Pollen scientist, geographer, earth scientist, wife and mother. Aspiring ally for decolonisation. Views are my own.

Joined March 2014
330 Photos and videos
5 Dec 2024
I've relocated. Find me at harakeke_queen.bsky.social

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Kat Holt retweeted
While people are watching the U.S. elections, we in North Gaza can hear heavy shelling and U.S.-sponsored bombs being dropped on us. Remember, whoever wins, they are all war criminals.
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5 Nov 2024
what's this s**t about??
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25 Oct 2024
Will be (briefly) talking pollen tonight on Seven Sharp on TV1. If u sneezin', it's all bad news...
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The first paper from my PhD is published! Hitting this milestone feels amazing and I’m so grateful for all the help and support from my supervisors and co-authors. Check out the paper in the Journal of Quaternary Science ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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23 Sep 2024
Luxon (on ending WFH for public servants): "We want the public service to grow" Ingrid Hipkiss: "You just cut 6000 jobs from the public service"
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17 Sep 2024
So I can't get past the fact that non-one seems to have come up with a rhyming limerick about JD Vance. Seems to be just begging for it: "I knew a man called JD Vance, had a big hole in his underpants..." gotta be some more to add...
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2 Aug 2024
It's that time of the year again! Media enquiries about the yellow stuff everywhere. You can listen to me on The Breeze here apc01.safelinks.protection.o…
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29 Jul 2024
The perils of fieldwork in NZ
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23 Jul 2024
It's that time of year again people!! The yellow mist will be blowing, soon to coat everything in a sulphurish film...
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2 May 2024
Hello friends, I heard on RNZ this morning that the free speech debate at VUW is back on, now with a more representative panel. But I can't find any info on the date or time. Does anyone know when its on? Thinking I might treat myself to a day in Pōneke so I can attend.
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Māori mā - pls make sure you’re registered on the Māori roll by 1 April. Registration numbers on 1 April will be used for the calculations for the number of general and Māori electorates for the 2026 General Election. Let’s get an 8th electorate 🙏🏽 vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-u…

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13 Mar 2024
"That's not my University. The classes are too full"
13 Mar 2024
Just had to share...
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13 Mar 2024
Just had to share...
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13 Mar 2024
what the f*ckity f*ck now?
12 Mar 2024
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says renters are "very grateful" the Government is reintroducing interest deductibility for landlords 👇 1news.co.nz/2024/03/13/rente…
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7 Mar 2024
Pretty tame, but I think I'd be happy with the last interglacial. Nice climate, unspoiled forests, megafauna, relatively low human popn....
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Interested in the volcanic history of the Mid to Late Holocene recorded in Antarctic ice cores? Check out or new paper on cryptotephras in these records! sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @THERA_4ever @ERC_Research @unibern

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