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The Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems. From complexity to possibility.
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Super chuffed with this latest project www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz that just launched. The team at Te Pūnaha Matatini are superstars both in the mahi they do and also behind the scenes, just genuinely lovely people to work with. Also props to @statamic.com for the fantastic platform
Te Pūnaha Matatini
Te Pūnaha Matatini leads in complex systems research to grow the ethical & collaborative experts needed to address Aotearoa’s most pressing challenges.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you want a new website, @brendyn.net at Avoca Web Design is your man, and Statamic is the CMS of your dreams → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz 🔥
Te Pūnaha Matatini
Te Pūnaha Matatini leads in complex systems research to grow the ethical & collaborative experts needed to address Aotearoa’s most pressing challenges.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
October 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thanks Ōtepoti Bluesky 🙏
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
On the second day of our annual hui, we started the day with a keynote from University of Otago Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson on the research system in Aotearoa 🧪🧵
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Over the past year we have done extensive work on re-articulating what we at @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social do, how we do it, and why we do it. The first publicly visible artifact is our new online presence: www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz 1/n
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This week we’re all (mostly) together in Ōtepoti for our annual hui 🧪🧵
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Our inaugural guest artist Sione Faletau worked with Te Pūnaha Matatini Principal Investigator Emma Sharp to transform 1,000 measurements of arsenic and lead into an immersive soundscape and visual projection → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/ongo-m... 🧪
Ongo mei he fonua – Sounds of soil (contamination)
Inaugural Te Pūnaha Matatini guest artist Sione Faletau has created a work that explores the interconnections between land, people and environmental histories.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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After four days off the grid in the NZ backcountry, I’m excited to be heading to Dunedin to talk complexity at the annual hui (meeting) for @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social, the NZ centre of research excellence in complex systems.
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the wake of the recent shakeup of New Zealand's science and innovation ecosystem, @mluczak.bsky.social spoke to 95bFM about what the future of New Zealand's science ecosystem needs to look like → 95bfm.com/bcast/change... 🧪
Changes to Science Funding Regime w/ Markus Luckas-Roeshe: 16th October 2025
The Science System Advisory Group headed by Sir Peter Gluckman, released its second report yesterday detailing new proposals for New Zealand’s science and innovation eco system. As a part of this repo...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"The trouble with the government’s idea for a simple, more efficient science fund is that it’s trying to be a Ferrari on tin can funding." - @cillaw.bsky.social via @smcnz.bsky.socialwww.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/10/14/b... 🧪
Big shakeup for NZ's research funding - Expert Reaction
The Government will consolidate decision-making for New Zealand's science research funding as part of its new science system strategy. Research Funding New Zealand will be a new independent board that...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Thanks for all your abstract submissions for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026! Now to make a programme.

#cccss26 #complexsystems
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Alt: A cartoon duck walks down the stairs with a teetering pile of paper.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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The 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 (𝗪𝗪𝗖𝗦𝟮𝟲) has extended its hashtag#deadline for applications to 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟯𝘁𝗵!
For more information 🔗 wwcs2026.github.io
Apply here: tinyurl.com/yu3a8ydd
October 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Last chance to get your abstract in for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium! Submissions close Tuesday 7 October → forms.gle/aTUCy1FrE1vm...

#cccss #complexsystems 🧪
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October 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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🚨Deadline extended 🚨 Get your abstracts in for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 by Tuesday 7 October → forms.gle/vdMooRs2srtz...

#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
September 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Like Schrodinger’s cat, braided rivers are neither land nor water, but both at once 🧪 🧵
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
How can complexity science help us protect Antarctica?

Te Pūnaha Matatini postdoc Kristin Wilson will share her experience modelling Antarctic governance as a social-ecological system at tomorrow's Café Complexité in Wellington ☕

📆 Thu 2 October
⏰ 8-9am
📍The Atom — Te Kahu o Te Ao innovation space
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🚨Deadline extended 🚨 Get your abstracts in for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 by Tuesday 7 October → forms.gle/vdMooRs2srtz...

#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪
September 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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We've booked a venue. We've signed on some keynote speakers. Now we just need you. Submit an abstract for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → https://forms.gle/g22s2dR85oFqhajX6
September 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In Aotearoa New Zealand, research grants don’t just fund research. They also pay for buildings, admin, IT, and even profit margins. That’s because institutions rely heavily on indirect cost recovery – aka “overheads” – to stay afloat 🧪🧵
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We've booked a venue. We've signed on some keynote speakers. Now we just need you. Submit an abstract for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 → https://forms.gle/g22s2dR85oFqhajX6
September 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sir Bill English is a former New Zealand Prime Minister and co-founder of Impact Lab, which uses data to support better decision making by measuring social impact.

He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.

#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Simon Upton is the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in Aotearoa New Zealand.

He'll be joining us as a keynote speaker at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026.

#cccss26 #complexsystems
September 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A strong breeze blowing across a lake can result in more food for native freshwater mussels UP TO A YEAR LATER 🤯🧪🧵
September 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM