Inconstant Gardener
@inconstantgardener.bsky.social
Mostly lurking. Grew up in Australia, but NZ has been home for getting on 25 years now. Greenie, lefty, feminist. Horse owner. Tramper. Crap skier. Ex-climber. I work for the gummint. Trying to be a. good/better tangata Tiriti
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For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿
👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz
🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz
🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
October 1, 2026 at 4:56 AM
For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿
👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz
🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz
🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
What beekaynz said!
Tax the shit out of social media companies and use that money to fund mental health care for kids and families. You’re welcome.
August 24, 2026 at 5:52 AM
What beekaynz said!
Winston Peters, you poisonous little weasel. I remember when Pauline Hanson crawled out from under her rock in Australia 30-odd years ago. You are just recycling her talking points. I hope you feel shame, if you can.
July 31, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Winston Peters, you poisonous little weasel. I remember when Pauline Hanson crawled out from under her rock in Australia 30-odd years ago. You are just recycling her talking points. I hope you feel shame, if you can.
Absolutely gutted to hear of Sam Neill's passing. Such a legend.
July 13, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Absolutely gutted to hear of Sam Neill's passing. Such a legend.
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It's weird to be like "it's not about you" and "(it's) about protecting women and girls ...". Like there weren't "women and girls" protesting.
Sorry who is it about then?
Never mind we already know.
Sorry who is it about then?
Never mind we already know.
Get home from seeing a group of rainbow kids & their friends living life/avoiding the politics coming for their existence. To then see this kind of rant from our own government. Especially about a proposed law that mentions gender identity by name. It is heartless, demoralizing, & vile. #Nzpol
June 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
It's weird to be like "it's not about you" and "(it's) about protecting women and girls ...". Like there weren't "women and girls" protesting.
Sorry who is it about then?
Never mind we already know.
Sorry who is it about then?
Never mind we already know.
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The Government is creating a powerful new conservation rulebook before Parliament has even decided whether it should exist. The proposed NCPS could shape decisions across public conservation land for years to come — and the time to engage in the process is now. #doc #conservation #enviroment #nzpol
Our future conservation rulebook being written before Parliament has approved it
The Government is asking New Zealanders to weigh in on a powerful new conservation rulebook before Parliament has even decided whether it should exist. The proposed NCPS could shape decisions across…
open.substack.com
June 14, 2026 at 2:56 AM
The Government is creating a powerful new conservation rulebook before Parliament has even decided whether it should exist. The proposed NCPS could shape decisions across public conservation land for years to come — and the time to engage in the process is now. #doc #conservation #enviroment #nzpol
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“He earns $320,600 a year. He owns six properties. He was offered a free apartment inside Parliament. He said it wasn't comfortable enough. Then he billed you $237,000 to sleep in his own home - and threatened the journalists who found out.”…
#nzpol
#nzpol
June 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
“He earns $320,600 a year. He owns six properties. He was offered a free apartment inside Parliament. He said it wasn't comfortable enough. Then he billed you $237,000 to sleep in his own home - and threatened the journalists who found out.”…
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Imagine being so bad at your job that the only way to 'balance the books' is to take money from poor people.
May 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Imagine being so bad at your job that the only way to 'balance the books' is to take money from poor people.
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social housing tenants would probably feel more like they had won the Lotto if they could claim a $36,400 accommodation supplement to live in their own property
one of the major clues that social housing tenants haven't in fact won the lotto is that they need social housing
Nicola Willis says "at the moment, people in social housing effectively have won the lotto."
May 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
social housing tenants would probably feel more like they had won the Lotto if they could claim a $36,400 accommodation supplement to live in their own property
This fucking government, I swear...
May 19, 2026 at 7:01 AM
This fucking government, I swear...
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Please please please share this post. There is some bizarre magic spell on the words "pay equity" that makes people's eyes glaze over but there's nothing boring about working women being robbed of BILLIONS of dollars by the chaos coalition
Government's treatment of women in Aotearoa goes to the United Nations
One year after legislation killed existing pay equity claims and basically ended the opportunity to bring new claims, the government is being taken to the United Nations.
It's a huge deal.
The team ...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
May 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Please please please share this post. There is some bizarre magic spell on the words "pay equity" that makes people's eyes glaze over but there's nothing boring about working women being robbed of BILLIONS of dollars by the chaos coalition
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In NZ only 10% of original wetlands remain. Two hours ago the Govt announced that it would change regulations to allow beef cattle and deer to graze in wetlands where populations of threatened species live. It is a #WarOnNature on behalf of agribusiness environment.govt.nz/assets/publi... p.135
environment.govt.nz
May 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
In NZ only 10% of original wetlands remain. Two hours ago the Govt announced that it would change regulations to allow beef cattle and deer to graze in wetlands where populations of threatened species live. It is a #WarOnNature on behalf of agribusiness environment.govt.nz/assets/publi... p.135
New book/author series recommendation for @poetactics.bsky.social - RF Kuang's The Poppy War. I'm only halfway through it, and apparently it gets a bit darker later, but I'm enjoying it for now. Also looking forward to trying Katabasis.
April 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
New book/author series recommendation for @poetactics.bsky.social - RF Kuang's The Poppy War. I'm only halfway through it, and apparently it gets a bit darker later, but I'm enjoying it for now. Also looking forward to trying Katabasis.
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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
The Greens tax plans basically copy those already in Australia
The place everyone is quitting New Zealand to go to
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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
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
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
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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
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
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With alt-text.
January 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
With alt-text.
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Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season
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.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season
#secretsantaAoNZ thank you Santa! It's beautiful!
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#secretsantaAoNZ thank you Santa! It's beautiful!
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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.
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.
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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.
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.
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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...
TP"U" gets free advertising and we get only one side of the story.
www.tjanz.org/labour_s_cgt...
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...
www.tjanz.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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...
TP"U" gets free advertising and we get only one side of the story.
www.tjanz.org/labour_s_cgt...
#SecretSantaAoNZ I have my present ready to package up and send and will do it first thing Monday!!
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
#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!!
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#SecretSantAoNZ
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!
My pressie arrived! How very exciting. Hurrah!!
Awesome work by the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust.
Chatham Islands' new Point Durham wind farm to drop power prices by 20 percent
Chatham Islands' new Point Durham wind farm to drop power prices by 20 percent
The Point Durham wind farm also makes it possible for the diesel-reliant islands to go green and run entirely on renewable energy.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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.
A new question for #SecretSantaAoNZ
Are you a cat or dog person? Pandas? Hippos? Dolphins?Dragons? Chimera? Nessie?
Are you a cat or dog person? Pandas? Hippos? Dolphins?Dragons? Chimera? Nessie?
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Horses; Adelie, emperor, king and royal penguins; snow leopards; Burmese cats; albatrosses; assorted whales; orca; kea; tapir and okapi; wombats.
#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.
For #SecretSantaAoNZ I would like to say that crafted, second-hand etc is wonderful.
If you are struggling, a copy of your favourite book, a poem that moved your soul, or an album that changed your life, I'd love to know the things that mean the most to you.
Remember it is the thought not the $$
If you are struggling, a copy of your favourite book, a poem that moved your soul, or an album that changed your life, I'd love to know the things that mean the most to you.
Remember it is the thought not the $$
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
#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.