Black-and-white photograph of a 1930s concrete road bridge streaked with age and looming over bush-clad hills.

Kelburn, 2026
#brutalism #photography #monochrome

Part One: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund - Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff Margaret talks with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country. Preorder from Firestorm Co-op here: https://firestorm.coop/products/24295-here-where-we-live-is-our-country.html?...

Margaret Killjoy did a great long interview with Molly Crabapple about this book: omny.fm/shows/cool-p...

Lola says “kia kaha”.

Unprocessed iPhone photograph of a stone cross memorial in a Gothic-esque part of Karori Cemetery under a bruised pre-dawn sky.

Karori, 2026
#photography #monochrome #haunted

A not-at-all-gentle reminder that Winston Peters is NOT a venerable, respectable political elder whose ideas are worthy of consideration.

He is a VISCOUS racist and transphobe who will do anything to anyone to secure his position, and should be treated accordingly, especially by the media. #nzp

Black-and-white photograph of a series of paintings and etchings in mismatched frames grouped together on a gallery wall, illuminated by an isolated spotlight.

Lower Hutt, 2026
#photography #gallery #monochrome

Let’s not forget his hideous misogyny and transphobia.

There is still time.

Oversaturated photograph of a green utility box along a street along a section of native bush. Some lovely person has painted the box with “I love you” in white and red cursive script.

Karori, 2026
#suburbia #vintage #photography #streetart

At this point, what could they even say? ”So sorry we’re so shit at this whole ‘governing’ thing. We didn’t realise we would actually have to DO anything”?

Black-and-white photograph of a metal bracket supporting a vertical pipe along a whitewashed wall, weeping rust that stains the wall below.

Lower Hutt, 2026
#monochrome #photography #nz #wellington

Black-and-white photograph of a flock of seagulls floating on a stiff offshore wind against a sky of wind-shredded clouds.

Lyall Bay, 2026
#monochrome #photography #nz #boids #wellington

It’s a shame Smash Palace in Oamaru shut down years ago, because they absolutely would have had it by the metre.

Black-and-white photograph of the maze-like sounds at the top of Te Waipounamu on a calm, rainy day, seem from a side of a large, slow-sailing ferry.

Marlborough Sounds, 2021
#photography #monochrome #nz #mood

Marlon Williams 'Arahura' YouTube video by RNZ

Not a read, but essential nonetheless: m.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKj...

The electrical wholes might have it. If that building-materials recycling place near the skatepark (Hall Bros.?) is still open, they might have some.

Black-and-white photograph of a dark secret passage between two suburban streets, a single streetlight illuminating a narrow passage between two dilapidated fences. Felt mildly sketchy, to be honest.

Upper Hutt, 2026
#monochrome #photography #hidden

The new RSE in Aotearoa is regressive and anti-queer. Opposition parties should be running on overturning it and reinstating the previous guidelines which did such things as acknowledge that queer people are real.

Absolute world-class dipshit.

Oversaturated photograph of a deserted retail street at night, lit by a gaudy neon sign reading “JoJo’s Sweet Treats” in a plate-glass window.

Upper Hutt, 2026
#photography #suburbia #nz #vintage

That’s because they look at policing in the US and say, “I want THAT”.

Merciful Odin, these fucking people need to just fuck off forever. Wonder why we don’t have an actual response to our various new crises? Fear of backlash from people just like this certainly plays a role.

Amen.

That is beautiful. Kia kaha with the rest.

Black-and-white photograph of a plywood wall covered in photocopied images and text about alleged child trafficking, adrenochrome, and other sundry QAnon-style nonsense.

Auckland. 2023
#monochrome #kroad #photography #conspiracy

Rich white people are “expats”, not immigrants, of course.

Black-and-white photograph of a sculpture in a public park showing a portion of an ornate building sinking into the ground.

Auckland, 2023
#photography #monochrome #buried

Belmont Regional Park, sorry!

Black-and-white photograph of the interior of an abandoned concrete warehouse, lit only by sunlight streaming in through steel doors, half frozen by time.

Bluesky, 2026
#photography #monochtom #wellington #haunted