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

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!

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-cant…

With my 1 #PhD (unrelated to anything useful) and meagre budget I was able to take this pic...imagine what I could do with @NASAHubble or @ESA_Webb's budget. Basically, I'm crowdfunding for my own space telescope - who wants in 😅

@NASA @esa @apod

Sick of #aurora photos yet? Yeah, me too - but here are some from my night out, anyway - hope you enjoy! @Christchurch_NZ @ChristchurchCC @UCNZ

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

Packed room to hear from Dr @UsmanAfzali about his work leading the Muslim Diversity Study in NZ @UCNZ @UCNZscience

Always a privilege and honour to hear @DrStacyWood present - hard act to follow here at @univtennessee marketing department! @UCNZ @NCState

Loving the kotahitanga against #JohnFromRangiora @Hilary_Barry @LauraTupou @1NewsNZ @NewshubNZ

And just in case you're listening, John...kotahitanga means unity/solidarity/working together

Back in the chair after nearly 25 years. Donation ban lifted on British Donors. I'm eating all the snacks!!!

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

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

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

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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Insomnia struck, so went and did something productive on the banks of Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere)

Damn near wet my pants trying to figure out which toilet to use with no English translation 🤦

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

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