Laura Wattie @lyrafay.bsky.social Avid reader, mythology and folklore lover, music fiend and comic connoisseur!! From 🇳🇿
Hannah Wattie @kiwisnowingfan.bsky.social Hi my name is Hannah. I'm from New Zealand. I'm big fan of Kingdom Hearts, Video games,TV,Movies and books!!
Col @colnz.bsky.social 
Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social Former health professional with an increasingly
ridiculous mishmash of learned knowledge and lived experience.
Living on Arrernte country in Central Australia.
Please be kind 💚
Abbey @abbeythelab.bsky.social Abbey the silver lab of Abingdon
- Writer of #AbbeyHaiku and #AbbeyGuide
- A Very Good Girl
- Vexed by Jethro the cat next door
- Always trying to make fetch happen
- Expert sploosher bellyflop extraordinaire
- Underfed: please send treats
Amy Blythe @amywasblythe.bsky.social She/her. Romance author, mama of teens, sporadic poet & lousy greenie 🍉 Aotearoa NZ📍
*When Dr Grumpy Met Her Sunshine* out now with Mills&Boon Medical🩺💋
amyblythe.com
Clare M. Dowding @claredowding.bsky.social Welshwoman in London. University administrator. Independent researcher (medieval anchorites). Anglican Reader (lay minister). Warden of Readers Diocese of Southwark.
Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social I make wine in an alpine desert in the South Pacific 🇳🇿.
J&B spotter. 🟡🟢🔵https://boxd.it/3x7HZ
Spice lover. 🍜
Planet and people before profit.
Will block you for gen-AI.
ᓚᘏᗢ
pshemk @pshemk.bsky.social Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿|city dweller🏙️| urban enthusiast 🏢| commuter cyclist🚴| public transport advocate 🚇| amateur trainspotter 🚆| loves cats 🐈| he/him 🏳️🌈 | IPA: pʂɛmk
Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social GRASSROOTS MUSIC VENUE. Ōtautahi, Aotearoa; Christchurch, New Zealand.
Community clubhouse. Home to @PizzaTrapnz.bsky.social pizzeria, Doki Hair Salon & @03sessions.bsky.social 🍉
Janet Greig @janetgreig.bsky.social Vegetarian. She/her 🏳️⚧️ #FuckThePatriarchy #TeamSussex
Levin, NZ Aotearoa 🇳🇿 
Milly @millycenti.bsky.social Reader, cat lover, player of board and other games (she/her)
Lauren she/her @eccentriccatlady.bsky.social Reader, queer, nerd, mom, animal lover, passionate about social justice, neuro spicy, Aotearoa newbie, 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇳🇿🇵🇸💚🐶🐱👩🏻🎓
Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social Green Party member. Foot soldier in the Army of the Witch-Hunter General. Left wing. Economist. A fan of motorbikes.
"Māorification", good times!
Sweary (sorry, Mum). Tau iwi.
Jo McFadden @jojoaotearoa.bsky.social Just a kiwi geek trying to find her way in the world. She/Her Cis Pākehā Tāmaki Makaurau 🇳🇿🤓🐱 http://instagram.com/jomcfadden/ @jojohmc on Twitter
Josh O'Connor-Chen @joshoconnorchen.bsky.social 
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
Join my sci-fi book club:
http://patreon.com/ellecordova
nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
beekaynz @beekaynz.bsky.social By the way, I forgive you
Nïck @sweetnerdloot.bsky.social Pure of heart, big of brain, fat of ass
formerly nikbol on the bird site
Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social Trans rights are human rights.
Professional aunt.
Posts about black cats, picture books, and random other stuff.
“Don't waste hate on pink geranium.”
5th generation Pākehā Aucklander, of UK heritage.
Brookland @dilaedathon.bsky.social Bicycles, Music and DIY. Kirikiriroa, NZ Scottish Wildcat with a plushie tag. Aro/Ace. They/Them/Cat.
Shove Actually @dickenschicken.bsky.social Tweets are personal opinions, nothing to do with my employer okay.
Escape Goat @nedgilmore.bsky.social You shall come to a prison built of regrets and sorrow, where the shadows themselves have gone mad.
Felipe @fewipe.bsky.social Pan de yuca ambassador to Aotearoa
Unofficial consul for empanadas and self appointed Wellington spokesperson for ajiaco.
Claire Daniel @clairecities.bsky.social Research on how technology is used to do urban planning vs. how it should be used.
Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social Historian, former Chair of Oz Kiwi, and student of Hokkien/Taiwanese.
A Melbournian living in Wellington. 
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
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
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
he/him
Ciara 🇳🇿🏴🇮🇪 @ciaraarmstrong.bsky.social Dem Socialist. XStitching to take focus off chronic pain. Can’t work, so Kofi tips very welcome.
#ToitūteTiriti.
#FreePalestine🇵🇸
#EDS
https://ko-fi.com/ciaraaxstitch
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.
Bio: about.me/violetblue
More: linktr.ee/viblue
News: patreon.com/violetblue
Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social Human Rights Defender / Founder of Rights Aotearoa @rightsaotearoa.bsky.social || he/him || Proud alumnus of London Business School || ❤️Food & Wine || Trans rights are human rights || paul@rightsaotearoa.nz
Talia Marshall @princesstehangi.bsky.social failed poet
Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social Millionaires fighting inequality. To move money from the rich & create political economies where wealth does not mean power. UK sister of Patriotic Millionaires
patrioticmillionaires.uk
Sacha Judd @sachajudd.com Talks and writes about fans and tech (sachajudd.com). Co-founder of Lume (lumemusic.com). Letterboxd’s Senior Harry Styles Correspondent.
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social New Zealand's cute infosec con (& book publishers) ✨
October 30-31, 2026 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, New Zealand)
Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me I have thoughts. Lots of thoughts. They never stop thinking. Never stop thunking.
hachyderm.io/@hazelweakly
Bucket Fountain @bucketfountain.bsky.social The World Famous Bucket Fountain
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social Textile artist. Nature lover.
Saving the planet, one stitch at a time.
She/her. Aotearoa New Zealand
#art #textile #fabric #recycle #reuse #quilt #sew #stitch #craft #thread #climate #MTB #travel #adventure
Lover, mother, friend.
ruthmcmonagle.net
Kate Upsidebackwards @upsidebackwards.bsky.social Kiwi in Canberra, living on Ngunnawal Country. Maths, crafts, chocolate, Wellington Phoenix.
tristam @tristam.bsky.social design, academia. more aviation references required. te whanganui-a-tara.
* this account includes a tweet archive 2007~2024.
Cyn @cyncharron.bsky.social Ōtautahi, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Was a biology teacher. Green voter.
Proudly 🇨🇦🇳🇿
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally
Desperate for covid safety in schools.
Views mine.
❤️ Pearl the greyhound, cargo e-bikes, cycle infrastructure, libraries.
Spokes Canterbury member.
Pls use alt-text.
🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social Chaotic soft bear residing in Pōneke. She/her. 
🐶🐙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
Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social Senior Scientist | Vaccine Research & Development | NIH | NIAID | VRC | 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 | 🏳️🌈 | @coralchimera.bsky.social 💍 | @phoenixnest.bsky.social & @multicolorbark.com & @likeapalette.com 🧵🪡
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
Amy Bowie @amybowie.bsky.social Singer, Songwriter, Voiceover, Arts Admin/Creative Support. Views are my own, not clients'/employers'& shouldn't be taken seriously. RT's are not endorsements. www.amybowie.com
Hayley @writagal.bsky.social Forever learning, opinions mine. Generally annoyed about something.
Aotearoa.
El Yobo @elyobo.bsky.social Software dev. Somewhere on the left. Australian Kiwi. Build more homes.
YIMBY Melbourne and VIC Greens member.
I like to ride my bike: http://strava.com/athletes/elyobo
Michael S. Daubs, PhD @mdaubs.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Communication at the University of Otago. Co-Director for Kōtaha: the Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab at Te Herega Waka - Victoria University of Wellington | 🇨🇦 in 🇳🇿 (he/him) | @mdaubs@aoir.social
Merrin @merrrrin.bsky.social Serious professional
Kent Duston @kentduston.bsky.social AuDHD Boomer, tangata Tiriti, LGBTQIA+ ally, spending my professional life working on wellbeing - and Toitū te Tiriti.
Emz of Big Hairy News @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social A creative professional of many disciplines.
YouTube.com/@PrettyAwesomeGaming
IG @iamprettyawesome_
Host for #bhn
#NickyNoBoats artiste
Ministry of Health NZ @health.govt.nz The Ministry of Health is the government’s lead advisor on health priorities and policy. We regulate and monitor the health system to deliver better health outcomes for all New Zealanders.
Cahoots Workshop @cahoots.nz The community space exclusively for women and gender diverse folks where we empower ourselves through building, fixing and making.
www.cahoots.nz
Joel Chan @kjoules.org 👨🏻💻 Data, charts & graphs, news
📍香港 Hong Kong, also 🇹🇼🇨🇦
☢️ @hksushireport.bsky.social
🖊️ The Numberwang: www.kjoules.org
I have Hong Kong-related Starter Packs, Feeds, and Lists for those getting started
Li Chen @exocomics.com I like cats.
My third graphic novel Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery is now available worldwide! https://detectivebeans.com
Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social Aotearoa's leading publisher of new fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Formerly Victoria University Press.
Tempest @tempestscorner.bsky.social Welcome to my corner of strange.
Website - www.tempestscorner.com
SugarTits Floggers 🏳️🌈🇳🇿 @sugartits-floggers.bsky.social New Zealand based creator of leather kink gear. Currently I make Floggers, cuffs, collars and harnesses. Always happy to take custom orders.
I am always looking for event to sell my gear at. I do make a selection of non kink leather items.
Stfnz.com
Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social Work in local govt. Widow, artist, partner. Living my best life despite tricky health! Well vaxxed.
Devon @devonsmith.bsky.social Pottery - Painting - illustration - tattoos
Http://www.devonsmith.co.nz
Nomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social User testimonials: "a great bear"; "a very wise stack of rocks". Social Justice NPC, amateur poet/jeweller/philanthropist, and badge dealer. Toitū te Tiriti.
Mihingarangi @mihiforbes.bsky.social Journo, māmā
Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social The only indigenous Political Party in Aotearoa dedicated to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Authorised by J Tamihere, 1540
Highway 25, Waihi
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
Ruth Cameron @musoruth.bsky.social Refugee from the space formerly known as the Bird app. Definitely left; getting to love the eastern suburbs (Wellington) via walkways.
Olivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social Skateboarding, Tech-criticism, Blockchain colonialism and platform geopolitics, film, LFC.
Allan Moyle @allanmoyle.bsky.social MrsM's houseboy, ever on call Dad. Gadget tragic + music, sport (YNWA), travel, some sporadic modelling & beer. Cantankerousness can be a feature. 🦂 Maungawhau, Tāmaki Makaurau. #Aotearoa 🇳🇿
Steve Murray @stevoandgus.bsky.social Warfie union man.
Sarah Lin @sarahlinherself.bsky.social Cats, science, romantic tension, aesthetic crisis. Mama.
Writehandedgirl in a past life.
Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social He/him. queer small town werewolf. Aotearoa. old punk plant nerd into weeds, conservation, foraging, brunch, coffee, cargo bikes, loud music.
Sensitive but not very deep.
Still in love with the world & angry about it.
Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social I believe the big bang happens repeatedly, like a heartbeat. I'm another one of those bass-playing (https://nathanielflick.bandcamp.com/album/dusk) UX Engineers (nathanielflick.com) who believes in accessibility and inclusion for all.- H Thomas Harvey @happyspastic.bsky.social Facta non verba.
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
Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com Bog hag, platform & systems designer chasing tech that’s actually good for people. Proudly antifascist + neurodivergent 💙
Posts self-destruct.
Website: https://annaecook.com/
Newsletter: https://annaecook.com/newsletter
Carolyn Kousky @ckousky.bsky.social Insurance nerd. Nature lover. Risk manager. Mother. Trying to be an optimist.
carolynkousky.com
Founder of Insurance for Good.
David Chen @davechen.bsky.social I’ve been reviewing movies and TV on the internet for 15 years. I host podcasts like Decoding TV and The Filmcast. Check out my newsletter: www.Decodingeverything.com
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Poisonwood babble @poisonwoodbible.bsky.social NZ/US citizen - Chicago-born - pols & law nerd - sewing addict - getting into applique - Poisonwood Bible is my fav novel - in the runng for typo queen of the internet
Manawatū People's Radio @mpr.nz Te reo irirangi o ngā tangata o Manawatū!
Manawatu People's Radio is an Access Media Platform for Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand, supported by the Community Access Media Alliance.
Made with support of NZ On Air
👉🏼 linktr.ee/manawatupeoplesradio
Julie Spray @juliespray.bsky.social Childhood & medical anthropologist, child health researcher, Lecturer at University of Galway Ireland, Pākehā New Zealander, she/her, never enough cats. I study people because they fascinate & confuse me. Children make most sense though. We like to draw.
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
Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social Contributor to Big Hairy News #BHN.
https://bhn.nz/
https://www.youtube.com/@BigHairyNetwork
Occasional Stand up Comedian
Ōtepoti I Dunedin NZ
Hou Fu - alt-counsel.com @hohohouf.bsky.social 
Leigh Hunt @leighghunt.bsky.social Software Developer with a leaning towards FLOSS, Web and GIS. Drinks too much coffee, and rides a funny bike.
Cr Scott McKenzie @crscottmckenzie.bsky.social Whangārei District Councillor. For a more liveable, sustainable and connected city. Registered Architect & proud dad
BtheLane @bthelane.bsky.social X refugee, union, republican, atheist, climate action yesterday. You get the idea. 😁
Peter Sime @petesi.me Left leaning 40-something in Dunedin | Ōtepoti NZ. Enemy of infinite scrolling and short form video. I like making pictures.
He/him
Blog: https://petesi.me
Xx_Johnstone_xX @massiveattack420.bsky.social Physical media collector. Photographer. Gamer. Longboarder. Discgolfer. Eidetic memory. Blue dot in Texas. Fuck fascists.
https://ebay.io/m/voId6Z
Science Fiction Twin @handle.invalid Life in Banks Peninsula NZ
Love Music, Art, Literature, Photography, Football, Rugby, F1, Hiking, Off Road Driving, Wire Haired Fox Terriers, politically left of centre, don't suffer fools.
ASD, ADHD & CFS if you know you know. 
Tom @kiwiteej.bsky.social Kiwi escapee from Twitter. Archivist and other things. Hopes for a better, cooler world. Ōtautahi local. 
GT @mahora.bsky.social Semi-retired in sunny Hawkes Bay New Zealand after a long career in secondary education and a two term career in local government.
Andy O'Brien @spadge.bsky.social Originally from Scotland. I'm a guest in Aotearoa, who works in public service. I try to do IT Security stuff. He/Him.🏳️⚧️Ally.
David @dastuart.bsky.social Brightwater, Nelson NZ, small vineyard owner, with a real job to pay for said small vineyard.