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Enterprising Ashburton
Dorothy – 22/11/02 Ashburton, the town centre of Mid Canterbury, is flourishing and the home of enterprises: designline, the largest bus and coach building firm in the Southern Hemisphere Five Star Beef, New Zealand’s largest beef finishing feedlot, producing top quality grain-fed beef for export to Japan Lake Hood, a man-made lake, an imaginative development…
Neil Cherry updates EMR articles and sets up a Website
Dorothy – 08/11/02 In November 2001 Dr Neil Cherry, known around the world for his research into the health threat from electromagnetic radiation, received the news that he had been awarded the honour – Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his work as a scientist, an educator, and in the community….
Pacific history translated into French
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…
Oamaru – penguins and Victorian Whitestone buildings
Dorothy – 25/10/02 Oamaru – a New Zealand town proud of its history and inviting photography Oamaru, the main centre serving North Otago, attracts visitors by its fine Victorian Whitestone buildings, gardens, penguin colonies, and opportunities for trips into the surrounding countryside to see natural wonders like the Moeraki Boulders, historical sites like the Totara…
Hanmer Forest: The Covenanted Area
Professor Roger Keey – 25/10/02 The old, convenanted area of Hanmer Forest, once proclaimed a forest recreation reserve for public recreation, is now privately owned land. Is public access at risk? Hanmer Forest needs to be maintained in the future for public enjoyment, for recreation and for education. It needs to be returned into public…
Memorial to the Nineteenth Infantry Battalion and Armoured Regiment: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1939-1945
Victoria Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Dorothy – 11/10/02 The soldiers of the Nineteenth Infantry Battalion and Armoured Regiment (South Island Branch) who fought in the Second World War are honoured in a beautiful living memorial in Christchurch in Victoria Park on the Cashmere Hills. The planting in the area is full of symbolism, and plaques…
Justice Tipping – a role in shaping the law of New Zealand
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….
The road from Arthur’s Pass to Otira – a spectacular journey along Highway 73
Dorothy – 30/08/02 Travel from Arthur’s Pass across New Zealand’s Southern Alps to Otira and you can experience native bush, see impresssive Mount Rolleston, explore the Chasm and the Dobson Nature Walk, visit the Temple Basin skifield, view the engineering achievement of the Otira Viaduct, see rata in the awesome Otira Gorge and see for…
A New Zealand artist finds his vocation, An interview with Roger Morris
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…
Maud Pember Reeves – suffragist and socialist
Dorothy – 02/08/02 Maud Pember Reeves (née Robison), one of the influential New Zealand women of her generation, grew up to be part of Christchurch’s social set, but sought tertiary education, mixed in political circles after marrying socialist politician William Pember Reeves, was an active supporter of women’s suffrage and after moving to London joined…