Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 30/04/2026One of the goals at Te Pūnaha Matatini is to encourage transdisciplinary research that transcends the normal boundaries of our disciplinary training to create something new 🧵🧪 180
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We're looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work at the intersection of ecology and data science 🧪 www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/postdo... #movingtonewzealand #movingtonztepunahamatatini.ac.nzPostdoctoral fellowship in ecology and data scienceJoin the Centre for Sustainability Research at the University of Otago as a postdoctoral research fellow in ecology and data science. 04243
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The first recording from the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 is now available online. Tanya Allport and Tom Johnson share how Indigenous-led research can shape the way complex systems are understood, navigated, and changed → www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhv... #cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪youtube.comWhen Te Ruru calls, the system must listen: Seeing the unseen in complex systemsYouTube video by Community Research 072
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 23/04/2026'Ongo mei he fonua – Sounds of soil (contamination)', the artwork created by our inaugural guest artist Sione Faletau, is on display at Pātaka Art + Museum in Porirua until 19 July → pataka.org.nz/whats-on/exh... 073
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 23/04/2026At Café Complexité this month, Kristi Palmer spoke about the enablers and barriers that determine whether initiatives survive long after government attention moves on and what it takes to make change actually stick in complex systems. 193
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Te Pūnaha Matatini is delighted to announce that Professor Melinda Allen has accepted a role as kairangi, recognising her long‑standing contribution to the centre and her leadership in interdisciplinary, community‑engaged research → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/melind...tepunahamatatini.ac.nzMelinda Allen accepts role as kairangi at Te Pūnaha MatatiniProfessor Melinda Allen has accepted a role as kairangi at Te Pūnaha Matatini, recognising her long-standing contribution, and her research leadership. 041
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Complex systems approaches have huge potential to improve our ability to predict, prepare for and recover from increasingly frequent extreme weather events. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...rnz.co.nzExtreme weather scientists warn of impending funding drought'Some nerd sitting in an office' doesn't seem like exciting research to fund but it's answering urgent questions about severe weather, a climate scientist says. 278
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 13/04/2026On Saturday our Kaumātua Professor Tom Roa was invested as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori language and education 🏅 071
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 17/03/2026English is spoken by 95% of people in New Zealand, yet a bill to grant it the same official status as te reo Māori and New Zealand sign language is now heading to select committee and likely to become law 🧪🧵 1124
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 16/03/2026If you want to keep the kōrero flowing after the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, head along to Café Complexité on Thursday morning at The Atom → www.wgtn.ac.nz/complexity-s...wgtn.ac.nzCafé Complexité | Te Maheno / Chair in Complexity Science | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of WellingtonLearn more about Café Complexité—a relaxed, pre-work meet-up to engage with complexity science. 020
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Mackay Price went along to the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, and it got him thinking: what does it take to change complex systems? Read his reflection on what it means to fundamentally change systems while being constrained to work within them → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/comple... 021
Reposted by Te Pūnaha Matatinivt-sci-ctzn.bsky.social @vt-sci-ctzn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026It's not about the data; it's about the STORY: the data provide the raw materials, but the story is what conveys the message. It is what embodies the communication of meaning and appropriate action. 0199
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Real-time analysis of epidemic trends and forecasts can help support public health planning and the response to seasonal respiratory disease 🧪 Here are two models that were used in a 2025 New Zealand winter situational assessment programme for three respiratory pathogens → arxiv.org/abs/2603.01374arxiv.orgMulti-pathogen situational assessment and forecasting of respiratory disease in Aotearoa New ZealandReal-time analysis of epidemic trends and forecasts can help support public health planning and the response to seasonal respiratory disease. Here, we present two models that were used in a 2025 New Z... 091
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 11/03/2026"We have to learn to operate under extreme levels of uncertainty." Te Pūnaha Matatini Principal Investigator @jdtonkin.bsky.social joined @jessedamiani.bsky.social on @urgentfutures.bsky.social to discuss his pivot toward solutions for biodiversity loss 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTv7...youtube.comBiodiversity on the Brink: Ecological Rhythms & Human Urgency - Jonathan Tonkin | RR #20YouTube video by Jesse Damiani 082
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Anyone tuning into political debates about the recently introduced English Language Bill might be led to think New Zealand’s most widely spoken tongue is endangered 🧵 140
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/03/2026Repping @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social in the desert of New Mexico. 1016210
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniMichael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026🎓We are advertising three 2-year research+teaching positions in applied maths or stats. These have a reduced teaching load (50 lectures a yr) compared to a standard academic position so applicants can gain teaching experience while having time for research jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...jobs.canterbury.ac.nz Lecturer / Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics or Statistics (2-year fixed-term) - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha 1813
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The poster is an excellent conference format 🧪🧵 120
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 05/03/2026In the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world’s third largest river, the Yangtze, to dry up 🧪🧵 121
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniJonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026What do floods, droughts, heatwaves and compound events actually do to river ecosystems? My latest post walks through nine real-world impact pathways — from reaching physiological limits to cascading network‑wide effects. A guided tour of a rapidly changing reality.predirections.substack.comNine ways extreme events reshape river biodiversityHow floods, droughts, heatwaves, and compound events are impacting life in rivers 1145
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniComplexity Science Hub @csh.ac.at · 03/03/2026📢 We’re hiring! The Complexity Science Hub is opening 2–3 Postdoc positions in our #CSHPostDocProgram. 🌟 1 year funding to build your own research agenda 🎯 Training in leadership, science communication & more 🎡 Vibrant community in one of the world’s most liveable cities csh.ac.at/education/po... 076
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Last week 160 researchers and practitioners gathered in Aotearoa New Zealand for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium #cccss26 #complexsystems 🧵 🧪 2298
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniBridget Williams Books @bwbnz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Longlisted in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards! 'The Covid Response' by Shaun Hendy – an insider's account of New Zealand's pandemic response, unpacking the science behind high-stakes decisions and the lessons they hold for the future. Available now: bwb.co.nz/books/the-covid-re... 0112
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says New Zealand’s environmental data needs to be consolidated and made public before the new resource management system kicks in, if politicians want it to work as intended → newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/02/e...newsroom.co.nzEnvironment watchdog reveals top priority for consenting reformSimon Upton says NZ needs to sort out its messy data environment before it can make good decisions about its natural environment, writes Fox Meyer. 074
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Te Tira Maurikura member Natalia Albert is concerned that political messaging is being oversimplified to the point of nonsense. Last night she joined Emile Donovan for the first of her weekly half-hour slots on Radio NZ to talk politics: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...rnz.co.nzHow useful are State of the Nation speeches?Political scientist Natalia Albert has been digesting them, and shares her thoughts with Emile Donovan. 131
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 19/02/2026It's the last day of #NetSciX2026. Thanks to this wonderful group of people from around the world for joining us in Tāmaki Makaurau to understand the weaving of the world through network science 🌐 0101
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/02/2026I've had such a marvelous trip through Aotearoa New Zealand. Today at the University of Auckland wonderful—seeing Sam, @kecain.bsky.social, @nicholaraihani.bsky.social, @billhanage.bsky.social (visiting from the states), and more. Thank you to @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social for bringing me here. 826414
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniMarkus Luczak-Roesch @mluczak.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Afternoon keynote on day 3 at #NetSciX2026 by Yukie Sano covering a breadth of work on dynamics of collective attention and memory online 052
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniLewis Mitchell @lewismath.bsky.social · 19/02/2026It me! This was so much fun, and such a huge honour. #NetSciX2026 is fantastic. 1142
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniMarkus Luczak-Roesch @mluczak.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Science of science thematic session at #NetSciX2026 kicking off with a talk by @kylehigham.bsky.social about work on research-policy ecosystems supported by @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social 021
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 17/02/2026And we're off with day two of #NetSciX2026 in Tāmaki Makaurau! 040
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 17/02/2026#NetSciX2026 kicked off yesterday with a network science school day, deep diving into meso-scale organisation of networks, Indigenous data sovereignty, ecological networks, and a gentle introduction to deep graph learning for network scientists from Ingo Sholtes (pictured) 🤷♂️ 051
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniShaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Looking forward to talking about this next week at CCCSS. I'll be asking how our pandemic response might have been different if we'd used complexity thinking. Without wanting giving too much away, it's a trick question ... 183
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 15/02/2026Hi Auckland friends, I'll be in town and giving a couple of seminars this coming Thursday. Details below. 1017050
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Mathematical models are often employed as devices for prediction or optimisation. But when models are applied to complex systems they can become elements within the systems they seek to represent. Explore complex systems in action with @hendysh.bsky.social at #cccss26 → bit.ly/3O4FNeebit.lyKeynote: Complex systems in actionWhen models are applied to complex systems in action, they can influence decisions and trajectories, becoming elements within the systems they seek to represent. 073
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/02/2026I really enjoyed this interview with Mihingarangi Forbes. In 20 minutes we managed to touch on numerous issues relating to how AI is changing society, issues I've been grappling daily in conversations with colleagues here in New Zealand. 515442
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 14/02/2026"Nothing like this has existed before, and we don't quite know what it does to people." @carlbergstrom.com spoke to Mihingarangi Forbes about living with AI on Saturday Morning this morning → www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #cccss26 🧪rnz.co.nzProfessor Carl Bergstrom: Living with AIInternationally acclaimed scientist Carl Bergstrom on why humans are so psychologically wired for online and whether we are living with "modern-day oracles or bullsh*t machines." 34116
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The idea that there is a “science of learning” (singular) currently holds considerable policy sway. Join Rosemary Hipkins at #cccss26 as she uses insights from the complexity sciences to explore learning as a non-linear, highly contextualised and nuanced phenomenon → bit.ly/3ZrEpVn bit.lyKeynote: Framing learning as a complex phenomenonA complexity framing highlights challenges for education policy. 041
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 12/02/2026For his keynote at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, @carlbergstrom.com will present a trio of mathematical models to explore why scientists are reluctant to propose and conduct high-risk research → bit.ly/4r0UM7s 🧪 #cccss26 #complexsystemsbit.lyKeynote: The impediments to high-risk, high-return scienceScientific researchers may be driven by curiosity, but they are constrained by the realities of the scientific ecosystems in which they operate and motivated by the incentives with which they are confronted. 1156
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Health inequity, climate breakdown, and institutional failure are not simply products of flawed systems. Join us at #cccss26 to explore how place-based Indigenous frameworks, particularly those grounded in Māori knowledge, are reshaping the study of complexity → bit.ly/3MypHcftepunahamatatini.ac.nzKeynote: When Te Ruru calls, the system must listenSeeing the unseen in complex systems. 194
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The registration deadline has been brought forward to Monday 16 February #cccss26 #complexsystems 022
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Registrations for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium close on Monday 16 February at 12pm NZDT. There's not many tickets left, so get in there if you want to come → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/... #cccss26 #complexsystems 023
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 09/02/2026NZ shorebird and seabird thread. I'm going to go ahead and post some shots before carefully editing and sorting; I'm already falling hopelessly behind. Let's start with a variable oystercatcher chick and parent. 🪶 1380590
Reposted by Te Pūnaha MatatiniCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/02/2026I had the most delightful conversation around AI, social media, and human values this afternoon with researchers at Otago University. 41496
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 11/02/2026@carlbergstrom.com is in Aotearoa and generously sharing his expertise with our early career researchers 🙌 0181
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Championing a very large worm for #bugoftheyear led a group of Te Pūnaha Matatini researchers on a journey of invertebrates, bioluminescence, te ao Māori, mātauranga Māori, and outreach and engagement → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/champi... #votelength 🧪tepunahamatatini.ac.nzChampioning the North Auckland worm for Bug of the YearA Bug of the Year campaign has combined passions for invertebrates, bioluminescence, te ao Māori, mātauranga Māori, and outreach and engagement. 0122
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 10/02/2026While there are many definitions of systems thinking, most ignore the “thinking” part. Join us at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium to hear Diane Finegood explore what it means to apply systems thinking in practice → bit.ly/4rFTBKr #complexsystems #cccss26tepunahamatatini.ac.nzKeynote: Confessions of a recovering reductionistJoin Diane Finegood at the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium. 174
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 10/02/2026We live in a world more complex, interdependent, and entangled than at any point in human history — from shifting climates to fragile democracies 🧪🧵 1174
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · 09/02/2026It’s more than a metre long and can expel glowing yellow ooze from its anus. Doesn’t that sound like Bug of the Year material to you? 🧪 #votelength #bugoftheyear thespinoff.co.nz/science/09-0...thespinoff.co.nzSiouxsie Wiles: Why this giant worm should be crowned New Zealand’s best bugIt's more than a metre long and can expel glowing yellow ooze from its anus. Doesn't that sound like Bug of the Year material to you? 094