Kathleen Gallagher – 21/7/00 Plays written by Kathleen Gallagher, Kate Winstanley and Gen Rippingale. Kathleen Gallagher Photo source Kathleen Gallagher Women’s Action Theatre (WAT) was born in December 1985 in Christchurch. Kate Winstanley and I met and started writing the script of what was to become Mothertongue. Katy Yiakmis, Annamarie Jagose and Alison Dalziel joined…
Yvette Adams – 14/7/00 Yvette Adams sent this letter to NZine asking expatriate New Zealanders to help her with information for her research. I am a freelance journalist and am currently researching a story about the ‘brain drain’ the flow of young, skilled and qualified New Zealanders to more lucrative posts overseas. To date I…
Photos Supplied By Bill Moore – 16/6/00 Murray Gunn Reflections Seen On Day One Click here for a larger version Martins Bay Click here for a larger version The Sandspit At The Mouth Of The Hollyford River At Martins Bay Click here for a larger version White Heron Click here for a larger version The…
Nandor Tanczos, Green MP – 9/6/00 The Government has finally announced the details of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into genetic engineering. It does not include a moratorium on new field trials as the Greens had insisted. The question is, have we been screwed? The answer, like so many things in politics, is yes and…
Dorothy – 02/06/00 In 1984 Sir Lawrence Govan was knighted for his services to industry and the community. This honour will no longer be awarded in New Zealand so I decided to write up the career of one of our last knights. It may be read as an outline of Lawrie’s career or of the…
Dorothy – 5/5/00 An interview with Maurice Agar, Chairman of Canterbury Tennis Incorporated The Hilary Commission which is a major funder of sport throughout New Zealand undertakes research to assist in the allocation of funding. In the course of this research they found that the number of New Zealanders who play tennis at least once…
Restorative Justice Nandor Tanczos MP – 21/4/00 Last year we voted in a referendum on the nature of our justice system. When asked whether we supported more rights for victims of crime and longer sentences and hard labour for violent criminals, 92 per cent of us voted yes. Nandor Tanczos Photo source Presto I was…
Dorothy – 14/4/00 Are you or one of your family thinking of “buying” a unit in a commercial retirement village? Before you decide to move into a unit in a retirement village read very carefully all the details in the financial arrangements and get advice from your lawyer. Christchurch lawyer, Leo Steel, is concerned about…
Dorothy – 31/3/00 The Canterbury Volunteer Centre – where volunteer work is promoted and supported. Many people who have sought new experiences and contacts or who have had time to spare have found that being a volunteer has been a fulfilling growth experience. What is the Canterbury Volunteer Centre? The Canterbury Volunteer Centre is a…
Dorothy – 24/3/00 The Hon. Don McKinnon looks back on his twenty one years in Parliament. Don Mckinnon Photo source New Zealand National Party Before he left New Zealand to take up his new position as Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon delivered his valedictory address to the New Zealand Parliament. The timing of this valedictory…
