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Languages English (en)
Users 406
Active users (last month) 40
Active users (last six months) 61
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 41,686
First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Oct 4, 2025 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.4.3
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) trump, linux, BandcampFriday, antifa, windows, fdroid, rust, debian, ubuntu
Short description
This is a te reo Māori & English instance, for folks in Aotearoa NZ. We've talked openness, technology, improving our society since 2017.
Long description
This service is provided on a best-effort not-for-profit basis by the NZ Open Source Society, a registered charity. Its maintenance is undertaken by volunteer members of the Society, and on-shore hosting in NZ is very generously sponsored by Prodigi, an Aotearoa-based technology services company.

Our Pledge: we have no intention of shutting this service down, but should that ever happen, we will provide at least 2 months grace for all users to ensure they can find another home in the Fediverse without losing any social credit.

We ask that all users are aware of - and adhere to - the New Zealand Open Source Society Code of Conduct.

Any accounts we deem to be spammy will be swiftly suspended.
Instance rules
  1. No automated cross posting from Twitter, RSS, or other services.
  2. No spam (blatant advertising without relevant thoughtful content).
  3. No impersonating other people
  4. Descriptions required for images and video (ALT tag) to support those with sight issues.
  5. In the event of a dispute, site administrators' decisions are made on a good faith basis (informed by the NZOSS Code of Conduct) and are final.
  6. Challenge ideas, respect individuals.
  7. No racism, sexism, ableism, transphobia, or otherwise harassing individuals for what they are.
  8. No commercial accounts for proprietary products. We want real people and Free and Open Source Software/Hardware projects (commercial is fine).
  9. Be civil and be kind. If you need to criticise, punch up, never down. Hate speech, intended to incite or offend, is not acceptable.
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  18. social.mootech.eu: suspension
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  21. wedistribute.channel.org: suspension
Date of creation Apr 12, 2017 UTC
Display name Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿
Bio
FOSS, OER, & CC. Nerd on many levels Democratising HigherEd by day, increasing digital, intellectual, & physical autonomy, equity, & agency always.

I build, read (mostly scifi), bake, percuss, sing, strum, ponder, advocate, & use OxfordCommas.

SelfHost w/ DockerCompose & Linux DoughnutEconomics Degrowth
AntiColonial Herpotology Biodiversity Cycling SwingDancing Ultimate DiscGolf.

In Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 3685 statuses, 386 logins, 3 registrations)
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
9/27/25, 2:28:13 AM UTC9/28/25, 2:54:49 AM UTC9/29/25, 3:16:22 AM UTC9/30/25, 2:15:24 AM UTC10/1/25, 2:41:06 AM UTC10/2/25, 2:32:26 AM UTC10/3/25, 2:59:12 AM UTC10/4/25, 2:06:02 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1127/1135 (99.3%)