henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social political editor at the post, wellington tragic
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Emily @emilywrites.co.nz 
Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social New Zealand's cute infosec con (& book publishers) ✨
October 30-31, 2026 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, New Zealand)
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
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “COVID lady/Pink Terror”. Microbiologist & science communicator, lover of bioluminescence & Lego. Becoming slightly obsessed with reusable period products despite being perimenopausal. She/her.
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social 💚 A mother daughter team providing a forever home & specialist care at our sanctuary for animals saved from slaughter & traumatic beginnings
🌱 Not-for-profit CIC
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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social We are a GFAS-accredited farm sanctuary & donor supported 501c3 nonprofit located in Charlotte, Vermont. We provide healthy, happy, permanent homes and lifelong care to 100+ rescue farm animals & humane education programs. https://linktr.ee/merrymacfarm
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I breathe 
Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social Councillor for Wharangi Ward, Te Kaunihera o Pōneke. Authorised by Miriam Ross, Level 5, 108 The Terrace, Wellington.
Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
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The Wellingtonista @wellingtonista.bsky.social We’re the Wellingtonista, talking all things Wellington since 2004
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social Awarded author, journalist: cybersecurity, privacy, Covid. WIRED, PopSci, Spinoff, Engadget, FT, IFJ. Visiting Scholar at Stout Research Centre, NZ. Black Hat keynote. S/her.
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social 🏴 Race nerd, rights bore, writer (various). Read something here: www.tzemingmok.com
Opinions only my own, you can't have them
Auckland, City of Fails
Wellington Pride Festival I Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara @wellingtonpride.bsky.social Wellington Pride Festival is the longest-running annual Pride celebration in Aotearoa.
The 2027 Festival is happening 5 - 21 March.
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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social US (Oregon) immigrant in (Gizzy) Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿.
Family Physician 🩺, tree climber 🌳, surfer 🏄🏾♂️ , photographer 📸. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Chris Hipkins @chrishipkins.bsky.social MP for Remutaka, Leader of NZ Labour Party. Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Tce, Wellington
badwonton @badwonton.bsky.social 🥟🐸🥟
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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Indigenous sociologist at large. Doing stuff on political violence. ND. Posting in personal capacity
Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social Feminist, leftie, māmā. Tangata Tiriti, she/her. Opinions stated are entirely my own and do not reflect any other person or organisation.
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Bestselling author of “The Cat Operator’s Manual” 📕 https://cuddleunit5.com published by Chronicle Books
Queen Captain of Space Station 1
DairymanNZ @dairymannz.bsky.social Rainfall is measured in mm, not ml! Some posts are pure BS.
Dairy farmer, Ashburton, NZ.
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. 🌈
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Gir @edufk.bsky.social Dog-lover, bus driver, tangata tiriti 🐶🇳🇿
Toitū te Tiriti
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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social IYKYK
Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social Former Mayor. Global Greenie. Political reckons etc etc
The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social Aotearoa published daily → thespinoff.co.nz • Unofficial Account
Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social Labour Candidate for Wellington Bays in 2026. CTU Economist, Unionist, and believer in a better Aotearoa.
https://linktr.ee/craigrenney.official
Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington
Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social Lecturer in public policy, STS sociologist, tangata tiriti, feminist, geek, coffee-addict, lesbian, urbanist, electric motorcyclist, ex-Chicago, half Dutch, wannabe Carol Danvers/Clarke Griffin/Kate Kane. She/her 🇳🇿🇳🇱
https://about.me/sarahhendricabickerton/
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
Mrs Chippy🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mrschippy.bsky.social Ship's cat. Tāmaki Makaurau - currently Eden Terrace apartment dweller & loving it. Apart from the lack of ducks.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social I have too many dogs for a sensible person
One of the Aotearoa NZ Twitter exodus
Mother: Invercargill, father: Simmesport La. Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Cajun, Pākehā, feminist, parent
MA in history, PhD in dork
Terfs and right-wingers can get in the bin
Paul Brislen @brislen.nz Cassandra PR. Our motto: I fkn TOLD you...
I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴
Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice)
"We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020)
Aotearoa he/him
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/
Craig @kiwicraig74.bsky.social Full woke lefty town-planner in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, seeker of joy. Dad-DJ. Cosmopolitan.
Thomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social Cities, transport and economic and climate transitions
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
Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social Labour List MP based in West Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Spokesperson for Revenue, Climate Change, Associate Finance
Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
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ProfBrianCox @profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
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The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social Drawer of birds, designer of fabric, sewer of gorgeous things you might want to buy from me.
I also really like food, walking and cycling.
www.thesewphist.com
Ben McNulty @ponekeben.bsky.social Deputy Mayor and Wellington City Councillor for the Takapū/Northern Ward.
linktr.ee/ponekeben
Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social State Representative out of Missoula, Montana. Fighting for housing, health care, & human rights.
Wife of @erininthemorning.com
Bi🏳️🌈 Trans🏳️⚧️ she/her♀️
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Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Canterbury, NZ. Fellow @royalsocietynz.bsky.social. Math modelling in biology and epidemiology. Bicycles make the world a better place. He/him
https://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/~m.plank/
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I’m from N-E-W Jerz
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@toastfloats@mastodon.nz
@toastfloats elsewhere
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🐶🐙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
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Grant❤️🔥Buist @grantbuist.com 
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Artist
I am cis lesbian she/her
Bipolar including psychosis, medicated 16 years
🔜 Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social Malaysian Chinese Aotearoa (New Zealander), geek, food, wine & microbes interest. Best Auckland Restaurant Venn diagram (GoogleDrive): https://tinyurl.com/AucklandRestaurant TL50
NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social My mother survived walking through Hiroshima the day after as a 13 year old, so I have a fair idea of what a nuclear holocaust looks and feels like
🇯🇵 🇳🇿
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Michael Richards @nzmrichards.bsky.social If I migrate here, I'll reckon.
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is an international non-profit committed to inspiring passion for nature and creating a world where ✨ all ✨ life thrives.
Chelsea Manning @xychelsea.tv