
Ekant Veer
@veerofftrack
Professor/Nerd at @UCNZ - often sarcastic- prone to ranting - sometimes takes pictures of sparkly things - thoughts are mine
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https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/business/contact-us/people/ekant-veer.html 11-08-2010 20:10:11
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I've pre-registered to donate blood/plasma again now that NZ Blood Service 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




Anyone else finding that the Air New Zealand online booking system is down? I would like to give you money, please...cannot book anything

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 Astronomy Picture of the Day

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 iOptron astronomy mount. About 4 hours of light data Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA #astrophotography


This is the best news ever! I've waited over 20 years to donate again, and now booked in to donate plasma at NZ Blood Service 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! Stuff 1News ChristchurchNZ




Always a privilege and honour to hear @DrStacyWood present - hard act to follow here at Univ. of Tennessee marketing department! University of Canterbury NC State University


Packed room to hear from Dr Usman Afzali about his work leading the Muslim Diversity Study in NZ University of Canterbury UC Science | Te Kaupeka Pūtaiao



Sick of #aurora photos yet? Yeah, me too - but here are some from my night out, anyway - hope you enjoy! ChristchurchNZ Christchurch City Council University of Canterbury


With my 1 #PhD (unrelated to anything useful) and meagre budget I was able to take this pic...imagine what I could do with Hubble or ESA Webb Telescope's budget. Basically, I'm crowdfunding for my own space telescope - who wants in 😅 NASA European Space Agency Astronomy Picture of the Day


Ka rawe to Drs. Gath and Hurley - this year's joint Emerging Research Fellows from CMRF receiving $220,000 towards their research University of Canterbury Child Well-being Research Institute University of Otago OtagoCHCH 1News The Press Newsroom Stuff cmrf.org.nz/story/two-cant…

