Twitter OG @s0u1.bsky.social Let's bring Twitter back
🖕 MAGA
🖕 First Lady Elon
Andrew Little @andrewlittlenz.bsky.social Mayor of Wellington | Authorised by Andrew Little, info@andrewlittle.nz
Joey 🍍 @joeysauer.bsky.social 30-something based in London.
ItsLuke @itsluke7.bsky.social Loud, angry, college educated, foul-mouthed leftist.
https://linktr.ee/ItsLuke7
The Land of the Long Flat White @thelongflatwhite.bsky.social Just a feed for Kiwis to share their favourite cafes, hidden gem cafes they've just discovered or ask for suggestions. (no politics or sport).
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.
B @gaytravellers.bsky.social From NZ travelling a lot! Always open to DMs and Pics 😈
Stefan 🥼 @stefank1117.bsky.social PhD Scientist | Lover of kindness and equality | Defender of democracy | He’s NOT my president |
Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social Congressman, former Mayor of Long Beach, educator, comic nerd, progressive & proud American 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Official: @robertgarcia.house.gov
Rainbow Wellington @rainbowwellington.bsky.social Since 1997, Rainbow Wellington has provided support and advocacy on human rights issues for the rainbow community by operating as a membership association and a NZ registered charity.
Cindy Ana 🇳🇿 @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I don’t read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rāmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahē, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
Catzpanz @catzpanz.bsky.social Middle aged, middle income, pakeha, male, moderate lefty. Migrated from X but will still tune in to ZB or X occasionally just to see what the other side is doing.
Josh Wright @j0shw.bsky.social he/him | Te Whanganui-a-Tara | 🏳️🌈
Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social A Librarian, history geek, mum, leftie, unionist, disabled, and LGBTQI+ ally. She/Her. Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa ❤️💚🖤🤍
Kim Walbridge @kimrobert.bsky.social New Zealander; Tangata Tiriti; 🏳️🌈
Dogs > Cats
Aidan Copps @copps.nz Working in IT in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Lover of coffee and the outdoors. copps.nz
Kent @kentnewman.com Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Lawyer and PhD candidate. Regulation, advertising, media and privacy Law.
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
Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition @ponekeantifa.bsky.social We are a group based in Pōneke, Aotearoa who are standing up against fascism and disinformation.
https://linktr.ee/antifascistponeke
Ty @celerius.bsky.social Māori tall boy, 29 🏳️🌈 excessively tweets about tv/movies, games and politics | ADHD | he/him | Aspiring Game Dev | Twitch Affiliate | all views are my own
Gary Weatherhead (AoNZ) @wellygeenz.bsky.social Live music feeds my soul; Sound & Lighting Tech; CompSci; Solo Nomad; Survivor. AoNZ focused.
Pākehā, cis male, he/him.
#ProVaccine #ProChoice #BLM #ProRainbow #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #LandBack #ProudAntifa #ProScience #Kāpiti #Aotearoa
🇳🇿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸 🔴🟢⚫️
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
Tim Murphy @tmurphynz.bsky.social Co-editor Newsroom.co.nz; Opinions my own, likes or reposts not endorsements!
Krystle @krystlef.bsky.social Woke Wellingtonian, cat Mum, coffee obsessive, political junkie, foodie, reader, pop culture & beauty lover. Doing my best.
Graeme Edgeler @graemeedgeler.bsky.social Annoyingly fair
Welliej @welliej.bsky.social Music and art, politics, aviation. Just an old bloke at the bottom the world.
The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social Aotearoa published daily → thespinoff.co.nz • Unofficial Account
Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz Quality, independent New Zealand news
https://newsroom.co.nz
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
James Gardner @jegcomposer.bsky.social Grateful Immigrant and Manuhiri | Composer | EMS Researcher | an "individual with diverse but intertwined competencies”
Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
gardnercomposer.com
ClareK@AucklandIsland @clarekakisland.bsky.social Writing, climate crisis, politics,
libraries, reading, fibromyalgia, public transport... Hope this site will be as good as the other was.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Luke Tipoki @ruralmaori.bsky.social taking an indefinite break from all social media
Adam @hellomotorbike.bsky.social Teacher, Dad, Husband, Munter, Politics tragic, Tangata Tiriti (I hope) #kikorangi
Alice Tawhai @alicetawhai.bsky.social
Life is but a fever dream
www.alicetawhai.com
T-shirt in banner by @thanepullan.bsky.social
Vicci Ho @vicciho.com Hongkonger. Film Festival worker, Dodgers sicko. Views my own. she/her. 🏳️🌈
Pōneke, Aotearoa
Dr Sarah Paterson-Hamlin @otakoulane.bsky.social Whau Local Board Member (Labour), editor NZ Down Syndrome Association magazine, lapsed Dunedinite, Mum of 2. AuDHD.
The Aunties @theaunties.bsky.social Find your light.
Stand in your power.
www.givealittle.co.nz/org/theaunties
0275228115
whaeapower@aunties.co.nz
aunties.co.nz
Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social Author of 'Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists
Currently researching climate disinformation in alt-media
But I seem to mostly post about movies
Newsletter: feijoadispatch.nz
buy me a coffee http://ko-fi.com/byroncclark
Sam Gribben @samgribben.bsky.social AotearoaSam on Twitter. Slowly coming over these ways. Cheers 
Geoff Keey @geoffkeey.bsky.social Nature, photography, mountain living and politics. Conservationist living in the mountains of New Zealand’s Southern Alps
Teri O’Neill @terioneill.bsky.social Wellington City Councillor for MotuKairangi Eastern Ward Wellington
Boxcar @boxcar.bsky.social Blue sky's #1 Chemist Warehouse fan 
Rev. Frank Ritchie @frankritchie.bsky.social Husband, father, church minister, Chaplain for Media Chaplaincy NZ, co-host on Sunday at Six on Newstalk ZB. ‘Friend of sinners.’
Greg Presland @gregpresland.bsky.social Chair Waitakere Ranges Local Board, Lawyer and Labour Activist and wanting a better world for my grandkids.
third culture @thirdculturebot.bsky.social 🇳🇿🏳️🌈💻🏗️ auckland city centre propagandist
@thirdculturebot
Joey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ apricitas.io
Nuance? In this Economy
Full Employment Stan, Brazilian Coffee Tariff Victim |
NZ Transit Buzz @nztransitbuzz.bsky.social Your transit news hub.
Authored by theGradyConnell.bsky.social & Josh Rogerson.
Email: nztransitbuzz@gmail.com
nztransitbuzz.substack.com
Lochie Cowles @lochiecowles.substack.com Ōtautahi | Kāi Tahu
Peter @petergotautahi.bsky.social 
Josh Kirwan @mrjkirwan.bsky.social Casual observer. Development/infrastructure stuff. He/him. 🇳🇿🏳️🌈🧦🏗️🌃
Grow From Here @growfromhere.bsky.social A small gardening and landscaping business that is about getting you into the garden www.growfromhere.co.nz
Kaye Reardon
DairymanNZ @dairymannz.bsky.social Rainfall is measured in mm, not ml! Some posts are pure BS.
Dairy farmer, Ashburton, NZ.
Mihingarangi @mihiforbes.bsky.social Journo, māmā
Mr. Hilarious Kiwi @mrhilariouskiwi.bsky.social 
Marama Davidson @maramadavidson.bsky.social She/her/ia
@NZGreens Co-leader based in Manurewa. Indigenous to Aotearoa/NZ. Authorised by Miriam Ross, greens.org.nz
Kiri Allan @kiriallan.bsky.social In pursuit of the good life! Currently writing a book, working on cool projects that I think add value to the world and being a mum to a rad little gal 🌱🤍🙏🏽Occassion rugby reckons.
*Not a lobbyist *Not a politician 
Cr Shane Henderson @hendowest.bsky.social Auckland Councillor (Labour - Waitākere)
#WorkingForWesties
🏴☠️🇵🇷🇺🇦🇨🇦United Against The Trump Regime We've had ENOUGH!!! @unitedwecomment.bsky.social 🌊Blue wave-- Don't like it, don't follow. #FAFO/#NAFO Bureau. Joined BlueSky on 11/8/2024. United we stand. Not MAGA. Burn the red hat to ash. Hold DJT accountable. Friend of LGBTQ+. Friend of Ukraine. Stand With Ukraine at all cost! #SlavaUkraini.
Nick Smith @nixmyth82.bsky.social Charity governance and nonsense
Hamish McDougall @hamishmcdnz.bsky.social Executive Director of @nziia.bsky.social | historian | comms pro
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. 🌈
James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social Kiwi guy living in paradise. Climate scientist, cyclist, woodworker, whisky drinker.
Born at 315ppm carbon dioxide.
Matt Ward 🇨🇦 @mattward.bsky.social Guy who works in film & tv, splits his life between Vancouver & New Zealand.
Skeetin' about movies, music, culture, beer and food. Plus whatever's in the news. Politically progressive.
Expect pictures of my dog.
Currently living in New Westminster
Toby Morris @xtotl.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, occasional writer and animator 
CindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social 🇬🇱 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🫘Global: climate,1.5C, with a history of oppo research. Aotearoa NZ: seabed mining, coal
Mother of doggo Pearl
www.kasm.org.nz and www.coalaction.org.nz
Department of UnKiwi Affairs @unkiwidepartment.bsky.social Keeping New Zealand safe from itself.
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
Subscribe to support my journalism www.erininthemorning.com
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
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/
Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social Author, journalist, Australian.
Virginia Cattell @virgcatt.bsky.social Lover of puzzles and hot takes. She/Her. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 🇳🇿
Ben McNulty @ponekeben.bsky.social Deputy Mayor and Wellington City Councillor for the Takapū/Northern Ward.
linktr.ee/ponekeben
sam 🌟 @samuellllm.bsky.social charming young brat
@samuellllm on X; @samuelmacrae_ on IG 😎
Sporran Peace @sporranpeace.bsky.social Poet. Gardener. Punster. BigMouth.
BigHeart. Scottish/Kiwi
very bloody left
Benjamin @morehu.bsky.social Can fold a fitted sheet on my first try. Te Whakatāne. Ngati Raka. Ngati Ira. Privileged as fuck. He / Him / Ia
David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social http://davidpakman.komi.io/
Paula Penfold @paulapenfold.bsky.social I write.
@middleearthmarxist.bsky.social @middleearthmarxist.bsky.social Tangata Tiriti Pākehā. They/He. ACAB. BLM. TransRights. LandBack. FREE PALESTINE.
Linktree: https://t.co/LSfJYTuidq
Max Tweedie @maxtweedie.com He/Him
Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social FRHistS FRSNZ PhD Historian and author of 'The New Zealand Wars', 'The Great War for New Zealand' and other works.
https://www.meetingplace.nz/
https://buttondown.com/unsettling
Tim @timwillmerrey.bsky.social British ICU nurse & politics nerd living in Melbourne 🇦🇺🇬🇧🏳️🌈
Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social Conservation biologist and former astrophysicist. Scientist for threatened birds with the #kakapo and #takahe programmes at the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Avatar: @blackmudpuppy.bsky.social
Anonymous @opcanary.bsky.social Optimism is a political act. #OpCanary #Anonymous
ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social Misanthropic curmudgeon. Overrated. A.I Luddite
Ōtepoti
Quite sweary
He/Him
Lori Coleman @democracystorm.bsky.social Cofounder of DemCast
Defender of democracy
Geek🖖📚⛈️
resist fascism ✊
healthcare advocate ⚕️🥄🥄
I block random DMs.
Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social Born Thomas (Elmer Addison) Pain - July 4th, 1976. Lover of democracy.
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
Sam Schwartz @samuelschwartz.bsky.social 21. Dedicated to ending gun violence, among other things. Co-founder, thesirennetwork.com
#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social Roasting Republican politics since 2009. Snark-first commentary for the relentlessly online. realtuckfrumper@gmail.com
DM=BLOCK! (Read before sending)
Democratic Wins Media @democraticwins.bsky.social Keeping Score of Democrats’ wins. Highlighting the future of the Democratic Party. Supporting Democratic candidates and causes.
Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com Presidential appointee in Obama and Biden administrations. Served as United States Public Delegate to United Nations. DNC Lawyers Council Chair. Trial Lawyer. Music & Hockey Fan. Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship.
Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
George Hahn @georgehahn.com Humorist, urbanist, satirist, sartorialist, minimalist, soloist, bicyclist, mid-century modernist on no one’s to-do list.
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com