Former New Zealand public servant. Contributor to Koha (https://teapaw.org/t.co/BoyfvkCjeZ) and Wikipedia (Wikisource, Wikidata, Commons). @davidnind@mastodon.nzoss
Oamaru, New Zealand
Joined July 2010
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WikiCon Australia 2026 - submissions close soon!
Whether you're interested in giving a lightning talk, leading a workshop, or participating in a roundtable discussion, we would love to hear from you. The deadline for submissions is Friday, 5 December 2025.
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Even…
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The largest study on human happiness revealed something that blew me away.
After 80 years of data, the #1 predictor of your health, wealth, and happiness isn’t what you think.
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🌳 Around the country, native forests and croplands are being destroyed by out-of-control and ever-increasing populations of deer, goats, and pigs.
What is the Government doing about it? Proposing to protect these pest species as ‘herds of special interest’.
What New Zealand actually needs is a nationally coordinated action plan to get these pests under control. Native forests can protect us from climate change, but only if we protect them first.
Read the article: f.mtr.cool/tdvgbppprq
📢 Submissions on the draft herd management plans are now open. Have your say before 8 December!
🔗 Link to consultations and our media release are in the comments
#SaveConservationLand
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The action packed schedule for the week - keynote speakers, presentations, cultural day, and working together days 2025.kohacon.org/schedule/
#KohaCon25
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Many thanks to the organisers and partners for all their hard work to make the event possible 2025.kohacon.org/partners/
#KohaCon25
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KohaCon25, the Koha Community's annual international conference, starts in (checks calendar)... 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 days!
Safe travels for those travelling to Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
#KohaCon25
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I was actually in hospital during one of the recent nurses strikes. It was quiet, with fewer staff but there were backups with qualified nurses remaining in place throughout to provide "life supporting" care. I agree with their right to protest and highly value the contribution doctors and nurses make to society (and my care). But it does seem like some of the (union) claims are spurious.
However - one of the nurses I spoke to spends her holidays working on contract in Australia just to keep her family ticking along here in NZ. She should not need to do that.
As a society, for decades we've failed in our collective responsibility to invest in moving up the value chain from being a price-taking, commodities exporting nation. Why we now cannot afford a fully funded health system, high quality education and dignified healthcare. That's the real issue we should ALL be protesting about!
rnz.co.nz/news/national/5766…
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I need to get moving because the guy decided to sell me the drone!! Yay!! But first. A great story about the woman behind OP-SHOPS!! One woman!!
Where is her statue in Melbourne so I can take flowers to it and pay homage??!!!
Lady Millie Tallis.
abc.net.au/news/2025-10-18/l…
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Large Language Models are the technology of the moment, which means there's never been a better time to learn about them.
We've put together a thread that'll get you up to speed faster than you can GPT a guide.
Read on to learn more about this rapidly-growing technology.
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Wikimedians, get ready for Paris! 📷 After Nairobi, #Wikimania2026 lands in the City of Light. This year is extra special, #Wikipedia turns 25! Our guide? Three words: Freedom, Fairness, Reliability. Scholarships open in a few days. Stay tuned! Link in bio. #WikimaniaParis
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Happy launchiversary, Voyager 1! 🥳
48 years ago – on September 5, 1977 – Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to study Jupiter and Saturn up close.
Today, Voyager 1 is about 15 billion miles (25 billion km) from Earth – and still revealing secrets of the cosmos!
ALT This color photograph shows Voyager 1 launching atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center on September 5, 1977. Near the top of the frame, the tip of the rocket is visible. Below, the rocket and launchpad is obscured by billowing white clouds of gas and exhaust. The photograph has a grainy vintage filmic quality, with the brightest colors appearing yellowed and the shadows appearing lavender.
ALT This black and white photograph shows Voyager 1 being encapsulated at Kennedy Space Center ahead of launch. The image is taken from a low angle, looking up at Voyager against a background of clean room scaffolding and infrastructure.
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⏳ Last call to register for #OpenRefine 2025 virtual #Barcamp & submit session ideas! Event runs Sept 8–11.
👉 Register now: forms.gle/nBifPoDgz5pVYumk6
📖 All details: bit.ly/4n9eyw8
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An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
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There's a Rust conference happening in New Zealand next week. Would be fun if you could make it (do you know anyone in Australia or New Zealand worth tagging?)
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The nation's largest polluter @Fonterra continues to erode its social licence. Keep in mind they got $90M in taxpayer funds to convert to bio-energy.
Dairy giant’s convenient omission from coal announcement
Fonterra spends millions of dollars to convert boiler and reduce emissions – then imports cheap wood pellets
newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/06/da…
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“They’re making about 60% of conservation land, that’s 5 million hectares, easier to swap or sell off and weakening the importance of conservation in decision-making. That’s not saving nature in these special places,” says Forest & Bird Chief Executive Nicola Toki.
There is:
🌳 No public mandate
🌳 No warning before the election
🌳 No independent checks and balances
“We have a proud history and legacy of protecting public conservation land that belongs to all of us today, and the future generations tomorrow.”
“Now is the time to protect and restore, not to weaken what remains.”
✋ Say NO to making it easier to sell conservation land.
📨 Use our quick letter tool to write to party leaders:
👉 forestandbird.org.nz/save-co…
#SaveConservationLand
📽️ video credit: 1News, TVNZ
