Four days in #Dunedin and it was great. (Did not attend the Hyde Street party I might add.)

Tranquillizer (Remastered 2019) YouTube video by Geneva - Topic

"Let us be happy while we're still young."
I think this song is 29 years old !!!!

youtu.be/taRRs-5PcH0?...

MINUTE TAKER - SURRENDER TO THE NIGHT (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Minute Taker

I do appreciate an old school 1980s influenced banger.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9s...

Street art I think by razortaserlaser. But I'm not sure. I just like it. Near Little High in Christchurch New Zealand.

Street art I think by razortaserlaser. But I'm not sure. I just like it. Near Little High in Christchurch New Zealand.

Street art I think by razortaserlaser. But I'm not sure. I just like it. Near Little High in Christchurch New Zealand. #StreetArt

I drive a hybrid as a work vehicle and I own a hybrid as a personal car. I am wondering if I should now look at electric for my own vehicle.

The Great Witchdoctor Q&A: Richard Langston on The Clean - Witchdoctor Richard Langston has been a friend and fan of The Clean since the start, so who better than to put together a 366-page tome on NZ’s legendary indie pop/psych/punk legends.

www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2026/the-gre...

Heading home from the Mackenzie A&P Show. Bad car accident outside Geraldine, traffic diverted.

Birdlings Flat near Christchurch New Zealand. Grey pebble beac with sea crashing against the stones, gently.

Birdlings Flat near Christchurch New Zealand.
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Image is a black and white image with a blue tint of a spaniel dog.

Dog.
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#photo #photography #digitalphoto #Chch

Photo is of a bright green weed pushing through grey stones and faded brown bark.

Ian Henderson 2026 ©️
#photo #photography #digitalphoto #art #Chch #AoNZ

Watch: Four-time champions missing from World Cup again after shootout loss Italy lost to Bosnia & Herzegovina in a penalty shootout.

So is Italy good at football or something?

www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360958...

Sound the 'New Zealand mentioned in international social media' klaxon.

Christchurch car dealer in receivership with debts of $4m Receivers have sold the assets of a Christchurch car dealership that owes creditors $4 million, but are yet to divulge how much they realised.

I realise these are newsworthy stories. That doesn't stop the constant list of companies going under any less depressing.

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Fired Up Stilettos Expects Better From Would-be Allies — 1/200 We think it is important to note that all organisations (and organisers!) will mess up at some point; what matters is the willingness to repair and grow.

Fired Up Stilettos Expects Better From Would-be Allies ✒️

When party strategy gets in the way of progress, what options are there for recourse?

We have the privilege to platform this article from Fired Up Stilettos detailing some worrying interactions with the Green Party.

Nothing like up north of course but pretty heavy rain in #Chch at present.

Tom Walsh basks in golden glow as he makes shot put history at world indoor athletics champs

www.thepress.co.nz/sport/360972...

I was going to start using the buses more often due to, you know, end-of-the-world-and-petrol-prices etc, but do you think I can now find my MetroCard? Can I fuck.

A black 2000s era Sony Walkman.

Found this in a drawer. Still works. Annoyingly the little cap for the end is gone but still. Love some 2000s tech. #Sony #Walkman

Some might be deeply wrong - that is a fantastic meal.

Now that was some serious fucking thunder in #Chch. Actual house shaking.

Cocktails in the hotel bar watching the resort being bombed.

Toni Morrison:

Beloved
Jazz
Tar Baby
Song of Solomon
Sula

7/ Link to today's story here : www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

6/ I think about both earthquakes and the many aftershocks all the time. I'm not sure that is healthy but I can't help it. This time of year is always weird. This year I think even more. Thanks to @secondzeit.bsky.social for his writing 16 years ago and today.

5/ I remember his health declining and him getting thinner and thinner but he kept working. And then one day he wasn't there any more. I am glad he never saw the destruction of 4 September and then 22 February.

On desolation Row a story in The Press about Sydenham post-4 September 2010 earthquake.

On desolation Row a story in The Press about Sydenham post-4 September 2010 earthquake.

4/ What I found most moving was this story by @secondzeit.bsky.social about the damage done to Sydenham. Again with hindsight, this is quite haunting and sad. So many ghosts. The barber shop that was closed, because Tony had passed away, hit hard. I used to go to Tony for haircuts.

Story from The Press which says What lies beneath and talks about the science behind the 4 September 2010 earthquake and if there might be another quake

Story from The Press which says What lies beneath and talks about the science behind the 4 September 2010 earthquake and if there might be another quake

3/ The story by John McCrone about the science and if there might be another quake has all sorts of dreadful resonance now.

Front page of The Press from September 2010 saying A fortnight to remember and showing a destroyed building

Front page from The Press September with scientists in a cracked paddock and a big headline When Plates Collide. Another earthquake related story post 4 September 2010 quake.

2/ And I found amongst the many papers some articles from The Press from 2010 post- September earthquake. There were some suitably dramatic front pages.

1/ @secondzeit.bsky.social has a fantastic and poignant story in today's Press about the 15th anniversary of 22 February earthquake. By chance I have over the past few months been sorting through my late father's things - saving the important or important-to-me.

Well that photo of the former Prince will become the next internet meme. Too good to be true.