Dorothy – 27/8/99 Leslie Kenton Photo source Leslie Kenton Leslie Kenton emigrates to New Zealand and presents workshops based on the principles of shamanism. Why has Leslie Kenton chosen to emigrate to New Zealand? "I fell in love with New Zealand twenty years ago. I remember the first day that I arrived. I was at…
Dorothy – 6/8/99 “A life of unbelievable privilege” – an interview with the Very Rev. Dr Alan Brash. Part 3 – fresh challenges, but no longer in aid work. If you haven’t already done so, you may wish to read Part One of this series. 1974 -99 Appointed Deputy General Secretary of the WCC Administrative…
Dorothy – 30/7/99 “A life of unbelievable privilege” – an interview with the Very Rev. Dr Alan Brash. Part 2 – beyond New Zealand. If you haven’t already done so, you may wish to read Part One of this series. Youth conferences addressed by overseas speakers Highlights in the years between 1957 and 1964 were…
Dorothy – 23/7/99 “A life of unbelievable privilege” – A three part interview with the Very Rev Dr Alan Brash The Very Reverend Alan Brash To focus on the life of New Zealander Alan Brash is to see the Christian church worldwide moving towards ecumenism, early moves towards pacifism in the church in New Zealand,…
Dorothy – 18/6/99 The job of the prison system is not just to punish prisoners by keeping them locked away from the community: it is to prepare them to return to society. Cecelia Lashlie, Manager of the Christchurch Women’s Prison, speaks out. ‘Community Responsibilities in Relation to Prisons’ was the title given to a recent…
Dorothy – 11/6/99 Jill Lloyd chosen to join the New Zealand team to compete in the World Dressage Championships in Denmark in July Jill with a Christchurch RDA mount, Dancer Photo source Jill Lloyd Jill began riding when she was ten years old and got her first horse when she was twelve. Caring for her…
Zela – 2/4/99 New problems as we live longer While politicians are busy rethinking all the old issues, the rest of us could start to think about the new problems that have emerged during these last years of the century concerning age and our attitudes to different stages of life. The stages aren’t clear cut,…
– 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 – 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….
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…
