Sarah - Toitū te Tiriti
@forster81.bsky.social
Mum, comms person, childrens book enthusiast and cofounder of The Sapling. Pākehā, Tangata Tiriti
On the countdown to The Traitors NZ!
May 31, 2026 at 7:24 AM
On the countdown to The Traitors NZ!
Trying to stay awake to do a midnight-2am supervisor shift at Relay 4 Life! I’m not brave enough to have espresso this late, but I’ve had instant. The teens will either be a) feral or b) exhausted
May 30, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Trying to stay awake to do a midnight-2am supervisor shift at Relay 4 Life! I’m not brave enough to have espresso this late, but I’ve had instant. The teens will either be a) feral or b) exhausted
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Someone get these gen Xs out of the room when they're being pitched shitty AI tools or so help me god. Especially when they are politicians! They're not going to save you time and money. They'll COST you. You'll need to hire back everyone you fired. PLEASE LOOK AT ANY RESEARCH I'M LOSING MY MIND-
May 19, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Someone get these gen Xs out of the room when they're being pitched shitty AI tools or so help me god. Especially when they are politicians! They're not going to save you time and money. They'll COST you. You'll need to hire back everyone you fired. PLEASE LOOK AT ANY RESEARCH I'M LOSING MY MIND-
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new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
www.webworm.co
May 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
Come on Phoenix! Full house at Porirua Park
May 10, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Come on Phoenix! Full house at Porirua Park
I’ve been in my new house six months, and I’ve just sorted out my bluesky password from when it randomly booted me out (I am not sure if those two things are related). I’ve missed everyone!
April 29, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I’ve been in my new house six months, and I’ve just sorted out my bluesky password from when it randomly booted me out (I am not sure if those two things are related). I’ve missed everyone!
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Native frogs descended from a pair that escaped a frog breeding research project during a flood in the 1970s have been rediscovered in a backyard in Lower Hutt after 50 years.
Boy, 12, finds rare frogs while exploring Lower Hutt creek
They were linked to three frogs that had escaped captivity during a flood in the 1970s.
www.1news.co.nz
April 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Native frogs descended from a pair that escaped a frog breeding research project during a flood in the 1970s have been rediscovered in a backyard in Lower Hutt after 50 years.
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For two and half years, he was forced to listen to the hangings of more than 300 prisoners.
“The whole prison would sing for two or three days before the hanging, to ease the terror of the victims ...It was the most beautiful music on earth, sung in a vile place.”
“The whole prison would sing for two or three days before the hanging, to ease the terror of the victims ...It was the most beautiful music on earth, sung in a vile place.”
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
For two and half years, he was forced to listen to the hangings of more than 300 prisoners.
“The whole prison would sing for two or three days before the hanging, to ease the terror of the victims ...It was the most beautiful music on earth, sung in a vile place.”
“The whole prison would sing for two or three days before the hanging, to ease the terror of the victims ...It was the most beautiful music on earth, sung in a vile place.”
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In case you haven't seen the Jesse Ventura video, see it now:
www.youtube.com/shorts/cnF-D...
These Minnesota people — Frey, Walz, Sens Smith + Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, now Ventura — are not fooling around.
www.youtube.com/shorts/cnF-D...
These Minnesota people — Frey, Walz, Sens Smith + Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, now Ventura — are not fooling around.
Jesse Ventura reacts to Minneapolis ICE shooting
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 AM
In case you haven't seen the Jesse Ventura video, see it now:
www.youtube.com/shorts/cnF-D...
These Minnesota people — Frey, Walz, Sens Smith + Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, now Ventura — are not fooling around.
www.youtube.com/shorts/cnF-D...
These Minnesota people — Frey, Walz, Sens Smith + Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, now Ventura — are not fooling around.
What are the most trustworthy online resellers of iPhones? I have never paid-off a phone over months, and not intending to now, but I have to upgrade my personal phone or apps aren’t supported.
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
What are the most trustworthy online resellers of iPhones? I have never paid-off a phone over months, and not intending to now, but I have to upgrade my personal phone or apps aren’t supported.
What does it mean that when we did a midnight toast, that two wine glasses lost their stems? Nothing good I’m guessing.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
What does it mean that when we did a midnight toast, that two wine glasses lost their stems? Nothing good I’m guessing.
Happy new year, jigsaw friends! I received a nice jigsaw felt portable mat for Christmas, but neither puzzle I received fits on it properly 🙄
January 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Happy new year, jigsaw friends! I received a nice jigsaw felt portable mat for Christmas, but neither puzzle I received fits on it properly 🙄
On the upside the cat seems to be better, on the downside she’s joined us on bed for the great cleaning of butt. 😼
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On the upside the cat seems to be better, on the downside she’s joined us on bed for the great cleaning of butt. 😼
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My advice for the new year would be what Regine says to Seth in More Than This: “Know yourself, and go in swinging.”
Don’t let anyone take your light. Not billionaires, not terrible presidents, not radicalized children’s authors.
Decline to change your shape to accommodate the bigotry of others.
Don’t let anyone take your light. Not billionaires, not terrible presidents, not radicalized children’s authors.
Decline to change your shape to accommodate the bigotry of others.
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My advice for the new year would be what Regine says to Seth in More Than This: “Know yourself, and go in swinging.”
Don’t let anyone take your light. Not billionaires, not terrible presidents, not radicalized children’s authors.
Decline to change your shape to accommodate the bigotry of others.
Don’t let anyone take your light. Not billionaires, not terrible presidents, not radicalized children’s authors.
Decline to change your shape to accommodate the bigotry of others.
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RMA out: fewer plans, fewer consents – Expert Reaction
RMA out: fewer plans, fewer consents - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
Two Bills to replace the Resource Management Act are being introduced to Parliament today by the Government. The Planning Bill is to "enable development and regulate land use", while the Natural Environment...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
RMA out: fewer plans, fewer consents – Expert Reaction
A movie I’ve watched more than six times 😍
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A movie I’ve watched more than six times 😍
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Our grads will stop traffic this week with glam fits, billowing cloaks, and bright smiles, on their way to celebrate their achievements at the MFC and Te Herenga Waka marae. The parade will run from the Old Government Buildings to Queens Wharf on Thursday 11 December.
Te Herenga Waka graduates light up Wellington | News | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
This week, the newest cohort of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s graduates will stop traffic with glam fits, billowing cloaks, and bright smiles, on their way to celebrate their ach...
www.wgtn.ac.nz
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Our grads will stop traffic this week with glam fits, billowing cloaks, and bright smiles, on their way to celebrate their achievements at the MFC and Te Herenga Waka marae. The parade will run from the Old Government Buildings to Queens Wharf on Thursday 11 December.
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Why is this not the only lead story in all our news media every day until the next election? (And every day after that?) This is killing our grandchildren to appease some farmers / corporations today.
Govt warned new methane target aligned with 'catastrophic' warming
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
newsroom.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Why is this not the only lead story in all our news media every day until the next election? (And every day after that?) This is killing our grandchildren to appease some farmers / corporations today.
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"It is our view that a detailed framework for post-2050 reductions and removals is best developed closer to 2050." - wrong. We need action now to avoid disaster in 2050.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations
It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"It is our view that a detailed framework for post-2050 reductions and removals is best developed closer to 2050." - wrong. We need action now to avoid disaster in 2050.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
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“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
Schools commit to Te Tiriti anyway | E-Tangata
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“The relationships that schools and kura have with Māori endures despite directives from the right-wing.” — Awanui Te Huia.
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Whenever some small government fuckwad complains about red tape hurting businesses show them this article and ask them what is the acceptable number of children to expose to asbestos.
Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand
Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand
The sand is part of a massive recall.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Whenever some small government fuckwad complains about red tape hurting businesses show them this article and ask them what is the acceptable number of children to expose to asbestos.
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I’ve never liked a National Government or National led Coalition government but I can’t remember a time when they completely disregarded human rights and human decency, thanks to Act & NZ first. Every day a new horror. Every day dragged back decades
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve never liked a National Government or National led Coalition government but I can’t remember a time when they completely disregarded human rights and human decency, thanks to Act & NZ first. Every day a new horror. Every day dragged back decades