#nz army

[sebengineer101]

#donald trump #new zealand #vladimir putin #nz army #nz maori #ukraine #ukraine war #stop the war #stop russia #stop putin #stop trump #stop war #support ukraine #russia #nz #aotearoa #defence #defence force #defense #defense force #fuck putin #fuck trump #kim jong un #fuck russia #russian war crimes #russian war on ukraine #russia invades ukraine #russia invasion #russian agression #agression sexuelle

[hungmilitary]

This army stud might be too big to handle

#gay men #gay bear #gayboy #gayhot #bodybuilder #gayguy #gay hairy #gaymen #gay #muscular #sexy twunk #gay twunk #hot twunk #uniform #military #army #men #menswear #sfw interaction only #onlyf@nz #onlyfans tease #hairygay #hairyman #male model #hairy male #sexy content #muscle #masculine #adult model #amazing body

[mindrat]

harry brook

is not the real deal!!!! all of his matches have been on FLAT pitches against BORING bowling attacks. tonking ZAHID MAHMOOD and NEIL WAGNER (who is washed af?!!!!) for runs is STAT PADDING!!!! lets see him come to INDIA for a REAL CHALLENGE (SPOILER ALERT: he will FAIL SPECTACULARLY)!!

#harry brook #sucks #stat padding #nz is washed #rawalpindi conspiracy #barmy army #cricket #india shoulda won in england #india is da best #india #neil wagner #cannot bowl for shit

[leafeater-dilflover]

ep38 of the cryptid factor is probably one of my favorite so far- rhys goes on these emotional monologues and sings my heart will go on by celine dion

#inspirhysinal moments #rhys darby #the cryptid factor #also his announcer voice #also when he sings then goes back to his regular speaking voice?? #is jarring #his singing voice is just so different than his normal voice #also i love love love his voice #it’s so unique #i could listen to him talk all day #and it’s not just bc he has a nz accent #not all kiwis sound like that #he has a very unique voice #and i love it so much #i also love how much he talks about his army days #my post

[wellingtonnz]

Salvation Army helping local unemployed in Wellington

#wellington nz #salvation army #jobsearch #unemployment

[sebengineer101]

Peter Griffin mourns Kane Te Tai by MrSebastianCrow101 on @DeviantArt

Peter Griffin mourns Kane Te Tai, a NZ Maori army soldier who perished in Ukraine.

#family guy #peter griffin #peter #kane te tai #nzdf #defence #army #nz army #maori

[rhysdarbinizedarby]

Rhys Darby has ‘not an ounce of scaredness’ about son’s band dreams

NZ actor Rhys Darby and his musician son Finn interview each other. VIDEO CREDIT: David White/Stuff

Rhys Darby is proudly listing career moments - but they’re not his own.

He’s recalling watching his son Finn’s band, Great Big Cow, “absolutely rock” iconic LA venue Troubadour to sold-out crowds.

As a parent, “you worry about a bit of nepotism,” he admits.

“Are we just ‘yay, our boys!’ when really they’re dreadful?”

But, he says, the band’s indie folk rock is “brilliant”, and keeps getting better. And, he insists, people are paying attention.

“We’re shocked as parents a little bit,” he jokes.

The band, Rhys and I are nestled between a Street Fighter arcade game and a pinball machine, in a dark corner of Auckland’s Whammy Bar. The US-based teen band has been sound-checking for their first international show.

Rhys has donned weathered jeans and a plaid jacket - approved by Finn. His son is wearing Dad’s socks for the night. While Rhys talks, Finn pulls faces and shares quiet in-jokes with his band mates. There are plenty of laughs.

Finn, Paolo Pesce, Will Angarola and Wyatt Nash originally played together in a school jazz combo, and went on to form Great Big Cow in 2022.

Rhys Darby, left, watches his son Finn’s band dreams without “an ounce of scaredness”. DAVID WHITE/STUFF

Now, Rhys insists, they have a growing fanbase. Some of whom “[do] that thing where you dance really closely … Moshing”. He points to my notebook.

“Put down there that I did know what moshing is.”

Sure, Rhys Darby - one of New Zealand’s most well-known comedy exports - helped the band get bums on seats and lock in bigger venues, but they were also recently featured on LA public radio station KCRW’s Young Creators Project, can be found on Spotify and their mainstay is house parties.

“I think because I'm a bigger deal [in NZ], it might have been a little different. In LA, no-one really gives a shit about who I am,” he laughs, looking over at Finn who’s patiently had his hand raised while Dad spoke.

There are people and groups in LA that have helped the band too, says Finn, and he’s not sure those opportunities would have happened back in NZ.

“I would have got you on bFM for sure,” Rhys quips back.

He looks on at Finn’s creative path with, “not an ounce of scaredness”.

“Obviously as a child I had many different dreams, but at the base of everything was art and performance,” he says, describing his younger self as a “dreamer” who wanted to entertain.

Rhys Darby with son Finn before Great Big Cow played Auckland’s Whammy Bar. DAVID WHITE/STUFF

“When it comes to [my kids], I see different ambitions, but they have the artistic talent - I’m completely open to whatever they want to do. I’ll always be there for them.”

Where New Zealand has a bit of a reputation for tall poppy syndrome and an air of negativity, LA is hugely positive, says Rhys - especially for fostering young talent.

And it was in LA, at a house party, that Finn recalls being caught up in the “electric energy” of playing live.

“The whole audience was moving. And I think two people got lifted up above the crowd and surfed around above the crowd,” he says.

Finn’s not the only Darby putting in some work while in Aotearoa. Following Rhys’s joint 50th celebration with wife Rosie, he’ll be returning to the local stage, performing his Rhys Darby 25 Years stand-up show at Waiheke Island’s Wild Estate on April 3.

It encompasses the best bits from his previous shows, but performing it at Waiheke is “just another excuse to put on a show, really”, and to show his US mates another part of Auckland.

Rhys Darby, following a stint in the army and then university, kicked off his career with stand-up, before becoming a household name with an impressive TV and film CV, including Flight of the Conchords, Yes Man, The Boat that Rocked and Our Flag Means Death.

As for whether he still loves stand-up, “love is a strong word”, he laughs.

“I still enjoy it. But it's it's less of a thrill than it used to be.”

What he’s really loving is throwing himself into acting, and challenging himself with more dramatic roles - different to the very physical, crazy “shenanigans on stage”, requiring more focus for the comedian and “not just being a silly bugger”.

Plus, he’s 50 now.

“It’s much easier to do the stuff where I'm just sitting down,” he laughs.

Still, there’s no denying he’s been part of a movement that threw New Zealand comedy into the wider world, and he speaks proudly about his own work, but also that of other Kiwis such as filmmaker Taika Waititi and actor Rose Matafeo.

It’s a type of comedy, he says, that “has a signature” and can’t be copied.

Rhys Darby and son Finn at Auckland’s Whammy Bar. DAVID WHITE/STUFF

“I think it’s that positivity thing, which is ironic coming from a place with tall poppy syndrome. We don’t like each other but you guys love us, eh?”

It’s one of the reasons Darby is still living in LA, “still waving the flag [and] not changing my accent”.

And while Darby’s big break may have been the role of band manager Murray, when it comes to Great Big Cow he and Rosie “don’t want to be helicopter parents too much”.

“We're there when they have a question.”

And while Rhys says he can’t talk about any of his own projects, Finn interrupts with a quiet word about vague plans for a comedy musical theatre show featuring Rhys and the band.

Looking back at his own career, the highlight was breaking into the US market - name-dropping X Files and Our Flag Means Death as highlights.

“What's next? It's all peaks and troughs,” he says - mentioning Hollywood is turning to AI, but “thankfully, there's no one that can do a better robot impression than me”.

Still, the changing industry is worrying.

“People are losing their jobs, and AI is having a lot to do with it,” he says - dropping the quips and gags for a moment.

“After the strikes, I know, it's taken a while to get the industry back on its feet, but I'm hoping that it will get there,” he says.

“But it is worrying. It's really worrying the moment.”

Source: Stuff NZ

#rhys darby #finn darby #interview #great big cow band #stuff nz

[honeymoonjin]

hi yall this is my first time logging in for almost a year i think?

i wanted to give my love to all of you and apologise for being such a disappearing act all the time. i've been really removed from the army community and bts as a whole for quite some time now, so i'm pretty out of touch, but i often think of all of you fondly and reminisce about my uni days when i somehow wrote 10k a week as well as studying full time and working part time fkjskfdjfks who was she

brief life update in case the void cares, i'm currently back in nz. i lived in chile for a short while volunteering, but mental health made me return back home, and now i'm pending a bipolar or borderline diagnosis in addition to ptsd so that's a lil spooky. if anyone has dealt with bipolar or bpd i would love to hear your story and advice x

i'm not sure if i will get back into writing for bts or not, but i do wanna get back in touch w where the boys are at so if anyone has recs for recent stuff they've been in, lmk!

love you all !!!

[olympain]

I was tagged by the lovely @theladyigraine to list 5 comfort shows + 5 comfort movies and then to tag 10 people to do this as well if they want!

5 COMFORT SHOWS

life on mars (2006)

there she goes (2018)

taskmaster nz (2020)

andor (2022)

vicious (2013)

5 COMFORT MOVIES

swiss army man (2016)

1917 (2019)

hot fuzz (2007) & the world's end (2013) (they're both cornetto so technically can be counted as one. source: me)

the batman (2022)

24 hour party people (2002)

tagging > @barry--keoghan @mariner-2 @catabasis @killsandthrills @kenobismullet @kitmarlowe @andysambcrg @raspberrydee @hegodamask @wernerherzoghaircut

#doctor who and lotr are on another plane of existence hope this helps #also confining to 5 makes me feel like i'm betraying my shows and movies #tagged #jus talks

[fuckyeahworldoftaika]

Taika Waititi: “I just want to spend my money and enjoy it”

As he talks about what a fabulous thing it is to be Taika Waititi, he occasionally glances out the window of the hotel to the gin palaces moored in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour. So, which one is his?

“They’re all mine. I’m actually trying to get rid of some of these to make room for my QE3.” Everyone in the room laughs – there’s a Disney PR team with camera crew present for a small conveyor belt of local interviews with journalists under instruction not to ask our most prominent global celebrity anything unrelated to his new movie. But Waititi does present as a man who has done quite well for himself. That’s assuming the jewellery that is adorning his fingers, neck and ear is as expensive as it looks. Of course it is. The man’s been on the cover of Vogue, after all, albeit as half of a “power couple” with wife of a year-plus, UK pop star Rita Ora.

It’s not the Listener that has brought up the fruits of his success. Just before the boat quips, Waititi had been pondering the difference between being the young Taika following his creative whims and the 48-year-old one, who now doesn’t have the option of starting things – like multimillion-dollar superhero films – and not finishing them because he can’t be bothered. Add to that, he has so many irons in the fire, there is a risk of a stable overflowing with shoeless horses. That’s whether it’s writing that Star Wars film (“four pages,” he deadpans on how far he’s got), acting in pirate comedy series Our Flag Means Death, making videos for the All Blacks, among other corporate gigs, or supposedly doing remakes of seemingly everything he ever liked growing up. Yes, there is a New Zealand film on his to-do list. More of which later.

To that work-in-progress pile (“I’ve got a few irons underneath the other irons”) you can also add a redo of Mel Brooks’ classic comedy Young Frankenstein. The Jewish-American comedy great liked Waititi’s Hitler-spoofing Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit very much – it reminded him of his own Hitler-spoofing good old days. He asked Waititi if he’d like to remake Young Frankenstein, the 1974 film starring Gene Wilder that was arguably his greatest big-screen comedy. You don’t say no to Mel Brooks. He is 97, after all. That said, Waititi says he could do with a break from the blacksmith shop. Right now, he says, “I just want to spend my money and enjoy it”. Well, reportedly, he has splashed out on that unobtainable thing for many Kiwi artists of his generation – a nice house in Auckland. The NZ Herald last month reported he’d bought a $10.5 million waterfront property in Point Chevalier, supposedly as a base for his joint custody of his two daughters with his former wife, producer Chelsea Winstanley.

We would be discussing his purchase – after all, who doesn’t like a natter about Auckland real estate? – but this interview is taking place back in April. Disney stipulated it couldn’t run until the local release of his new film Next Goal Wins, which it eventually bumped until the end of the year, having made its New Zealand staff redundant in the interim. Next Goal Wins is based on the true story – there was an earlier doco of the same name – about the American Samoan football team, the biggest losers of any Fifa World Cup qualifying round, having gone down 31-0 to Australia. It stars many familiar faces including Oscar Kightley, Beulah Koale, Dave Fane (“all of my mates – I think Robbie Magasiva is the only one not in this”). And, as the Palagi saviour coach, is Michael Fassbender, an actor not exactly known for his comedy. He plays Dutch-American Thomas Rongen, who became the team’s coach and lifted them from the bottom of the Fifa rankings, a little.

It’s a film that seems to have been stuck in extra time. It was shot in Hawai’i in 2019. Then came the pandemic, which paused production for a year. Along the way, Armie Hammer, who played a minor role as an American Fifa official, became persona non grata due to a storm of sexual abuse allegations, which required reshoots with comic actor Will Arnett subbing in. “I was actually already changing that character in the edit and Will came in and played a different version of it,” says Waititi, who isn’t the first director caught with a cast member who’s acquired a toxic reputation. But all his films, even his modest budget New Zealand ones at the start of his career, have taken years. “This is just the normal Taika schedule … I started working on Star Wars three years ago. By the time I finish, it will probably be another four years from now.” Next Goal Wins debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and opened in North America last week. The reviews have been decidedly mixed. That’s possibly because, like his parody-risking Thor films, it’s trying to be two things at the same time – a feel-good underdog sports film with the coach trying to redeem himself, and a send-up of feel-good sports films.

The American-Samoan team featured Jaiyah Saelua, a fa’afafine who was the first transgender international footballer. Played by fa’afafine actor Kaimana in the film, the character is a big chunk of the story. Some reviews have wondered why the film’s whole focus wasn’t Saelua. Why wasn’t it? “Jaiyah’s story is really interesting, but I was not tempted, because I really wanted it … to be about that relationship between the team and Thomas. But also him and the team, because there are a lot of other interesting characters there … [Jaiyah’s story] wasn’t something that I was massively drawn to as the main thing.” Waititi wanted to keep things light and bright in what he has said is his least cynical film yet. By which he means? “It’s more just that in this film nothing bad happens to anyone. In all of the other films there’s some darkness there. Jojo Rabbit is probably the most cynical, but in a satirical way. But with this film, the message is on the poster: “Be happy.” I think one of the most important parts of the film is when Thomas says, ‘I can’t win’, and Oscar says, ‘Well, then lose, but don’t do it alone, come lose with us.’ That’s a really important thing. If it was in an American’s hands, it would be all about winning … I think it’s good to embrace losing but doing it together.” Waititi isn’t much of a football fan. He played as a kid for a while before switching to rugby. “I played it from, like, eight to 10. I just felt like it was a real white sport, so I was a bit turned off because all of my mates were playing rugby. I just enjoyed playing touch a lot more than waiting for that round ball to come my way … ‘Can someone, like, kick it to me?’ “Notoriously, soccer is one of the worst things to try to film, because it just always comes across as super boring … It’s bad enough watching it when you’re waiting for something to happen in a big game. But it’s just a hard sport to make look interesting on film. And I think we did a really good job.” Whatever Next Goal Wins does at the box office – and it’s unlikely to be troubling Oscar voters – you suspect Waititi’s life and career will continue on its seemingly charmed way. According to the man living it, it has always been thus.

“It’s like The Truman Show – everything has just been put in front of me, for me. Like, you’ve just been sent in here to entertain me for 15-20 minutes, then you’ll go and these people [the PR team] will do something for me. My mother says this to me all the time … I used to write stories about how the world was on fire and everyone was dying. My parents died and I was the only one who survived. I’m always, like, the star of my own show … This is basically my whole story, just for me.” There are words for that. “It’s called being a Leo. Oh, narcissism? It’s true.” But with that, he says, is the self-doubt of being a fêted figure but feeling a bit of a fake. “It all comes from a deep place of insecurity and imposter syndrome – all the things that everyone else in this industry has – the deep sense of not feeling like you belong here, or that you’ve gotten away with something, and no one’s found out yet. “Most people in this industry have that fear or that sense that it’s either all going to be taken away – the window is going to close – you’re going to be irrelevant soon, or that you’ve somehow stumbled into this undeservedly – that there’s been some sort of glitch or mistake, and no one has noticed that you don’t know what you’re doing. “If anyone asks me, ‘So, how do you make films?’ I don’t know. I don’t know any of the names of the equipment on set. All I know is what I’d like to see as an audience member in a rectangle on a big screen, and I’ll try my hardest to get that. “I think directing in general is just you making decisions fast and confidently, and then people will believe you and follow you.” Does he have anything left to prove? “Nah, I’m good. Film wasn’t even my dream. I didn’t have a dream of doing this, and I’ve already achieved it. I don’t care about anything other than just my happiness and my family.” His marriage to Ora has made him both tabloid-famous and a glossy magazine fixture. He also appears to have met everybody. Yes, he has been starstruck on occasions. Such as when Ora introduced him to Mick Jagger at a party. He gulped, excused himself and departed.

“It was, ‘I’m not going to sit down and talk to you because I’m going to fuck this up, so I’m just going to walk away.’ ‘Have a good night.’ That was enough for me.” He will be busy for the foreseeable future with whatever is next on his Hollywood to-do list. But he does have the makings of a New Zealand film in a drawer somewhere. One of his early short films, Tama Tū, was about six Māori Battalion soldiers in World War II Italy. He’s been tinkering with an idea about a battalion feature. It is the “Don Quixote of all films that every Māori film-maker has been trying to make,” says Waititi. He’s not the only one – Muru director Tearepa Kahi also has one in the works. Waititi feels his is a good 10 years away. “I think the problem is we shouldn’t be making a Saving Private Ryan version of the Māori Battalion film because we’ve already got Saving Private Ryan, right? So, it has to be something that celebrates being Māori – the stories, the cool, amazing stories of the battalion. It’s got to be in our style, which means it has to be entertaining and fun.”

By Russell Baillie, 24 Nov, 2023 And thanks to @sassy1121 for the article

#taika waititi #next goal wins #nz herald

[pom12art]

Wellington

Since people seem to really like the fanmade map and the mage poster, I decided to draw another map but featuring Wellington, the ex-capital city of this version of New Zealand!! :DD

So here's some information on the region :DD

Wellington:

Since the Rash, Wellington is no longer the capital city of New Zealand as it has become a military settlement. After the collapse of Auckland as well as the majority of the North Island, the NZ army began to build a barrier around the increasingly shrinking region to protect its remaining inhabitants.

Even 100 years after the Rash, people still call it ‘Windy Wellington’ due to the city’s location between the two islands. And it is still used as the gateway to the South Island.

Karori & Makara:

Karori is a suburb located at the western edge of the urban area of Wellington, New Zealand, 4 km from the city center and was once one of New Zealand's most populous suburbs.

After people were forced to leave their homes, some were too stubborn to leave and decided to stay in Karori and Makara instead. The army tried to kick them out at first but eventually gave up. 

Karori has become a small town where members of the army like to hang out, while Makara has been used as farmland for growing vegetables . It is also the home of one of the three mage academies with the other two located in Christchurch and Invercargill.

#artists on tumblr #my art #digitalart #artist on tumblr #digital art #worldbuilding #fanmade #stand still stay silent #sssscomic #ssss #I kinda want to draw a monster next so I have a few ideas.

[bm-blog01]

Taking a moment for the Anzacs

Today in New Zealand and Australia it is Anzac Day, in NZ the Dawn Services have just finished, while many will be taking place across Australia over the next hour or so.

Anzac Day is the day we remember those that have sacrificed their lives for our country, and we take some time to appreciate the sacrifices made by those serving now.

Les We Forget

This image is from the NZ Defence force and shows the hats for each of the three military services (Royal NZ Navy, NZ Army, and Royal NZ Air Force) at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.

#Anzac Day #Lest We Forget

[grandmaster-anne]

16 February 2023 The Princess Royal, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, during a visit to the Riding for the Disabled Association in Wellington, New Zealand. Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, The Princess Royal travelled to New Zealand at the request of the NZ Army's Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, of which she is Colonel in Chief, to attend its 100th anniversary celebrations. 

#SO SOOOFT #🥹 #princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #anne in nz

[exhuastedpigeon]

Oh man, I keep thinking about a Buddie reality show AU, but not a dating show, oh no.

I want a Buddie The Traitors AU (if you haven’t watch the traitors you should btw - I love the UK and NZ version the most but there’s also a US and Australian version).

The traitors is game where they bring like 20 people to a house/castle and pick 3-4 of them to be “traitors” and the traitors murder the other contestants each night. The other contestants are “the faithful” and every day they have a chance to vote someone out, but they run the risk of voting out a faithful. It’s super fun and chaotic.

During the game they also complete challenges to earn money toward the prize fund. Typically the challenges are a mix of physical and mental, so you get a wide variety of people on the show. In the UK version there was a 70something woman and she was so great.

Anyway, I just love the idea of Buck and Eddie trying to solve the mystery of who the trailers while avoiding drawing attention to themselves so they aren’t “murdered” by the traitors. They’re both really liked in the house because Buck is full of random facts and Eddie is always willing make a funny, dry comment.

They end up falling for each other over their conspiring and the games they’re playing, but the big reason they fall for each other is because they’re always picked to do the physical challenges because they’re big and strong and reckless. They end up jumping out of a helicopter into a lake for a task and have so much fun that they almost hook up at the house after, but someone walks in and ruins the moment.

Maybe they end up actually hooking up after the “buried alive” task where Eddie is buried and almost has a panic attack because it reminds of something that happened in the army and Buck hears it over the raison and runs ahead and ends up digging him up with his bare hands instead of waiting for the rest of their team mates to make it to the spot. By the time the rest of their team gets there they find Eddie still half in the coffin with Buck on top of him, fully making out.

They end up winning the show and finding the final traitor (it’s Karen, she’s so good at the game) and Buck tries to give Eddie his share of the winnings for Chris, but instead Eddie asks if Buck wants to share the winnings together and to move in with him. They realized a few days into the game that they’re both LAFD and it’s kind of crazy they hasn’t met yet.

The fans LOVE them and are rooting for them the entire show. They can’t reveal that they’re actually together publicly until after the show finishs airing.

A few weeks after filming ends, Eddie walks into the 118 for his first shift after transferring from station 6. They keep their relationship a secret, but they’re so bad at hiding it.

The entire team makes fun of them for how they got together when the show comes out, but they all secretly think it’s super cute.

#Buddie #911 #buddie au #the traitors #Buddie reality tv au #9-1-1 #Buddie 911 #Buddie 9-1-1 #Evan Buckley #Eddie Diaz #Buddie inspiration #Buddie fic idea #Buddie not!fic

[rhysdarbinizedarby]

From one special visit, to another…

Last week we were lucky enough to have 'The Hoff' David Hasselhoff and Kiwi home-grown legend Rhys Darby visit the Museum… together! What a real treat! That'll be a day we won't forget soon. Were we smitten? 😍 Yes! Did we do a little dance after the photo? Absolutely! Did we put on a special David Hasselhoff music playlist in the cafe? Tempted, but no we restrained ourselves. Thanks for stopping by guys! We hope (really hope) to see you back for another visit in the future.

Did you know that Rhys Darby served in the NZ Army in the early 1990s first as a Regular Force Cadet (Williams Class) and then in the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals?

Source: National Army Museum Waiouru New Zealand

#rhys darby #ofmd #our flag means death #national army museum #new zealand #david hasselhoff

[chocolatepot]

Presenting Rhys's "tight fit" interview from s3 of Wrecked:

They made me wait the entire season for it. smh

I love that when he mentions how he has survival skills from being in the NZ Army, you can hear someone on set laughing in the background.

#rhys darby #wrecked #Youtube