Unfortunately I and most of my cohort are experiencing the same www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Welcome to the world Meterchen luti, the St Bathans goose that lived in subtropical New Zealand 14-19 Mya (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....), making it ten waterfowl species that lived around the giant palaeolake Manuherikia. Artwork by Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa CC BY-NC-SA. 1/13 🧵

Smuggled Peninsula geckos turn up in Netherlands 🦎🌏 www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

The Department of Conservation says it’s increasing capacity and leadership capability on the Chatham Islands to ‘improve delivery outcomes’.

Critically endangered kākāpō Vori-A1, who has important genes from the Fiordland kākāpō Richard Henry, born live on camera in the nest of foster mother Rakiura. Almost no one has seen these birds hatch before! The egg had only been delivered 1.5 hours earlier.

If you're watching our live #kakapo webcam: an egg near to hatching (Vori-A1-2026) will be put into the next in the next 10 mins. Keep watching over the coming hours/days to hopefully see a chick hatch! #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots www.youtube.com/live/BfGL7A2...

In 2020, spiders as a group, received $ 9,306 funding from DOC. That same year, 493 species of spider were found to be "data deficient" meaning that we don't know enough about them to give them an accurate conservation status. Protecting their ecosystems will help spiders but also...

“For all intents and purposes, Forest & Bird waged a media and political war on Ngāi Tahu and the Crown during negotiations.” — Martin Fisher.

Aotearoa's environment keeps taking hits....

Scopula optivata on the bathroom mirror - above and below in one photo!

Starting Otago Uni's Master of Wildlife Management on Friday and I am so excited to see a field trip to Te Manahuna in April on the course schedule!

Finally got my books on the shelf after moving to Ōtepoti. Feels a bit more like home now!

The iwi-run savings scheme giving Ngāi Tahu kids a kick-start

So uh, anyone know what to expect for "heavy halls"?

This is disappointing, to say the very least... Environment (Disestablishment of Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill Merger with Ministry of Housing & Urban Development, Ministry of Transport, & the local govt functions of the Dept of Internal Affairs bills.parliament.nz/v/6/27caed65...

“At Waitangi this year, the prime minister structured his speech around the three articles of Te Tiriti, and explained what each article says and means. The problem is that he was just plain wrong, writes legal scholar Carwyn Jones.” #NZpol e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Found this little guy today. The first whistling free frog I've ever seen.

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

A loss but important case law. "In practical terms, that means that if commercial fishing cannot occur in an environmentally sustainable manner - which in this context means in a way which ensures it poses no material risk to the survival of the northern hoiho - it cannot occur at all."

I remember in 2024 hearing how the employment market would improve in 2025 - great news for someone whose fixed term contract was ending June 2025. Six months after end of contract: employment is at its highest in a decade and all I've managed to get is casual or short term work.

Female #kakapo Kohengi on her three eggs on Pukenui/Anchor Island today. We don't yet know if they're fertile, but will investigate soon. So far fertility on Anchor is very high: only 8 infertile out of 33 checked. We expect many more infertile eggs though. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Crucial vote looms over fate of a murky river Canterbury’s water regulator is criticised for stating its intent not to take enforcement action over an irrigation company consent breach newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/19/c...

This amazing group of early career staff and students based within Aotearoa’s PROs have collated our communities’ current pressures and pathways in an informative manuscript. Includes 12 recommendations for our entry and retention in the science system. Check it out 👇 #science #scicomm #research

For our first and only artificial insemination of the #kakapo breeding season, we matched Pearl with Ralph (a founder who has no offspring) and Hurihuri - who was in excellent condition. #conservation #parrots #birds

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

First mating of the 2026 #kakapo breeding season! True to form, it was Pearl and Boss on Whenua Hou, who mated on the night of 28th Dec. They were also the first two to mate in the last two breeding seasons. We're expecting a bumper year, so follow for updates! #conservation #parrots

Hopefully researchers can get a DNA sample. This is an incredibly significant sighting. www.odt.co.nz/news/nationa...

“The public were living the tough economic times as they were happening, so I think they were closer to the reality of a struggling economy than we economists were, especially in light of the higher cost of living and the weaker job market,” incredibly funny quote from an economist actually

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-...

Excellent coverage from Marc showing how not only did Cabinet pick the worst option available, they also turned “increased access to gender services” into “a webpage listing gender services” because they want their evil to cost nothing, too.

Some beautiful news for Xmas - a surprise addition to the takahē population! www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The first shot of my summer break from work. A tākapu (Australasian gannet) trying to get some rest on a blustery morning. 🪶🇳🇿

I'm moving to Ōtepoti in mid January, it will be nice to live in the place of my tīpuna!

One of the few upsides of not being able to secure a permanent job post-Masters is that I've been doing roles and collecting experiences that I wouldn't have otherwise done

Glad to be featured in @nzgeo.bsky.social, highlighting the importance of planting native species such as tree fuchsia, a major food resource for native birds. Based on a recent publication of bird-plant interactions in @zealandia.bsky.social @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social www.nzgeo.com/stories/want...

Going to have to carry around two phones soon because of the 3g shut down. My Huawei works perfectly fine except it doesn't have VoLTE calling and so won't be able to make emergency calls - so have to buy and carry around a cheap VoLTE capable phone just for calls

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.

NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’

$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...

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

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! 🪶🇳🇿

'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...

"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...

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