Cate Macinnis-Ng
@loraxcate.bsky.social
Tree ecophysiologist, parent, ocean paddler and brownie baker. I'm interested in forests, water, carbon, climate change. Tangata Tiriti, she/her, Auckland Uni Prof, Lead Author IPCC AR7 WGII, Senior Editor J Applied Ecology
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Cate Macinnis-Ng
@loraxcate.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Cate Macinnis-Ng Inaugural Lecture
YouTube video by University of Auckland - Website video repository
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Here's the link for my inaugural professional lecture presented last month.
Those who know me well will not be surprised that it is more about diversity and inclusion than plants. 🌿🌱
youtu.be/R7twxY5VExA?...
Those who know me well will not be surprised that it is more about diversity and inclusion than plants. 🌿🌱
youtu.be/R7twxY5VExA?...
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JOB ALERT!
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 AM
JOB ALERT!
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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📢 We’re hiring!
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social
The position focuses on how collaborative agri-environment measures affect multiple taxa and ecosystem services.
See: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social
The position focuses on how collaborative agri-environment measures affect multiple taxa and ecosystem services.
See: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...
February 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
📢 We’re hiring!
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social
The position focuses on how collaborative agri-environment measures affect multiple taxa and ecosystem services.
See: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social
The position focuses on how collaborative agri-environment measures affect multiple taxa and ecosystem services.
See: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...
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This has been such a fun collaboration. If you havent voted for your fav yet, please consider noke waiū for bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This has been such a fun collaboration. If you havent voted for your fav yet, please consider noke waiū for bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
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All flavours of applied ecologists are welcome to apply!
If you're an active researcher or practitioner working in the field of applied ecology - why not apply to join us as an Associate Editor?🌍
We're seeking a range of expertise such as marine ecology, disease ecology & local knowledge!🧪
Find out more 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
We're seeking a range of expertise such as marine ecology, disease ecology & local knowledge!🧪
Find out more 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 AM
All flavours of applied ecologists are welcome to apply!
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Reupping this one incase you need the reminder.
I know we've all got submission fatigue but the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill are incredibly dangerous for conservation. Submissions close this Friday at 4.30 pm. #NZPol
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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www3.parliament.nz
February 11, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Reupping this one incase you need the reminder.
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Voting for Australia’s Eucalypt of the Year opens today. This year the theme is "Our Eucalypt Home" Vote here: www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au @eucalyptaus.bsky.social #EucalyptoftheYear2026. 🌳🪴
Eucalypt Australia | A grant-making Charitable Trust that focuses on eucalypts
www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Voting for Australia’s Eucalypt of the Year opens today. This year the theme is "Our Eucalypt Home" Vote here: www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au @eucalyptaus.bsky.social #EucalyptoftheYear2026. 🌳🪴
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The @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report is the first of its kind highlighting methods and more than 100 specific actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies.
Watch the short video and find out more about #BizBiodiversity www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY1l...
Watch the short video and find out more about #BizBiodiversity www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY1l...
IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment
YouTube video by IPBES Secretariat
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM
The @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report is the first of its kind highlighting methods and more than 100 specific actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies.
Watch the short video and find out more about #BizBiodiversity www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY1l...
Watch the short video and find out more about #BizBiodiversity www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY1l...
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Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
I know we've all got submission fatigue but the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill are incredibly dangerous for conservation. Submissions close this Friday at 4.30 pm. #NZPol
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
Radware Page
Loader page.
www3.parliament.nz
February 10, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I know we've all got submission fatigue but the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill are incredibly dangerous for conservation. Submissions close this Friday at 4.30 pm. #NZPol
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
We need the Climate Emergency Response Fund now more than ever. Instead we get this which is only going to make the climate emergency worse. #NZPol
New liquefied natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New liquefied natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New liquefied natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
The government wants taxpayers to fund a natural gas import terminal, but says lower power prices will come as a result.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
We need the Climate Emergency Response Fund now more than ever. Instead we get this which is only going to make the climate emergency worse. #NZPol
New liquefied natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
New liquefied natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Really hope all those journos that were angry and calling for more climate action last week publish something about this bonkers, corrupt, planet-burning LNG idea. We won't see any real change unless the issue stays in the news and we're constantly asking for better #nzpol
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Really hope all those journos that were angry and calling for more climate action last week publish something about this bonkers, corrupt, planet-burning LNG idea. We won't see any real change unless the issue stays in the news and we're constantly asking for better #nzpol
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ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
IT WAS THE ADDITIONAL ONE BILLION THAT MADE THEM STOP THE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND IREX.
No money for hospitals or the ferries, money to prop up fossil fuels.
IT WAS THE ADDITIONAL ONE BILLION THAT MADE THEM STOP THE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND IREX.
No money for hospitals or the ferries, money to prop up fossil fuels.
Given all the really important shit that this government says we "can't afford" it's amazing what they manage to find money for.
'Strategic energy security asset': Govt reveals plans for $1b LNG import facility
Luxon warned New Zealand is experiencing swiftly declining gas supply.
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 AM
ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
IT WAS THE ADDITIONAL ONE BILLION THAT MADE THEM STOP THE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND IREX.
No money for hospitals or the ferries, money to prop up fossil fuels.
IT WAS THE ADDITIONAL ONE BILLION THAT MADE THEM STOP THE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND IREX.
No money for hospitals or the ferries, money to prop up fossil fuels.
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Not voted for #BugOfTheYear yet? Thanks to @thespinoff.bsky.social for letting me make the case for the North Auckland Worm. Vote now! thespinoff.co.nz/science/09-0...
Siouxsie Wiles: Why this giant worm should be crowned New Zealand’s best bug
It's more than a metre long and can expel glowing yellow ooze from its anus. Doesn't that sound like Bug of the Year material to you?
thespinoff.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Not voted for #BugOfTheYear yet? Thanks to @thespinoff.bsky.social for letting me make the case for the North Auckland Worm. Vote now! thespinoff.co.nz/science/09-0...
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Some governments raise taxes to fund public health and education. Not Luxon. He is literally raising taxes to subsidise fossil fuels. He is putting a levy on our electricity bills to pay for his LNG import terminal.
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Some governments raise taxes to fund public health and education. Not Luxon. He is literally raising taxes to subsidise fossil fuels. He is putting a levy on our electricity bills to pay for his LNG import terminal.
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By defeating seabed mining in Taranaki, the green movement has created the option of large scale, low carbon, reliable, cheap offshore wind, which will actually make a real difference to NZ’s energy system. Unlike an LNG import facility which is expensive, polluting and small.
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 AM
By defeating seabed mining in Taranaki, the green movement has created the option of large scale, low carbon, reliable, cheap offshore wind, which will actually make a real difference to NZ’s energy system. Unlike an LNG import facility which is expensive, polluting and small.
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We should not be subsidising fossil fuels.
And it's a whopper of a subsidy: The fuel+capital+operating cost of LNG (via BCG "Energy to Grow" report) is $44/GJ, half of that capital+O&M costs, if its for dry-year cover only. So paying the fixed costs with a levy HALVES the LNG price... 1/-
And it's a whopper of a subsidy: The fuel+capital+operating cost of LNG (via BCG "Energy to Grow" report) is $44/GJ, half of that capital+O&M costs, if its for dry-year cover only. So paying the fixed costs with a levy HALVES the LNG price... 1/-
New Zealand set to build LNG import facility to boost energy security reut.rs/4ryvRYF
New Zealand set to build LNG import facility to boost energy security
New Zealand has shortlisted contractors to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility to boost energy security, provide a reliable backup power source and support economic growth, Energy Minister Simon Watts said on Monday.
reut.rs
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
We should not be subsidising fossil fuels.
And it's a whopper of a subsidy: The fuel+capital+operating cost of LNG (via BCG "Energy to Grow" report) is $44/GJ, half of that capital+O&M costs, if its for dry-year cover only. So paying the fixed costs with a levy HALVES the LNG price... 1/-
And it's a whopper of a subsidy: The fuel+capital+operating cost of LNG (via BCG "Energy to Grow" report) is $44/GJ, half of that capital+O&M costs, if its for dry-year cover only. So paying the fixed costs with a levy HALVES the LNG price... 1/-
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Let’s save the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the prime climate research lab in the US. ✊
@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
#SaveNCAR
#SaveNCAR
Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
agu.quorum.us
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Let’s save the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the prime climate research lab in the US. ✊
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Morning all! I recently did an interview with NBR about why I took legal action against my employer despite knowing I was going to lose money. They’ve just made the interview free to view so here’s the link if you are interested www.nbr.co.nz/toil-and-tro...
‘It was worth it’: Siouxsie Wiles on her employment stoush - NBR | Business news & analysis | Independent, ad-free reporting
Read premium business news, economic analysis, and market reporting from New Zealand’s most trusted business newsroom. Subscribe to support independent journalism.
www.nbr.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Morning all! I recently did an interview with NBR about why I took legal action against my employer despite knowing I was going to lose money. They’ve just made the interview free to view so here’s the link if you are interested www.nbr.co.nz/toil-and-tro...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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All these men driving women out of their fields with giggly idiot grabassery and then bloviating to the public about how the lack of women is proof of male intellectual superiority... I hate them all. I hate them so much.
February 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
All these men driving women out of their fields with giggly idiot grabassery and then bloviating to the public about how the lack of women is proof of male intellectual superiority... I hate them all. I hate them so much.
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Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it. Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it
Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to chan...
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it. Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This is an environmental win for the ages. They tried to start seabed mining in Aotearoa. For 12 years we fought back. And won. A magnificent alliance of iwi and environment NGOs and 100,000s of NZers www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Massive win for moana as Taranaki seabed mining application rejected - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace along with iwi and environmental groups are calling the decision to reject Trans Tasman Resources proposal to mine the Taranaki seafloor “a massive win for people power and the…
www.greenpeace.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
This is an environmental win for the ages. They tried to start seabed mining in Aotearoa. For 12 years we fought back. And won. A magnificent alliance of iwi and environment NGOs and 100,000s of NZers www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Wow 😱
"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Wow 😱
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Did you miss the #IPBES12 opening ceremony?
Catch the Opening Plenary session video and see how we're setting the stage for vital discussions on #biodiversity and #nature. 🌏🌿
Stay tuned for updates from #IPBES12.
youtu.be/MyTsVc2EORU
Catch the Opening Plenary session video and see how we're setting the stage for vital discussions on #biodiversity and #nature. 🌏🌿
Stay tuned for updates from #IPBES12.
youtu.be/MyTsVc2EORU
Welcome to Manchester - IPBES 12
YouTube video by IPBES Secretariat
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Did you miss the #IPBES12 opening ceremony?
Catch the Opening Plenary session video and see how we're setting the stage for vital discussions on #biodiversity and #nature. 🌏🌿
Stay tuned for updates from #IPBES12.
youtu.be/MyTsVc2EORU
Catch the Opening Plenary session video and see how we're setting the stage for vital discussions on #biodiversity and #nature. 🌏🌿
Stay tuned for updates from #IPBES12.
youtu.be/MyTsVc2EORU
I've voted. Have you?
For the next couple of weeks, I'm championing noke waiū, the North Auckland Worm, for the Bug of the Year competition. Thanks to Toby Morris for this great little cartoon, which shows one reason I think you should give it your vote: it can grow up to 1.4 metres long!
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
I've voted. Have you?