#aotearoa

So Labour got 3,650 more votes than National and six fewer seats. Cool system. 131-seat parliament. Eleven overhang. National won 42 electorates on 29% of the vote: seven seats they weren't entitled to. TPM got four more the same way. Worst result in thirty years of MMP. TOP cleared 5% for the first time and got seven seats. Proof the party vote works when you let it. Also proof the threshold nearly killed a party three elections running for no reason. Wrote up a fix before the election, ran the actual results through it over the weekend. STV list seats, provincial electorates instead of 71 tiny ones, mana whenua seats that can't be singled out because they're structurally identical to every other seat. Three preference-transfer scenarios. All three produce the same seat count. Charts, data, R code: https://codeberg.org/aenertia/nz-electoral-reform/src/branch/main/analysis/provisional-results.md CC-BY-4.0. Have at it. #nzpol #Election2026 #ElectoralReform #MMP #Aotearoa

@jaz@toot.wales To contribute to the country count for #DefaidodonDay #DyddDefaidodon here's a paddock-full from #NewZealand #Aotearoa - the #CanterburyPlains to be exact. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #TravelPhotography

Not sure how much time left on #BandcampFriday but I thought this song “The Greenhouse” which I wrote in 1989 was an appropriate choice for #Aotearoa #NewZealand today. 💚

#ManyColours hemi hemmingway - green envy #JukeboxFridayNight https://hemihemingway.bandcamp.com/track/green-envy #aotearoa #pōneke

Need a senior engineer in #Aotearoa New Zealand - but not enough to justify sending someone over? I’m available for short engineering assignments. I’m good at practical eng., unusual environs, prototypes, mfg & troubleshooting. Need a trusted pair of technical eyes & ears? Contact me!

i’m im the market for more rob ruha but this is one of two i can get on #bandcampFriday #Aotearoa

The AoNZ general election will be held on SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER 2026.

Check your enrolment before Oct 25th deadline: https://vote.nz/

The election is in 37 days.

which is also: ~ 1 month ~ 5 weeks

• 888 hours
• 53,280 minutes
• 3,196,800 seconds

#NZPol #Aotearoa #NewZealand #PartyVoteGreen

A beautiful little orchid that is very resilient and flowers on our street side, especially over the cooler part of the year. #orchids #aotearoa #doubtlessbay

If I was running for #NZPol govt I'd be announcing a policy to abolish #NZFirst as an illegitimate political party for failing to honour or uphold the foundational constitutional document of #Aotearoa #NewZealand - #TeTiritioWaitangi #ToitūTeTiriti

@mattmarcha@mamot.fr Here's a really basic history lesson: #Aotearoa #NewZealand is the only British colony where the indigenous people, Māori, declared sovereignty over the land. He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, is the 1835 Declaration of Independence of New Zealand. This is a foundational document by which northern Māori chiefs asserted their collective sovereign authority and independence as a nation. James Busby assisted in having this Declaration immediately sent to the colonial office in Britain where it was finally received by King William VI who recognised #Māori authority by registering the first flag of Nu Tireni - Te Kara. By July 1839, another 18 rangatira (chiefs) from around Aotearoa had put their mark to the parchment. When the founding document of NZ #TeTiritioWaitangi was signed by most not all Māori rangatira (Chiefs) 1840 it was an agreement between 2 sovereigns - Māori and the British Crown for co-existence in partnership. Māori never ceded their sovereignty but remained powerless against the colonial govt that never honored the founding document. Today, the Treaty of Waitangi still protects #Aotearoa #NewZealand from foreign exploitation of much of NZ's resources which is why these hard right #NZPol agents of groups such as #AtlasNetwork are determined to dismantle the treaty for foreign exploitation. Follow the Money.

Daylight Saving for #Aotearoa #NewZealand this weekend fam, jump jump #DaylightSaving #LeastFavDaylightSav

Congratulations to the New Zealand Bird of the Year for 2026, the lovely little karure black robin! As someone who loves robins a Very Normal Amount, I could not be more pleased for these absolutely darling little bobbins, who also represent an incredible success in bird population recovery. Congrats, little buddies! #boty2026 #robins #birds #karure #aotearoa #art

Look, I just saw the results coming out of New Zealand, and let me tell you—it is a TOTAL RIGGED ELECTION! ​They are saying the Black Robin won Bird of the Year 2026. A Black Robin! Nobody believes this! Everyone knows who really won—the Little Penguin, the Kororā. Tremendous bird, high energy, fantastic tuxedo, massive rallies on the beach! The Kororā was winning by a landslide, but then Forest & Bird—very dishonest bird counters—stopped the counting in the middle of the night. Suddenly, BOOM, massive vote dumps for a robin from the Chatham Islands! ​Ranked-choice voting is a TOTAL HOAX designed to steal elections from hardworking waddlers! We had poll watchers on the beach, and they were kicked out! ​We are going to challenge this. We are going to audit the feathers and inspect the nests! The Little Penguin won BY A LOT! MAKE THE KORORĀ GREAT AGAIN! https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/1485423/black-robin-bucks-shy-tag-to-take-bird-of-the-year-2026 #Aotearoa #NewZealand #BOTY #bird #vote

Do you like maritime stuff? Boats? People fishing? Naval battle stories? Men in sailor suits? Then you are going to LOVE our newest Flickr Commons member... The Flickr Foundation is delighted to welcome the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa as one of our new Flickr Commons members. They’ve added 1500 images to our cultural heritage collection, which is approaching two million images. https://www.flickr.org/welcome-new-zealand-maritime-museum-hui-te-ananui-a-tangaroa/ #photography #NewZealand #Aotearoa

Hello Mastodon! A quick #Introduction post from me. I'm a freshly-graduated Pākehā public historian researching Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi in #Aotearoa #NewZealand. I'm deeply interested in systemic change based in kindness, community, inclusion, liberation, and solidarity. I'm particularly keen to connect with other folks similarly involved in #RegenerativeFoodSystems #FoodSovereignty #UrbanFarming #OrganicAgriculture #CommunityDisasterPreparedness #QueerLiberation #IntersectionalFeminism and leftist organising. I'm an avid reader and amateur artist who believes deeply in the value of human endeavour, critical thought, creativity, and absurdist humour. As a result, I'm an #AntiAI absolutist. Excited to meet other like-minded folks and learn from your collective wisdom!

#OnlineEvent - #Aotearoa / #NewZealand - Why can't I fix my washing machine? 15 Sept 2026, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm "How New Zealanders are getting a bad deal on repair – and what the UK shows is possible. When a washing machine fails, dirty laundry piles up while owners wait weeks for an authorised repairer. Even simple faults can become expensive repairs once call-out fees and labour charges are added. Yet many common repairs are straightforward. Replacing a door gasket, detergent hose or drain pump doesn't require specialist qualifications – just basic tools, practical skills, and access to the right information and parts. So why is repair support so difficult to access? We investigated ten popular washing machine brands in New Zealand, grading each manufacturer on whether owners can access repair manuals and purchase spare parts. We found a pattern of barriers that prevent owners from carrying out simple repairs themselves. Then we repeated the investigation in the UK using the same manufacturers. The results were dramatically different. Many brands that restrict repair support in New Zealand provide UK consumers with detailed manuals, online parts catalogues, stock availability and direct ordering. The barriers to repair are not technical or logistical. Manufacturers already have the systems needed to support repair – they simply choose not to make them available to New Zealand consumers. The webinar will be recorded and shared with registered participants." Audience: Open to all Cost: Free entry Venue: This is an online event Maximum Capacity: 500 Learn more and to register (pre-registration required): https://www.repairnetworkaotearoa.org.nz/repair-festival-2026/why-can't-i-fix-my-washing-machine%3F--how-new-zealanders-are-getting-a-bad-deal-on-repair-%E2%80%93-and-what-the-uk-shows-is-possible #SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #RightToRepair #Repairmovement #LibrariesRule #RepairCafeAotearoa #RepairNetworkAotearoa #RepairReuseRestore #ZeroWaste #RepairFestival2026 #FixIt #WashingMachines #WashingMachinerepair

Macklemore Hind's Hall First ever live performance of this song in #Wellington #Aotearoa #NewZealand on 8 May 2024. #History#JukeboxFridayNight#FreePalestine

Wrapping up my little Aotearoa selection for now... "Ahakoa nō hea mai koe Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu" "No matter where you come from We will always fight for you" Stan Walker ft. Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, Maisey Rika - Aotearoa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWhAoZZh8fc #History#JukeboxFridayNight#Aotearoa #TeReoMaori

Perhaps not the finest moment in New Zealand's musical or political history, but I sneakily like it anyway. Featuring then-Prime Minister Rob Muldoon: The Knobz - Culture?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8frPD7DgqI From Wikipedia: They became famous in 1980 with their political song "Culture?" criticising Rob Muldoon, who was Prime Minister at the time and had stated that New Zealand's pop music was not culture. Muldoon had made the remarks in the context of refusing to lift a 40% tax on sales of music. #History#JukeboxFridayNight#Aotearoa

https://www.nzonscreen.com/all-music-videos/e-tu-1988/ A kiwi classic about the "forgotten" history of Aotearoa. I can't not post it. In 1846 in the Hutt Valley I said Fighting broke out between the British and the Maori And more than one settler on disputed land Was killed when the Maori fought the British Plan Lyrics https://genius.com/10147208 Worth knowing that Nga Tamatoa in the first line was also a Maori language promotion group that the Posse would have grown up with. #JukeboxFridayNight #Aotearoa