Louise Hutt
@saycheeselouise.bsky.social
Chair of Go Eco.
Gardener, knitter, nerd. She/they.
Opinions my own 🏳️🌈♿🌱💛
Gardener, knitter, nerd. She/they.
Opinions my own 🏳️🌈♿🌱💛
I was actually talking to someone at an IoD event, about predator control and invasive species - and they said to me "maybe with AI we'll be able to come up with solutions for pest plants"
And I told them about this tradescantia work. We don't need AI. We need to fund science and community groups.
And I told them about this tradescantia work. We don't need AI. We need to fund science and community groups.
Some good news for a change: the beetles and fungus introduced to control Tradescantia actually work, sometimes spectacularly. This is a game changer: this horrible plant smothers huge areas of forest floor and is a pain to eradicate by hand, regrowing from the smallest fragment.
"A kahikatea forest remnant site in north Waikato has seen a near complete disappearance of tradescantia after the leaf beetle, stem beetle, and smut fungus all established there between 2019 and 2021. This site is now seeing recovery of native ferns and tree seedlings."
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I was actually talking to someone at an IoD event, about predator control and invasive species - and they said to me "maybe with AI we'll be able to come up with solutions for pest plants"
And I told them about this tradescantia work. We don't need AI. We need to fund science and community groups.
And I told them about this tradescantia work. We don't need AI. We need to fund science and community groups.
Each to their own but to me, asking hard questions and getting to the crux of an issue is what being a politician is all about. It puzzles me that you'd outsource that, when isn't that what you're there for?
Safe Labour seats continue to yield a procession of incompetent Dunedin MPs, govt challenge nonexistent.
The people of Taieri yearn for someone who can send a fucking email without it ending up in the Otago Daily Times www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
The people of Taieri yearn for someone who can send a fucking email without it ending up in the Otago Daily Times www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Leary admits ChatGPT email blunder
Taieri MP Ingrid Leary has been caught in a blunder after her list of AI-generated questions "designed to trap" were sent to a political opponent...
www.odt.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Each to their own but to me, asking hard questions and getting to the crux of an issue is what being a politician is all about. It puzzles me that you'd outsource that, when isn't that what you're there for?
$40 for a book of stamps?!
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
$40 for a book of stamps?!
So, when I was in Australia I got gastro, then myopericarditis
Three days in hospital, they wanted to do an echo cardiogram but the earliest was a week later - two days after we would fly home
Just been to the GP in NZ, which was a three week wait. Likely to be months, if not years for an echo 🫠
Three days in hospital, they wanted to do an echo cardiogram but the earliest was a week later - two days after we would fly home
Just been to the GP in NZ, which was a three week wait. Likely to be months, if not years for an echo 🫠
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
So, when I was in Australia I got gastro, then myopericarditis
Three days in hospital, they wanted to do an echo cardiogram but the earliest was a week later - two days after we would fly home
Just been to the GP in NZ, which was a three week wait. Likely to be months, if not years for an echo 🫠
Three days in hospital, they wanted to do an echo cardiogram but the earliest was a week later - two days after we would fly home
Just been to the GP in NZ, which was a three week wait. Likely to be months, if not years for an echo 🫠
Ugh I do actually just love knitting socks so much
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Ugh I do actually just love knitting socks so much
Small win of the day: brand I follow started rolling out AI generated ads - left a comment saying "hey, love your product love your ethos, but I'd prefer my money going towards paying real illustrators, not feeding the art-theft-carbon-emissions machine"
The ads disappeared!
The ads disappeared!
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Small win of the day: brand I follow started rolling out AI generated ads - left a comment saying "hey, love your product love your ethos, but I'd prefer my money going towards paying real illustrators, not feeding the art-theft-carbon-emissions machine"
The ads disappeared!
The ads disappeared!
You know international day of disabilities is coming up cause I got asked if I'd thought about an anti-inflammation diet
"no, I think medical science will cure my myocarditis, not eating more turmeric"
"no, I think medical science will cure my myocarditis, not eating more turmeric"
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
You know international day of disabilities is coming up cause I got asked if I'd thought about an anti-inflammation diet
"no, I think medical science will cure my myocarditis, not eating more turmeric"
"no, I think medical science will cure my myocarditis, not eating more turmeric"
German twisted cast on is so much fun. Long tail? Boring, vanilla, always estimate wrong. German twisted? Delightful, looks good, never dull.
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
German twisted cast on is so much fun. Long tail? Boring, vanilla, always estimate wrong. German twisted? Delightful, looks good, never dull.
Rewatching Rings of Power, and Galadriel really goes through some shit eh
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Rewatching Rings of Power, and Galadriel really goes through some shit eh
Our neighbours - a single mum and her young daughter, who hadn't been moved in all that long - delivering us a small basket of Easter eggs which had been hand decorated and had a little card in it.
Such a small gesture but felt like a lot in the chaos of the early days of the lockdown.
Such a small gesture but felt like a lot in the chaos of the early days of the lockdown.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Our neighbours - a single mum and her young daughter, who hadn't been moved in all that long - delivering us a small basket of Easter eggs which had been hand decorated and had a little card in it.
Such a small gesture but felt like a lot in the chaos of the early days of the lockdown.
Such a small gesture but felt like a lot in the chaos of the early days of the lockdown.
Stumbled across my stats, but I'm SURE I got genius more times than that...
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stumbled across my stats, but I'm SURE I got genius more times than that...
Reposted by Louise Hutt
Your gentle reminder that my crowdfunding campaign ends tomorrow night… Thanks everyone for all the love. It’s been amazing. www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
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November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Your gentle reminder that my crowdfunding campaign ends tomorrow night… Thanks everyone for all the love. It’s been amazing. www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
1. Leonard Cohen
2. The Beths
3. Laura Marling
4. Tiny Ruins
5. Belle & Sebastian
1. Leonard Cohen
2. The Beths
3. Laura Marling
4. Tiny Ruins
5. Belle & Sebastian
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
A random selection
- Elton John
- Adele
- Pink
- Ed Sheeran
- James Blunt
A random selection
- Elton John
- Adele
- Pink
- Ed Sheeran
- James Blunt
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
A random selection
-Electric Six
-Killing Joke
-PJ Harvey
-Einstürzende Neubauten
-Pop Will Eat Itself
A random selection
-Electric Six
-Killing Joke
-PJ Harvey
-Einstürzende Neubauten
-Pop Will Eat Itself
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
1. Leonard Cohen
2. The Beths
3. Laura Marling
4. Tiny Ruins
5. Belle & Sebastian
1. Leonard Cohen
2. The Beths
3. Laura Marling
4. Tiny Ruins
5. Belle & Sebastian
That's meeeee! And I love my Benno so much.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
That's meeeee! And I love my Benno so much.
Someone in my fb comment section today literally said it'd be very expensive to get a train to run to Rotorua...
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Someone in my fb comment section today literally said it'd be very expensive to get a train to run to Rotorua...
Ah McCain, he's done it again
Thread time.
These proposed local government reforms are being reported as the end of Regional Councils but actually they're probably the end of a lot of rural and smaller district councils in New Zealand. Not sure what I mean?
These proposed local government reforms are being reported as the end of Regional Councils but actually they're probably the end of a lot of rural and smaller district councils in New Zealand. Not sure what I mean?
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ah McCain, he's done it again
Reposted by Louise Hutt
This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Ah yes, the real problem with local government: that people don't know the difference between city councils and regional councils.
That'll solve the infrastructure deficit, the unfunded mandate, the poor behaviour, and the scapegoating from central government. Well done, boys!
That'll solve the infrastructure deficit, the unfunded mandate, the poor behaviour, and the scapegoating from central government. Well done, boys!
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Ah yes, the real problem with local government: that people don't know the difference between city councils and regional councils.
That'll solve the infrastructure deficit, the unfunded mandate, the poor behaviour, and the scapegoating from central government. Well done, boys!
That'll solve the infrastructure deficit, the unfunded mandate, the poor behaviour, and the scapegoating from central government. Well done, boys!
This is tomorrow night! Come hang out!
I'm launching a brand new social club for Green branch members and friends - starting off with a Wednesday night visit to Te Whare Taonga o Waikato! ✨😎
RSVP here - www.greens.org.nz/khm_se_20251...
RSVP here - www.greens.org.nz/khm_se_20251...
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is tomorrow night! Come hang out!
And I can't emphasise enough how much the harassment doesn't stop when you leave.
I lost the election and people were still calling me a cunt.
On here, someone in my replies said I didn't care about Maaori wards, that I didn't get to be upset about the election and I wasn't disabled (!)
I lost the election and people were still calling me a cunt.
On here, someone in my replies said I didn't care about Maaori wards, that I didn't get to be upset about the election and I wasn't disabled (!)
The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments - but she was still stunned.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
And I can't emphasise enough how much the harassment doesn't stop when you leave.
I lost the election and people were still calling me a cunt.
On here, someone in my replies said I didn't care about Maaori wards, that I didn't get to be upset about the election and I wasn't disabled (!)
I lost the election and people were still calling me a cunt.
On here, someone in my replies said I didn't care about Maaori wards, that I didn't get to be upset about the election and I wasn't disabled (!)
Me, to myself: you got diagnosed with myopericarditis, you should be resting...
Also me: but what if I do ALL THESE THINGS THOUGH
Also me: but what if I do ALL THESE THINGS THOUGH
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Me, to myself: you got diagnosed with myopericarditis, you should be resting...
Also me: but what if I do ALL THESE THINGS THOUGH
Also me: but what if I do ALL THESE THINGS THOUGH
Rewatching New Girl:
Brad - "I'm like a non-republican Schmidt"
Me - "you know you're Winston, right"
"that's so rude"
Brad - "I'm like a non-republican Schmidt"
Me - "you know you're Winston, right"
"that's so rude"
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Rewatching New Girl:
Brad - "I'm like a non-republican Schmidt"
Me - "you know you're Winston, right"
"that's so rude"
Brad - "I'm like a non-republican Schmidt"
Me - "you know you're Winston, right"
"that's so rude"
I have a boatload of peanut butter (like literally a bucket). Pls give me your most peanut butter heavy recipes.
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I have a boatload of peanut butter (like literally a bucket). Pls give me your most peanut butter heavy recipes.
The new Hamilton Hotel (actually a restaurant) is so, so good 🔥✨
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The new Hamilton Hotel (actually a restaurant) is so, so good 🔥✨
Mariah Carey can be heard in this distance... 🎶🎄
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Mariah Carey can be heard in this distance... 🎶🎄