Professor/Nerd at @UCNZ - often sarcastic- prone to ranting - sometimes takes pictures of sparkly things - thoughts are mine
Joined August 2010
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14 Jan 2025
I've pretty much said #goodbyeX - feel free to follow me on the app with cloudless skies - VeerOffTrack - still likely to post on issues affecting #academia #marketing #photography and life in #NZ here's a dump of my fave pics from 2024
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24 Jun 2024
Mānawatia a Matariki! Happy #Matariki to all around the motu - a time to celebrate a new year in the Māori calendar - a colleague in the northern hemisphere took this image of the star cluster that signals the new year and I took the opportunity to edit it. Enjoy!
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24 Jun 2024
Ka rawe to Drs. Gath and Hurley - this year's joint Emerging Research Fellows from CMRF receiving $220,000 towards their research @UCNZ @UCCWRI @otago @OtagoCHCH @1NewsNZ @PressNewsroom @NZStuff
cmrf.org.nz/story/two-canter…
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12 May 2024
Sick of #aurora photos yet? Yeah, me too - but here are some from my night out, anyway - hope you enjoy! @Christchurch_NZ @ChristchurchCC @UCNZ
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7 May 2024
I scored 16/20 on MIST-20, better than 62% of the US population. Cool research co-authored from @ucnz researcher Dr Claudia Schneider from @ucnzscience
🧐 yourmist.streamlit.app #misinformation #fakenews
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2 May 2024
Packed room to hear from Dr @UsmanAfzali about his work leading the Muslim Diversity Study in NZ @UCNZ @UCNZscience
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5 Apr 2024
Always a privilege and honour to hear @DrStacyWood present - hard act to follow here at @univtennessee marketing department! @UCNZ @NCState
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19 Mar 2024
Loving the kotahitanga against #JohnFromRangiora @Hilary_Barry @LauraTupou @1NewsNZ @NewshubNZ
And just in case you're listening, John...kotahitanga means unity/solidarity/working together
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28 Feb 2024
Back in the chair after nearly 25 years. Donation ban lifted on British Donors. I'm eating all the snacks!!!
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23 Feb 2024
This is the best news ever! I've waited over 20 years to donate again, and now booked in to donate plasma at @NZBlood the morning I'm eligible. Don't know if I'll be the first, but hope I won't be the last - book in now, Brits! @NZStuff @1NewsNZ @Christchurch_NZ
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19 Feb 2024
IC2944 The Running Chicken Nebula taken from my back garden last night - a violently beautiful star birthing area of our universe. @zwoasi 533MC Pro camera on a Redcat51 scope with @iOptronCorp mount. About 4 hours of light data @apod @NASA #astrophotography
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16 Feb 2024
Never forget, we're the ones spinning, not the sky! Taken from Lake Heron, Hakatere Conservation area, where I spent the night on Tuesday #astronomy #astrophotography @apod
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18 Jan 2024
Anyone else finding that the @FlyAirNZ online booking system is down? I would like to give you money, please...cannot book anything
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16 Jan 2024
Insomnia struck, so went and did something productive on the banks of Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere)
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15 Jan 2024
Damn near wet my pants trying to figure out which toilet to use with no English translation 🤦
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24 Dec 2023
I've pre-registered to donate blood/plasma again now that @NZBlood are reviewing their ban on those of us who lived in the UK during the 80s - you can do it, too!
Looking forward to getting in the chair again soon #madcow
nzblood.co.nz/madcow
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10 Dec 2023
Is there a more perfect combination than a person with a camera thinking they're a creative genius and a derivative picture of an overdone scene? I think not! Anyway, here's my pic of #ThatWanakaTree from last week
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