Dorothy – 19/2/99 What is Probus? “I’m not free on Monday morning. It’s Probus!” If that’s a puzzling statement to you it’s time you caught up with what Probus is, because Probus clubs are growing at a phenomenal rate worldwide and in Australia and New Zealand alone the membership is over 130,000 and growing fast….
* NZine * Cellphones – A Boon To Modern Society Or A Threat To Human Health? – Part 2 – electromagnetic radiation, cellphones, health effects of cellphones, Neil Cherry, calcium ion influx, calcium ion influx/efflux, Carl Blackman, Luc Verschaeve, Alzheimer’s disease, apoptosis Dorothy – 5/2/99 Part 1 in the last issue of NZine reported on…
Dorothy – 29/1/99 A tiny dot on the map but a fast developing holiday centre How did we find it? We were driving from Greymouth to Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand and had not brought our usual thermos flask of hot water, tea and coffee. It was a…
* NZine * Cellphones – A Boon To Modern Society Or A Threat To Human Health? – cellphones, RF electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation, brain tumour, Neil Cherry, cell towers, radar, epidemiology, cancer, radio frequency, microwave, emr, emf Dorothy – 29/1/99 Public concern about this question led to an international scientific workshop on possible biological and…
Dorothy – 22/1/99 An interview with Peter Cadigan, superintendent of grounds at the University of Canterbury Peter Cadigan in the Endangered Species Garden Maybe most students, staff and other people who walk through the campus of the University of Canterbury take the gardens for granted, but for Peter Cadigan they have been a passionate interest…
– Dorothy – 11/12/98 Why has the Government made membership of Students’ Associations voluntary and put an embargo on validating payment from student loans for Students’ Association fees? Is it another case of trying to silence its critics? The Students’ Association is the voice of the students. Is this another Government attempt to silence a…
Dorothy – 11/12/98 Farm improvements become well established, but problems become insuperable. Irrigation In the mid fifties a Government scheme was proposed to bring water from the Rakaia River near Barrhill to just west of the Rakaia township. Border dyking was the proposed method to irrigate farmers’ land from Rakaia to the sea. If the…
Dorothy – 4/12/98 If you haven’t already, you may like to read Part 1 of this series. Signs of neglect The house at the time of purchase When Ron took over the farm it was running 500 ewes and they were starving from lack of feed as the place was so run down. It had…
– Dorothy – 4/12/98 Some of the media have recently had a field day featuring the huge debts incurred by students with student loans – debts sometimes incurred because the students used their loans to travel overseas or purchase expensive motorbikes or cars. These are a minority of students, but the government has moved to…
Dorothy – 27/11/98 The story of two Mid-Canterbury farmers working together to build a productive farm from a neglected property at Dorie An interview with Ron and Judith Armstrong Judith and Ron Armstrong Part 1 The years before Dorie Ron and Judith Armstrong gave their best energies and dedication for most of their working lives…
