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Last days of voting for Bird of the Year 2025 NZ
I campaign manager for Tauhou and just asking for one of your five votes for this wee garden bird.

Few more pet portraits

I have put my hand up to be Bird of the year campaign manager for sassy wee tauhou..
#birdoftheyear #tauhoubirdoftheyear2025 #boty2025 #silvereye #waxeye #tauhou

Having inspirational day of story telling at Manukau Harbour symposium 2025

Few more pet portraits.

Study underway to learn if bats can be used as 'agricultural tool' Researchers are studying whether the critically threatened pekapeka-tou-roa / long-tailed bat can be used as pest control on rural properties.

🦇 It's not clear how many long-tailed bats are left, but when dusk falls, rural properties near Waiuku, on Auckland's southern border, become a pekapeka-tou-roa hotspot.

Read more at 1News: www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/05/s...

#nzbats #bats #aklbiodiversity #pestfreeakl 🦇

And a hot bloke in a kilt

I went and saw the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man today..
Thought it was brilliant piece of cinema. Rolls along at good pace. Uses the songs to add to story line.
Beautifully shot and a perfect Alta ego. Worth a watch even if not a robbie fan

Auckland has put up big christmas tree..

Taliban ban on medical education for women deepens health crisis, say students | Amu TV The prohibition is being described by many as a devastating blow to the rights and futures of Afghan women.

Really shocking news. Just so sad that woman can't get educated. Not even to help their fellow sisters. A very sinister regime.
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How does your garden stack up?
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Scion and Manaaki Whenua are conducting a survey to understand how perceptions of wilding conifers vary across NZ and across professions.

Please take 10 mins to share your thoughts - it's open to anyone - and be in to win 5 x $100 Prezzy cards
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The movie “Flow” is nominally about a little black cat surviving and finding friendships with a capybara and lemur, among others, in a flooded, post-apocalyptic world, but it is also about managing anxiety during crisis by focusing on the community you are in. Also it was made in Blender.

Trip to iceland earlier this year. What a stunning country..

Disagree I thought Paul was awesome. I was concerned over casting but very surprised how great he was.

A third of us tried to save two thirds of us from themselves.

They’re about to find out.

So damn true 💯

Final Speaker Mike Joy talked of the disillusionment we have over possible ways to combat current issues facing the planet.. brutal truths that left us rather depressed..
#esnz2024

Bat crew working on Finding Franklin Bats gave presentation on their mahi working on bat research and how iwi and community are leading the way.
##nzes2024

Wow brilliant talk by Raukumara Pae Maunga work on the coast. 8 years of engagement with whanau and community to enable 1080 use on their motu.
"Small threads weave sucess"
Going in the front gate, asking the Aunty's for keys, permissions..
Contractors stayed on marae with hapu.

Attending the post truth world stream..
Some good talks around use of engagement and consultation to take communities along on journey towards those scary subjects.
1080, gene modification and general distrust in authorities. #nzes2024

Crowd gasps over cuteness factor of Australian ecologists Theresa Eyres talk #nzes2024

Talks are getting steamy. Geothermal habitats at #nzes2024

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Enjoyed Bruce's talk. As a former zoo keeper across the road from Waiwhakareke I was on the ground for early work.
Liked his last messages like my early school reports and Bruce's We could do better

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Drones are our future

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I was one that jumped.. I'm easily scared by pine cones...