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3 little skinks in amongst baby Karo seedlings in pots.

Spot the skinks

Households jumping on solar power - but what if you don't have a home loan? A system could pay itself back in seven or eight years, chief executive of Rewiring Aotearoa says.

Households jumping on solar power - but what if you don't have a home loan?

Advice For Coping David Farrier's Webworm features advice for coping in 2026, from trauma & bereavement counselor Ross Palethorpe. Then news on Substack and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

finding it hard to cope at the moment with all the chaos going on around you? i got a trauma & bereavement counselor to write some tips about how to stay sane. please RT if you think others may find it useful, too: www.webworm.co/coping/

Black Ferns Sevens outclass Australia in Perth Sevens final Kelsey Teneti bagged a brilliant double as New Zealand romped to victory, while the All Blacks Sevens are fourth.

Black Ferns Sevens outclass Australia in Perth Sevens final

Come on

Absolute UNIT of a hornet beside an array of puny common wasps.

A guide for Aucklanders keeping watch for yellow-legged hornets:

1. “Hmm, is this stripy waspy thing a hornet?” = not a hornet

2. “JESUS EFFING C what the F is that MONSTER, that’s he biggest wasp I’ve ever SEEN, NO Jaden KEEP AWAY, shit I think it has yellow legs” = hornet

A cartoon by Toby Morris showing pink-haired scientist Siouxsie Wiles standing with her right arm extended, holding a very long pink worm that reaches almost to her boots. It is accompanied by the words Vote noke waiuu, the North Island worm for Bug of the Year bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz

For the next couple of weeks, I'm championing noke waiū, the North Auckland Worm, for the Bug of the Year competition. Thanks to Toby Morris for this great little cartoon, which shows one reason I think you should give it your vote: it can grow up to 1.4 metres long!

a grumpy looking fish that says Protect Our Rivers...Blue Gilled Bully

A happy speckled fish that says Save Our Freshwater Friends! Dusky Galaxiiid

A Freshwater Mayfly Nesameletus, Healthy Wai, Healthy Us!

A Koura (small crayfish) that says Keep My Home Healthy!

Fish are friends, look after our freshwater rivers, streams, and lakes <3 I designed these stickers for the Green Party here in NZ, and I just wanted to share them because they're my special little guys. I assume you'll be able to snag these from Greens events in the future!

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Yes it is exhausting

Meanwhile we are sweltering up North 🥵

It’s hard to believe in 2026 people are still asking “did you mask before covid?” As some kind of gotcha.

When things change, you adapt.

When you learn, you change your behaviour.

If I had known an N95 could prevent illness this effectively, I would have worn one sooner!

Regular Covid vaccinations needed to reduce cardiac risks Regular Covid vaccinations are needed to reduce associated cardiac risks, experts at the European Cardiology Society have concluded.

www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...

Kirikiriroa/ Hamilton folks. It would be great to have a strong show of support for Te Huia this Sunday 2pm at Hamilton Frankton Station. A key decision is coming up in a couple of weeks on extending the trial by another year and your support could help get this across the line.

These terrific kids' father is actually the founder of PHAN! These kids are so well-informed and so powerful.

Well I didnt know until you mentioned it. That means I can avoid my accountant for another day.

Routliffe and Muhammad through second round womens doubles Ays Open #Tennis

Congratulations,that's great news.

The Government is choosing to increase climate changing emissions and failing to support communities hit first and worst by severe weather. Climate change is increasing the cost of living and wreaking havoc on the livelihoods of our regional communities.

Cheap loans for families to install solar panels, heat pumps and batteries The measures form part of the Government’s £15bn ‘warm homes plan’.

Even the UK are doing this and we aren't, despite the more favourable conditions and what's happening across the Tasman!

🚨Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for BAY OF ISLANDS to HELENA BAY to PATAUA.
🌧️These thunderstorms are expected to be accompanied by very heavy rain.
metservice.com/warnings/home

Son got us switched over while we were in Auckland for hubby's cancer treatment as son was working from home and farm sitting for us. The old spark copper wasnt up to it. Starlink has been pretty good.

N95s offer superior protection against flu and Covid.

They can protect your health and the health of those around you.

Many people also find them much more comfortable than surgical masks.

If you can’t afford them, look for your local mask bloc.

If you can afford them, please donate!

Please go if you can.

Yay, sounds great. Hope it works out for you.

Experts Call For N95s Over Surgical Masks As Flu, Covid Viruses Spread World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare workers, not inferior surgical masks.

And another terrific article from @drjudystone.bsky.social on how we can protect ourselves in the face of respiratory diseases flying left and right!

To think we all collectively felt the leadership in Aotearoa throughout the pandemic to elected that same leadership in a landslide.

Now a couple of years on from learning what decent leadership is, we get Spotify playlists while the world order shifts.

Thankfully it's an election year...

#nzpol

Nice, I hope we get some today. Maybe later this morning.

Tennis: NZ pair into ASB Classic quarter finals The New Zealand doubles wildcard pairing are through to quarter-finals at Auckland's ASB Classic.

Tennis: NZ pair into ASB Classic quarter finals

Open the windows or a door on three sunny side of the house. Works like a fly trap. They head for the sunlight.

Wellington Covid-safe friends: just had a great visit at City Dentists, which runs air purifiers + HVE, and staff were in 3M respies. My dentist even commented at one point that Covid isn't "over." Heads-up that waiting room patients = not masked.