Dr Tara McAllister
@taramcallister.bsky.social
Māmā, scholar-activist, kairangahau, scientist, writer | Indigenous, Māori, Te Aitanga a Māhaki | Nōku anake ēnei whakaaro
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Very stoked about receiving one of the Royal Society's Tāwhia te mana fellowships. I will be building a new lab group as part of my fellowship. Tentatively called the Indigenous Science Rangahau lab which will be housed at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 🥳🙌🏼
Gosh I have so much to be grateful for and happy about
a woman with curly hair is making a funny face and saying living my best life .
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November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Gosh I have so much to be grateful for and happy about
I know times are really tough but if you have any spare money please consider giving it to this māmā who is going through something unbearable givealittle.co.nz/cause/a-moth...
A mothers worst nightmare, grieving the loss of her three babies, tragically taken too soon.
A mothers unimaginable loss of her three babies, and a need for a community support.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I know times are really tough but if you have any spare money please consider giving it to this māmā who is going through something unbearable givealittle.co.nz/cause/a-moth...
Oh god those poor babies and poor māmā 😭😭😭😭
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Oh god those poor babies and poor māmā 😭😭😭😭
I have been on the look out for one of these for a while for an outdoor filleting/potting station and yay 🙌🏼🙏🏼 mean free score
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I have been on the look out for one of these for a while for an outdoor filleting/potting station and yay 🙌🏼🙏🏼 mean free score
Happy birthday to our whare 🙌🏼😍
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Happy birthday to our whare 🙌🏼😍
Fun night trying to find a golden tuna 😅🙌🏼
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Fun night trying to find a golden tuna 😅🙌🏼
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Watching people donate to this has been bringing me joy all month. There’s a lot of good people out there
OK team of 5m, we've got 15 days to add $27k to Siouxsie's fundraiser to top $200k.
If you can, please contribute to pay back some of the awesome mahi she did for us. If you can't, just encourage others to.
She doesn't deserve to be out of pocket over the legal battles she has had to fight.
If you can, please contribute to pay back some of the awesome mahi she did for us. If you can't, just encourage others to.
She doesn't deserve to be out of pocket over the legal battles she has had to fight.
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
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November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Watching people donate to this has been bringing me joy all month. There’s a lot of good people out there
I HAVE 5 DAHLIAS SPROUTING!
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November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I HAVE 5 DAHLIAS SPROUTING!
Best way to wake up is by being smothered with cuddles from my boys followed by coffee and a book while they play 🙏🏼🙌🏼
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Best way to wake up is by being smothered with cuddles from my boys followed by coffee and a book while they play 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Taken the day off today as my boys are performing in their first Kapa haka festival!!!!!
a woman with her hands on her face says so proud of my kids .
ALT: a woman with her hands on her face says so proud of my kids .
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November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Taken the day off today as my boys are performing in their first Kapa haka festival!!!!!
Ok, I have decided I need to save up and buy a new couch because ours has seen far too much. But now I need to make sure it goes with my rug 😅🤔
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Ok, I have decided I need to save up and buy a new couch because ours has seen far too much. But now I need to make sure it goes with my rug 😅🤔
Just not the Māori ones coz we no longer have a marsden panel to apply too......
good on MP Reuben Davidson for asking Shane Reti to designate ring-fenced funding for young scientists in NZ
Reti's answer is complete bullshit: NZ is one of the hardest countries in the WORLD to fund a postdoc. why does he think we have so few of them here????
#nzpol
Reti's answer is complete bullshit: NZ is one of the hardest countries in the WORLD to fund a postdoc. why does he think we have so few of them here????
#nzpol
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Just not the Māori ones coz we no longer have a marsden panel to apply too......
I think my 7 y.o has invited about half his class over after school today so this should be interesting
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November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I think my 7 y.o has invited about half his class over after school today so this should be interesting
Very exciting day 😆😆😆
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Very exciting day 😆😆😆
Every night we play wharewhare (bingo) and headbands to strengthen our reo. Are their any other reo Māori board games? Or board games that could be easily converted to reo Māori? I am going to buy guess who for Xmas but change it into te reo 😅
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Every night we play wharewhare (bingo) and headbands to strengthen our reo. Are their any other reo Māori board games? Or board games that could be easily converted to reo Māori? I am going to buy guess who for Xmas but change it into te reo 😅
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Sorry Christine - link did t come through
'Act immediately': Two brands of children's coloured sand recalled over asbestos concern www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Act immediately': Two brands of children's coloured sand recalled over asbestos concern www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Act immediately': Two brands of children's coloured sand recalled over asbestos concern
People are warned to stop using the product immediately.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Sorry Christine - link did t come through
'Act immediately': Two brands of children's coloured sand recalled over asbestos concern www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Act immediately': Two brands of children's coloured sand recalled over asbestos concern www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Sometimes in our "special time" that we do every night my 7 y.o and I ask each other 10 questions. It's quite fascinating. Today he asked me who my favourite atua was and why my cousin died and also would I rather be a poo or a wee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Sometimes in our "special time" that we do every night my 7 y.o and I ask each other 10 questions. It's quite fascinating. Today he asked me who my favourite atua was and why my cousin died and also would I rather be a poo or a wee.
This Christmas will be the first ever Christmas I have been away from my kids ever and that feels a little sad 🥲
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This Christmas will be the first ever Christmas I have been away from my kids ever and that feels a little sad 🥲
I bought myself a sauna for my birthday and now I have recently discovered reading in the sauna and it's lovely! 😅💦
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I bought myself a sauna for my birthday and now I have recently discovered reading in the sauna and it's lovely! 😅💦
Te Pāti Māori have absolutely lost my vote
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Te Pāti Māori have absolutely lost my vote
Today in the māra :) planted out all my tipu (kūmara, watermelon, corn, hue, cosmos and some everlasting daisies)
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today in the māra :) planted out all my tipu (kūmara, watermelon, corn, hue, cosmos and some everlasting daisies)
Look what I made 👷♀️🔨. Hopefully these kids will stop leaving Lego everywhere now 😆
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Look what I made 👷♀️🔨. Hopefully these kids will stop leaving Lego everywhere now 😆
This is what I made! Very fun! Definitely can build a deck now
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is what I made! Very fun! Definitely can build a deck now
I am doing an intermediate carpentry course today! Very excited to build something :)
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I am doing an intermediate carpentry course today! Very excited to build something :)
Love our māra. Goodbye silly lawn 😅
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Love our māra. Goodbye silly lawn 😅