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We need to get control of deer numbers (& exotic ungulates) in NZ before widespread forest ecosystem collapse ensues. This piece I wrote for @theconversationnz.bsky.social in 2022 is still very much true today especially with the push for herds of special interest theconversation.com/despite-the-...
December 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We need to get control of deer numbers (& exotic ungulates) in NZ before widespread forest ecosystem collapse ensues. This piece I wrote for @theconversationnz.bsky.social in 2022 is still very much true today especially with the push for herds of special interest theconversation.com/despite-the-...
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“That’s our message to people - we can change this.”
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“That’s our message to people - we can change this.”
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
It’s great to see a party leader being so matter of fact about policy basics and unequivocal about the fact they are absolutely possible to achieve for New Zealanders.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Wikimedia Commons provides the internet with 117 million freely usable images — and your photos could be there too.
If you're near Ashburton, join our Wikipedian at Large Dr Mike Dickison (@adzebill.bsky.social) for a free workshop.
10am–4pm, Sun 23 Nov @ Ashburton Art Gallery
Please register ⬇️
If you're near Ashburton, join our Wikipedian at Large Dr Mike Dickison (@adzebill.bsky.social) for a free workshop.
10am–4pm, Sun 23 Nov @ Ashburton Art Gallery
Please register ⬇️
Wikipedia Photo Day with Dr. Mike Dickison
Join us for a day with Dr. Mike Dickison to learn all about Wikipedia photography, including how to take and upload your own photographs.
events.humanitix.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wikimedia Commons provides the internet with 117 million freely usable images — and your photos could be there too.
If you're near Ashburton, join our Wikipedian at Large Dr Mike Dickison (@adzebill.bsky.social) for a free workshop.
10am–4pm, Sun 23 Nov @ Ashburton Art Gallery
Please register ⬇️
If you're near Ashburton, join our Wikipedian at Large Dr Mike Dickison (@adzebill.bsky.social) for a free workshop.
10am–4pm, Sun 23 Nov @ Ashburton Art Gallery
Please register ⬇️
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We talking about shopping small? I am small. I also donate a portion of my art product sales to conservation efforts, so my best to reduce waste and produce locally, and make good art that people seem to like 💜💜💜
I never do sales, but I'm doing a big Christmas sale this year! Shop #kikorangi local, support an artist, and give unique gifts that always hit with their recipient!
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
Get in and snag bundle deals, marked down tees, and restocked items that were previously sold out: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We talking about shopping small? I am small. I also donate a portion of my art product sales to conservation efforts, so my best to reduce waste and produce locally, and make good art that people seem to like 💜💜💜
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Mōrena ki a koutou!
Are you following @birdandbeach.bsky.social yet?
Did you know that that’s our new business name, and that the new website went live last night?
I’d love for you to check out our range of art prints, coasters and tea towels, and of course our calendar at www.birdandbeach.co.nz
Are you following @birdandbeach.bsky.social yet?
Did you know that that’s our new business name, and that the new website went live last night?
I’d love for you to check out our range of art prints, coasters and tea towels, and of course our calendar at www.birdandbeach.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Mōrena ki a koutou!
Are you following @birdandbeach.bsky.social yet?
Did you know that that’s our new business name, and that the new website went live last night?
I’d love for you to check out our range of art prints, coasters and tea towels, and of course our calendar at www.birdandbeach.co.nz
Are you following @birdandbeach.bsky.social yet?
Did you know that that’s our new business name, and that the new website went live last night?
I’d love for you to check out our range of art prints, coasters and tea towels, and of course our calendar at www.birdandbeach.co.nz
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Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
These philistines need to hear from you all.
Thank you
petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...
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The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project
theconversation.com/the-remarkab...
theconversation.com/the-remarkab...
The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project
In 2002, an online database was set up allowing birdwatchers to record their species observations. It is now a vast resource, shaping scientific research.
theconversation.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project
theconversation.com/the-remarkab...
theconversation.com/the-remarkab...
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In the past year alone, the current govt has passed a law that gave more of our taxpayer money away to benefit landlords ($2.9 Billion) than the govt has spent in the entire 36-year history of all the Treaty of Waitangi settlements ($2.2 Billion).
#nzpol
drgarypayinda.substack.com/p/maori-ward...
#nzpol
drgarypayinda.substack.com/p/maori-ward...
Māori Wards, Local Votes, and Citizenships-for-sale
My eye-opening voyage as a regular voter looking at local government elections.
drgarypayinda.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In the past year alone, the current govt has passed a law that gave more of our taxpayer money away to benefit landlords ($2.9 Billion) than the govt has spent in the entire 36-year history of all the Treaty of Waitangi settlements ($2.2 Billion).
#nzpol
drgarypayinda.substack.com/p/maori-ward...
#nzpol
drgarypayinda.substack.com/p/maori-ward...
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Pondering how we are a country of endless policies, frameworks and strategies but are consistently terrible at implementation.
People even write things called implementation strategies and then just....don't do them?
People even write things called implementation strategies and then just....don't do them?
August 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Pondering how we are a country of endless policies, frameworks and strategies but are consistently terrible at implementation.
People even write things called implementation strategies and then just....don't do them?
People even write things called implementation strategies and then just....don't do them?
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Quick video for the 'we saved too many lives, spent too much $, sent inflation to the moon, made interest rates go up, and now we have to pay for our sins 😢' crowd.
The idea that NZ could have 'opted out' of global inflation surge is daft. Almost as daft as NZ opting almost uniquely for a recession.
The idea that NZ could have 'opted out' of global inflation surge is daft. Almost as daft as NZ opting almost uniquely for a recession.
August 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Quick video for the 'we saved too many lives, spent too much $, sent inflation to the moon, made interest rates go up, and now we have to pay for our sins 😢' crowd.
The idea that NZ could have 'opted out' of global inflation surge is daft. Almost as daft as NZ opting almost uniquely for a recession.
The idea that NZ could have 'opted out' of global inflation surge is daft. Almost as daft as NZ opting almost uniquely for a recession.
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New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Voting in the local elections is arguably more important than the general, but so many "can't be arsed"
If you don't do politics, politics will still do you
#nzpol
If you don't do politics, politics will still do you
#nzpol
August 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Voting in the local elections is arguably more important than the general, but so many "can't be arsed"
If you don't do politics, politics will still do you
#nzpol
If you don't do politics, politics will still do you
#nzpol
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When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
July 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
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"Nicola Willis's NZ Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government” - but it’s been spent on the richest, & stolen from the poorest NZers #nzpol
thestandard.org.nz/nicola-willi...
thestandard.org.nz/nicola-willi...
Nicola Willis’s Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government
Current & planned debt will surpass Labour’s full term debt in less years. Willis also admitted Budget 2024 had a higher deficit than all of Grant Robertson’s bar Covid.
thestandard.org.nz
July 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Nicola Willis's NZ Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government” - but it’s been spent on the richest, & stolen from the poorest NZers #nzpol
thestandard.org.nz/nicola-willi...
thestandard.org.nz/nicola-willi...
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Abuse and defamation of women and minorities online is out of control. We can change it and I’m committed to keeping the pressure on.
Follow researchers @sanjanah.bsky.social and @legallyfeminist.bsky.social for their expertise if you’re interested. #nzpol
Follow researchers @sanjanah.bsky.social and @legallyfeminist.bsky.social for their expertise if you’re interested. #nzpol
July 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Abuse and defamation of women and minorities online is out of control. We can change it and I’m committed to keeping the pressure on.
Follow researchers @sanjanah.bsky.social and @legallyfeminist.bsky.social for their expertise if you’re interested. #nzpol
Follow researchers @sanjanah.bsky.social and @legallyfeminist.bsky.social for their expertise if you’re interested. #nzpol
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Hey #Aotearoa peeps — here’s some awesome kaupapa that you might like to get behind. If you’ve ever seen anything about Ron Tekawa & his fabulous quilt work, you’ll be chucking money at this!!
#kikorangi
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
#kikorangi
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
July 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hey #Aotearoa peeps — here’s some awesome kaupapa that you might like to get behind. If you’ve ever seen anything about Ron Tekawa & his fabulous quilt work, you’ll be chucking money at this!!
#kikorangi
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
#kikorangi
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
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Whoohoo my new paper has just been published! The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality. See doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Women #Botanists #Wikidata
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Whoohoo my new paper has just been published! The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality. See doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Women #Botanists #Wikidata
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NZ Tree of the Year for 2025 is currently running
Vote here:
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
lol The Chook Tree #nz
Vote here:
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
lol The Chook Tree #nz
June 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
NZ Tree of the Year for 2025 is currently running
Vote here:
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
lol The Chook Tree #nz
Vote here:
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
lol The Chook Tree #nz
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Important reminder on who first wrote and published in the #sciencefiction genre. #writingcommunity #womenwriters
June 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Important reminder on who first wrote and published in the #sciencefiction genre. #writingcommunity #womenwriters
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Hey team, it's been a DEAD ASS WEEK in the shop so I'm doing a promo post...would you share/check out the goods?
I'm Pepper, an NZ artist that draws nature/magic inspired apparel, bandanas, pins, stickers, etc. <3 Here's some of my designs:
SHOP: pepperraccoon.com
#NZbirds #birds #kikorangi
I'm Pepper, an NZ artist that draws nature/magic inspired apparel, bandanas, pins, stickers, etc. <3 Here's some of my designs:
SHOP: pepperraccoon.com
#NZbirds #birds #kikorangi
June 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Hey team, it's been a DEAD ASS WEEK in the shop so I'm doing a promo post...would you share/check out the goods?
I'm Pepper, an NZ artist that draws nature/magic inspired apparel, bandanas, pins, stickers, etc. <3 Here's some of my designs:
SHOP: pepperraccoon.com
#NZbirds #birds #kikorangi
I'm Pepper, an NZ artist that draws nature/magic inspired apparel, bandanas, pins, stickers, etc. <3 Here's some of my designs:
SHOP: pepperraccoon.com
#NZbirds #birds #kikorangi