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jloisse · 12 days

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🔴New Zealanders put on a powerful display by doing the Haka in solidarity with Palestine

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ahallatt · 1 year

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Illustrated Epistle Extract: Coal, Cats and Nudie Calendars on the NZ West Coast

Hey, I'm back!

Not that I really went away this summer, keeping it pretty local in Lyttelton, gardening, surfing with my sister (who has moved here to Christchurch, woop, woop!) and hanging out with her and our other sister and family over the Christmas break. Our only real trips this year have been exploring the rugged West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

The West Coast is famous for the wild coastline of the Tasman Sea, which stretches for 2,500 miles between New Zealand and Australia, with nothing in between. It's also known for its not-so-tropical rainforest, sandflies, and unpredictable weather. What's less advertised, however, is its attachment to the past. Coal mining remains a major industry, and many homes burn the dirty stuff all year round. Despite being surrounded by breathtaking wilderness, people let their cats roam free to prey on native birds. And though we love local pubs that are rough around the edges, it’s confronting to encounter nudie calendars from two years ago proudly displayed behind the bar.

It's like stepping back in time, but not always in a good way.

So the best of the West Coast is the nature and getting into it. We went to a fantastic, dog-friendly (most of the Coast isn't) campground, called Gentle Annie's, for a few days. It's north of Granity (most famous here for the houses which are being lost to the sea) and smack dab on the beach, next to a beautiful river which Molly and I paddled up without being bitten by too many sandflies. Stunning.

Then the boyf was groundcrew as I pedalled the West Coast Wilderness bike trail from Greymouth to Ross, a total of about 150 km (just under 100 miles in old money) and almost all off-road. The second day was mostly uphill, over 50 km and it didn't stop raining, but I loved it.

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More about the NZ West Coast Wilderness bike trail in the next post.

This is an extract of my Illustrated Epistle, which goes out once a month-ish. It is a behind-the-scenes look at my cartooning life. I'd love it if you signed up at the bottom of this page, or here:

http://eepurl.com/cCOOeD

Or head to the archive to read more here.

#New Zealand #living in New Zealand

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repmet · 4 months

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

#red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #henry hanover stuart fox #henry fox mountchristen windsor #taylor zakhar perez #nicholas galitzine #rwrb movie #rwrbedit #rwrbsource #HAPPY NEW YEAR #if you think i'm posting this early no i'm not i just live in new zealand #so it's actually late

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ibelieveinheadcanon · 19 days

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How did I just find out about this yesterday???

This is absolutely hilarious!

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Even New Zealand managed to make better advertisements than Max

#our flag means death #taika waititi #new zealand #don't stream on max #ofmd #save ofmd #long live ofmd #Youtube

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arc-hus · 18 days

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Mountain Retreat, Queenstown, New Zealand - Fearon Hay

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franzias-cave · 8 months

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painting practice of ninth house nun using @flowerslut's insane harrow cosplay as reference.

#trying to paint every day #imagine you're in suspended animation for 10 years and some guy from new zealand makes you live on pluto #tlt art

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ace-up-your-sleeve · 3 months

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boyfriends being any distance away from each other is homophobic and awful, doesn't matter if its 15 minutes or on the other side of the world 😭

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remash · 8 months

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rk residence ~ seear-budd ross | photos © rory gardiner

#architecture #interiors #interior design #houses #living #ceiling #wood #simple #minimal #pyramid #skylights #standing seam #new zealand

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mucking-faori · 26 days

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Can people stop saying that David Seymour, Winston Peters and other Māori bigot politicians are pieces of shit because they were uwu bullied and rejected by other Māori? We did not bring fucking racism upon ourselves. They're assholes because they're giant fucking sellouts who wanted to be in the rich kids club and line their own pockets, and they target maori because they're the easiest scapegoat for the people they're pandering to.

#david seymour #winston peters #maori #aotearoa #torangapu #nz #kaikiri #nzpol #new zealand #Also #don't you think if they were actually bullied at any point in their lives in any way that wasn't “#if you're going to strip rights away from me you can get my fucking name out of your mouth“#that they would complain about it more?

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massn3rder · 3 months

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pete wentz introduction to thriller. auckland, new zealand, 2007.

#AUCKLAND REPRESENT #NEW ZEALAND MENTIONED RAHHHH #pete wentz #patrick stump #fall out boy #2007 #infinity on high #fall out boy live #emo #2000s emo #pop punk

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crabussy · 1 year

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tuatara. reblog my post

#these things are so so so cool #endemic to aotearoa new zealand #3 eyes #last living member of its order #old as the dinosaurs #can live up to 100 years #only reptile that prefers a cooler climate

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ahallatt · 1 year

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Illustrated Epistle Extract: Power Cuts and Solar Panels

I will keep this epistle short as I’m catching up after a long weekend away to celebrate my birthday (53rd). We went to Le Bons Beach (I learned that the name comes from the original Bones Beach, and not from the French settlers who were around the place, as there were a lot of bones found on the beach, in common with many peninsula settlements). It's an hour and a half’s drive from here, unless you're in a 1975 Land Rover…

It was on the cool side and we had a lot of rain, but it was brilliant to go in the sea every day (as did Molly. The boyf was not keen) and I had a couple of good surfs. I also took lots of books (reading the wonderful Paper Palace at the moment). Fortunately, I also took audiobooks and my battery-powered speaker so that we were able to listen to podcasts when the power went out. I enjoyed being without power for most of Saturday, as we had the long days and a log burner to take the edge off and it meant neither of us would be tempted to try the DVD player (there was no phone reception, no TV, no wi-fi). But I really feel for people in Europe who are going into winter as energy bills skyrocket because of bloody Putin.

Our energy bill last month was just under $4, total. I'm hoping that in the summer months the power company will be paying us for the solar power we are feeding into the grid. We’ll never make our money back, but it does make me feel good contributing to grid power at a time when New Zealand often struggles…

This is an extract of my Illustrated Epistle, which goes out once a month-ish. It is a behind-the-scenes look at my cartooning life. I'd love it if you signed up at the bottom of this page, or here:

http://eepurl.com/cCOOeD

Or head to the archive to read more here.

#New Zealand #living in New Zealand

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meebles · 5 months

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Last Line Challenge

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

Tagged by @frostbitebakery @hawthornsword and @elismor thank you!! Since it's been so long I'm no-pressure tagging you all back <3

As usual I'm posting more than one line because it's fun :D this is an excerpt from my New England Fisherman!Cody x Merman!Obi-Wan WIP that I'm working on for @codywanfirstkissbingo

CW for drowning/near-death experience (he's fine though I promise)

Cody always knew this could be his end, but he really didn’t think it would be today— no one ever does, he supposes. He gives one last, fitful effort to swim back up towards the seeping light of the waterline, but he already knows it’s useless. His limbs are too heavy and weak, his lungs too full of salty, bitter water. The panic, the shock, has somehow abated him as he waits for his end. It’s likely why he doesn’t react when a face— a man— suddenly appears in front of him. A final delusion, perhaps, from his oxygen-deprived brain. Even through his increasingly blurry vision, Cody knows he doesn’t recognize this face, but does know he’s beautiful— glowing blue eyes that border on inhuman, auburn hair that floats around his face in a halo. He’d rather a manifestation of one of his brothers, perhaps, but it’s a nice final vision for his addled mind to conjure, as far as these things go. “Forgive me,” the man says, and Cody is only able to vaguely wonder how a voice can sound so clear this deep underwater, when the man is— kissing him. Cody’s eyes widen, gasping into the other man’s mouth, unable to process how he’s gasping at all, breathing sweet relief between this beautiful man’s lips— Such soft lips is his last, absurd thought before darkness finally takes him.

No pressure tagging: @merlyn-bane @insertmeaningfulusername @lttrsfrmlnrrgby @happybean17 @loverboy-havocboy @violentcheese @dontbelasagnax @ferretrade @petrifiedforests @trudemaethien and anyone else who wants to!

#star wars #the clone wars #codywan #cwfkb2023 #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #tcw #meebles writes #i'm specifying new england fisherman because it's important to me and i love projecting onto my blorbos #he’s still from new zealand ofc they just live in new england in this AU #fisherman/merman au

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clingylilhoneybee · 1 month

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Yall ever think about the lives you almost lived?

#like a couple different decisions and you’d be a totally different person #was almost a military wife #almost a cosmetologist #almost had an elopement #almost moved out to New Zealand #almost worked in prison admin #n like the most minute things changed the course to me being here #wild to think that I’ll look back and see so many more lives I almost lived as the years go on

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yeltsinsstar · 1 year

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Anti-trans activist Posie Parker escorted out of Auckland rally, hit by soup

I am so proud of where our country is headed, despite the efforts of the terfs & fascists. Kia kaha & much aroha to our lgbtqai+ community.

#new zealand #nz #aotearoa #auckland #lgbtqai+#trans rights #trans rights are human rights #antifa #trans lives matter #free speech not hate speech #anti-terf #terf = fascist