The Dunedin Museum  of Natural Mystery

The Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery

@mahalski.bsky.social

A small museum dedicated to unusual natural and social history and an advocate for climate and conservation justice.

190 Followers 57 Following 68 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Bark Cloth Baining Mask(Kavat)
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
(circa 1970’s)
The dramatic masks created by Central Baining peoples are used exclusively in the night dances dedicated to spirits, animals, and commodities associated with the surrounding forest.

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Two big sealions facing off on the Otago peninsula yesterday. #otagopeninsula #sealion #sealions #nzsealion

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My history of Paranormal Research and some investigations by the Dunedin Strange Occurrences Society(based on a talk I did for the Oamaru Festival in 2025) My history of Paranormal Research and some investigations by the Dunedin Strange Occurrences Society(based on a talk I did for the Oamaru Festival in 2025)

The text of my recent talk about the paranormal at the Oamaru Festival! - artordeath.com/2025/12/02/m...

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On the morning of Sunday October 26th, members of ‘Climate Liberation Aotearoa’ and supporters handed out information comics to passengers from ‘The Carnival Splendor’ .#cruises #cruisers #cruiseship #cruiseships #protest #cruiseshipprotest #extinctionrebellion #climateliberationaotearoa

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The local body elections are coming up and I’m voting vampire! Ruthven Allimrac would make a great night mayor for Dunedin! #votevampire #vampireformayor #dunedinelections2025 #ruthvenallimrac #radicalactionfaction #progressive #liberal #vampiresofinstagram

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Today’s newspaper talks about my latest arrest for climate action.

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7 months ago
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ANZ Protest In Dunedin - As Part Of A Series Of Protests Around The Country ANZ is the last bank in the country to still provide banking services for the majority overseas owned Bathurst Mining Company, which wants to expand the Stockton mine (NZ's largest open cast coal mine...

www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL25...

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ANZ bank protest in Dunedin on Friday 8th August

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Latest cartoon strip for the Otago Daily Times and Scoop.

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8 months ago
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Latest cartoon strip about the Mount Messenger bypass. #fasttrack #resoucemanagement #kiwi #mangapepeke #DOC

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Bone pistol dueling set (2012) #bone #gun #art

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Latest cartoon strip / Climate Myths #3( abridged) #climatechange #cartoon #strip #dinosaurs

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Latest cartoon strip for the Otago Daily Times. #kiwi#fasttrack#wildlifeact#resourcemanagementact

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This very nice mounted hoki is a new addition to the museum’s collection. These remarkable deep water animals are the mainstay of the local fishing industry. The museum has a small collection of deep water fish including orange roughy, angler fish, fangtooth etc . #hoki #hokifish #deepwaterfish

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Cruise ship protest in Dunedin (NZ) #cruiseship #protest #dunedin #nz

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Protesters pay visit to cruise tourists The last of the cruise ship visitors for the season got an unexpected photo opportunity yesterday, as a group of protesters welcomed the visitors...

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Mural honours famed musician The late Dunedin singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps has been celebrated in a new mural. The mural depicting the founder of seminal Dunedin Sound...

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11 months ago

Wow! Very rare!

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11 months ago
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Mural ‘amazing advertisement to the city’ Not even the gloomy weather could take the gloss off celebrating the completion of the new Ōtepoti Dunedin mural. The project, which was started by...

Proud to be the project manager -,https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/mural-‘amazing-advertisement-city’

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My latest 5 frame cartoon strip - #hectorsdolphins #mauidolphins #tupoupou #dolphinconservation #nzdolphins

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11 months ago

Welcome to my tin- foil hat woke world

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A poster I produced in 2009 under the name - Toothfish. This poster went all around the world and I have photos of it in about 30 countries- #climatechange #climatecrisis #naturewar #sheep #toothfish

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Today’s cartoon strip in the Otago Daily Times talks about what happened to some friends of mine. #climatechange #protest #climateliberationaotearoa

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Just been looking through some posters from our old band Crystal Zoom(83-85). Believe it or not people pay good money for them.

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Climate protesters oppose ship’s presence Climate protesters have opposed the presence of a 4000-people cruise ship in Otago Harbour with a slow and silent march. Climate Liberation...

www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

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1 year ago
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'Extinction Rebellion (We're All in This Together)' by Pretty Trippy (NZ) YouTube video by Bruce Mahalski

🔊 Sound up!
A band from Ōtepoti (Dunedin) in #NewZealand have written us an #ExtinctionRebellion song, with a video complete with local protest footage! ✊
Listen and share - it's for nature protectors all over the world. You know who you are!
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1 year ago

Thank you for posting!

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NZ’s Public Health system dealt yet another blow We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

Disgraceful? What’s the point of paying taxes with these bag men privatising everything? www.greens.org.nz/nz_s_public_...

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