Wow I am in awe of this work. Very interesting theconversation.com/new-plastic-...

Keep demanding better and keep hoping www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

We now have, for New Zealand, a questionnaire asking parents about barriers to vaccination. The responses to these questions have predictive validity, that is, responses indicating barriers mean children are at a high risk of missing vaccinations. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Really interesting study on pneumococcal carriage in response to vaccination www.linkedin.com/posts/fiona-...

Wind is picking up already! #Vaianu

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🛰️ Imagery from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)'s Himawari-9 satellite shows the approach of Cyclone Vaianu. Our Severe Weather Watches and Warnings will be updated later tonight - keep up to date with the latest at www.metservice.com

The Sky put on quite a show tonight. The calm before the storm 🌀🌀🌀

Maungawhau. E aroha ana au ki te mātakitaki i te tōnga o te rā.

Swollen RFK Jr. Warns Americans Not Eating Enough Bees https://theonion.com/swollen-rfk-jr-warns-americans-not-eating-enough-bees/

Holy smokes

True colours in upper AoNZ evening. #AoNZ

While I'm at it: this report claims 'our priorities are closely aligned with those identified by iwi and Māori organisations (Appendix 3)' but those priorities are in Appendix 4 and are almost exclusively in research areas this report recommends cutting heavily.

Also, the comparison countries are not biodiversity hotspots like Aotearoa. They have much smaller land areas and far fewer rare and threatened species and ecosystems. It's a meaningless comparison being used to justify cutting much needed environmental and social research. Shameful!

This report is terrible for the environment. NZ massively under-monitors environmental change and this is an issue in a changing climate because we will miss impacts of climate and other global change processes until it's too late to do anything about them. www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/repor...

FWIW, saw this paper later in the evening - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Helen Petousis-Harris with a fabulous update on the latest evidence on Covid 19 booster vaccination. I've been persuaded to get the latest. diplomaticimmunity.blog/covid-booste...

Sounds familiar #nzpol #kikorangi

Wasn’t capitalism supposed to solve existential problems through innovation? Instead it has propagandised some of us into cheering on our own destruction “for the economy”. #nzpol

Empty promises from National-led govt as ‘ocean exploitation bill’ voted through #nzpol #NZOverFishing

It's almost as if sustained policymaking with this aim could have steadily reduced our reliance on fossil fuels over the past couple of decades www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Disgusting, disgraceful...cannot help with comparing to Gilderoy Lockhart from Harry Potter and his behaviour; putting everyone at risk due to overwhelming self-absorbtion and cowardice

Opinion from Auckland University: Targeted fuel relief doesn’t reduce a single litre of consumption. Free public transport, however, delivers household relief, eases congestion, and conserves fuel for those with no alternatives.

Peeved about misleading bit of reporting in the NZ Herald. You shouldn't just present a graphic showing myocarditis & pericarditis rates pre & post covid era as part of a story on vaccines WITHOUT the key context that the disease, Covid 19, actually more likely to cause myocarditis and pericarditis.

Good to hear this

Climate change in Auckland so far appears to be "many days of weirdly dry weather" followed by "apocalypse rain that makes you fear for all infrastructure", repeat every month for the rest of your life

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Half of country’s most vulnerable children excluded from NZ Govt’s fuel relief package #nzpol #NZGovtFail #inequality #poverty #ChangeTheGovt

Honestly prefer ginger crunch – much easier to get the ingredients at the moment, for one thing 😬

The whole episode is note perfect for the reality of this government; a PM too disengaged to know or care, an ideologically extreme junior coalition partner driving significant policy decisions, a National minister who gives weak, conflicting justification for the decision. Just chef’s kiss chaos.

Interview with the fabulous Dr Phil Shirley about how the influenza vaccine protects from heart attacks and strokes www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

The flu vaccine doesn't just prevent influenza. A growing body of research — dozens of studies and 28 systematic reviews — shows it also cuts heart attacks and strokes by around one third. Read more in our latest Briefing. #kikorangi www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/inf...

Trump said he used the talks to demand that Iran should never be able to build a nuclear weapon, a proposal he claimed the umbrellas did not oppose. theshovel.com.au/2026/03/25/t...

Reduce your risk of severe illness - not quite a panacea but a good start www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/inf...

Delusion on an epic scale.....https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/americans-agree-that-operation-epic-fury-is-an-overwhelming-success/

The gap between New Zealanders who do extraordinary things at home and abroad and a backward-looking leadership is stark, writes Dame Anne Salmond

Great Leaders bring out the best in us but that’s not the Leadership we have in Govt atm. #nzpol “NZ is experiencing a slow slide towards corruption in political life, with virulent attacks on others, uncontrolled lobbying and conflicts of interest, and policies for sale to the highest bidder.”

A timely piece on Aotearoa's preparedness in the event of an oil supply crisis due to issues in the Strait of Hormuz from... 2024. newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/05/o...

Nice summary by David Murdoch COVID inquiry phase two: 4 main lessons to improve NZ’s future pandemic resilience theconversation.com/covid-inquir...

Science media centre has done a fabulous job of pulling together important commentary here

Excellent analysis from @marcdaalder.bsky.social on the Covid Inquiry. "If the health minister believes the pandemic response was so poor, it’s now his job to lay the groundwork to do better next time" newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/11/n...

I'd love to know how much perception of flicker varies in humans (as someone who can't watch DLP projectors and is driven mad by flickering LEDs on many things) theconversation.com/animals-perc...

Good primary care is worth investing in because it keeps us healthier and saves money. But only if we fund it to incentivise continuity of care and integrated family care. theconversation.com/we-studied-p...

We are stupid, boiling frogs www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The World Health Organisation is very important. Comments that the WHO threatens our sovereignty are poppycock nonsense www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/wh...

@jupli.com I think your Just Run app is fantastic!

Friday flora www.earth.com/news/new-fai...