Dr Neil Cherry – 20/8/99 Our weather in New Zealand is very variable because of our position. We are halfway between the equator and the south pole. This results in the dynamic movement of contrasting weather systems (anticyclones and depressions) which our prevailing westerlies carry onto the country, sometimes in a regular sequence and sometimes…
Dorothy – 2/4/99 The Case of Shirley Primary School versus Telecom Mobile Communications Ltd, Decision 136/98 – Read this article for some background. Interview with Dr Neil Cherry The issue of whether Telecom should be permitted to build a cellsite on the boundary of Shirley Primary School has engaged the interest of New Zealanders since…
Dorothy – 26/3/99 If you haven’t already, you may wish to read part 1 in this series. Timberlands supports research into the wildlife in its native forests. Problems in New Zealand’s native forests “We are now going through what appears to be another wave of mass extinctions which will not stop irrespective of total forest…
Dorothy – 19/3/99 If you haven’t already, you may wish to read part 1 in this series. Beech harvesting – the preliminary trials Visits to Waituna and Slaty Creek Rob explained some of the processes involved in beech harvesting and to let us see the results of the trials took us to sites at Waipuna…
Dorothy – 12/3/99 A look at some of the facts behind this issue that arouses strong emotions. Sustainable logging of native timbers is an issue that arouses strong emotions. In these articles I ‘m going to write about only what I believe are established facts and what I myself have seen. Part 1 will look…
Dorothy – 26/2/99 Riccarton Road – the most polluted road in Christchurch and growing worse each year. What can be done to improve the situation? Using non-polluting electric buses would be a start. As diesel buses are among the most serious causes of pollution on Riccarton Road a gradual change over to zero emission buses…
* NZine * Cellphones – A Boon To Modern Society Or A Threat To Human Health? – Part 2 – electromagnetic radiation, cellphones, health effects of cellphones, Neil Cherry, calcium ion influx, calcium ion influx/efflux, Carl Blackman, Luc Verschaeve, Alzheimer’s disease, apoptosis Dorothy – 5/2/99 Part 1 in the last issue of NZine reported on…
* NZine * Cellphones – A Boon To Modern Society Or A Threat To Human Health? – cellphones, RF electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation, brain tumour, Neil Cherry, cell towers, radar, epidemiology, cancer, radio frequency, microwave, emr, emf Dorothy – 29/1/99 Public concern about this question led to an international scientific workshop on possible biological and…
Dorothy – 2/10/98 An interview with Joy Ashenden of Church Corner Natural Foods. New Zealanders are turning to complementary medicine to cure short term ills and for long term preventive health care. Joy Ashenden We all know that confidence in the New Zealand public health system is at a low ebb and after I talked…
– Paul Bensemann – 2/10/98 Paul Bensemann is Press Secretary to the Green MPs’ in New Zealand. Last month, Parliament threw out draft laws which would have allowed consumers to know, for example, whether animal genes were in their vegetables. Green Co-Leader and MP Rod Donald says New Zealand lost one opportunity to protect itself…
