Synovus Technology @modalcontrol

At the 2022 NZ Biosecurity Forum today to learn about the refresh and refocus of Aotearoa New Zealand's biosecurity system. Great to see invasive species already in NZ being given more prominance.

@ahi_andy Thx Andy. You hilight the mismatch of founder & VC motivations at start of dance. Founders must B super clear about this to understand motives of VC yes or no. VC no doesn't invalidate founder as other investors may bring different belief to same evidence. Have a great weekend.

@ahi_andy Yes the metrics and models are the evidence but if these get VC to 90% yes given we all know the future will play out differently then how does founder cross the last 10% to yes. Does a VC exist who will say 100% yes just on the evidence?? Ratio of head:heart.

This is one area of invasive predator discussion where our neighbour's across the ditch are further ahead than we are in New Zealand. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Today we switched our office electricity supply to #ecotricity so our power is now 100% from #renewables. This may remove around five tonnes of #carbon from our annual budget. A small step but a step none the less.

So looking forward to 2022 after a restrictive 2021. Follow us on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/synovu… for progress updates and see our blog, "Two in the Bush", at modalcontrol.com/forum for longer form reads and think pieces. Comments always welcome.

If not now then when will be the right time to talk about #feralcat control as part of our Predator Free aspirations stuff.co.nz/environment/12…

Things that go bump in the night when your tap bait goes missing. Possum trap disturbance youtu.be/_vcsPvtWpog via @YouTube

@ExtremeSRO @iceandy And can this can be learned by understanding who you are not and what doesn't move you.?

@iceandy 3D CAD and GIS

Today, Nov 13, is the 91st anniversary of the passing of #richardhenry of #resolutionisland a father of New Zealand conservation and an innovator at the dawn of the fight against invasive predators. We remember and salute him. modalcontrol.com/blog/richard-h…

This week Synovus Technology has been approved for #InnovationIP co-founding from Callaghan Innovation @callaghannz. So looking forward to working with the team at #PotterIP to develop our IP strategy.

@iceandy Use Google sheets and see stackoverflow.com/questions/2336…. That way you are in the cloud from the get go.

Our image galleries of seven different offshore island #predator eradication projects are now live at modalcontrol.com/islands.html. Share our journey to see some incredible #conservation work. #greatbarrier #stewartisland #lordhowe #stagnes #islesofscilly #orkney #lewis #uist

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The future has to include better predator surveillance technology to save time, money and heartache.

Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne @ZEALANDIA

8 years ago

2 months, 8,000+ trap-nights, 100s of eggs and 1 mustelid dog later, we are satisfied that ZEALANDIA is weasel-free! 🙌 Huge thanks to all the wonderful volunteers and staff who helped with this massive operation.

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Currently on Stewart Island learning more about Predator Free Rakiura. The local school children traps rats along bush paths. Maybe all schools should do this. #stewartisland #rakiura

Great news #zealandia got the weasel intruder. Kaka, parakeet, saddleback, stitchbird, pateke etc still safe. NZ forest how it should be.