Penny Ashton
Comic actress, poet, wedding celebrant, improviser, jazz hand enthusiast and ripper offer of literary greats, but not corsets. They stay on.
@mattnippert.bsky.social
Digger for Herald Business and ICIJ. Disclaimer: Views my own yadda yadda. Signal 64211931011
@domesticanimal.bsky.social
Socially awkward political cartoonist. She/her. Like reading and walking. Ngāi Tahu/Scottish. Live in Aotearoa New Zealand
@jarrodbaker.bsky.social
lapsed comedian | voice actor | pākehā | trying to be better | good in bread | overalls enthusiast
@dylanreeve.com
I make TV and film. I write stuff. I was on #TheTraitorsNZ. Wrote FAKE BELIEVE (http://bit.ly/fakebelieve). Made TICKLED documentary. He/Him. [email protected]
@rjme.bsky.social
Father, husband, scientist, Kiwi diaspora returnee, prof @ U of Auckland - opinions mine. "Astrophysics - it's like a barfight with God" @reasther on the other place. Blog: excursionset.com He/him.
@brislen.nz
Kiwi telco guy. No I don’t know how that happened either. I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴 Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice) "We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020) Aotearoa he/him
@theonion.com
America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary. Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
@craigmranapia.bsky.social
"This heaven gives me migraine." Old enough to know better at the ends of the earth (New Zealand). I am large and contain multitudes, all of them intensely irritating. (Same-sex) married. Catholic. Conservative-ish. Cis-male. Jane Austen cultist.
@weavinghouse.bsky.social
Metaphorically weaving for #GenderEquality #HumanRights #PlanetEarth ~ Women Everywhere Always Vote at Elections #TogetherWeaving #SDG5 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@shanners81.bsky.social
Pre-employment psych test said very high empathy vs. very low tolerance. I'm sorry. Get over it. 🤣 And the cat. Mostly the cat, if I'm honest. Held together with baling twine and No.8 wire. Oh, and would love to #LiberateTheLane.
@pacificraft.bsky.social
Socially inept but likes to sing in front of strangers. Wow published by THWUP in NZ http://teherengawakapress.co.nz/wow/ & Carcanet in the UK. Toitū Te Tiriti!
@naomiarnold.bsky.social
Award-winning science & nature journalist. Author of Te Araroa hiking memoir Northbound and Southern Nights, a history of NZ astronomy. 📍portfolio & contact: www.naomiarnold.net
@kathrynvanbeek.bsky.social
Kathryn van Beek (she/her) is a Pākehā New Zealander of Dutch and English descent. A Robert Burns Fellow and a Winston Churchill McNeish Writers’ Fellow, Kathryn has a doctorate on the topic of using writing as a tool for positive change.
@haydendonnell.bsky.social
New Zealand's foremost authority on the Big Fresh Animatronic Fruit & Veggies 📍Te Papa
@kirstyjohnston.bsky.social
Journalist. https://www.instagram.com/kirstyjohnston_nz?igsh=bWU4a2pqemthYm5q
@dairymannz.bsky.social
Rainfall is measured in mm, not ml! Some posts are pure BS. Dairy farmer, Ashburton, NZ.
@catherinechidgey.bsky.social
Novelist; secretary to @TamaMagpie. Longlisted @WomensPrize; shortlisted @DublinLitAward. Publishers @EuropaEditions, @EuropaEdUK, @thwupbooks. Rep'd @UA_Books.
@tamamagpie.bsky.social
Aussie magpie in NZ. He/him. Can talk. In love with Marnie (human). Star of The Axeman's Carnival by @CathChidgey http://teherengawakapress.co.nz/the-axemans-carnival
@clairemabey.bsky.social
Writer. Founder of Verb Wellington. Books editor at The Spinoff. Sylvia Townsend Warner fan. Mum. Author of The Raven’s Eye Runaways, an MG adventure (2024) 🍃Substack at [email protected] | clairemabey.com
@siouxsiew.bsky.social
The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “Pink Terror”. Microbiologist interested in antibiotic resistance, experimental evolution, and sustainable period products. Also science communicator and lover of bioluminescence & Lego. She/her.
@alisonmau.bsky.social
@yvonnelorkin.bsky.social
Chief Tasting Officer @ WineFriend Drinks Editor @ Dish Magazine, ThirstyWorkTV writer/producer/presenter/MC/actor/dogs/vinyl/cats/ frocks/pockets/cheese/jam/Hawke’s Bay/WokeAF I do my own stunts https://bit.ly/m/yvonnelorkin.com
@jeremyelwood.bsky.social
@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
@livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social
A movement of community, faith based and union organisations campaigning for a Living Wage. We’re diverse, but share a common view – that the Living Wage is one way to lift working people from poverty and inequality. https://www.livingwage.org.nz
@rachaelking70.bsky.social
Writer of novels & other stuff from NZ. MG novel The Grimmelings (“Horse girl folk horror”) out now in Aus, NZ & the UK, coming to the US Oct 2025. Secrets at Red Rocks TV adaptation out 9 March NZ & US. https://www.rachael-king.com Band Pic: J Ganley
@jenene.bsky.social
The seas are wild all around me, but I am the beach, not the waves. Standing peaceful in chaos. Holding the courage to keep pursuing my true self. Ngāi Tahu
@pookina1.bsky.social
I make TV, theatre and Film. Showrunner, Producer and Director, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Love photography, Kubrick, Prince, Wilco, Pink Floyd, Sondheim, Shakespeare and Iain M Banks.
@elizabethxkerr.bsky.social
Music writer, arts lover. I write about music, mostly the so-called classical kind, on my free website www.fivelines.nz and for NZ Listener. 🌈
@maxtweedie.com
Professional queer at Sydney Mardi Gras on Gadigal Land 🪩 Theatre, politics, art, music, F1, and queer rights 🏳️🌈 From Aotearoa, used to run a pride festival 🥝 He/Him
@geraldinequinn.bsky.social
Singer-songwriter, comedian, actor & Eurovision reject. 2022 MICF Nominee - Most Outstanding Show, Golden Gibbo Award. 2024 Green Room Awards WINNER Outstanding Cabaret🏆, Artiste🏆, Original Songs🏆 & Writing🏆 Find me: https://linktr.ee/geraldinequinn
@richardhills.bsky.social
Dad to Theo. Auckland Councillor - North Shore. Chair of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee. Working to make our community & city better.
@reneeliang.bsky.social
Paediatrician, health researcher, writer, librettist and poet from Aotearoa. Child longitudinal studies, equity, intersectional youth health. Columnist on big-picture health issues, North and South. Staunch Cantonese aunty/mama.
@hendysh.bsky.social
Physicist, complex systems, ex-COVID modeller, he/him Author of "The Covid Response" https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-covid-response
@bernardchickey.bsky.social
Podcaster and newsletter writer about housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa. Free and paid versions here: https://open.substack.com/pub/thekaka?r=akd4&utm_medium=ios
@watsoncomedian.bsky.social
Comedian, author, producer. Your mum is a fan. But not like THAT.
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜 I IGNORE ALL DMs!
@wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social
Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand supports people and organisations in New Zealand to contribute to Wikimedia projects. https://www.wikimedia.nz/
@russelnorman.bsky.social
Father, partner, gardener, swimmer, environmental advocate, lover of life on Earth.
@misswhanau.bsky.social
Mayor of Wellington/Pōneke. People & Planet 💚 Candidate for Te Whanganui a Tara Ward: https://www.greens.org.nz/torywhanau2025
@nzccl.org.nz
A watchdog for rights and freedoms in New Zealand. We work through education and advocacy to promote a rights-based society and prevent the erosion of civil liberties by government or any other parties. https://nzccl.org.nz
@theguardian.com
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com