Māmā takiwātanga

A Māmā who’s proudly in my own time and space.

Wife of Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: (npub1hnf…kd9l) and mum of two.

Forever on a journey to better embody the values of #Jesus and #permaculture, now also on a #HealthyLifestyle, #FatLoss, and obesity recovery journey. My happy place is #gardening and #cooking. #ResponsiveParent, lover of #Montessori, akonga me kaiako o #TeReoMāori. Uri o Ngati Tama me Te Ati-Haunui-a-Pāpārangi.

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2026-06-13 09:00:39 GMT

Hi Mastodon, please sign my petition to the #NewZealand government to show that we the public will hold them accountable to uphold our part of the Paris #climate agreement.
https://www.change.org/ToitūPārihi
According to change.org, petitions that gain at least 10 signatures in the first day are more likely to succeed. Also their website starts pushing it out to people once it has five signatures. Yours could be one.
Disclosure: the image on this webpage was automatically generated by Change.org’s #AI and some of the text was suggested by it. Please let me know if you have a suggestion to further improve the text. I intend to have my husband take a photo to replace it tomorrow.
#NewZealand #NZPol #Petition

2026-04-06 08:44:21 GMT

I should post something about my #garden #MyGardenProtest last year I committed to work towards growing as much of our fresh produce as possible. It’s not all smooth sailing, but I’m no quitter.
Had soil problems, pests, seedlings killed by wind. I also had no idea how much the cost of seeds alone could add up so am now growing more plants for seed than I originally planned (but that will only add to my goal of #Resilience.)
Let’s celebrate how nice our front #VegeLawn is looking and these fresh crisp #carrots. Will post more pics in coming days. #Permaculture #Gardening #gardeningNZ
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2025-12-12 02:59:08 GMT

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But thank you for sharing your experience. My goal is to get to where I can control it naturally. @npub1san…jgxu

2025-12-12 02:22:09 GMT

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I’m happy that works for you. Believe me I’ve considered everything possible. I tried to control it naturally the past four years but that allowed it to spread. Due to famīy health and caregiving duties, I don’t have the time to keep trying to dig it out and and given the responsibility to stop it from spreading to natural areas, a little poison now is the responsible thing to do for me. If I keep trying to control it naturally, I’m just kicking the can down the road and will have to use more poidon later. @npub1san…jgxu

2025-12-11 20:47:56 GMT

Sent hubby to by glyphosate. I am a #permaculture minded gardener, which usually means using nature to solve problems. Unfortunately, I inherited a place where people have introduced some very vigorous plants that don’t belong to this eco-system and are annoying in my garden, but devastating to my nearby native wild areas. (As I don’t have a gigantic lifestyle block, my community and my local wild areas are my zones 4-5) after considering this, I have decided that sometimes, the responsible thing to do is to use an in-organic herbacide. I will not be spraying this stuff. I will be suiting up and using a paintbrush to apply it to morning glory, because of it’s growth habit, this is just the most practical means I have to control it.
#gardening #earthcare #glyphosate #PestControl #gardeningNZ
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2025-11-21 20:11:04 GMT

12 months ago, I realised that I was not living out my own values. As a whānau, we committed to a #nobuyyear2025 where we only bought essentials.
A year ago, I had a 3 year old who was almost impossible to take shopping because she would beg for every random toy and throw a tantrum. This month we asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said ‘A kiss’ ‘a hug’ ‘a flower’. She received a used bike, goggles, a watch, a real life tea set, a mug and socks. The bike cost us $5 to buy and $30 to repair and is her most prized possession.
Today I asked miss 4 what her friend would want for a birthday gift. My daughter said ‘She’ll like anything, because she’s my friend’. She proceeded to ask if she could give her friend a piece of lettuce from our garden. We redirected her to making a bouquet of lavender and putting aside a ripe strawberry. She’s also going out with her dad to choose a toy from a second hand shop.
Sure, she’s gotten more mature because she’s now 4 and not 3, but I’m so pleased I stopped modelling a consumerism mindset and taught her that a kiss, a hug, a flower, a strawberry, and sometimes a used bike can be the best gifts.
#Permaculture
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2025-10-18 05:14:14 GMT

Further on #carrots, my lovely husband @npub1hnf…kd9l has made me three lovely frames for growing root crops. (Root boxes?) to allow them to sit slightly above the ground for better drainage. I’m currently working on filling them with a mixture of worked native (clay) soil, gypsum, and compost. One frame will have carrots, one onions and garlic, and one beetroot and parsnips. We will be looking for more rubbish wood to make some more.
#MyGardenProtest #gardening #garden #permaculture
I’m gonna experiment with daikons in my #FoodForest area but for getting some annual root veggies, I think this is a good solution.
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2025-05-15 02:47:32 GMT

#dnd #criticalrole #ttrpg
Help me out, need a name for a Kenku player character who speaks in mimicry. I’m thinking a random sound effect as their name. Maybe an animal noise, moo, baa, or a click. I will actually do this sound at the table every time I need my character to talk about themself, so something funny that you wouldn’t normally say, but not too hard to do. Open to suggestions.

2025-01-20 09:56:17 GMT

Doing #NoBuyYear2025 as a family of 4.
We challenged ourselves to avoid buying non essentials for the year. To decide what is essential we use a traffic light list; Green=essential, like groceries; Yellow=Think carefully, like replacing clothes; Red=Don’t buy. We do have personal allowances which are exempt from this and a budget for experiences.
Three weeks in we have stopped our cycle of living week to week and are decluttering our home. #budgeting #nonconsumption #EcoFriendly
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