Everything is information

Everything is information

3 Jul 2023 | Our stories, Storytelling

3 July 2023 A collaboration between scientist Markus Luczak-Roesch and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. In 1975, a student working in Japan made a mistake. They misunderstood some instructions in Japanese and added 1,000 times more of a...
Building a just research system, together

Building a just research system, together

9 Jun 2023 | Our stories

9 June 2023 The global research system is in crisis. One way that we are seeing this unfold is in large-scale planned redundancies at our universities in Aotearoa New Zealand. But the research system isn’t broken, it was built this way. The design of the research...
An egg the size of a fairy sprinkle

An egg the size of a fairy sprinkle

2 Jun 2023 | Our stories, Storytelling

2 June 2023 A collaboration between scientist Chrissie Painting and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Anna Brown. “Found some!” I let out a sigh of relief and turn towards my colleague’s voice coming somewhere from among a tangle of logs and vines. Above me a kākā...
Do we build the dam?

Do we build the dam?

1 May 2023 | Our stories, Storytelling

1 May 2023 A collaboration between research assistant Claire Grant and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. “Right, let’s go Pup!” Dad sing-songs to our dog Blue as she bounces from left to right, bow-wowing at the top of her lungs. She’s just as...
Te Pūnaha Matatini supports summer interns

Te Pūnaha Matatini supports summer interns

2 Mar 2023 | Our stories

Image: Rachel Liu (front) and Anya Christiansen undertook archaeological field work on Ahuahu Great Mercury Island as part of their summer internship. 2 March 2023 It’s lucky that Jed Thompson-Fawcett’s summer internship supervisor didn’t tell him how much the...