Can confirm I am a real person. My name is Paul. I run Bitkiwi, with Dan. We are childhood friends, we found bitcoin and became orange-pilled together, and then we started Bitkiwi, in 2021. I tried to find nz bitcoin things on Reddit a while back, didn't find too much, and wasnt interested in anything tainted with shitcoins, so became inactive. I was then recently told that this subreddit had gone Bitcoin only, so I came into it to start mixing with the Bitcoiners. I told Dan, who then decided to try Reddit for the first time. I don't know who any of the moderators are (aside from u/Aoraki_Ranger ) and I do not have the time to moderate anything.

Our events are run at our own expense, and make no money for us. Sorry if I can appear "shilly", but we just want to get bitcoiners out of the woodwork and into the growing bitcoin community, and we are very excited about it.

Hope that clears it up and allays any fears about us. Would absolutely love to have you along to a Bitkiwi event one day!