Daniel Collins
@watercyclist.bsky.social
Water, climate change, science, policy, and people. Particularly floods, adaptation, and uncertainty. Dad, Pākehā/Ngāpuhi, MIT PhD, Ōtautahi/New Zealand.
On removing Māori words from early readers:
"Languages are living and local. As such, our educational resources should support our tamariki's evolving communication needs here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Structured literacy need not exclude cultural legacy."
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
"Languages are living and local. As such, our educational resources should support our tamariki's evolving communication needs here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Structured literacy need not exclude cultural legacy."
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
The Press letters to the editor: August 14
Can 5-year-olds understand words in more than one language? Readers have views on that, and a range of other subjects today.
www.thepress.co.nz
August 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
On removing Māori words from early readers:
"Languages are living and local. As such, our educational resources should support our tamariki's evolving communication needs here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Structured literacy need not exclude cultural legacy."
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
"Languages are living and local. As such, our educational resources should support our tamariki's evolving communication needs here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Structured literacy need not exclude cultural legacy."
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
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Can anyone help my to identify the artist? It's from an old family photo, probably taken in France.
July 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Can anyone help my to identify the artist? It's from an old family photo, probably taken in France.
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ICYMI, Lawyer Tania Waikato had to lock down her social media due to threats made against her b/c she spoke out against the Regulatory Standards Bill and enlisted security when making her sub. This is the result of targeted online attacks by a certain Minister #nzpol
waateanews.com/2025/07/10/a...
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Lawyer Requires Personal Security to Oppose Controversial Bill
waateanews.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
ICYMI, Lawyer Tania Waikato had to lock down her social media due to threats made against her b/c she spoke out against the Regulatory Standards Bill and enlisted security when making her sub. This is the result of targeted online attacks by a certain Minister #nzpol
waateanews.com/2025/07/10/a...
waateanews.com/2025/07/10/a...
For Christchurch folks, I'll be giving a talk at the art gallery on the water cycle as seen through art. I'll be weaving together art, science, history, politics, and geography to build a story of hydrology and hydrological change. Come along if you can! Or let's chat if you can't!
Climate Action: Daniel Collins
Continuing our Climate Action series, Dr Daniel Collins (Ngāpuhi) looks at Aotearoa New Zealand’s water cycle, from mountain rainfall to river mouths, through artworks from our collection exhibition, ...
christchurchartgallery.org.nz
July 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
For Christchurch folks, I'll be giving a talk at the art gallery on the water cycle as seen through art. I'll be weaving together art, science, history, politics, and geography to build a story of hydrology and hydrological change. Come along if you can! Or let's chat if you can't!
✅ Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bills.
With limited time & technical expertise I focused on the Principles.
❌ They ignore personal well-being; public goods; Te Tiriti; etc. No balance.
❌ They presume values & costs of legislation can be monetised.
❌ They are un-Kiwi.
Into the bin with it.
With limited time & technical expertise I focused on the Principles.
❌ They ignore personal well-being; public goods; Te Tiriti; etc. No balance.
❌ They presume values & costs of legislation can be monetised.
❌ They are un-Kiwi.
Into the bin with it.
June 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
✅ Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bills.
With limited time & technical expertise I focused on the Principles.
❌ They ignore personal well-being; public goods; Te Tiriti; etc. No balance.
❌ They presume values & costs of legislation can be monetised.
❌ They are un-Kiwi.
Into the bin with it.
With limited time & technical expertise I focused on the Principles.
❌ They ignore personal well-being; public goods; Te Tiriti; etc. No balance.
❌ They presume values & costs of legislation can be monetised.
❌ They are un-Kiwi.
Into the bin with it.
Cake decorating videos are a lie. They make it look much easier than it is 😫 Buttercream frosting does NOT. STICK. TO. SPONGE. CAKE.
May 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Cake decorating videos are a lie. They make it look much easier than it is 😫 Buttercream frosting does NOT. STICK. TO. SPONGE. CAKE.
It's not as crystal clear as scientific measurements, but looking at historical postage stamps (NZ) can paint a picture of retreating glaciers. Particularly for the Fox Glacier (bottom).
May 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It's not as crystal clear as scientific measurements, but looking at historical postage stamps (NZ) can paint a picture of retreating glaciers. Particularly for the Fox Glacier (bottom).
These stamps of Aoraki/Mt Cook are from 1898. Among the earliest stamps globally not to feature portraits.
On the left, the Hooker Glacier is probably the white area beneath the mountain. But would the view on the right also have included the glacier?
On the left, the Hooker Glacier is probably the white area beneath the mountain. But would the view on the right also have included the glacier?
May 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
These stamps of Aoraki/Mt Cook are from 1898. Among the earliest stamps globally not to feature portraits.
On the left, the Hooker Glacier is probably the white area beneath the mountain. But would the view on the right also have included the glacier?
On the left, the Hooker Glacier is probably the white area beneath the mountain. But would the view on the right also have included the glacier?
This 1946 NZ stamp shows a view of Lake Matheson on the West Coast, with Aoraki and Mt Tasman visible in the distance. It also shows a sliver of the Fox Glacier, just above the distant trees - alas, not a view we can see today.
May 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This 1946 NZ stamp shows a view of Lake Matheson on the West Coast, with Aoraki and Mt Tasman visible in the distance. It also shows a sliver of the Fox Glacier, just above the distant trees - alas, not a view we can see today.
How long should it take large firms to pay invoices from contracted consultants? It's now 4 weeks, with two reminders. If there were two bread-winners in the house, or if I had more time outside parenting to bring in work, it wouldn't be so dicy. ... The burdens of the precariat.
April 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
How long should it take large firms to pay invoices from contracted consultants? It's now 4 weeks, with two reminders. If there were two bread-winners in the house, or if I had more time outside parenting to bring in work, it wouldn't be so dicy. ... The burdens of the precariat.
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Shocking stuff. The committee is now expected to report back TOMORROW.
A month earlier than scheduled.
Tens of thousands of OUR submissions remain unread, unprocessed and unconsidered.
@duncanwebbmp.bsky.social is doing a great job fighting this.
We can help by emailing committee members.
#nzpol
A month earlier than scheduled.
Tens of thousands of OUR submissions remain unread, unprocessed and unconsidered.
@duncanwebbmp.bsky.social is doing a great job fighting this.
We can help by emailing committee members.
#nzpol
Labour alleges 'appalling lack of process' over Treaty Principles Bill deadline
The committee has "rammed it through with outrageous haste", with a report now expected tomorrow, but excluding thousands of submissions, Duncan Webb says.
www.rnz.co.nz
April 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Shocking stuff. The committee is now expected to report back TOMORROW.
A month earlier than scheduled.
Tens of thousands of OUR submissions remain unread, unprocessed and unconsidered.
@duncanwebbmp.bsky.social is doing a great job fighting this.
We can help by emailing committee members.
#nzpol
A month earlier than scheduled.
Tens of thousands of OUR submissions remain unread, unprocessed and unconsidered.
@duncanwebbmp.bsky.social is doing a great job fighting this.
We can help by emailing committee members.
#nzpol
For people in Christchurch, the Linwood Community Arts Centre has their annual exhibit of artists new to exhibiting. Go check it out!
There's even a piece by me, melding scientific data and historical art to comment on our shrinking glaciers under climate change.
www.linwoodarts.org/first-steps-...
There's even a piece by me, melding scientific data and historical art to comment on our shrinking glaciers under climate change.
www.linwoodarts.org/first-steps-...
First Steps 2025: 31 March - 26 April - Linwood Arts
Eastside’s annual exhibition for artists who are new, or nearly new, to exhibiting is back for 2025 with a huge variety of works from 16 local artists in Eastside and another 10 in the Mini Gallery. T...
www.linwoodarts.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
For people in Christchurch, the Linwood Community Arts Centre has their annual exhibit of artists new to exhibiting. Go check it out!
There's even a piece by me, melding scientific data and historical art to comment on our shrinking glaciers under climate change.
www.linwoodarts.org/first-steps-...
There's even a piece by me, melding scientific data and historical art to comment on our shrinking glaciers under climate change.
www.linwoodarts.org/first-steps-...
Happy Pi Day! May your Ides turn into pies, with a simple rotation of the 'Id' by π.
March 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Happy Pi Day! May your Ides turn into pies, with a simple rotation of the 'Id' by π.
The NZ government's new school lunch programme is disgraceful, poor quality, wasteful of food and funding, and dangerous.
www.nzherald.co.nz/gisborne-her...
www.nzherald.co.nz/gisborne-her...
Student ends up in A&E with second-degree burns after hot school lunch ‘splattered everywhere’
'This child has basically had to be taken to A&E ... quite upset and in a bit of pain'.
www.nzherald.co.nz
March 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The NZ government's new school lunch programme is disgraceful, poor quality, wasteful of food and funding, and dangerous.
www.nzherald.co.nz/gisborne-her...
www.nzherald.co.nz/gisborne-her...
For something completely different from my normal fare, a piece of glaciological art I recently completed.
'Fox Glacier, not looking up'
Draws from a 19th C watercolour, glacier length time-series, and reference to a painter who drew inspiration from a geologist.
'Fox Glacier, not looking up'
Draws from a 19th C watercolour, glacier length time-series, and reference to a painter who drew inspiration from a geologist.
March 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
For something completely different from my normal fare, a piece of glaciological art I recently completed.
'Fox Glacier, not looking up'
Draws from a 19th C watercolour, glacier length time-series, and reference to a painter who drew inspiration from a geologist.
'Fox Glacier, not looking up'
Draws from a 19th C watercolour, glacier length time-series, and reference to a painter who drew inspiration from a geologist.
Along my te reo Māori journey, I am enamoured by the kupu hou 'wahapū', relating to either eloquence or to the mouth of a river (etc).
March 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Along my te reo Māori journey, I am enamoured by the kupu hou 'wahapū', relating to either eloquence or to the mouth of a river (etc).
What are good* alternatives to Facebook? Friendica and Diaspora seem up there.
* similar functionality
* low hurdle for adoption
* better privacy
* similar functionality
* low hurdle for adoption
* better privacy
February 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What are good* alternatives to Facebook? Friendica and Diaspora seem up there.
* similar functionality
* low hurdle for adoption
* better privacy
* similar functionality
* low hurdle for adoption
* better privacy
Q for artists & art gallery staff. I wish to make some transformative art based on digital images of copyright-lapsed, NZ works. Respectful, but manipulated. Obv I approach gallery owner. Is permission necessary, or just good manners? Could it just come down to whether they like the creative idea?
February 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Q for artists & art gallery staff. I wish to make some transformative art based on digital images of copyright-lapsed, NZ works. Respectful, but manipulated. Obv I approach gallery owner. Is permission necessary, or just good manners? Could it just come down to whether they like the creative idea?
With apples and pears galore, the 'pop' of the lids is the happy sound of PV = nRT in action.
February 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
With apples and pears galore, the 'pop' of the lids is the happy sound of PV = nRT in action.
The most audacious treasure hunt I've prepared for my 5 y.o. son yet. A 2-day trip to and through the Waitaki.
🪨 Rocks
🐧 Wildlife
🛝 Playgrounds
🖍️ Art
🎸 Tom Petty
🤯 Core memory
🪨 Rocks
🐧 Wildlife
🛝 Playgrounds
🖍️ Art
🎸 Tom Petty
🤯 Core memory
February 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The most audacious treasure hunt I've prepared for my 5 y.o. son yet. A 2-day trip to and through the Waitaki.
🪨 Rocks
🐧 Wildlife
🛝 Playgrounds
🖍️ Art
🎸 Tom Petty
🤯 Core memory
🪨 Rocks
🐧 Wildlife
🛝 Playgrounds
🖍️ Art
🎸 Tom Petty
🤯 Core memory
I'm doing some research for a talk on water (and climate change) as seen through art, and I'm finding some poignant gems. Particularly Colin McCahon's blurred landscape 'Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is' (1958-59). Can you say 'non-stationarity'?
January 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I'm doing some research for a talk on water (and climate change) as seen through art, and I'm finding some poignant gems. Particularly Colin McCahon's blurred landscape 'Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is' (1958-59). Can you say 'non-stationarity'?
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Scientists developed the first climate models in the late 1960s (for which the Nobel Prize in physics was recently awarded!).
How have these models held up against what happened in the real world after they were published? Surprisingly well, it turns out:
How have these models held up against what happened in the real world after they were published? Surprisingly well, it turns out:
January 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Scientists developed the first climate models in the late 1960s (for which the Nobel Prize in physics was recently awarded!).
How have these models held up against what happened in the real world after they were published? Surprisingly well, it turns out:
How have these models held up against what happened in the real world after they were published? Surprisingly well, it turns out:
A new letterbox, for when your street needs more colour, puns, and literary references.
January 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
A new letterbox, for when your street needs more colour, puns, and literary references.