming sword for walking stick. Less damage, more hits.
Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social Writer of novels & other stuff from NZ. MG novel The Grimmelings and YA Song of the Saltings (“Horse girl folk horror”) out in Aus, NZ, UK & Nth America. Secrets at Red Rocks TV adaptation out NZ, Aus & US. https://www.rachael-king.com Band Pic: J Ganley
E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social An online magazine committed to independent Māori and Pacific journalism that challenges and cultivates understanding. Subscribe and donate here: https://e-tangata.co.nz/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=subscribe
te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi.bsky.social essa may ranapiri / they/ia / Ngaati Wehi Wehi / Ngaati Puukeko / Ngaati Rangiwewehi / Torere / Clan Gunn / kootuku maa / author of ransack & ECHIDNA
Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social SFF writer, disability comms person. Likes: knitting🧶 board games🎲 sea creatures🐙 reading📚 cheese🧀. Lives: Te Awakairangi ki Tai | Lower Hutt. Pronouns: they/them. 🏳🌈🏳️⚧️🩼♾️
https://linktr.ee/andiwrites
Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social Audition :: Nothing to See :: The New Animals :: I'm Working on a Building :: Everything We Hoped For :: Better off Read :: she's no Hemmingway.
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
kī anthony @goblins.download they/他 — occasional poet, professional wordsmith, retired migrant sex worker, merch coordinator @papa.org.nz
Merciless troll lord @gorsebloom.bsky.social Rebecca Hawkes: bitchy damsel, beefy eel, haggard sylph. NZ poet: author of Meat Lovers, king simp for poems at Sweet Mammalian. Words in Palette, Glass, Cordite, & suchlike
Brannavan Gnanalingam @brannavan.bsky.social Novelist and occasional reviewer 
Murdoch Stephens @murdochstephens.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Publisher, Researcher. Based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara | WGTN. Always keeping the bluesky-deck clean. murdochstephens.com
Kirsten McDougall @cursesmcd.bsky.social Reader, writer, professional parallel parker
AJ Fitzwater ⬛🟪⬜️🟨 @ajfitzwater.bsky.social Feral cryptid from the void writing well bent SFF. they/them causing may/hem.
“The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper”: http://books2read.com/u/3kpE6L
"No Man's Land": currently unavailable.
Website: ajfitzwater.com
Repped by: @knifewitch.bsky.social- C Catherine Woulfe @catherinewoulfe.bsky.social Editor at New Zealand Geographic.
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
Catherine Chidgey @catherinechidgey.bsky.social Novelist; secretary to @TamaMagpie. Longlisted @WomensPrize; shortlisted @DublinLitAward. Publishers @EuropaEditions, @EuropaEdUK, @thwupbooks. Rep'd @UA_Books.
Douglas A. Van Belle @dougvanbelle.bsky.social New Zealand Science Fiction author and Senior Lecturer in Media and the Politics of Crisis, My Latest Novel, A World Adrift, is now available from Wordfire Press in the U.S.
https://wordfirepress.com/books/a-world-adrift/
Mike Kilpatrick @marvingardensnz.bsky.social Scot in Aotearoa. Funny fucker, prone to cry at random videos. Good company, likes a quiz. Music and book lover too. Occasional poet and wannabe novelist. Anti-AI, LLMs. Neo-Luddite. No Nazis/TERFS/billionaires. Plant based. Far left. Toitū Te Tiriti.
Rachel Smythe @rachelsmythe.bsky.social 1 NYT Bestselling Author |3 Eisners |3 Harveys.
Creator of Lore Olympus.
Current project - Eleanor's Deathbed.
Rep: Britt Siess Creative Management
(Some artistic nudity)
Tags
#eleanorsdeathbed
#loreolympus
Email:loreolympus@gmail.com
Andrew Frame @napierinframe.bsky.social Dad, Husband, Writer, Local Issues Commentator, Cricketer, Umpire, Bay Buzz magazine Columnist, Champion of all things Hawke's Bay. Napier, New Zealand.
George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social Author of funny books, cultural omnivore. I like tea and cats, not necessarily in that order. I inhale deeply when first stepping in to bookshops and libraries. 🌈
https://linktr.ee/Georgepenney
Greg Jackson NZ @realgregjack.bsky.social Poet, parent, partner, grandparent.Multiple careers including advertising copywriter, award winning journalist, political reporter, campaign manager, speechwriter, strategic advisor.Now writing and on perpetual garden leave.
Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social Māori, Mum, 'Decent writer'
🇳🇿
I write books and tv. Should get a proper job but I like working in my pj's.
she/her/ia
My YA novel 'Migration' is out now! It's a Storylines Notable book, NZ Booklovers winner, and NZCYA finalist🏆💕
Renee Liang @reneeliang.bsky.social Paediatrician, health researcher, writer, librettist and poet from Aotearoa. Child longitudinal studies, equity, intersectional youth health. Columnist on big-picture health issues, North and South. Staunch Cantonese aunty/mama.
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.
Jane A @cravenjaney.bsky.social writer ~ doing my PhD?! ~ wellington, nz ~ she/her
www.janearthur.co.nz
M R. X. Dentith @mrxdentith.com Philosopher of conspiracy theory theory. Editor (but not the) of “Social Epistemology” & the “Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy”
they/them
Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com
Podcast: https://zencastr.com/The-Podcaster-s-Guide-to-the-Conspiracy
☽✮..Lady Jaide Dee ..✮☾ @witchnwords.bsky.social Magic in Every Word, Power in Every Story
Mythic Librarian and award-winning Author
Secret Santa Elf
It's time to Live Mythic!
Helping you find your best self, it's rebellion.
PMOS/MCAS Warrior
She/Her
AoNZ
https://linktr.ee/JaideDee
Giselle @giselledraws.bsky.social Illustrator/Author/Cartoonist in Aotearoa NZ
ashleigh @ashleighyoung.bsky.social Writer and editor. SOME FLAILING
https://eyelashroaming.substack.com/