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Matt Smillie retweeted
18 May 2024
Have you voted yet in the NZ Tree of the Year 2024? Check out the 6 finalist and vote for your favourite tree before 31 May treeoftheyear.co.nz/
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Matt Smillie retweeted
2 May 2024
Voting is open in Tree of the Year NZ 2024. Will That Wānaka Tree steal the show or will The Walking Tree run off with it? treeoftheyear.co.nz/
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Matt Smillie retweeted
24 Jan 2023
Petition of John Hearnshaw: New Zealand needs a national law to limit light pollution and promote dark skies parliament.nz/en/pb/petition…
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The data will be used to generate high-definition 3D maps and models that will have a wide range of uses in environmental management, managing natural hazards, planning of infrastructure and tracking changes to the coastline and river channels.
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Matt Smillie retweeted
31 Aug 2022
NZ Tree Register manager Brad Cadwallader checks out a notable Rhododendron ‘Sir Robert Peel’ near Riwaka.
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Matt Smillie retweeted
6 Jun 2022
These two legends have been finding some of NZ's biggest trees, then measuring and documenting them at @Notable_Trees register. youtu.be/2rJpQP3Df2Y
Thanks for telling their story Frank Film @NZonAir
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Matt Smillie retweeted
6 May 2022
Voting is now open for NZ Arb's Tree of the Year contest. Check out these 6 incredible trees and read their stories before casting your vote for NZ's Tree of the Year. treeoftheyear.co.nz/
Share widely! #treetwitter
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Matt Smillie retweeted
25 Apr 2022
Otis Hill, 15, has a rare cancer. But his parents are drawing strength from the family of Jemima Gazley, who have been down this “tough road”. dlvr.it/SP9pXC
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'To the ends of the earth' for a cure: Family of teen with rare cancer will fight disease nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington…
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23 Feb 2022
RT @AlexSteffen: "The question is whether the transition is smooth or is it something that is delayed and then happens very abruptly. That…
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Matt Smillie retweeted
13 Jun 2021
Check out Elevation Aotearoa to see when new #LiDAR for your area will be available and to discover data currently available through LINZ – or just for some awesome LiDAR eye candy. Thanks to all the councils whose data makes this possible arcg.is/1mXWv5 #opendata
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Matt Smillie retweeted
13 Oct 2020
See our latest blog post to learn how to identify individual trees using our open point cloud data. Using R, we are able to extract valuable information from unclassified points medium.com/on-location/ident… #opendata
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Matt Smillie retweeted
23 Apr 2020
The Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico just bounced radar off a spinning, mile-wide rock, 5 million miles away, moving at 20,000mph...and we got pictures back. These observations amaze me every time. naic.edu/~pradar/
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Matt Smillie retweeted
11 Apr 2020
Need a little tree distraction? Take the New Zealand Tree Register Quiz #2 notabletrees.org.nz/news/NZT…
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Matt Smillie retweeted
3 Apr 2020
Going a little stir-crazy during the COVID-19 lock-down & need a tree fix? Take the New Zealand Tree Register Quiz #1 notabletrees.org.nz/news/NZ-…
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Matt Smillie retweeted
8 Nov 2019
Incredible footage captures a sleeping octopus changing colour while dreaming indy100.com/article/octopus-…
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Matt Smillie retweeted
11 Sep 2019
Sometimes the squid get angry and start shooting water at you when they need to be moved around.
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Matt Smillie retweeted
1 Sep 2019
His illustrations introduced Victorian Europe to the diversity of species in the ocean. Often they were the first time the public had seen certain creatures in such detail.
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