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Tracy Farr

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she/her/ia pākehā in Aotearoa NZ (once upon a time Australian)

writer, mostly fiction, novels THE HOPE FAULT (family/anxiety/geology) THE LIFE+LOVES OF LENA GAUNT (love/loss/theremin)

Bad Diaries Salon + Podcast

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Bill Manhire's avatar Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social
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. A Clerihew Christopher Luxon Hardly ever mucks in. He looks a bit sinister But he’s actually the New Zealand Prime Minister. .

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明's avatar Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social
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I am honestly so grateful that nobody died, and that we can actually joke all day about this

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sophie malice's avatar sophie malice @sophieactual.mitsuko.nz
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"Brown said the Government was committed to a resilient Cook Strait service"

you don't get to have it both ways Simeon, both you and Nicola have tots fucked up for no discernable reason other than arrogance

#nzpol

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Byron C Clark's avatar Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social
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Well, some of them are built so they don't run aground at all

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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Looks great! Love those thread colours on black jumper

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So cool! Thanks Adele, it does feel really special.

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Awwww, our old tabby boy (RIP Pepper) used to do the same. Stick his head so far down the glass there’d be condensation from his breath. Miss that lil guy and the adorkable antics we let him get away with.

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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Thanks, Phil! I’m so pleased it’ll be out in the world next year.

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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Indescribably delighted to have won this marvellous award, which means The Cuba Press will publish my third novel, WONDERLAND, in 2025

#pukapuka

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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Yep – I* have observed this (and have had to accommodate / work around / explain) with younger folks in the workplace in recent years. * me = old trout (boomer depending where the lines are drawn), tech-literate

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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New episode of Bad Diaries Podcast – S2E3 out now! In our first guest interview for 2024, Jenny Ackland chats with Jock Serong about diaries, rituals, the writing life, and what Jock does with his old Blundstones 🌊 ✍️ 🎧 + extra show notes on the website👇 🎧 wherever good pods are found

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Vincent O'Malley's avatar Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social
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Delighted to be taking part in 'Raise the Roof for Randell Cottage: Letters Live', a fundraising event for Randell Cottage, in Wellington on 15 July, featuring Emily Perkins, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Hinemoana Baker, Anna Fifield and other letter readers.

authors.org.nz/raise-the-ro...

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Didn’t seem to be a limit at Kelvin Grove

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8 Kelvin Grove, Te Aro – link up the thread

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Caren Wilton 's avatar Caren Wilton @carenwilton.bsky.social
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Ecotest are also good quality, rated highly sensitive by the Australian TGA. Worth stashing a few boxes!

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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Excellent intel! I recall this brand from Australian visits, hadn’t seen them here before this

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Michael Plank's avatar Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social
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There's a lot of respiratory disease out there at the moment - some of it is Covid (orange), a lot of it is other viruses. It's likely we are close to winter Covid peak whereas flu will probably peak later in the winter. Not too late to get your Covid + flu vaccines!

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Healthpoint says no need to order. I phoned first but no answer so I just rocked up – door was locked (boo), but a big box of RATs at the door with a sign “we’re out in the community – if you’re here to pick up masks or RATs, pls help yourself from the trolley” (yay) Exp date 2027 (yay)

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Julie Blommaert's avatar Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social
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Imagine calling it the Pothole Prevention Fund but using it to fix potholes rather than prevent them by getting people and freight off of roads

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Bauhausandmies 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇿's avatar Bauhausandmies 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇿 @bauhausandmies.bsky.social
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$4billion for “pothole prevention” but this govt still can’t manage to announce the funding and availability of the cancer drugs they campaigned on.

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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PSA for Wellington #kikorangi peeps struggling to source free RATs – they’re in stock and available (lunchtime today, at least) at 8 Kelvin Grove (around the corner from Southern Cross, ~top of Cuba St)

ngā mihi to whoever blueskied about this last week

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Dr Lucy Stewart's avatar Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social
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Yet another example of research cuts which are very small amounts in terms of the Budget as a whole, but staggering in terms of the work itself. This is where we've got to with research in AoNZ, so underfunded that every cut hits bone. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Ok, spread the word: we've added an extra week to the last minute, just to make sure we get applications from all of you emerging Pasifika writers who have been too busy with life admin/earning a living/protesting this week: deadline extended to 7 June! And it's a long weekend, so...

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David Hood's avatar David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social
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Looks like a nice day to express my opposition to recent government actions, not by striking, but by lawfully (and ethically) attending a protest in my own lawful and legal time.
#NotJustWeekends

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Tracy Farr's avatar Tracy Farr @hissingswan.bsky.social
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Looks like Wellington – 12PM, Front of Wellington Train Station

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Katya's avatar Katya @nzkatya.bsky.social
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Check what is happening in your area and turn up if you can. We need to send a message to this government by supporting this kaupapa. You don't need to be Māori or a supporter of Te Pāti Māori. I am neither but I will be there.
www.maoriparty.org.nz/toitu_te_tir...

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