Evening.

Nice visit to our Auckland Domain Wintergardens, which look stunning this spring!! A free & fun thing to do with the whānau. Especially before or after a free visit to Tāmaki Paenga Hira - Auckland War Memorial Museum! Thanks to the Auckland Council team for your work. 🪷🌼🌷

Took the brand new Daimond Harbour-Lyttelton Ferry boat today ⛴️ The Black Pearl, built by Custom Boats in Rangiora, has nearly twice as much capacity as the old Black Diamond boat, and improved accessibility for prams and bikes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Prince Harry! Sussex Global supporters are celebrating the 40th birthday of Prince Harry—an inspiring figure known for his unwavering commitment to serving others. His generosity knows no bounds, impacting lives across the globe. Today, we honor not only this

Happy 40th Birthday to our Founding Patron, Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex from all of us in the Invictus Community. #IAM10 #IAMHere

Today is Malaya Veterans Day - we reflect on the service and sacrifice of the New Zealanders who served in Malaya/Malaysia operations between 1948 and 1960. Ka maumahara tonu tātou ki a rātou. 📸 Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Researchers from Rangitāne o Manawatū, Plant & Food Research and Victoria University of Wellington collected and sequenced the DNA of maire tawake or swamp maire (Syzygium maire). rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-k…

BREAKING: The hoiho yellow-eyed penguin has come from behind to snag the top perch for #BirdoftheYear for a 2nd time! The hoiho won last in 2019 and joins the kākāpō in being the only birds to win twice. forestandbird.org.nz/resources/make…

Mornin 🤦‍♂️

Scrapping the gun registry is very unpopular but at least the Minister has the support of criminals. Convicted man says he was “just waiting for the election bro” as he hoped the gun registration scheme would be scrapped. nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/auckl…

We have some fantastic kiwi lamb for sale at Rata Food. Did a taste test last night and it passed with flying colours!! Also thanks for the flyer photo Ben Dooley 🧢 i borrowed one of yours. It’s Alliance lamb so maybe this rack could have come from your farm!! #NZLamb #China

Easy save. Probably would have resolved itself, but now we know for sure.

Every Government MP needs to know they Will contribute to killing and seriously injuring lots more New Zealanders with their blanket speed changes. I mentioned this at council and a few councillors didn’t like hearing the truth, but it is based on data! rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

After defending the cherrypicking of crime data to suit his narrative, Luxon is struggling to explain why his emphatic backing of the police applies in some cases & not others. The PM couldn’t say why the Government backed cops on gangs, but not on police pay or firearms reforms

Went to see this last night. Young choreographers, young dancers, under the mentorship of Black Grace's Neil Ieremia. Truly magic. And when the choreographers each introduce their dance... ♥️ OMG! Do go, if you can. tpplus.co.nz/arts-music/bla…

Te Rerenga Wairua / Cape Reinga Aotearoa NZ The place where the spirits of the dead gather to depart for the homeland of Hawaiki NikonUSA New Zealand 🇳🇿 #Nikon #NZ

This girl needed a helping hand this morning. One lamb out and up, the other had a head out, no legs. That doesn't work. Caught her, got the lamb out and she's happy with both 👌

9/20 Happy Voting! ~ Name the Chick Public Voting opened this morning, doc.govt.nz/nature/native-… *Some fledge news - Top Flat Track chick has fledge. Godspeed TFT chick! ~ Top Flat chick this morning, he is getting itchy feet and Sharyn's update below. AllAboutBirds.org/Albatross

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🧵1/5 Casey Costello desperately tried to justify the unjustifiable today at the Health Coalition Aotearoa Forum. She said the key reason for repealing NZ's world-leading plan to denicotinise cigarettes was extent of illicit trade, which she claimed this measure would increase.