Cilla Wehi

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FBES. Here for isotopes, curiosity, community. Also human ecological relationships. Biologist. Director Te Pūnaha Matatini national centre of research excellence in complex systems, AoNZ. Hapainga te reo Māori. https://priscillawehi.com

A long but very precise opening sentence on atomic weights and isotopic compositions. Boss.
A powerpoint slide that says we recognise indigenous knowledge as a layered network of meaningful thought
At Kaitorete Spit. A picture of flat land and the edge of a hangar.
Two people standing on sand dunes in a deep discussion
Six strong people pushing a van out of the mud. Out of shot, lots of people are shouting encouraging words. All of them, even.
A group of people standing listening on a shingle beach
Two men standing and talking. The one on the left is gesticulating with his hands in the way people do when they are describing the size of the last fish they caught
Lake Owhareiti on a sunny day
Two men blowing up an inflatable boat to get it ready for use.
Not a frog. Actually a giant carnivorous snail, Powelliphanta.
A brown terrestrial Leiopelma enjoying a damp night out, sitting on some dead wood
A small frog sitting on a tree branch
Co-Director of Te Pūnaha Matatini Professor Markus Luczak-Roesch chopping vegetables for a shared dinner
A book inside some wrapping paper that is partially opened
Book cover of Sex is a spectrum by Agustin Fuentes
A harbour mouth with huge sand dunes opposite a black sand beach and the tide coming in. Blue blue cloudless sky.
Kaka eating in a non-native shrub, a camellia bush with pink flowers. Photo copyright Noel Chignall.
a photo of a kaka on a branch in beech forest. Copyright Kate M.
A graph showing 7 different themes relating to information that we found about kākā in early sources. These are abundance, ecology, harvesting, food, legislation, signs, and zoomorphism. In the decade 1861-1870, ecology was the dominant theme. In the decade 1950-59, harvesting was the dominant theme, and zoomorphism also appeared frequently.
An example of what the 19th century newspapers look like in their digital form
A map of Aotearoa New Zealand showing the distribution of kākā based on three different sources. The IUCN Birdlife distribution map shows kaka mainly down the west coast of the South Island and in central North Island. Place name data is scattered throughout NZ, but with clusters in the north and east of the North Is, where kaka are now possibly extinct or possibly extant, but clearly not seen often
A kākā flying and looking a bit crazy mad with its beak open and wings up. Photo copyright Peter Taylor.
A North Island kaka sitting on a branch. Copyright photo by Oscar Thomas
A man in a wetsuit holding his flippers contemplating the calm sea
Giorgia Vattiato holding her award certificate. She is an early career researcher originally from Italy and now based at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research in NZ
Wiremu walking into the sea at Matakaea, NZ today ready to dive. A sunny still day.
The waters of Leith flooding in Dunedin today
Admittedly not giving a presentation, but the co- Director of a national research institute in NZ is looking pretty sloppy in a t shirt and trousers, with piled up bags, standing on the street in Bologna as she heads to the train after a successful conference
The mist on the hills in the early morning at Ruatoki
Maori performers on stage
Sealion pup zonked out in the lee of a dune out of the wind
Ushuaia, Argentina street with mountains in the background
Yeah right buddy. The weka wanders out the door, empty handed this time.
The weka looks around the tramping hut to see what it can steal. Weka are like small brothers: they follow you around, annoyingly, and when your back is turned, they rifle through your stuff
A cheeky flightless rail, the weka (Gallirallus australis), comes into Mt Arthur tramping Hut, through the open door
View of the marina at night in Nelson NZ
Planning day at work with the whiteboard
A newspaper article featuring a PhD student Michael Miller who is modeling potential interventions to help revitalise an at risk Indigenous language, Maori
Mt Taranaki on a fine day with the pub on the left
Projected sea level rise on an indicator stick by a wharf