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Andy McKay
@korimakoecology.bsky.social
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Aotearoa based Restoration/Applied Ecologist.

Skateboarding, punk rock and plants.

iNaturalist enthusiast https://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=any&user_id=andymckay&verifiable=any
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korimakoecology.bsky.social
Remember it was less than two weeks ago that we learnt over 100 police officers are being investigated after 30,000 breath tests were falsified.
elenem.bsky.social Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 2h
Media were so bloody quick to lap up the comments from older white men criticising a young non-white woman on this and yet oh look she had a totally valid point

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/lux...
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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bioeconomyscience.bsky.social
🎉 Congrats to Dr Jessie Prebble of the Bioeconomy Science Institute on receiving a Mana Tūāpapa Fellowship from Royal Society Te Apārangi! Her research will explore how plants support climate-resilient peat bogs. #BioeconomyScience #RoyalSocietyNZ #ClimateResilience

🔗 bit.ly/49bepnm/
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
Terrible biosecurity news. 😔
Lake Rotomanu will be closed to motorised watercraft from tomorrow (12 Nov), following the discovery of the freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea. Here's what you need to know 👇 * As an interim measure, New Plymouth District Council will close Lake Rotomanu to motorised boats, which are at the highest risk of spreading clams. * Other recreational users will be required to thoroughly check, clean and dry all gear before leaving the lake shore. * The road access and carparks will remain open. * Surveys are being carried out this week, checking for clams in the nearby Waiwhakaiho River as well as other lakes across Taranaki. * Once those results are available, further decisions will be made as to how to manage the incursion and what, if any, restrictions will remain in place. We will keep you informed. This is the first discovery of the clam in New Zealand outside of the Waikato River and Lake Taupō Aqua Park. We’re disappointed that the clam has made its way to Taranaki, as we had been working hard to keep it out. But our focus now is on working with Biosecurity New Zealand and local partners to ensure it does not spread into other Taranaki lakes or rivers. We appreciate it is coming into summer and the lake is a favourite spot for many boaties. But you will understand how important it is we act quickly – Corbicula can take over a waterway and have long-term effects on recreation and the environment. We are asking for your support. Whether it’s Lake Rotomanu or any other waterway, it's more important than ever you check, clean and dry everything that has been in contact with the water before moving between waterways. Lake Rotomanu will be closed to motorised watercraft from tomorrow (12 Nov), following the discovery of the freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea. Here's what you need to know 👇 * As an interim measure, New Plymouth District Council will close Lake Rotomanu to motorised boats, which are at the highest risk of spreading clams. * Other recreational users will be required to thoroughly check, clean and dry all gear before leaving the lake shore. * The road access and carparks will remain open. * Surveys are being carried out this week, checking for clams in the nearby Waiwhakaiho River as well as other lakes across Taranaki. * Once those results are available, further decisions will be made as to how to manage the incursion and what, if any, restrictions will remain in place. We will keep you informed. This is the first discovery of the clam in New Zealand outside of the Waikato River and Lake Taupō Aqua Park. We’re disappointed that the clam has made its way to Taranaki, as we had been working hard to keep it out. But our focus now is on working with Biosecurity New Zealand and local partners to ensure it does not spread into other Taranaki lakes or rivers. We appreciate it is coming into summer and the lake is a favourite spot for many boaties. But you will understand how important it is we act quickly – Corbicula can take over a waterway and have long-term effects on recreation and the environment. We are asking for your support. Whether it’s Lake Rotomanu or any other waterway, it's more important than ever you check, clean and dry everything that has been in contact with the water before moving between waterways.
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
We pay around NZ$3.30 per unit for 450mm cardboard plant guards with two bamboo canes.

I suspect they would perform about the same in all aspects as these AU$15 wildlife versions. 🌏

au.news.yahoo.com/three-major-...
Three major gardening problems solved with $15 Aussie device: 'From day one' - Yahoo News Australia
The invention was being showcased at an expo in Melbourne. Find out more.
au.news.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
Even in environments where deer are indigenous...

Deer can slow forest diversity—even in sunny forest gaps share.google/A3jKBFKnUODj...
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
Te pua o Te Rēinga - the flower of the underworld is so freaking cool. 🌏 www.rnz.co.nz/news/ourchan...
Our Changing World: Resurrecting Wellington’s Flowers of the Underworld
They were thought extinct in the region for 100 years, now the race is on to save a rare parasitic plant in the capital.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
sophiefern.bsky.social
Hey Otago friends - did you know that the ORC is looking for your (yes YOUR!) feedback on a biodiversity strategy?

Even if you don't have huge takes or don't feel madly informed, I am sure that your thoughts will be valuable. So just go for it!

www.orc.govt.nz/your-council...
Indigenous biodiversity strategy update | Otago Regional Council
Share your feedback on Otago’s draft Indigenous Biodiversity Strategy. Learn about our long-term vision to protect native species like our plants, fungi and wildlife.
www.orc.govt.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
delwynd.bsky.social
Not only keeping the lights on at the milking shed during a storm - keeping the irrigators going in the heat of summer when the grid is also struggling.👍

Solar kept milk flowing in Southland blackout
#renewables #solarsystems #agsky #Solarfarming #energysky
www.farmersweekly.co.nz/technology/s...
Solar kept milk flowing in Southland blackout
Fairbank Farms kept milking through a storm using solar and battery storage, cutting costs.
www.farmersweekly.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social
Housing in Aotearoa NZ has become an unnecessary game of chicken, and climate impacts are going to make it much much worse unless there is state intervention.

The houses most at risk will be the cheapest, and their owners the least likely to be able to afford to insure adequately/rebuild.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reposted by Andy McKay
ibioconsultants.com
More stresses on #ecosystems may not go in our favour for sequestration of #carbon. This time #grassland and shrub lands succumb to extreme #drought 🌍

noticiasambientales.com/environment-...
Extreme droughts threaten the ability of grasslands and shrubs to capture carbon - Noticias Ambientales
Las extreme droughts intensified by climate change are profoundly altering the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, especially in grasslands and
noticiasambientales.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reposted by Andy McKay
pablo-ecology.bsky.social
Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions 🌐🌎🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
My preferred method of dealing with these cowards is erecting large structures where the tree used to be. Australia leads the way www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
‘Why do people drill holes in trees?’ Nelson students gutted after poisoning
A student’s innocent question led to a sad discovery: an ‘iconic’ tree outside their school has been deliberately poisoned.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
It is impossible for deer at any level to maintain and enhance natural biodiversity.

"Herd management plans aimed to keep deer numbers at a level which enhanced the recreational hunting experience while maintaining and improving natural biodiversity and forest health." www.odt.co.nz/southland/ca...
Call for opponents to support wapiti plan
The group which instigated the move to get wapiti in Fiordland classed as a herd of special interest says opponents should get right in behind it...
www.odt.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
This is the best media explanation of the bill I've seen so far. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Hauraki Protection bill 'not perfect,' but a start, professor says
The Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act has caused a bit of an uproar with an upcoming protest.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
pipinotautahi.bsky.social
This asshole campaigned on their policies being good for the economy &thanks to every single one of the promises (including resignations) being broken, they now want to flog off our stuff. Not fix it, not address the cost of living via assets, sell them. To overseas interests, no doubt. What a prick
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
robdickinson.bsky.social
Line goes up!

#nzpol

www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Wellington jobless numbers surge by 50% since election day
Wellington’s unemployment rate has climbed sharply since the change of government, with nearly 5000 more people out of work compared with election day 2023.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
queenoliviaiii.com
Right, because everyone remembers what happened last time, and the time before that, and the time before that.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
I appreciate Shopify's honesty that it's software is a POS.
Shopify Facebook advertisement "We can train people up really quickly to use the POS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
brenttoderian.bsky.social
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
People riding bikes in a downtown Vancouver separated bike-lane
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
chadbourn.bsky.social
Iran, facing its worst drought in decades, is planning intermittent cuts to water supplies to try to stave off the evacuation of Tehran.
Iran plans water cuts for Tehran amid worst drought in decades
Iranian officials on Saturday were drawing plans for periodic water supply cuts to Tehran neighbourhoods a day after President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that the Iranian capital might have to be evacua...
www.france24.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
I'm not a big smart business guy but this seems like not a good way to run a business.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”

That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”

@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Reposted by Andy McKay
shakingstick.bsky.social
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ndrew.bsky.social Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 3d
when you start thinking of their tax cuts and billions in government contracts as an investment we couldve put towards something else you eventually ask yourself “what have we gotten in return?”

so far the answer is NFTs and chatbots that tell teens to take their own lives
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
One time our family cat was quietly licking itself in the corner, got spooked by nothing, ran across the room and launched itself full speed off the back of the couch into a large second story window. It's a miracle the window didn't break. Cat acted like nothing had happened immediately afterwards.
jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 4d
Whoever wrote this has never owned a cat
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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misswhanau.bsky.social
It’s great to see this editorial highlight the impact of abuse against local body politicians. But we must acknowledge the role media plays in all this. Whether it’s publishing rumours as fact (RNZ) or hysterical op eds from Soper and Hosking etc, we can no longer let it slide #nzpol (paywalled)
Editorial: Threats against local body politicians disgusting
OPINION: Everyone has a part to play in stamping out this behaviour.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
korimakoecology.bsky.social
Nothing says man of the people like perfomatively wearing single-use brand-new gumboots for a photo shoot at your mansion.
Christopher Luxon wearing gumboots.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM