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Jo Fountain

@jofountain.bsky.social

Rural social scientist - food resilience, agritourism, climate change, regional resilience. Also mum and grandma, love cats, books, and growing my own food..

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14.02.2026 04:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
RNZ headline reads: 'Christchurch City Council issues boil water notices for Eastern suburbs' with pictures of boiling jug

RNZ headline reads: 'Christchurch City Council issues boil water notices for Eastern suburbs' with pictures of boiling jug

Ah yes... this is SO much better than 3 Waters #nzpol

14.02.2026 01:43 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Don't forget the (N)ationally important Ikea opening!

29.01.2026 18:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Lincoln University part of winning MBIE Endeavour project :: Lincoln University

www.lincoln.ac.nz/news-and-eve...

29.01.2026 18:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our MBIE Endeavour project, "Accelerating Adaptation to climate change: From decisions to action" led by the Earth Sciences New Zealand, is just kicking off. It has never been more relevant or needed.

29.01.2026 18:15 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Were you screaming "adaptation!!!!" At the TV like me? 😁

26.01.2026 08:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

EXACTLY what I thought when I head that.

23.01.2026 05:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I arrived home last night and immediately reminded my 18 yo to enrol to vote and get her friends to.

21.01.2026 18:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm more likely to praise a politician I like than have a go at one I don't

21.01.2026 08:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah... I'm a coward at heart ☹️. But I hope my diary which says "Tēnā Koe" in big gold letters offended him at least

21.01.2026 02:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I've been sitting next to David Seymour in WLG Koru lounge. I think I should remarkable self control not to tell him how I feel about him and his party....

21.01.2026 01:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

But the US would LIKE countries close to Israel....

14.01.2026 17:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Excellent. Those dangerous Tongans! 🙄

14.01.2026 17:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh = bad. India = good

Fiji= bad, but Rubio hasn't heard of Tonga and Samoa so these are good.

14.01.2026 17:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Apart from most of these countries being poor and brown, what other criteria was used? I see none of those oil-producing Arab states are on the list 🤔

14.01.2026 17:29 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

I think it is also deceptive here because the sun can be burny when the wind is cold - people don't feel themselves burning when the temperature isn't high.

13.01.2026 05:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

So much this

13.01.2026 04:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😂 I try!

10.01.2026 21:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh snap!! It was closer to 7am, but yeah, before I did anything else I was thinking about (and panicking about) all the work I need to fo in the next month.

Fun times.

10.01.2026 18:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That much?

10.01.2026 18:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Close! final song on his playlist is "I'm not worried"

10.01.2026 09:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also "I'm not worried" (last song in list), which seems a lot like "I'm sorted"...

10.01.2026 09:29 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just looked at the playlist... highly unlikely that he made this list or listens to this.

Whoever did make it is taking the piss with the second to last song: "I'm not worried" - sums up Luxon to a T ... he's sorted and doesn't care.

10.01.2026 05:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ours aren't home delivered but we can pick up copies at our local library

10.01.2026 05:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We still have two in our area I think

10.01.2026 05:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Do you not have some community papers you could use?

10.01.2026 04:47 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

There are

09.01.2026 04:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The soundtrack of my summers and public holidays for 20 years. Such a shame RNZ funding cuts has seen the end of this iconic show.

09.01.2026 04:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Southerly change has hit and temp has dropped by close to 10 degrees... phew

08.01.2026 23:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Day 4 for me.... already 26 degrees. Thinking I might knock off at lunchtime

08.01.2026 20:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0