– Dorothy – 28/11/97 Defeat of Pam Corkery’s bill These have been much in the news this week with the defeat of Pam Corkery’s Private Member’s Bill prohibiting the erection of cellphone towers within 300 metres of schools. Twin towers in Hamilton Today the erection of twin towers beside Sacred Heart College and a Hamilton…
– Dorothy – 21/11/97 Travelling along State Highway 1 between Christchurch and Picton State Highway 1 carries a lot of traffic at any time, but during the summer and especially in the holiday period it is a very busy road. Our family have travelled it many times en route from Christchurch to Picton, Nelson or…
Dorothy – 13/11/97 Moratorium on approval for further Casinos The bill proposing a moratorium on approval for further casinos in New Zealand received enough support in Parliament for it to be referred to a Select Committee. That committee is expected to report back by the end of this month (November). There are widely divergent views…
Dorothy – 30/10/97 Methven – country town, winter sports centre, now summer resort thanks to enterprising people There is evidence that before the pakeha settlers came, moa-hunting parties passed through this area, but there was no Maori settlement. Aerial view of Methven, photo taken on a balloon ride by Evan Glass. (Click on the image…
Dorothy – 16/10/97 Why was $300,000 of public money allocated to this programme? When it was first proposed by Communicado in 1995 it was refused funding by New Zealand on Air. After a strong protest letter from Neil Roberts, at that time working with Communicado, NZOA granted $300,000 as funding and TVNZ assisted with the…
Dorothy – 9/10/97 Canterbury Dialogues Building Social Cohesion – based on an interview with Mark Prain, the General Manager of Sustainable Cities Social Capital “While no-one has yet produced the definitive answer to the question of how a nation goes about accumulating social capital, there are four characteristics which are found in communities that have…
Dorothy – 2/10/97 Will proposed changes to benefits BENEFIT beneficiaries? Is the real problem dependency or poverty? Two Conferences look at the situation of beneficiaries and benefits in New Zealand, one emphasising dependency and possible patterns for change, the other looking at the real face of poverty in this country. You will probably want to…
– Dorothy – 2/10/97 A business that has grown from a small country business to a worldwide network through Kiwi skills, ingenuity and flexibility. Rural beginnings William Hamilton, founder of the company, was born in 1899 in South Canterbury. He was brought up on Ashwick Station near Fairlie. A lover of the Canterbury countryside, in…
Dorothy – 25/9/97 An interview with Brenda Lowe, manager of Emergency Relief at the Christchurch Methodist Mission and advocate for beneficiaries. “I’m not talking about poverty and hardship as someone who has never experienced them”, said Brenda as we began to talk. Brenda’s life story She was the older of two girls in a family…
Dorothy – 25/9/97 Walks and Mountain Bike Tracks on the Port Hills The Port Hills south of Christchurch not only give the city a distinctive character with its houses built at the foot of the hills and increasingly on the lower slopes. They also provide a range of interesting walks, mountain bike rides and scenic…
