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A Flying Nun – hot-air balloon
Sister Leonie O’Neill – 16/7/99 Up! Up! and Away!! It was 3.32 a.m. on Christmas Eve … 3.32 a.m.! The phone shrieked urgently. I was awake in a flash! “Up, up and away! A perfect morning for flying, Sister. Be at the George Hotel at 4.30 a.m.” Normally my body clock is slow in the…
Changing Roles, Changing Goals – Graduate women
Val Elley – 9/7/99 What lies ahead for the New Zealand Graduate Woman? What are the employment opportunities? This two part article is based on a paper I presented at the IFUW Conference held at Graz, Austria, in August 1998. Part 1 – Graduate women in careers Val Elley To set the scene for this…
Canterbury’s Inland Scenic Route To The South – Highway 72
Dorothy – 2/7/99 So you are planning to drive south from Christchurch. If time is an issue of course you will follow State Highway 1 and join the busy flow of traffic on the main route. In clear weather you will see the foothills of the Southern Alps in the distance on your right. Why…
Alan Duff’s “Books In Homes” Programme
Warwick Elley – 2/7/99 Millions of people have heard Alan Duff’s name through his books and films, especially “Once were Warriors” and now “What becomes of the Broken Hearted?” In these books and films he shows his understanding of the difficult lives of disadvantaged families. Not so many people are aware of the work he…
People Making Changes 40 – Triumph For Disabled Rider
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…
Travel Clubs
Dorothy – 28/5/99 Travel Clubs – groups for those who travel and those who are interested in the world beyond our islands. An Air New Zealand advertisement used to call itself “the airline of the world’s greatest travellers” – a claim that may be hard to substantiate statistically. However that may be, few countries would…
Urgent Need For Change – Ridley Interview Part 1
Dorothy – 21/5/99 Indicators for continued economic growth world wide are positive BUT the key environmental indicators are negative so change to a Sane Humane Ecological future is imperative. Is this feasible? Part 1 of a three part interview with George Ridley George Ridley Photo source George Ridley How should a country’s economy be organised?…
The Christchurch Shuttle – electric bus, designline
Therese Banks – 14/5/99 – a magnet for passengers, a boost for the inner city and a boon for the environment. The Shuttle in action. Photo source Peter Hunt Catching the Christchurch Shuttle at a popular time means joining a queue with people of all ages. A leap forward in technology The technology for electrically…
designline – Vehicles Turning More And More People Into Passengers
Therese Banks – 7/5/99 Plan a long bus journey and you will be wise to book in advance to travel on one of the popular luxury coaches which offer you the ultimate in luxury. No longer does bus travel mean boarding a standard vehicle which makes no concessions to passengers’ needs or to the demands…
Modular Manufacturing -designline – Is A World Leader
Therese Banks – 30/4/99 designline – the name we see on the back of so many buses What is designline? The view thousands of drivers see in traffic every day designline is a company which has grown from small beginnings in 1985. It is now the major bus producer in New Zealand and is gaining…