Raine Hananui
@whakatipu.bsky.social
Kāi Tahu ecology and environmental science graduate passionate about Aotearoa ecosystems and species, and the interface between mātauraka Māori and Western science. I think lizards are pretty neat 🦎
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Reposting some of my best work of 2025. I was photographing godwits when I noticed this tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) sussung me out from the other side of a sand bank. I find this quite striking in black and white. 🪶🇳🇿
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Reposting some of my best work of 2025. I was photographing godwits when I noticed this tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel) sussung me out from the other side of a sand bank. I find this quite striking in black and white. 🪶🇳🇿
I was pleasantly surprised to see the Spirit of New Zealand when I was enjoying the Wellington on a good day weather on the waterfront.
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I was pleasantly surprised to see the Spirit of New Zealand when I was enjoying the Wellington on a good day weather on the waterfront.
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NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’
After swapping Wellington for London, Preyanka Gothanayagi was surprised to find people treated her like an actual person....
thespinoff.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’
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$256 million to clean up one mine. Like the oil industry, this is something miners should be paying to clean up themselves, with trailing liability to ensure they can't dump the bill on us www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Govt's whopping $256m clean up bill for one coalmine
The Government will have to fork out $256m to clean up Stockton coal mine on the West Coast - more than triple earlier estimates.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
$256 million to clean up one mine. Like the oil industry, this is something miners should be paying to clean up themselves, with trailing liability to ensure they can't dump the bill on us www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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The Whakatipu #takahe breeding season is off to a good start, with approx 6 nests in the Greenstone and several from the new population in the Rees. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Great pic by takahē ranger Lisa van Beek. #conservation #rails #birds
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Whakatipu #takahe breeding season is off to a good start, with approx 6 nests in the Greenstone and several from the new population in the Rees. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Great pic by takahē ranger Lisa van Beek. #conservation #rails #birds
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Reposting some of my best work of 2025. A kuaka (bar-tailed godwit) wandering in front of the reflection of a sunrise on the Hauraki Gulf. It looks a bit like an ultrasound. Congratulations, you’re having a godwit! 🪶🇳🇿
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Reposting some of my best work of 2025. A kuaka (bar-tailed godwit) wandering in front of the reflection of a sunrise on the Hauraki Gulf. It looks a bit like an ultrasound. Congratulations, you’re having a godwit! 🪶🇳🇿
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'Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential'
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
'Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential'
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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"Prior to tradescantia biocontrol release the average dry weight biomass at these sites was close to 500 g/m2. After agent establishment the average biomass was slightly above 100 g/m2, well below the 200 g/m2 threshold needed for native regeneration." www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications...
More damage, less biomass: monitoring progress of tradescantia biocontrol
Four classical biocontrol agents targeting tradescantia have been present in New Zealand’s environment for up to 14 years.
www.landcareresearch.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Prior to tradescantia biocontrol release the average dry weight biomass at these sites was close to 500 g/m2. After agent establishment the average biomass was slightly above 100 g/m2, well below the 200 g/m2 threshold needed for native regeneration." www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications...
Well. That's...great
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Well. That's...great
cheapest 2L of milk at my local woolworths is now $4.73. how long until it costs $5 😭
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
cheapest 2L of milk at my local woolworths is now $4.73. how long until it costs $5 😭
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
Analysis: The government's ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care prioritises politics and ideology over decades of expert clinical guidance and patient safety evidence.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...
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No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
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Our Changing World: Restoring native plants in our lakes and rivers
Our Changing World: Restoring native plants in our lakes and rivers
Rolling out Rototurf - the project aimed at helping native freshwater plants return to our lakes.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our Changing World: Restoring native plants in our lakes and rivers
Had a great time at Ōtari-Wilton's bush on Saturday learning tips & tricks for better predator control from Cam Speedy as part of the Predator Free Wellington Regional Hui, run by Predator Free NZ Trust
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Had a great time at Ōtari-Wilton's bush on Saturday learning tips & tricks for better predator control from Cam Speedy as part of the Predator Free Wellington Regional Hui, run by Predator Free NZ Trust
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This is what native bee habitat looks like in Aotearoa New Zealand. Not an introduced wildflower in sight.
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is what native bee habitat looks like in Aotearoa New Zealand. Not an introduced wildflower in sight.
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#NZpol
"What they are proposing is that concessions may be granted up to 60 years for critical infrastructure and that essentially means that, on public conservation land, it's going to be privatised by stealth.
...alienating Māori, alienating Ngāi Tahu, alienating New Zealanders from the whenua."
"What they are proposing is that concessions may be granted up to 60 years for critical infrastructure and that essentially means that, on public conservation land, it's going to be privatised by stealth.
...alienating Māori, alienating Ngāi Tahu, alienating New Zealanders from the whenua."
Ngāi Tahu takes Crown to High Court over proposed changes to Conservation Act
Ngāi Tahu takes Crown to High Court over proposed changes to Conservation Act
Proposed changes include streamlining and centralising conservation land management, and a review of Section 4 of the Conservation Act.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
#NZpol
"What they are proposing is that concessions may be granted up to 60 years for critical infrastructure and that essentially means that, on public conservation land, it's going to be privatised by stealth.
...alienating Māori, alienating Ngāi Tahu, alienating New Zealanders from the whenua."
"What they are proposing is that concessions may be granted up to 60 years for critical infrastructure and that essentially means that, on public conservation land, it's going to be privatised by stealth.
...alienating Māori, alienating Ngāi Tahu, alienating New Zealanders from the whenua."
Looks like I'm moving to Te Waipounamu in the next 7 weeks! Most likely to either Ōtautahi or Ōtepoti, depending on how the job hunt goes. So excited to see kā mauka
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Looks like I'm moving to Te Waipounamu in the next 7 weeks! Most likely to either Ōtautahi or Ōtepoti, depending on how the job hunt goes. So excited to see kā mauka
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This might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.
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I don’t generally chase rare species but if one lands right next to me, what’s a guy to do? A tara-iti (New Zealand fairy tern) at Omaha this morning. There are less than 40 individuals and only 9 breeding pairs left in the world. 🪶🇳🇿
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don’t generally chase rare species but if one lands right next to me, what’s a guy to do? A tara-iti (New Zealand fairy tern) at Omaha this morning. There are less than 40 individuals and only 9 breeding pairs left in the world. 🪶🇳🇿
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New Zealand Grebe, with its chick on its back in Western Springs Park Auckland 🪶🇳🇿
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
New Zealand Grebe, with its chick on its back in Western Springs Park Auckland 🪶🇳🇿
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
this is so so so cool! two spider species sharing a colony in a web over 100 m²! both species are genetically distinct from populations outside the sulphur cave!!!! their food web is fuelled by sulfur-oxidizing microbial biofilms!!!!! phys.org/news/2025-11...
Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web
Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web alo...
phys.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
this is so so so cool! two spider species sharing a colony in a web over 100 m²! both species are genetically distinct from populations outside the sulphur cave!!!! their food web is fuelled by sulfur-oxidizing microbial biofilms!!!!! phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Feeling sad today, so thought I'd share something from one of my art projects, which is to bring life to Aotearoa's #extinct species. Here's a little treasure called tutukiwi, a shorebird which lived in the forest, extinct in 1964.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Feeling sad today, so thought I'd share something from one of my art projects, which is to bring life to Aotearoa's #extinct species. Here's a little treasure called tutukiwi, a shorebird which lived in the forest, extinct in 1964.