Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social New Zealand's cute infosec con (& book publishers) ✨
October 30-31, 2026 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, New Zealand)
Andy Fenton @fentnz.bsky.social Welcomes sharing about digitisation & the web, GLAM sector, Community Engagement, Social Media, Records, Leadership, Governance, Standards etc
www.RecollectCMS.com
Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social Forged in the flames of righteous truth and decolonization, we are Walking Eagle News: proud purveyors of only the finest Indigenous news.
https://walkingeaglenews.com/
Emmy Rākete @cannibality.bsky.social communist, prison abolitionist, criminologist, cool mum 🌱 university lecturer, unless you're one of my students, in which case you didn't see me on here
Michael Running Wolf @runningwolf.bsky.social AI ethicist, Founder of Indigenous in AI/ML, Lead Architect for First Languages AI Reality (FLAIR). All opinions posted here are my own.
mohawkemotions @mohawkemotions.bsky.social Haudenoshouting.
Co-Director of Protect the Tract
MFA at UWaterloo
Research Coordinator at Longhouse Labs
Cayuga Speaker(ish) 🖖🏾
https://www.paypal.me/mohawkemotions
Erica Violet Lee @ericavioletlee.bsky.social 
Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social Founder of Red Pop! News | Indigenous Journalist & Speaker | Disability & Media Advocate | Workshops on Indigenous storytelling, justice, and mental health
www.johnniejae.com
âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social Award-losing national bestselling Métis author of "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit in Canada", from manitow-sâkahikan/Lac Ste. Anne in so-called Canada. Trying to debunk myths. She/her/wiya
https://linktr.ee/apihtawikosisan
Alicia Elliott @wordsandguitar.bsky.social Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND. 
Courtney (she/her) @maorimoana.bsky.social Māori Kūki Āirani in Tkaronto 🇨🇦🖤
Ashlea Gillon Aramoana @ashleagee.bsky.social Kia ora, kia ora..
Fat, chronically ill wahine Māori 🙋♀️
Kaupapa Māori Researcher and Lecturer..
(Salt)Water me often 🌊
Ms. Kathy Reid (she/her) @kathyreid.au #PhD researcher at #ANU Cybernetics, investigating bias in #speech and #voice #tech, with a focus on #data & #ML. Leads R&D at @mozdatacollective.bsky.social
Ex NVIDIA, Mycroft AI, @linuxaustralia.bsky.social, Deakin Uni.
https://linktr.ee/kathyreid
Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social IYKYK
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/
Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social Work in local govt. Widow, artist, partner. Living my best life despite tricky health! Well vaxxed.
Merrin @merrrrin.bsky.social Serious professional
kī anthony @goblins.download they/他 — occasional poet, professional wordsmith, retired migrant sex worker, merch coordinator @papa.org.nz
Fobski @fobski.bsky.social Has seen some shit.
Undisputed infosec thought leader world champion.
Aggressively casual in nature.
Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social Māori. Librarian. Feminist. So basically a triple threat.
She/her. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Reckons here: https://the-opinionist.ghost.io/
Veranoa Hetet @whaeavee.bsky.social I weave
I breathe 
Kristina Hoeppner @4nitsirk.bsky.social Mahara project lead, podcast 'Create. Share. Engage.'
Geordie Rogers @geordierogers.co.nz Councillor for the Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward
Auth: M Ross, 5/108 The Terrace, WGN
Madeira Pince-Nez @caitlinsnark.bsky.social Artist, spinster of this parish, beastly Marxist and chronic television quoter. Tāmaki Makaurau.
Hiona Henare @hiona.bsky.social 
Aoife @aoinifh.bsky.social 📍Rent-free in your head 😘
Irish linguist, mostly Aotearoa, she/her/sí/ia/ella 💚
I talk about #linguistics, quite often #tereo Māori, also general Irish things 🤓
Happy, free, not “stuck” 😂💅🏻
No personal or life information on here, please don’t ask 🚫
dingsbums @binkle.bsky.social Frazzled but trying, Ōtautahi, Aotearoa. Cats, words, birds, absurds. Sci-fi, fantasy, romance, crime. Eff those effing Nazis, homophobes, transphobes, libertarians, contrarians, sea lions (except the real ones obviously), two sidesers etc.
Jane Harris @harrismint.bsky.social A little black cloud in a dress. Digital museum story cat herder at Te Papa. Le tired. You can also find me on threads and mastodon.nz
Flightless Fairy @noflightfairy.bsky.social Done a bit of research, doing a bit more music. Would rather talk than post.
tauiwi Pākehā, sliochd nan Gàidheal, they/them (dad sa Ghàidhlig) 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
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🏆💕
RevDWC @jpryan.bsky.social Lada driving, motorbike riding scruff.
Husband of someone wonderful.
Live in Tauranga, New Zealand.
Lee Rowe @leerowe.bsky.social Granny. Librarian. Pākehā. Born Ōpunake. Live Tauranga Moana, Aotearoa. Toitū Tiriti. Free Palestine. My hobbies include not giving way to men on the footpath. Bit sweary & live with anxiety but generally happy. Also: lanyard wearing woke lefty loser.- K @kiwitoa.bsky.social @kiwitoa.bsky.social
- T @terahui.bsky.social @terahui.bsky.social
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
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
Te Mihinga 🔴⚪⚫ @temihinga.bsky.social Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Apakura. Activating, teaching, learning & researching #ToitūTeTiriti #TeReo #ReoHangarauMatihiko #ĀkongaPhD http://bit.ly/ReoHangarau Nōku kē ngēnei whakaaro
hu ... Kia hora te marino ... @sammasamadhi @sammasamadhi.bsky.social Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha me Tauiwi
kā/ngā 🌈Takatāpui.. ia rā ia pō
🏳️⚧️ ally
#MeCfs #Fibromyalgia
'The Earth is Heavy and Opaque without Dreams' ~ Anaïs Nin
Anna Pendergrast @annapendergrast.bsky.social Writing about tech, data and infrastructure + their impacts on people and planet. Occasional posts about buildings and food. I live in Aotearoa New Zealand.
@tukotahi.bsky.social @tukotahi.bsky.social 
Tahetoka | Ómar @amscraig.bsky.social A wahine on her journey to reindiginise her timeline. A rebel with a cause. Kei te ako au i te Gaelic me Te Reo Māori. Is Albanach agus Èireannach mè, he uri au nō Wairarapa me Horowhenua. sì/ì
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- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Sara Styles, PhD @drsarastyles.bsky.social Academic. #Nutrition + #Behaviouralscience 🥬 🍰 Has chronic fatigue syndrome (#pwcfs) Upstate New Yorker living in #Ōtepoti, #Aotearoa. #Dunedin, #NewZealand. She/her.
Nicole Geluk-Le Gros (she/they) @gelukinmusic.bsky.social Aotearoa. High chaos threshold public servant (data and information governance + machinary of Govt) Politics nerd. Bi-polar, gender fluid. Gymnastics fan. Fervently anti AI. Toitū te tiriti!
Leonie Gordon @ellgeenz.bsky.social Mum, product nerd. Fond of David Bowie and feijoas.
Jo @phdwahine.bsky.social Ngati Porou ki Wairarapa 
Slow News Dave @wellingtonskeleton.space The Wellington Skellington (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Pākehā). He/him/ia. Biscuit Tin Enthusiast. Aotearoa New Zealand.
Kate @knhannah.bsky.social Feminist/co-captain Team Hannah| Here for hope & justice-building| We live in a society| She/her| Most likely making dinner.
These are 💯 my personal opinions.
DairymanNZ @dairymannz.bsky.social Rainfall is measured in mm, not ml! Some posts are pure BS.
Dairy farmer, Ashburton, NZ.
I've Got The Pāua! @ivegotthepaua.bsky.social So, don't you get fresh with me.
Ia/Tāne.
Nicky Andrews @poidivision.bsky.social I write poems and work in a library. Full-length debut OVERSEAS EXPERIRENCE available now: https://www.unitybooks.co.nz/products/overseas-experience
Caleb Moses @mathematiguy.bsky.social Indigenous language technology. PhD candidate at McGill University in Montreal. Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu.
Pu-Ah-Why @puawai.bsky.social Ko Puawai ahau. Kia Ora. I do museums and writing stuff.
toscanini @catatonichic.bsky.social Māori. Queer. Fat. Profane. Ngāi Takoto. Kaitaia. Ex-libraries. Powered by grief, anger, and so many blue days.
Fabiana @kubke.bsky.social Provisionally registered
she/her
Sue Crengle @tieke.bsky.social Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha. Hauora Māori. Public health medicine and GP/family medicine. Professor. Bit of CrossFit, bit of weights, bit of walking… occasionally photographs animals
2Legit2Quit @puhaprincess.bsky.social South Auckland raised #275. Tūhoe to the bone bro
Rhys Jones 🇵🇸 @rgjones.bsky.social Ngāti Kahungunu. He/him/ia. Public health doc. A/Prof at Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Mai i te awa ki te moana #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
Mīharo @miiharo.bsky.social 
Tracy Maniapoto @tracymaniapoto.bsky.social Māori, ex-librarian, phd-ing academic, makes things.
https://linktr.ee/tracymaniapoto
Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social Selfies & left-leaning commentary with a sprinkling of te reo Māori | Kuia | Toitū te Tiriti | He uri ahau nō Waikato Tainui. Ko Ngāti Korokī te hapū. | My views | https://thisnzlife.co.nz/a-home-drenched-in-colour-is-perfectly-suited-to-t
Luke Tipoki @ruralmaori.bsky.social taking an indefinite break from all social media
Under Construction @gendertraita.bsky.social Ngāti Pūkeko. Ngāti Mahuta. Kiritea. Irawhiti 🏳️⚧️ ND af. They/them.
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
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
Ange 🍞🌹🏳️🌈 🇳🇿 @seawall.bsky.social Pākehā, born on the land of the Lenape, now living on the whenua of Kāi Tahu. #ToitūTeTiriti
#ADHD probably #autistic parent to an autistic probably #PDA child.
Artist. Separated. Queer.
She/they
Rochelle Savage @rochellesavage.bsky.social Writer, mother of 2 boys, wearer of black; beginner: TeReo Māori. 
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
Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social Mind of Sid James in Jenny Agutter's body. Descended from Frenchified Vikings. Gen X. Former Record Shop Snoot. Former Egyptian Archaeologist. Olympic Snarkaeologist. English. Tangata Tiriti. She/they. 🏳️🌈
ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social Not so quiet subversive. 'Quirky'. Theremin player. Pigeon fancier. Pocket friends. "Obstinate, headstrong girl!" I contain multitudes. Aotearoa.
Lis Smith @lissmith.bsky.social ***Not*** the political strategist Lis Smith.
Ngāi Tahu, living in Tāmaki Makaurau. I imagine this will be full of luke warm takes and horse pics. Strong proponent of useable pockets in all clothing.
F Tyson @libfifi.bsky.social Reader, writer, short story maker. Librarian. She/Her. Pākehā. Toitū te tiriti.
@serenityruth.bsky.social @serenityruth.bsky.social Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Mate, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. Violist in Ōtautahi
Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social Planetary astronomer @UCNZ: envisioning worlds from here and elsewhere, in a dark & glorious sky. Rutherford Discovery Fellow & Assoc. Professor. Asteroid (10463). Pākehā; she
Simon @devtriplesecops.com Reducing entropy in my own little corner of the universe. Generalist Polyglot with an interest in all things #Python #DevOps #InfoSec #FOSS
🐘 https://infosec.exchange/@iokiwi
🌐 https://simonmerrick.com
📍 Ōtautahi, Aotearoa
Kaitāia Friar @basicbishop.bsky.social He/him. Apostolic leader of Dense Tinnie Church. Warlord of the Te Hiku Autonomous Zone. Still not loving police.
Mothmanosphere @hadyn.nz It's your favourite Hadyn! Or second favourite Haydn.
Also I work in cybersecurity so sometimes I post about stuff like that.
Ron Amosa @uncommonengineer.com 💻 Hacker/Architect/Engineer. 🇼🇸 🇵🇸
Pasifika technologist decoding AI systems, power, and sovereignty — 20+ years inside the machine. The Uncommon Engineer. uncommonengineer.com
CocoNgāti 🍉 @cocongati.bsky.social He uri tēnei o Te Moana Nui A Kiwa 🌺
delaney | they/them | decolonial bimbo | indigenous media & journalism geek
opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer
Georgia Carson @thebibliophile.bsky.social Ngāti Whakaue. Wellingtonian post-doc navigating Guangzhou, China. Trying this out.
Herbertimo @herbertimo.bsky.social DnD, ending family and sexual violence, raising tamariki, playing games and trying to better connect to my Ngāpuhi whakapapa. 
Kieran Haslett-Moore @southstarbrew.bsky.social Keep Music Evil, Keep Beer Funky. Words are alright I suppose.
Denise - High Calibre Māori @highcalibremaori.bsky.social Cybersecurity Professional™️ and energy drink aficionado. Infosec witch.
Māori (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Hine) & Kanaka 'Ōiwi. Ultra runner. Published author. Autistic + ADHD.
Stanley Cup Liberal. Views my own.
Chelsea @tripthestation.bsky.social I’m just here to reclaim my old username. Te Ātiawa, Pākehā, tired.
@badfishnz.bsky.social @badfishnz.bsky.social You can take the girl out of West Auckland but you can't take the West Auckland out of the girl
Pakehā, tangata tiriti, she/her/ia, NZ
Chip Matthews @chipmatthews.bsky.social 
Dr Bex @drbex.bsky.social Pākehā | Tāngata Tiriti | Waikato | Aotearoa
Ana McAllister @nope-thank-u.bsky.social All my opinions are my own, not my employers.
Danae @auntyhoha.bsky.social fuck_lupus. Pākehā. SLE is a kient. Kōrero Māori. I used to fly small aeroplanes, now I ride large surfboards. E noho ana ahau i te whenua raupatu o Ngāti Awa #HeTaongaTeWai #SurfDontTerf
Maddy @madicattt.bsky.social Māoriland Film Festival
Sometimes Tāmaki, Sometimes Ōtaki, Always proud to be Māori. - C @cait-kn.bsky.social @cait-kn.bsky.social
runningwhio @runningwhio.bsky.social She/her. Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Tīriti-led, climate concerned, gay4all. The plan is healthcare, education, food, housing, abortions on tap 💚
If u need one, u have a home here
Mellopuffy @mellopuffy.bsky.social I believe in love. #Landback. Tangata Tiriti. Cis/She/Her. Ōtepoti home but Ōtautahi bred. Union Strong! ✊🏼
David Cormack @davidcormack.bsky.social PR hack. Sometimes maybe good. Sometimes maybe shit.
He/Him- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid