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Comics CoLab, a new project aimed at turning important public information in areas like health and science into comics, is calling for artists and funded ideas.

Money for the boring stuff that keeps communities running. Click the about button to learn more about this kaupapa. If donating through here is a FAFF email us at hello@boringfund.nz and we can give y...

I continue to despair at the state of local media, a longstanding concern as the venerable mediawatch category on this blog shows. As the information environment has eroded into its present miserable ...

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BirdLife Australia, in conjunction with Birds New Zealand, are pleased to announce that the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference.

“So often, Māori know what’s happening on the whenua or moana long before agencies do. This means their mātauranga, expertise and leadership are critical to our preparedness, response, and recovery.” ...

Something is rotten in the state of Aotearoa. We like to think of our country’s politics as pretty clean, but is it? There is fundamental tension in our political system between democracy and money. I...

"It is not impolite to name racism, to document it, or to organise against it. What is impolite is telling a New Zealander of 30 years to go home. What is indecent is a cabinet that shelters him." — M...

Ecologists are calling for a deer management strategy, as a new report finds the pests threaten native forests' regrowth.

From seaweed watercolours to global biodiversity databases, Te Papa’s herbarium shows how digital botany can make plant collections more accessible, connected and alive.

What role do Biological Collections and information systems and databases play in reconnecting Māori with taonga species, whakapapa and mātauranga Māori? Ta...

We are the Ornithological Society for New Zealand and our mission is to foster the study, knowledge, and enjoyment of birds.

Its demise makes way for the creation of the new Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport

The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...

Willis launches a surprise Covid inquiry with results to come out 6 weeks before the election. Most NZ publications noted her hiring of "independent" experts. I looked further into it.

Claims that introduced deer perform the same ecological function as ancient moa are outdated and wrong. Deer destroy forests, and large-scale culling is still the best solution.

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