The song I heard on Freak the Sheep definitely came first. It was Kim Blackburn's Lizards in Love 1, from the album of the same name released in 1986;

https://www.discogs.com/release/1426622-Kim-Blackburn-Lizards-In-Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEnNg6KnJI

Clearly Toki didn't dig it. Our parody (I hesitate to call it homage) was entitled Axolotl: The Boring Song, featured a slow, languid guitar line, and the vocals ended it by shouting "this song is boring!" 😆

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#music #LoFi #KimBlackburn #Aoteroa #NZ

Kim Blackburn - Lizards In Love

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1986 Vinyl release of "Lizards In Love" on Discogs.

Discogs
Hiking through the clouds #aoteroa #clouds #trees #moss #photography Jan 2023

#Aoteroa
#newzealand
#geography

Over time, I've noticed how every single Kiwi on here is from Aotearoa. I started thinking this must be the hippest, coolest, happeningest place in New Zealand.

Finally, I did a search for it to find out what all the hubbub was about. Oh...

Mark Brown on close up tv 2005

YouTube
‘Particularly large’ population of pekapeka discovered near Marton

Pekapeka are still classified as threatened and are declining at a rate of 5-9% a year.

NZ Herald

New Zealand spite voted it's Progressive government out a few years ago and now everyone wants to leave.

The same thing happens every time the Protest Voters win, people suffer, grifting explodes and the Young want to give up and emigrate.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/new-zealand-everyone-must-go-tourism-campaign-criticism-emigration

#NewZealand #Politics #Aoteroa

New Zealand’s ‘Everyone must go!’ tourism campaign ridiculed as emigration hits record high

Tagline has quickly become the subject of derision, with some critics likening it to a clearance sale slogan

The Guardian

We're hiring a senior front-end developer at Springload Te Pipītanga, come work with us:

https://springload.bamboohr.com/careers/75

That's right, a job! In Pōneke! (or NZ remote)

#FrontEndDevelopment #Wellington #Aoteroa

Senior Front-end Developer

We’re looking for an experienced Front-end Developer to join our team in a permanent role to help us make the things that matter better. This is a full-time role (40 hours per week). Our office is in Wellington, however this role would also suit someone working remotely within Aotearoa New Zealand (occa

Springload
@rmondello
So much to see and experience over North and South Islands. You might want to think about going for a longer time - that week and a half will soon get eaten up.
If/when you go please post some updates.
Enjoy.
#Aoteroa
#NewZealand
A cloudy #silentsunday looking towards Hutt Forks and Maymorn from an unnamed ridge #aoteroa