Phily Seynnej – Citizen of the World – 3/4/98 “I ACCUSE” (EMILE ZOLA, 13 JAN. 1898) The dark side of the proposed Code of Social and Family Responsibility. Open letter to the people of New Zealand. One hundred years ago, the French writer Emile Zola wrote an open letter, published on the front page of…
– Dorothy – 24/12/97 Warm Season’s Greetings to all our readers Christmas and New Year Greetings to you all from the staff of Plain Communications Ltd and especially from those involved in producing NZine. December 24 – one day until Christmas. There are decorations everywhere and carols are playing. Worcester Boulevard in Christchurch – Christmas…
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…
– Kelly – 16/1/97 All four members of the band Hampster – Conrad Frankland, Carmel Courtney, James Wilkinson and Matthew Lawrence – are Christchurch born and educated, and the band has stayed surprisingly close to its roots, becoming an icon of the Christchurch music scene. Hampster has developed a strong reputation for skilled musicianship and…
– Dorothy – 12/12/96 “Who escapes change in NZ today?” I think that phrase sums up New Zealand life in the late eighties and nineties. Gone are the days when people went into one job and stayed there for all their working life. Now government policy makers have made countless changes and we have to…
“surrender and be enslaved, or die” Review – Kelly – 12/12/96 “Treasures from Inner Mongolia, The Heritage of Genghis Khan” opened on the 23rd of November and runs until the 5th of January at the Canterbury Museum on Rolleston Avenue. Hours are 9.00am to 5.30pm daily, last entry 4.30pm. This exhibition is very professionally run…
