NZine Team – 18/12/98 All of us at NZine wish you a happy Christmas and New Year. We’re taking a brief break but will be publishing again on January 8. To celebrate the season and to help tide you over the holiday period, we’ve put together a collection of some of our most popular articles…
– 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 – 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…
– Dorothy – 13/11/98 Government shoots messenger and wounds local social services. Which umbrella groups have had a funding cut? The Government’s Community Funding Agency has cut $148,000 in funding support for three voluntary sector umbrella groups, the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, the Council of Social Services and the Federation of Voluntary…
Dorothy – 7/11/98 An interview with Hugh Thorpe, coordinator of the Christchurch ‘Water for Survival’ group. Hugh Thorpe The name says it all. Human beings cannot survive and be healthy without water – to drink, to wash themselves and their clothes, to water their crops. One in four people must carry water home. Yet for…
Dorothy – 30/10/98 An interview with Peter Cadigan, Superintendent of Grounds, University of Canterbury. Peter Cadigan in the azalea garden I have walked in the gardens at Ilam homestead since I was child and always enjoyed their beauty, but the gardens had a new meaning for me after I walked through them with Peter Cadigan…
– Dorothy – 16/10/98 What was the impelling need for the Hikoi? What was the hope? The Hikoi of Hope in Christchurch (Photo Source: Peter Hide of Anglican Care) (Click here for a larger version) Unemployment, poverty, overcrowded and inadequate housing, health problems, and lack of education – these are problems that many New Zealanders…
Dorothy – 25/9/98 An interview with Jackie Steincamp. Jacqueline Steincamp The M.E./ C.F.S. Group (Canterbury) Inc. has recently launched its Website. Health researcher, Jackie Steincamp, has led the team of committee members in preparing the material for the Website. It offers the first steps towards the self help which is vital for improving the health…
– Dorothy – 11/9/98 Parties breaking promises, MPs swapping parties, unexpected political alliances – how do we know what we are voting for? When I heard on the news that if the National Party did not move to a more right wing policy then Act would withdraw its support and force an early election, I…
