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: This game is something very special indeed. Mixtape on PS5.

: Currently reading: Juice by Tim Winton 📚

: Finished reading: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm 📚 💭💭💭💭🤔 4/5 Every now and then a book …

: Poem 1 by Ana Roxanne This is something very special. Sit down and listen to it with someone you …

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: I’m from an era where interlibrary loans were a thing of wonder

: Perfect Sunday bliss 💜

: This blows my mind

: This is incredible: youtu.be/x6_mbnsh6…

: No expections

: Good to know

: Love this beautiful city #hamiltonnz

: Sd-3 by Loukeman Very very good indeed 🥰 Apple Music 🍏 Spotify 💩

: Oh this is just lovely. And that voice! James Blake is awesome

: We lost one of the very greats today. May she rest in incredibly well earned peace. Your voice - …

: Currently reading: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm 📚

: Finished reading: One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford 📚 “Love is a wound from which you can never …

: This is beautiful

: Currently reading: One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford 📚

: Finished reading: Battle Royale: Remastered by Koushun Takami 📚 🩸🩸🩸🅾️🅾️ Recommended by a friend, it …

: Currently reading: Battle Royale: Remastered by Koushun Takami 📚

: Finished reading: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 📚 🐻🐻🐻🐻🦘 “you can’t serve God with a …

: Tongan bliss. We love this beautiful place ❤️

: Sunset sail with beautiful people. And ships!

: The dreaded Tongan molokau. Ouchy

: Kaitaia bliss

: Auckland morning magic

: Searching for Solace (the bar)

: Melbourne you are beautiful

: One of the best presents I have been lucky enough to receive. I am overwhelmed

: In a 1984 interview, a 25-year-old Morrissey discusses the hysterical fanmail he receives, and how …

: It wasn’t.

: Leftfield at the Powerstation! Glorious!

: Yarns after a day of snorkelling bliss. Thanks Tahi Tonga 💜

: Storm’s coming

: An incredible evening with beautiful people. I’m gonna miss this place 🇹🇴

: What do you get when you mix an insomniac, a dyslexic, and an agnostic? Someone who stays up all …

: Being (very politely) asked to move out of the shipping lane

: Definitely fishy, 100% delicious 🇹🇴

: Tonga’s world famous fishing pigs!

: Tonga you beauty

: Currently reading: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 📚

: Did not finish: Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver 📚 Oh gosh absolutely not. What was I …

: Currently reading: Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver 📚

: Finished reading: Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton 📚 Not necessarily literature, and …

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: Currently reading: Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton 📚

: Finished reading: The Covenant Of Water by Abraham Vergese 📚 🥰🥰🥰🥰🫥 Pleasant and cozy. “She …

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: Viagra Boys at the Powerstation. Amazing!

: Did not finish: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo 📚 I usually persevere, but as I get older I don’t …

: When one of your favourite singers covers one of your favourite songs…

: Surely the dullest game known to mankind 😬

: Taupo 💜

: Currently reading: The Covenant Of Water by Abraham Vergese 📚

: Awesome memorial proudly created by my nephew for his mate Sam. Rest easy Slip.

: This is astounding. Play it on your best equipment

: Finished reading: The Incandescent by Emily Tesh 📚 😬😬😬😬🫥 Serviceable. Interesting concept, executed …

: Currently reading: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo 📚

: While I am on the subject of Leftism, and in case you haven’t heard it yet, please enjoy this …

: Yes! Presales Monday. Is Leftism one of the best dance music albums ever made??

: Four Tet showing why he really is one of the very best, on his annual The Lot Radio set: Youtube …

: As a huge trance lover from back when it all started, this history of the genre is fascinating …

: Rucking in the free world (well, Hamilton at least)

: The Guardian - again - pointed me to this really quite excellent article on game design: Game design …

: Currently reading: The Incandescent by Emily Tesh 📚 “Doctor Walden looked glumly at the form she …

: I’m staggered by the beauty of this

: Finished reading: Spread Me by Sarah Gailey 📚 Interesting premise, clunkily realised. 😐😐😐🫥🫥

: Currently reading: Spread Me by Sarah Gailey 📚

: Did not finish: Alchemised by SenLinYu 📚 I really tried (page 744), but I just couldn’t do any more.

: Rarawa is beautiful

: Healing ❤️‍🩹

: Nice view from the office today

: The Guardian says the quiet part out loud The president may also see some of himself in Swift, a …

: Job Jobse Essential Mix (2002) Very essential indeed 💜

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: There was magic tonight

: Is this the stupidest sign in the known universe? (Yes, this was the actual exit)

: Currently reading: Alchemised by SenLinYu 📚

: Sally's first exhibition Huge honour to be invited to Sally's very first exhibition, with three other artists from Wintec. …

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: Thames you beauty

: One of New Zealand’s best bands in one of New Zealand’s best bars!

: Art.

: TIL a new word: Ombré Ombré is a French word meaning “shaded” and describes a …

: Perfect summer vibes (since 1998!). …and not available on Spotify: an entirely perfect …

: Last night I learned about the Bechdel test: The Bechdel test also known as the Bechdel–Wallace …

: PSA: One of Hamilton’s best coffee shops is right next door to one of Hamiltons best Croissanterie’s

: Daniel Avery is always incredibly interesting, and this new album is no exception. I’ve loved …

: Last trip to Tonga for 2025 all done Spot the dog - not Spot, the dog. 7 trips in a year I managed to make 7 trips to Tonga this year - …

: Incredible end to an amazing week. Bliss!

: An honour to see this old girl lumber into the sky from our hotel room this morning

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: I want to pet them

: You’re pulling my leg

: My new drinking buddy was pretty chill

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: Watched: Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Season 1 Trashy but completely enthralling - loved it

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: You know you are old when you find your first car in a museum

: “One last ride”

: Ah tequila

: Gonna miss this place 💜 The king is dead! Long live the king!

: Beaver-engineered dam in the Czech Republic In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to …

: This game is incredible. Horizon Forbidden West on PS5

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: On our local fire station: “Failing every New Zealander”

: This one has been on heavy rotation this week too: and also, have been enjoying revisiting Groove …

: So incredibly weird, so incredibly good. Highly recommended!

: Sheet pan turmeric chicken and crispy rice ….yum!

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: My first trip to Tonga is nearly done St Patricks Day on a tropical island Thanks to the amazing team at the very awesome Billfish bar …

: Some more pictures of beautiful Tonga Our first drive around Taking advantage of our awesome ute we took ourselves off for a drive on our …

: Welcome to Tonga! 🇹🇴 Amazing welcome to this incredible island We were welcomed to beautiful Tonga by Ishla’s work …