Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 03/03/2026much obliged and glad you enjoyed it, thank you Martin! 030
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I'm hosting a small, lush reading & writing retreat at Maruia River Resort in Tasman in late Jan, and earlybird pricing closes on Dec 20! Sign up now if you'd like to join me for four days of books, forests, food, & yoga www.maruia.co.nz/events/readi...maruia.co.nzCreative Writing & Reading Retreat with Naomi Arnold — Maruia River Retreat - Luxury Wellness Resort New ZealandThis summer, step into a storybook setting with New Zealand best-selling author, Naomi Arnold, as she leads the first Reading Retreat at Maruia River Retreat. Think “Nature Writers Book Club”. Gentle ... 010
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldEloise Gibson @eloisegibson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025The brilliant @naomijarnold has done the most amazing thing, written a book about walking a giant freaking extreme trail that is somehow relatable to me, a couch potato who exercises indoors. Her Northbound audio book is an antidote to Auckland. Recommend, whenever you find yourself in traffic 1111
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldShaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Big thanks to @naomiarnold.bsky.social for this nice review of The Covid Response in @nzgeo.bsky.social 1146
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 10/02/2025thanks Clint :) and I'm happy to inscribe a message for gifts too, if you let Volume know. 030
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/02/2025They found a way to litter from space 652811890
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldVeronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 03/02/2025A day late but this is a timely reminder any day 1224
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 06/12/2023I am really looking forward to the release of FEIJOA! I happen to have read it and I think everyone will adore it. 060
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 29/11/2023Are those Stockton Powelliphanta still in the fridges? The ones that didn't freeze? 201
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldMike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 10/11/2023Amazing 2011 linocut by Torres Strait Islander Alick Tipoti in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Absolutely extraordinary technical accomplishment, probably the largest single-block linocut print in the world. 46119
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 31/10/2023a beautiful story on kakī, the black stilt, by Rebekah White in New Zealand Geographic in 2015. When she wrote this there were 143 kakī left in the world. DOC thinks there are now about 156.nzgeo.comA delicate balance | New Zealand GeographicA delicate balance 0132
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldEllen Rykers @ellenrykers.com · 24/10/2023Once upon a time, raucous, stinking colonies of seabirds blanketed huge areas of NZ's mainland, each burrow & poo & eggshell helping fuel the forests. Those birds are gone now—but a new modelling tool gives a fascinating glimpse of what once was. www.nzgeo.com/stories/wher... 02910
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldVictoria 🏳️🌈 @tolorii.bsky.social · 10/10/2023So what I'm hearing is that at some point it was raining glass in Antarctica which is so fucking metal I'm never going to get over this 2308
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldFinn Illsley-Kemp @seismologyfinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2023VUW PhD student Stephen Piva just published this really cool paper where he finds shards from the 230 AD Taupō eruption all the way in Antarctica! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 04513
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 09/10/2023Obsessed, reeling over this: Victoria University and other scientists have used volcanic glass shards BURIED 279M DOWN IN ANTARCTIC ICE A MERE 5000KM AWAY FROM THE VOLCANO to date the Taupō eruption to, oh, about LATE SUMMER/AUTUMN IN THE YEAR 232 www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2023/10...wgtn.ac.nz Volcanic fallout from Taupō eruption found in Antarctic ice core | News | Victoria Universit...Researchers discover seven volcanic glass shards hidden 279 metres deep in the ice. 511563
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldMarc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 07/10/2023Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation. What are we going to do about it? www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...newsroom.co.nzThe Invisible Killer: New Zealand's Air Pollution Crisis | NewsroomSpecial Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation. What are we going to do about it? 76539
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 06/10/2023There it is! “Since users who were unable to build audiences before paying for verification are almost definitionally ones who have less interesting things to say, the conversation on X eroded quickly.“ wapo.st/46julPW (gift link)wapo.stAnalysis | Musk is nearly done destroying what made Twitter TwitterMusk didn’t buy Twitter. He bought millions of accounts he could repurpose for another app entirely. 012
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldKate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 05/10/2023BREAKING: Six new marine reserves in Otago look set to go ahead at last! www.rnz.co.nz/news/electio... To understand why these negotiations took so long, and why marine protection can be so fraught, check out my June NZ Geographic cover feature: www.nzgeo.com/stories/taki...nzgeo.comTaking on water | New Zealand GeographicTaking on water 16119
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 05/10/2023I remember this smell 🤢 but I had no idea it was so toxic. Great story @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social. Shocking that the community is exposed like this www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/i...rnz.co.nzPeople are dying while pollution continues to waft over schools, marae and family homes in a beachsi...People are dying while pollution continues belching into the air in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful beachside suburbs. What will it take to stop it? 073
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 04/10/2023and the Maggie Barry Weed it shall henceforth be known 14620
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 04/10/2023Oh, it's so sad to see Jason Wynyard has died. I reported on woodchopping once for NZ Geographic and he was a God among axemen. www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-...stuff.co.nzKiwi wood chopping icon Jason Wynyard dies aged 49Tributes flow for Jason Wynyard, a nine-time wood chopping world champion, after his death overnight aged 49. 162
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 03/10/2023I remember our newspaper’s GM calling the journalists “content creators” in a meeting once. That went well. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/m...nytimes.comEmma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is RudeThe term may be popular in an age of blurring lines between platforms, but the Hollywood strikes have shown how the phrase can devalue creative work. 020
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldCindyBax @cindybax.bsky.social · 03/10/2023"NIWA marine physicist Dr Natalie Robinson says that in the 44 years of monitoring the ocean, they've never seen anything like this."newshub.co.nzEmergency summit called in Wellington amid 'alarming' decline in Antarctic sea ice, graph shows dram..."At the moment we are missing an area of sea ice, this area of frozen ocean, that's more than seven times the area of New Zealand." 14128
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldVeronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 01/10/2023Richie Poulton, director of the world-acclaimed #DunedinStudy, has died. I visited earlier this year to talk to him about the study's latest findings; his work was dedicated to research on how childhood experiences shape us in adulthood theconversation.com/vaccine-resi...theconversation.comVaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, a major study findsThe extraordinary Dunedin longitudinal study shows vaccine resistance can be laid down before high school age in response to childhood trauma or neglect. But better early education could help. 48344
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldRichard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 01/10/2023This is a huge loss. Deep science with enormous impact. One of our best. 2587
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social · 29/09/2023things feel crap so this good bookworld news is heartening: - 2022 saw local fiction sales improve - 2023 looks like "the annus mirabilis of NZ fiction” - It's been an exceptional year for debut novels! - NZ general fiction is up "a phenomenal 130 percent" in value www.newsroom.co.nz/readingroom/... 050
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldAndy Reisinger @andyreisinger.bsky.social · 27/09/2023Emergency summit | Antarctic Sea Ice and Climate Change Public panel discussion: events.humanitix.com/panel-discus... Tuesday 3 October, 6-9pm Wellington New Zealand time.events.humanitix.comPanel Discussion | Antarctic sea ice and climate change | HumanitixPanel Discussion | Antarctic sea ice and climate change, Hosted at City Gallery Wellington, Te Ngākau Civic Square, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Tue 3rd Oct 2023, 6:00 pm - 8:00 ... 012
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldErin Harrington @ladyhorrors.bsky.social · 21/09/2023Just a few days left to apply for the UC Ursula Bethell residency in creative writing for 2024. Full time, $78K pro-rated for 2x 6 month residencies. Come hang out at UC and talk to me (or not) in the tea room. CV + resume + detailed proposal required; see below. Pls share!jobs.canterbury.ac.nz Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o... 01926
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldGrant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 20/09/2023Pharmac widening use of Paxlovid from October 1st. Still restricted access, not "for all". #NZ #COVID19 pharmac.govt.nz/news-and-res... 032
Reposted by Naomi ArnoldPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 20/09/2023Some more recent works. Nikon Z7ii Routeburn Otago Peninsula St Bathans Ruataniwha / Mckenzie Country 5637