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Most improved wellbeing factor this lockdown: my youngest now delights in making me a cup of tea ☕️

During Covid, spare a thought for our leaders' mental health. My piece in today's Sunday Star-Times Stuff. stuff.co.nz/national/healt…

It looks like Delta is out and about in our communities up in Auckland and if like me you're horrified and worried the best things we can do in solidarity are not to drop the bloody ball here, - get vaccinated - mask up - make sure your friends and rellies have good safe info

1/n Like many others, I felt grief on Monday when our elimination strategy was downgraded to suppression. I also felt anger, and horror. The horror was familiar. I had felt it back in February 2020, when I wrote this report: health.govt.nz/system/files/d…

Agreed. Scientists often learn these lessons the hard way, in isolation. Great to see wider awareness spreading, more advice on how to do things better.

More exciting tiny bird news! The titipounamu (rifleman) parents on Te Ahumairangi Hill are building their second nest! Just 2 weeks ago I watched their first clutch of chicks leave the nest and now the parents are getting ready to do it all over again! #titipounamu #nzbirds

Great thread on the emerging Omicron picture.

The eruption in Tonga, planet for scale.

All around us, sleeper weeds are quietly spreading – and we often don’t even notice they’re there until it’s too late A Drawing Science collab between @mc_stanley1 and 🌙 Pepper Raccoon 🌙 thespinoff.co.nz/science/09-02-…

The MoH has announced that there will no longer be locations of interest. This account will remain active for the time being, just in case locations of interest return. Keep safe everyone ♥️covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tr…

Get a second booster? I reviewed all 3 studies of a 4th shot vs 3-shots and other relevant data, among with recommendations erictopol.substack.com/publish/post/5…

After seeing news reports of #Covid_19 BA.2.75 strain being called Centaurus, we've been wondering where the name came from. It looks like this tweet is the origin.

Museum returns Moriori ancestral remains rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

I took a look at what viruses are adding to the big strain on hospitals this winter - and what could still return to a re-opened NZ nzherald.co.nz/nz/explained-a…

Congratulations @Jamienzherald best NZ science reporter of 2022 Well deserved! Science Media Centre NZ

Charges against GNS Science over 2019’s tragic eruption have been dropped, while Whakaari’s owners and tour operators will head to trial next year nzherald.co.nz/nz/whakaariwhi…