This is my introduction post for joining the HIVE Learners community, as instructed in this post. It includes a photograph of myself holding a piece of paper with my HIVE username, today's date, and the name of the country that I live in. It also includes the requisite "three or four more photos". It is 470 words long, excluding this summary and the image credits section at the bottom.
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. I bring you all greetings in the indigenous language of the Māori of Aotearoa / New Zealand, where I live.
My username is 
I am a new 
I came back to the social blockchain this year to blog about my new project, which involves #selfhosting at home on a
Below are the remainder of the photos that are required, according to this post, for joining the Hive Learners community and getting verified.
I'm not just poking my tongue out at you all, here. This is me doing a traditional Māori greeting for you all, and a pūkana, which is common during traditional welcoming ceremonies here, such as during a pōwhiri.
This is a cabbage tree, or tī kōuka, a common native tree here in Aotearoa / New Zealand. I took this photo in my local park, the same place where the Waharoa ki pou Māori art installation was in the photo above, where I displayed my ID paper.
This is me, at the entrance to our local shopping mall. The native bush behind me is fake, but the photo of me in front of it is real.
Here I am sitting at a cafe in the shopping mall, just inside the entrance where the previous photo was taken. You can still see the fake, plastic native bush behind me.
, using elements by @pantone801; an original photo by ; the Silver Bloggers logo by 
mondoshawan; the Hive Learners logo and background art; and various "fair use" product images and logos..., using elements by @pantone801; and the Silver Bloggers logo by mondoshawan.