The whale torch is packed away (for now). Playing with words, learning to teach, loving working with Ōtepoti kids. I communicate in gifs. She/Her. Poll junkie.
Dunedin City, New Zealand
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We’ve started upgrading our local and community playgrounds. Now we’re looking at investing in bigger, more modern destination play. To do this, we need more ideas from the community. Have your say at bit.ly/3VgwJSE #destinationplaygrounds #play #dunedin
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So far, only 30.9% of Kāpiti Coast have voted in the local govt election.
Voter apathy is a dangerous thing.
It may mean nasty Voices for Freedom linked candidates get in.
So get off your bottoms and vote early tomorrow morning please. Polling booths close at noon on Saturday.
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BREAKING: Police in Thailand say more than 30 people have been killed in a shooting at a child care center. apnews.com/article/shootings…
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DCC kerbside rubbish and recycling collections have now been cancelled today for all Thursday collection areas. Today’s areas will now be collected on Saturday instead.
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Happy voters! And yes you can still join them. Drop your envelope into a vote box at one of 65 Countdowns, 11 transport hubs, libraries, council service centres + 29 vote box pop-up locations BEFORE MIDDAY SATURDAY. Where to find them + other details:
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elec…
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We've all been there. Drilling into dry-wall and thinking there was a stud but the drill suddenly revving as you hit the cavity. Except when we do it we're not normally using a kanga hammer.
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Hyper-Focus Info
•Hyper-focus isn’t well researched, actually, + we don’t know a LOT about it.
•Hyper-focus is not a criteria which is needed in order to be diagnosed with ADHD.
•NOT everyone with ADHD hyper-focuses.
•In many cases hyper-focus has been likened to FLOW.
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Newsrooms, for your interest ahead of possibly scrapping public health protections in New Zealand on Monday.
This thread backs up what we are seeing with UK workforce data and what we all suspect - mass #COVID infection lowers the health status of the population
Swiss survey also shows the majority of 18-35 YOs believe #LongCovid is being minimised - an increase on last year
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If 34,000 people voted differently in the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Referendum, we would have a very specific, regulated legal cannabis regime.
If a Cabinet of Labour Ministers wanted to walk the talk on “treating drugs as a health issue,” they would replace MODA.
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Seal breaks into New Zealand home, traumatises cat and hangs out on couch theguardian.com/world/2022/a…
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Agent here. This is nonsense.
The most casual glance inside a bookstore or at a bestseller list will tell you otherwise.
And the actual industry behind the books is mostly white. blog.leeandlow.com/2020/01/2…
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Just reached Page 42 of @neilhimself’s excellent Douglas Adams book. Well played Neil, well played.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Languages of Aotearoa anthology deadline extended through to to midnight July 15 - submit this week! A new volume of micro fictions celebrating languages of Aotearoa! authors.org.nz/languages-of-…
