Inconstant Gardener

Again for the dumb fucks who are apparently 'good at business'

The Greens tax plans basically copy those already in Australia

The place everyone is quitting New Zealand to go to

What she said.
Every day Trump and his festering swamp of enablers make the world a worse place through their unending violation of international law and human decency.
I'm desperate for world leaders to demonstrate they can act in unison against this, but I'm not hearing much from those in office

The New Zealand Labour Party condemns the US attack on Venezuela including kidnapping its president as a blatant violation of international law. For the US to say it is now going to run Venezuela for the purpose of getting access to its oil, and in the same breath to repeat its desire to acquire Greenland, is a fundamental challenge to New Zealand values and our place in the world. Nicolas Maduro's human rights abuses should have been dealt with in the International Criminal Court. The US action is another step towards a world of violence and instability where might takes precedence over international law. Hon Phil Twyford, associate spokesperson on foreign affairs, NZ Labour Party

With alt-text.

Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season "It was an absolutely delightful, joyful moment. I couldn't hope for anything better than that just before Christmas," sanctuary ecologist Robert Schadewinkel says.

Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season

13. Boooo!

My father has taken to singing almost constantly as he has gone further into AD. We got him a dementia-friendly music player with some of his favourite songs on it which he has on most of the day.

Amazing!

#secretsantaAoNZ thank you Santa! It's beautiful!

ANYONE who attacks unarmed civilians just going about their lives, with any kind of weapon, is a cowardly, murderous, piece of shit. Simple as that.

If they do it at a time that's a celebration of peace, life, children, etc, then they're an evil, murderous, cowardly, piece of shit.

I have a spare present if needed.

Media statement: Labour’s CGT welcomed, but ‘unambitious’ Tax Justice Aotearoa (TJA) and the Better Taxes for a Better Future Campaign have welcomed Labour’s commitment to a Capital Gains Tax (CGT), but expressed their disappointment with the narrow CGT La...

What pisses me of is the mefia fawning over ever fart, utterance, and stunt from the the TP"U", but hardly ever seeks commentary from Tax Justice Aotearoa.

TP"U" gets free advertising and we get only one side of the story.

www.tjanz.org/labour_s_cgt...

This will be a great read! Very relevant to my work :-)

#SecretSantaAoNZ I have my present ready to package up and send and will do it first thing Monday!!

#SecretSantAoNZ
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!

Awesome work by the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust.

Horses; Adelie, emperor, king and royal penguins; snow leopards; Burmese cats; albatrosses; assorted whales; orca; kea; tapir and okapi; wombats.

This book was kind of amazing. The Brontes must have had some WILD experiences with their mad brother and associates. I love how the Tenant is just like "Men are trash" and protected herself.

I loved Juliet Mariller's Sevenwaters series, and Naomi Novik's Uprooted and Spinning Silver too. Have you encountered them? Any other recommendations for folklore-based novels greatly appreciated!

Brilliant. I listened to that album obsessively at the age of 15. "Sunrise" and "Man of Colours" were probably my favourite tracks.

#SecretSantaAoNZ Absolutely. Poetry FTW. Rime of the Ancient Mariner has been a touchstone for me. Also High Country Weather by JK Baxter. I don't access poems as easily as books and would love to know more.

Any time!

#SecretSantaAoNZ
This could be an epic. I will restrain myself though. I prefer novels but like polar literature, sustainability, conservation and science. Also cookbooks and garden books.
Movies and TV - lots, but no helpful pattern.

Can I just skite that I delivered breakfast to Iva Davies of Icehouse once when I worked in room service at a hotel? And Man of Colours was the first album I ever bought.

#SecretSantaAoNZ
Wheeew... OK - Beth Orton, Bonny Prince Billy, Ye Vagabonds, Pearl Jam and most indie stuff from the 90s. There are others, but I've had a wee dram...
Ursula Le Guin. Tolkien. Shout out to @poetactics.bsky.social who recommended The Bear and the Nightingale here - my new fave!

Chatham Island Landscape Restoration Trust The Chatham Island Landscape Restoration Trust is a non-profit conservation organisation working to restore nature's gifts to the Chatham Islands.

#SecretSantaAoNZ
If my secret santa is rich, I would love them to make a significant donation to the Chatham Islands Landscape Restoration Trust www.chathamrestorationtrust.org.nz.

#SecretSantaAoNZ
OK, let's see. I'm into: the natural world of Aotearoa, feminism, tramping, mountaineering, books (of all sorts), wine, chocolate, horses, living with a smaller carbon and environmental footprint than I currently do, growing vegies and flowers and native plants.

#SecretSantaAoNZ
I bake (sourdough, Swedish cardamom buns, cakes), garden (inconstantly), run (not enough), take photos, tramp, swim (in the river), pretend I still ski and climb. I have a darning thingy to repair merinos and want to do more crafty things like that.

Um.... I collect books. Like, I buy them kind of compulsively, and then think I could have borrowed them. And saved money, to buy more books. Or something.

I'm sorry.

#SecretSantaAoNZ That's easy. Chocolate! Go-to food for morale. Preferably with no palm oil or slavery or cutting down rainforest or manipulating mothers to give their kids formula only.