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Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social Nature writer & science journalist
New Zealand Geographic
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social Sci/env/health editor The Conversation | writer Science, Nature, Eos, Guardian, Nautilus, NZ Geographic, NZ Listener | Books Science on Ice http://bit.ly/2YsvVxv Towards A Warmer World http://bit.ly/3ObP2Er
Farah @kiwifarah.bsky.social Data & longform journalist RNZ In Depth. Trying hard to get the word 'minging' in a headline. Failing. Email: farah.hancock@protonmail.com
Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social Investigative journalist | The Crewe Murders 📖 | Nellie’s Baby 🎧 | I tell stories about people | kirsty.johnston@rnz.co.nz ✉️
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Eloise Gibson @eloisegibson.bsky.social Climate and energy communicator, NZ
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Giselle @giselledraws.bsky.social Illustrator/Author/Cartoonist in Aotearoa NZ
Rob Cruickshank @bugblokenz.bsky.social Lecturer @UCNZ | entomologist | ex-librarian | museum junkie | phylogeny nerd | urban iNaturalist | nemophilist (woodland enthusiast) | bug hotelier | maker | cyclist | drummer | koumpounophobe | INFJ | born 322 ppm CO2 | he/him | there's other stuff too
Melanie D. @melulater.bsky.social Teacher. Karaoke queen. Herder of cats. Politics junkie from the left. Big #ChiefsMana fan. Independently owned and I garden on warm sunny days. If you believe in free quality public education, LIKE Save Our Schools NZ on Facebook.
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Karen Spencer | virtuallykaren @karen-spencer.bsky.social Educator working for the tamariki & teachers in Aotearoa and beyond. Wellington/Aotearoa/Yorkshire. #edchat #edchatnz #edleadership https://karenmelhuishspencer.com/
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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social Physicist & science storyteller. 📚#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY 📚#2: STICKY. Words in other places. Irish in Aotearoa New Zealand. Massive science nerd, biz owner, enthusiastic, outspoken, equity-minded, multi-crafter. She/her. #ToitūTeTiriti #FreePalestine
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Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social Lover of potatoes, electric cars and freshly harvested memes.
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Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, PhD @hanareiaehau.bsky.social Scientist/Researcher based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. Mad about plant microbes 🌱🦠, mātauranga Māori, and Indigenous data sovereignty
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Simon Connolly @simonconnolly95.bsky.social Entomologist, Communicator, Scientist, Podcaster, DnD nerd.
Tom Saunders @tomsaunders.me 💡 Digital research skills training • Open research • Research policy
💼 Centre for eResearch, University of Auckland.
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Mary Therese Perez Hattori @maryhattori.bsky.social Echo of my ancestors, geek girl from Guam, Guahu Taotao tåno, Director, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center, Hawai’i. http://maryhattori.com
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Jason Kemp @dialogcrm.bsky.social WordPress guy. Auckland, NZ - was in North Otago. Topics incl. music, film, cycling / biking -mtb, renewable energy, climate, tech, coffee, architecture. Quals in law, arts & marketing. Barista. https://dialogcrm.com
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Group @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research is a Group of the Bioeconomy Science Institute.
Science for our land and our future – Ko te pūtaiao mō tō tātou whenua, mō āpōpō.
Louis Schipper @louisschipper.bsky.social Researching how can we reduce environmental impacts of land use. Current focus: GHG emissions from peat, biogeochemistry, soil carbon, temperature dependence of the biosphere. He/him. Website: waiber.com
Patsy Wakefield @wakeynz.bsky.social Transplanted Dunedinite, Wellingtonian. Feminist, Tired Disability activist. NZ left supporter. Support Te Reo
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social Freelance Wikipedian, fan of flightless birds, invented the platypus custard joke that Ricky Gervais stole. Ōtautahi, Dr Him.
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Maire @syzygium.bsky.social
Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com ✨ science meets art
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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
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Ryn @rynrichmond.bsky.social Editor, writer, poet, science communicator, former teacher. Passionate about language retention and revitalization, space, seahorses, dragonflies, disability, reproductive health. 🇺🇸 to 🇳🇿. 🏳🌈. Board game geek. Fibro+endo. https://ko-fi.com/rynrwrites
Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social Fact, history, opinion, and sarcasm, with an occasional side dose of sass.
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Daniel Collins @watercyclist.bsky.social Water, climate change, science, policy, and people. Particularly floods, adaptation, and uncertainty. Dad, Pākehā/Ngāpuhi, MIT PhD, Ōtautahi/New Zealand.
The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social Drawer of birds, designer of fabric, sewer of gorgeous things you might want to buy from me.
I also really like food, walking and cycling.
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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social Māmā, gardener, scholar-activist, kairangahau, scientist, writer | Indigenous, Māori, Te Aitanga a Māhaki | Nōku anake ēnei whakaaro
Jo Bailey @jobailey.bsky.social Designer, (was) @jo_bailey on Twitter. She/they. Scicomm PhD. Curious about architecture, typography, urban space, cats, visual culture, graphic design, renovation + making…
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Indigenous sociologist at large. Doing stuff on political violence. ND. Posting in personal capacity
🐶🐙Dr. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social She/Her. Likes Coffee, Cake, Canines & Curse-words. Pākehā.
PhDone - women's health & participatory research.
Feminist Killjoy. Living with Long Covid. Born at 336.25 ppm CO2
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Annabel McAleer @annabellisimo.bsky.social Science communication & knowledge exchange #scicomm | 🥝 Aotearoa New Zealand
www.sharedscience.nz
Marsden Fund @marsdenfund.bsky.social Supports excellence in science, engineering, maths, social sciences and the humanities in Aotearoa New Zealand by providing grants for investigator-initiated research
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/marsden
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
he/him
Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Canterbury, NZ. Fellow @royalsocietynz.bsky.social. Math modelling in biology and epidemiology. Bicycles make the world a better place. He/him
https://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/~m.plank/
Markus Luczak-Roesch @mluczak.bsky.social Chair in Complexity Science & Professor of Informatics, Victoria University of Wellington; complex systems, emergence, information dynamics, computational social science; https://complexity.wgtn.ac.nz
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “COVID lady/Pink Terror”. Microbiologist & science communicator, lover of bioluminescence & Lego. Becoming slightly obsessed with reusable period products despite being perimenopausal. She/her.
Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social The Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems. From complexity to possibility.
Georgia Carson @thebibliophile.bsky.social Ngāti Whakaue. Wellingtonian post-doc navigating Guangzhou, China. Trying this out.
Science Media Centre NZ @smcnz.bsky.social Independent, unbiased scientific information for the New Zealand media | sciencemediacentre.co.nz
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Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social Fan of weird microbes, Pākehā nō Pōneke, dilettante crafter, co-President @nzscientists.bsky.social. All opinions my own etcetera.
ORCID: 0000-0001-7352-3329
Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social Senior Political Reporter at newsroom.co.nz covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | He/him ✡️
Shaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social Physicist, complex systems, ex-COVID modeller, he/him
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Sophie Fern @sophiefern.bsky.social I read poetry to rare lizards.
Margaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social Professor, University of Auckland: urban ecology, conservation, invasive species. Mum to 2 teenagers. Nature fan. She/her. Aotearoa - New Zealand.
UOA profile: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/mc-stanley
Naomi Arnold @naomiarnold.bsky.social Award-winning science & nature journalist. Author of Northbound, a Te Araroa memoir, and Southern Nights, a history of NZ astronomy.
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