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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 1h

Boom! 🚇 The City Rail Link is already helping make Auckland city centre into a 7-day city: Saturday 9pm ridership is now equivalent to pre CRL midday ridership 💥. Next month night frequencies are improving too, and getting a little later on Friday and Saturday nights, a good start. More please!

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RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 6m

📢 The hoiho/yellow eyed penguin could be extinct in less than a decade as a respiratory disease continues to wipe out a significant proportion of the chick population on the mainland.

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Race for vaccine to save hoiho/yellow eyed penguin

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Brooke Rose @brooklyn-rose.bsky.social · 6h

We keep hearing how a wealth tax will make the ultra rich piss off overseas, and allegedly take jobs with them. Don't hear so much about the Govt's axing of pay equity and other policies has resulted in teachers and other essential workers leaving, taking their skills and labour with them. #nzpol

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Kiwi on your left @kiwionyourleft.bsky.social · 19h

I hate how we're being prepped for this as if it's inevitable. Nats pretending it's fiscally irresponsible not to, Labour as if they're taking a bullet for us by not. We spend well below the OECD average. It's only the greed of the 1% that makes this a financial issue, like everything else. #nzpol

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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 04/10/2026

Groundwork have just released an election edition of their Te Tiriti Conversations guide. This election is critical for Te Tiriti, and it's important that we talk about it - even when it feels difficult or scary. groundwork.org.nz/te-tiriti-co...

The first page of the linked guide. It's titled Te Tiriti Conversations and the first page lays out some tips to guide tricky conversations.

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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 20h

Seven years on, it's finally public knowledge that Neo-Nazi Wargus Christi, Dominion Movement and Action Zealandia co-founder Jack Captein/Johann Wolfe is the New Zealand Army soldier that is currently imprisoned for attempting espionage. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/jac...

Image description: Picture of Neo-Nazi Jack Captein with the following text above the picture:

"Jack Captein named as former New Zealand Army soldier in attempted espionage case

Tracy Neal
Open Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough·NZ Herald·
6 Oct, 2026 03:00 PM
5 mins to read"

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 21h

Dan beat me to it but it's actually a reaction to this moment... Luxon: [rules out Opportunity because 'no new taxes'] Hipkins: But you're happy to work with racists.

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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 21h

I’m not sure if it’s clear to the public that most policymakers and scientists have left 1,5C behind and are planning for warming that is closer to 3C. That is a major difference.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 21h

The uncanny valley is a psychological and aesthetic phenomenon where humanoid objects that look almost, but not quite, human elicit feelings of eeriness, unease, or revulsion.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This was fun. Nice to reminisce where musical influences come from. First two were in my parents record collection, next five were my older brother. I loved Silverchair on my own since primary school and Black Sabbath was 14 and starting to buy records on annual pilgrimages to Real Groovy in AK.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All the men writing about this might be a little less chinstroke-y if they came to the shocking realisation that OUR MONEY WAS STOLEN

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 05/10/2026

How many Masters and PhD researchers on a living wage would 1 km of this road pay for per year? *1,173* There are 11 km of the road. On average it takes 4 years to do a PhD in Aotearoa and about 2 years to do a Masters. So, 2,346 PhDs and 1,173 Masters degrees properly paid while doing research.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The entire Department of Conservation was funded $709 million in 2025/26.

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#nzpol There's a reason there's a populist streak ... 'cos supermkts have lost their social licence. Call it woke, but there is heaps of literature about value of social licence. And, if lost, no amount of bleating will help. Bluntly, no one trusts you anymore🙏🏾. www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/04/p...

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'Populist' streak in supermarket break-up plans - Foodstuffs boss

Chris Quin said the plans had alarmed the owners of the co-operative's stores.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I guess it's fitting that National's blue jackets make them look like Wall Street traders.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've had a quick skim through this and there is a huge number of things to think about. 1. Relationships are critical. Still way too much helicopter decision making. 2. Peers are trusted. Which goes to Point 1. re relationships. 3. Much of the distrust can be traced back to economic incentives.

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We talked to farmers in a South Island community and found: (1) mistrust in climate science and scientists, (2) mistrust in government, (3) mistrust of the mainstream media and (4) a sense of responsibility and care for their farms. #ClimateChange rsnz.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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New Zealand Farmers’ Trust in Climate Change Expertise and Policy: A Case Study

Responding to recent discord between Aotearoa New Zealand's agricultural sector and the government over environmental policies, this paper examines farmers’ trust in climate change science and policy...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Petal to the metal: The slow road to automating large-scale #phenology labeling for #herbarium specimens New in #AppsPlantSci by @er1ngrady.bsky.social, @djli.bsky.social, @rdinnager.bsky.social, Rob Guralnick, et al. doi.org/10.1002/aps3... @floridamuseum.bsky.social @usa-npn.bsky.social #botany

The heading reads: "Historical flowering data unlocked for over 2.9M herbarium specimens". The background image is a digitized herbarium specimen. In the center of the image is a bar chart showing the number of flowering records across the decades, from 1800 to 2020. The text at the bottom of the image reads: "Integrated in Phenobase", with the URL phenobase.org

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Invasion rates are not saturating in ecosystems worldwide. Invaders & their impacts are accumulating. Therefore, there is an urgent need for progress toward Target 6 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which calls for a substantive reduction in global invasion rates by 2030. 🧵3/3

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 04/10/2026

Toy Love - Bride of Frankenstein [New Zealand, New Wave/Punk] (1980) One of the more influential bands of the New Zealand indie scene of the 1980s by showing that anyone can be in a band, even someone from Dunedin, where Toy redd.it/mwj6aw youtu.be/KUu5wbUCbMo

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Effective seabed carbon protection requires region-specific assessments that identify and prioritise habitats with high burial potential, alongside ecological and fisheries factors, rather than blanket trawling bans or uniform effort reductions."

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The second target species for these Bluetooth tags was the Blue Tit, to test their potential for studying irruptive migratory movements. The first results, after a few days, are just so cool. Still pretty crazy to think that we can follow the migration of such a small bird in (almost) real time! 😎

the migration route and detection points of a blue tit that was tagged in Pape, Latvia.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

49 years ago Young, Loud and Snotty is the first studio album by the American punk band Dead Boys, released October 1977. Band line-up Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Jimmy Zero, Jeff Magnum and Johnny Blitz #punk #punks #punkrock #DeadBoys #history #punkrockhistory

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My favourite part was the big clap from the audience at the tax the super rich policy, the moderator then asked about "Why are you punishing successful people? What happens if they leave the country?" "Are they really that successful if they can't cope with a 2.5% tax on assets over $10m?" Then! -

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Quality local representatives in Ngā Motu New Plymouth.

A New Plymouth councillor says that council staff are lying, obfuscating and politically motivated, while the council denies the allegations.

Hard-right councillor Kerry Vosseler said during a Zoom meeting hosted by lobby group Challenging Councils NZ last week that “left-leaning” officers employed “delaying tactics”, obfuscated information and, on at least one occasion, lied to her.

Vosseler, in her first term as councillor, had previously expressed scepticism about cellphone towers and “climate hysteria”, and said she believed aeroplane condensation trails affected the weather and that Bill Gates had launched a “maggot milk” company that would provide alternatives to dairy products.

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

‘Currently, we have 130,000 acres rewilding at around 80 sites. We have bought land to save it. But sometimes we enter into rewilding agreements with existing land users’. What’s not to like!?! e360.yale.edu/features/ter...

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Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He’s Helping Bring Them Back

Tero Mustonen has led a successful effort to restore roughly 80 areas of ecologically critical peatlands across his native Finland. In an interview, he talks about the importance of bringing Indigenou...

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 02/10/2026

And government policies that are downright malicious towards the unemployed / underemployed. Mean. Very, very mean. I listened to a person about to graduate tell me that none of their mates wants to do Masters or PhDs. Why? Cannot afford to live while doing that mahi.

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Pew tested AI synthetic surveys against actual survey data. Conclusion: “This experiment taught us that, at this time, AI models are not an adequate replacement for traditional polling on topics of broad public importance.” This is an all time bad idea. No need to hedge with “at this time.”

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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really

Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We could have been having headlines like below. Instead we have a government hellbent on making everything worse in order to line the pockets of the wealthy. "Deaths linked to air pollution fell by an estimated 40% in London over the five years from 2019, according to new analysis."

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Deaths linked to London air pollution have fallen 40%, study estimates

However, Imperial College team also find that pollution has worse health impact than previously understood

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Even without Kelvin waves I’d be avoiding coastal properties. If nothing else insurance companies and banks are keeping a close eye on climate change-related risks… Saw a reminder of this a couple of days ago - bsky.app/profile/notj...

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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Happy "Charles Darwin is poorly today" Day to those who celebrate 165 years ago today, Charles Darwin was having a rough one

Photo of Charles Darwin's hand-written journal entry from 1 Oct 1861 and digitized text of same

"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."

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Peter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Worth remembering that if it costs the government $4.5b to reverse the gender pay tax, then it costs the women affected $4.5b to leave it in place.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can just do stuff. "Raising the low five-figure sum needed to pay for it all had been “just a business of getting down to it and organising and so on”, he said." Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity

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‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity

Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore

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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"If it was my business and my money this is what I would do." Its not a business, and its *our* money, its meant to fund health, infra, police, education Not some techbro datacenter in USA and Nvidia stock price #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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How to cut public sector jobs? A much more aggressive approach to AI

The government's recipe for cutting thousands more public sector jobs demands using AI much more. RNZ looks through 16 documents that led up to Nicola Willis's announcement in May that 8700 jobs would...

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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Want to conserve #birds, #mammals and other vertebrates? Then don’t forget their #insects. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity paper explores the many ways vertebrates depend on insects — for food, shelter, protection and much more. I’ve written about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/09/30/w...

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Want to conserve birds and mammals? Then conserve their insects – our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity sets out the details

It’s sometimes easy to forget quite how much of the living world depends upon insects. That might seem an odd thing for someone who has spent much of his career studying insects and their relations…

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Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hobbs et al's main conclusion is that Yellowstone shows hysteresis, multiple stable states. Removal of predators led from beaver-willow to elk-grassland. Also b/c of bison, this can't change back to beaver-willow, even with wolves. Wolf removal forced even more change than previously understood.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Me and my grunge friends would’ve killed A.I. with hammers I can tell you that much

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2 points. 1. England has 13.5% of natural forests remaining. We are in the middle of a global biodiversity crisis. Native tree planting is essential. 2. 500,000 trees over 3 years is incredibly unambitious. Greater Wellington, with a population of 534,000, planted one million natives since 2019.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

0.000125% of Mowbray's net worth.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's a bit on the nose to be advertising a sheep dating service in New Zealand.

Don't be a sheep. Date Safer. With a picture of a sheep.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

These are all bottom trawlers operating in AoNZ at the moment. Drastically different target species, areas of operation and impacts.

104m BATM trawler targeting bottom and midwater species such as Jack mackerel, squid, hoki, southern blue whiting and barracouta.

A 65.7m deep water bottom trawler targeting orange roughy, hoki, oreo dory, squid, and southern blue whiting.

A 16.8m inshore bottom trawler targeting squid, hoki, red cod, gurnard, tarakihi.

An 11m inshore bottom trawler targeting gurnard, snapper, trevally, and flatfish.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unfortunately for Opportunity their fisheries bottom line is factually incorrect. Australia, Peru, Chile and New Zealand all bottom trawl the South Pacific. We are the only country that bottom trawls the South Pacific High Seas which is a very different proposition. Kayla Kingdon-Bebb knows this.

4. Revive ocean health
New Zealand is the only country that still bottom trawls in the South Pacific. Enough. We will demand an overhaul of the Fisheries Amendment Bill that phases-out bottom trawling to restore fish stocks and build a sustainable blue economy for the next generation.

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