Hazel
@hazelt.bsky.social
Welsh lass now living in Whakatū, Aotearoa. Ex software engineer, now part-time busy doing crazy shit I wish I'd discovered earlier in life. Posts sporadically. Short lefty green vegan, she/her
My usual hangout. East Street Cafe, Nelson (on Church st). In town to get my eyes tested and half a hour to kill. Iced oat mocha in the sun hits the spot. Ahh...
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My usual hangout. East Street Cafe, Nelson (on Church st). In town to get my eyes tested and half a hour to kill. Iced oat mocha in the sun hits the spot. Ahh...
And now for some good news: My 15 1/2 yo cat does not have the big C! He has serious ibd though and will be on steroids for a while. He's putting on weight and feeling better already 🥳
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
And now for some good news: My 15 1/2 yo cat does not have the big C! He has serious ibd though and will be on steroids for a while. He's putting on weight and feeling better already 🥳
I can't post any photos, but I've spent the last two days being an extra in a sequal to a highly anticipated NZ classic. Omg it's so bloody funny. Not baaaad at all actually 😂 Can't wait to see ot on the big screen!
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I can't post any photos, but I've spent the last two days being an extra in a sequal to a highly anticipated NZ classic. Omg it's so bloody funny. Not baaaad at all actually 😂 Can't wait to see ot on the big screen!
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October 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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TBH Treasury is just 'modelling' alternatives. However, I am frankly astonished to see the paper takes no account of the 7 year gap in life expectancy between Māori (75.8) & Europeans (82.8) or the near 6 year gap between Europeans & Pasifika (76.9).
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
September 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
TBH Treasury is just 'modelling' alternatives. However, I am frankly astonished to see the paper takes no account of the 7 year gap in life expectancy between Māori (75.8) & Europeans (82.8) or the near 6 year gap between Europeans & Pasifika (76.9).
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Pay equity funeral march this morning in Nelson Whakatū. Well organised and attended. Poignant speeches from a nurse and a carer. Many photographers so hopefully the msg will get out there. At the end there were sausages, ballons for the kids and a stall helping folks to register to vote #nzpol
September 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Pay equity funeral march this morning in Nelson Whakatū. Well organised and attended. Poignant speeches from a nurse and a carer. Many photographers so hopefully the msg will get out there. At the end there were sausages, ballons for the kids and a stall helping folks to register to vote #nzpol
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Off sick today with a bit of a cold, but I needed coffee, then I remembered there was a coffee shop down the road (about 40 km). It just so happened that some other lasses were going there for coffee too.
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Off sick today with a bit of a cold, but I needed coffee, then I remembered there was a coffee shop down the road (about 40 km). It just so happened that some other lasses were going there for coffee too.
Nearly 12 hours after leaving home, I made it back. Queen Charlotte and Whangamoas was so much fun and a great road to get to know this Queen (well, she is black and yellow). I do have a numb bum though. Might be the first mod! 🏍🥰 roll on Summer!
September 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Nearly 12 hours after leaving home, I made it back. Queen Charlotte and Whangamoas was so much fun and a great road to get to know this Queen (well, she is black and yellow). I do have a numb bum though. Might be the first mod! 🏍🥰 roll on Summer!
The adventure begins! Looks like a nice day for a ride...
September 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The adventure begins! Looks like a nice day for a ride...
Partner has flu and I've got a slight sore throat. I really hope I can fight this off by tomorrow as I'm supposed to be flying to Wellington to pick up my new motorbike and ride it home! 🏍🤞
September 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Partner has flu and I've got a slight sore throat. I really hope I can fight this off by tomorrow as I'm supposed to be flying to Wellington to pick up my new motorbike and ride it home! 🏍🤞
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If you're sick of this government and this absolute race baiting bullshit and attacks on Māori across the board - vote in your local election and vote to keep Māori wards.
Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to.
How embarrassing if they all get kept.
Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to.
How embarrassing if they all get kept.
September 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
If you're sick of this government and this absolute race baiting bullshit and attacks on Māori across the board - vote in your local election and vote to keep Māori wards.
Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to.
How embarrassing if they all get kept.
Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to.
How embarrassing if they all get kept.
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Reality hidden by headline: Kiwis must accept lower quality public services to pay for the $2 billion the government gave to their friends, the landlords, while also factoring in corporate hand outs for tobacco and fossil fuel, and the money pissed up the wall for no ferries.
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reality hidden by headline: Kiwis must accept lower quality public services to pay for the $2 billion the government gave to their friends, the landlords, while also factoring in corporate hand outs for tobacco and fossil fuel, and the money pissed up the wall for no ferries.
So, it looks like I get to play a dragon in a Viking-themed pantomime written by a friend of mine. It has rainbow warriors, a goat named sparkle, an epic quest, and hoochin' wolves. Spoiler alert - the dragon's treasure is books. It's so cool!
August 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So, it looks like I get to play a dragon in a Viking-themed pantomime written by a friend of mine. It has rainbow warriors, a goat named sparkle, an epic quest, and hoochin' wolves. Spoiler alert - the dragon's treasure is books. It's so cool!
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
No new pictures, where are you mentally?
August 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
No new pictures, where are you mentally?
All wrong but alright
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August 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
All wrong but alright
Wordle 1,527 3/6*
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What film reminds you most of your childhood?
August 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
What film reminds you most of your childhood?
The weasels were weaselly recognised and dispatched (stoats are stoatally different)
Zealandia celebrates once again being weasel-free
Zealandia rangers discovered the bodies of mustelids who had weaselled their way inside the sanctuary.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The weasels were weaselly recognised and dispatched (stoats are stoatally different)
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Ensuring there are no witnesses
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Ensuring there are no witnesses
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This everyday #nzpol
The Green budget has great stuff in it and it frustrates me no end that they get treated like "tree-hugging weirdos" while National, who were told that their landlord tax cuts didn't add up before the election, get to throw women under the bus and still are somehow "safe hands" for the economy.
August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This everyday #nzpol