Neville Peat Reviewed By Dorothy – 16/01/03 Wanaka: The Lake Wanaka Region written by Neville Peat is a valuable guide for any visitor to the area, with clear and relevant information about the history, mountains, weather, walks, fishing, skiing and wildlife, but it is also an excellent read for the armchair traveller. A planning guide…
Marion Holland – 18/12/02 New Zealand National SkillEX Competition Successful competitors in New Zealand’s regional competitions took part in the New Zealand National SkillEX competition held in November 2002 in Auckland. The Youth Skills Canterbury team of fourteen contestants achieved outstanding results – five gold medals, two silver and two bronze and a Diploma of…
Jessica Doran – 09/12/02 Red Hot Chilli Peppers On a slightly chilly, but otherwise perfect Christchurch spring evening, I joined the thousands of Red Hot Chilli Pepper fans to watch the band perform at Queen Elizabeth II park. Before the opening act of Papa Roach came on, there was a mellow atmosphere mixed with one…
Matthew Appleby – 08/11/02 From Captain Cook to the Rainbow Warrior and the recent coups in Fiji, Pacific history has long fascinated Associate Professor Dr Ian Campbell (History). His attachment to, and scholarship of, the region recently gained a wider audience when a fifth country published his standard text on the Pacific Islands. Les insulaires…
Dorothy – 27/09/02 I was privileged to visit the Gandhi photographic exhibition at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch in the complany of Zarine Malik, the daughter of the photographer D R D Wadia who took the photographs of Gandhi in the 1940s. Zarine Wadia Malik’s enthusiasm for the photographs would inspire any visitor to share…
Reprinted from the University of Canterbury’s “Chronicle” – 30/08/02 University Council member Judge Stephen Erber gave the oration for Justice Andrew Tipping of the Court of Appeal, who was presented for an honorary LLD at the University of Canterbury’s afternoon graduation ceremony on Wednesday April 17. “A life in the law is not for everyone….
An interview with Roger Morris Dorothy – 16/08/02 Roger Morris is becoming increasingly well-known as one of New Zealand’s serious painters, but it took a long time for him to realise that painting was to be his life work. Others who feel uncertain about what direction their lives should follow will take courage from reading…
Maori writer of impressive versatility Dorothy – 24/05/02 Apirana Taylor Photo source Apirana Taylor The desire to write “in the blood” In answer to the question, “Where did the desire to write come from?” Apirana said, “There are a lot of writers in my family. My father and his brother were both journalists. There were…
News Release Issued for RIANZ by Pead PR – 24/04/02 R&B Hip Hop favourite Che Fu scores a leading seven nominations in the 2002 New Zealand Music Awards -the Tuis. The organisers have today announced finalists for the May 10 awards ceremony at Auckland’s St. James Theatre. Others in the front running with multiple nominations…
A poet who makes the 1940s and 1950s in New Zealand come alive Dorothy – 29/03/02 How did these poems come into being? To quote Lee’s own words: “I was talking with some primary school children about writing poetry. I wanted them to find some of the poems they had inside themselves. Everyone has at…
