aoife , to histodons group
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whoa would you look at that! an essay on historic experiences of colonial feminism from an esoteric standpoint! i wonder who would write such a thing...

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jackyan , to random
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Read books! #signage #humour #Wellington #NZ #Aotearoa #TeWhanganuiaTara #WhanganuiaTara #dinosaurs

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More Far North smalls. Although introduced from AU, this Ranoidea aurea | green & golden bell frog is 1st 🐸 we’ve spotted in the “wild” at Waitangi Treaty Grounds (📷1). Dicathais orbita | cart-rut shell, a predatory sea snail, at Hendersons Bch (📷2). Rare Naultinus grayii | Northland green 🦎 gecko, captive at Gumdiggers Park (📷3), where an ancient insect (mosquito?) is entombed in kauri gum (📷4).

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Robust ridges in the white shell of this snail
A gecko looks out from behind glass; shed skin can be seen on its forelimb
An insect trapped in amber; man-made inclusions were at one time produced as trinkets

paezha , to random
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Paper cutout contours of Ngauruhoe in Aotearoa, New Zaralnd.
Made in #Rstats and post-processed in #procreate
@meghansharris
#CreativeCoding #Mapstodon #gischat #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Ngauruhoe

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Inspect a Southern Beech tree in New Zealand and you'll see long wispy hairs emerging, with clear liquid at the tip. This is honeydew, the delicious sugary poo of scale insects feeding on the tree's phloem!

This important energy resource supports a whole ecosystem, from sooty mould to native bees, and birds like tūī, kākā and bellbirds.

Unfortunately, introduced European wasps have taken a big liking to the honeydew and are aggressively displacing many of the native animals - so it's important that wasp control measures are successful!

A photograph of a yellow, furry bee feeding on the liquid droplets on the surface of a tree bark.

ronsboy67 , to bookstodon group
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4.5/5
@thestorygraph for The Seven by
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alkeddie , to random
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THE BIGGEST MARCH FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸

BRITOMART
Tāmaki Makaurau

3PM
SATURDAY 9th MARCH

#Ceasefire #CeasefireNow #Gaza #genocide #GazaGenocide #Palestine #FreePalestine #aonzpol #aonzpolitics #aotearoa #nzpol #nzpolitics #newzealand

ronsboy67 , to bookstodon group
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Rigorous attention to factual accuracy even in minor details is always a good sign in crime novels😀☕ @bookstodon

Iamge shows a paragraph of tect on a Kobo Sage ereader, from "The Patient" by Tim Sullivan. Text as follows Later that day, Cross and Ottey drove out to the New Zealand-owned coffee bar that had been ordained by Cross as the only café in Bristol capable of making a coffee good enough for him to enjoy.
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    • t_l_wood , to random
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    post:

    I’m T (she/they) a double award-winning , , , essayist, poet and editor living in New Zealand.

    A former teacher and library manager, I now write weird, quiet horror, modern gothic and speculative fiction.

    I also have , too many creative hobbies to mention, and love all genres of movies, music and books.

    Like I believe creating things is the best way to make your soul grow.

    ronsboy67 , to random
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    Sam Neill's "Did I Ever Tell You This?" enteraining descriptioon of Ngaio Marsh proving that in going as high as SIX degrees of separation ain't nevah gonna happen 😀

    image shows a Kobo Sage ereader displaying the following text: It wasn’t until I was three years out of school that I tried acting again. This was in 1969 in Christchurch and here was a stroke of very good fortune. I was cast in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Dame Ngaio Marsh. I played Theseus. Ngaio was a grand dame of a very old school, and slightly scary. She drove a Jaguar XK150, smoked a pipe and spoke in a rich bass voice. She taught you to play Shakespeare in rather a bizarre manner, the way I imagine the classics were addressed in the West End before World War I. All rounded vowels, and gesturing grandly at things. Dame Ngaio spent every other year in the UK, and was friends with Sir John Gielgud and other thespian types. She also wrote dozens of bestselling detective stories, and was often compared to Agatha Christie. Quite a woman. The only word that seems to work for her presence seems wrong—‘patrician’.
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    Bird of the Day — Variable Oystercatcher, Stewart Island NZ, 2018
    Tōrea pango

    #Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Aotearoa #Shorebirds

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    Bird of the Day — Kaka, New Zealand 2019
    Making a comeback

    #Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Aotearoa #Parrots

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