Dorothy – 23/4/99 His passionate desire to paint persisted even when in New Zealand being an artist was not regarded as “a proper job”. Art a fascination from childhood Bill Moore painting at Mount Cook Art shop windows and the McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch were magnets for Bill in his childhood. Drawing and painting…
Dorothy – 16/4/99 Farm passes to Trustees in 1943. As an interim measure while members of the family were still alive the farm was run by trustees. It had become run down because it had been leased out with no overall management plan for the land. Under the management of the Trustees the dairy herd…
Dorothy – 9/4/99 Charteris Bay viewed from a walking track on the Port Hills. Orton Bradley Park on the far side of the harbour is to the right of the houses with Mount Bradley at the top of the Park. Photo source Peter Hunt Where is the Park? Orton Bradley Park is in Charteris Bay…
Dorothy – 2/4/99 The Case of Shirley Primary School versus Telecom Mobile Communications Ltd, Decision 136/98 – Read this article for some background. Interview with Dr Neil Cherry The issue of whether Telecom should be permitted to build a cellsite on the boundary of Shirley Primary School has engaged the interest of New Zealanders since…
Dorothy – 26/3/99 If you haven’t already, you may wish to read part 1 in this series. Timberlands supports research into the wildlife in its native forests. Problems in New Zealand’s native forests “We are now going through what appears to be another wave of mass extinctions which will not stop irrespective of total forest…
Dorothy – 19/3/99 If you haven’t already, you may wish to read part 1 in this series. Beech harvesting – the preliminary trials Visits to Waituna and Slaty Creek Rob explained some of the processes involved in beech harvesting and to let us see the results of the trials took us to sites at Waipuna…
Dorothy – 12/3/99 A look at some of the facts behind this issue that arouses strong emotions. Sustainable logging of native timbers is an issue that arouses strong emotions. In these articles I ‘m going to write about only what I believe are established facts and what I myself have seen. Part 1 will look…
Dorothy – 5/3/99 The craft of weaving a changing art form since the 1950s. Elizabeth Arnold in her studio The work of Elizabeth Arnold, well-known New Zealand weaver, has reflected the changes. It all began at the Ilam School of Fine Arts. In 1965, while a student of the Ilam School of Fine Arts at…
– Dorothy – 26/2/99 When the Christian church is in the headlines in recent times it is most often because of differences in the church over the ordination of gay and lesbian clergy and leaders. The churches are so worried about the intensity of such views that they fear division. The real issue the interpretation…
Dorothy – 26/2/99 Riccarton Road – the most polluted road in Christchurch and growing worse each year. What can be done to improve the situation? Using non-polluting electric buses would be a start. As diesel buses are among the most serious causes of pollution on Riccarton Road a gradual change over to zero emission buses…
