Dorothy – 11/2/00 If you haven’t already done so, you may wish to read part one of this series. Lake Pukaki to Cromwell – 148km (92 miles) Twizel Eleven kilometres (7 miles) from Pukaki you will see the signs for the town of Twizel. Originally built as a town for the workers on the hydro…
Dorothy – 4/2/00 Geraldine, a beautiful country town where you can relax, go fishing, walk in the bush and look back at history On one of our journeys south we took time to stay two nights in Geraldine and found it most enjoyable. We had been working under pressure before we left, so on the…
Dorothy – 4/2/00 Bent Not Broken – front cover Bent Not Broken The frank account of the life of Lauren Roche who achieves a seemingly impossible ambition after years of destructive experiences Bent Not Broken – front cover – Photo of Lauren by Vlad Petrovic, Images by Woolf, Streetwalker deatil from mural designed by…
Dorothy – 21/1/00 Don McKinnon Photo source New Zealand National Party Every time Don McKinnon gets a little closer to his dream, a new obstacle somehow gets in the way. Not that he’s complaining. The latest “obstacle” is his election as Commonwealth Secretary General, a position he takes up in April in London. Mr McKinnon’s…
Dorothy – 14/1/00 An interview with Bernadette Kernick. Senior English Senior English can involve interactive study? Language study can relate to the way New Zealanders use English innovatively. When senior school students tell us that they are doing Bursary English in their final year at a New Zealand secondary school how many of us know…
Dorothy – 22/12/99 Christmas, Post-Election and Millennium Hopes What are New Zealanders hoping for at Christmas and in the new millennium? Many New Zealanders are at present living with serious problems and are hoping that the new Labour-Alliance Coalition Government elected in November, 1999, will be able to live up to its pledges. Housing For…
Dorothy – 22/12/99 The Mainline Station Restaurant today You’re driving along the main north road between Christchurch and Picton and approaching Domett. You’re growing hungry and thirsty and hoping that soon you will see somewhere to stop for a cuppa or for lunch. Then you see a sign and what, if you are an adult…
Dorothy – 17/12/99 What influences impact powerfully on young people growing up? For Zoe and Alan they were the family, the codes of home discipline, the Church, the school….. Zoe Hepburn (born 1907) looks back. Zoe feels that she had a fortunate upbringing as she had clear guidelines given her about behaviour, but also a…
Dorothy – 3/12/99 The journey from Christchurch to Arthur’s Pass is only 154 km (95 miles) but to appreciate what lies along this road much more time is needed than that distance would suggest. The first road from Christchurch to the West Coast through Arthur’s Pass was finished in 1865. It was built to satisfy…
Dorothy – 26/11/99 In the nineteenth century women worked together and in 1893 New Zealand women gained the right to vote. New Zealand was the first country in the world to grant suffrage to all women over twenty one. What has happened to New Zealand women in the political sphere since? Some milestones since 1893…
