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Bill Moore
Dorothy – 23/4/99 His passionate desire to paint persisted even when in New Zealand being an artist was not regarded as “a proper job”. Art a fascination from childhood Bill Moore painting at Mount Cook Art shop windows and the McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch were magnets for Bill in his childhood. Drawing and painting…
Orton Bradley Park, Part 2: The Park Since The Death Of Its Founder
Dorothy – 16/4/99 Farm passes to Trustees in 1943. As an interim measure while members of the family were still alive the farm was run by trustees. It had become run down because it had been leased out with no overall management plan for the land. Under the management of the Trustees the dairy herd…
Orton Bradley Park Part 1 – The Farm And The Founder
Dorothy – 9/4/99 Charteris Bay viewed from a walking track on the Port Hills. Orton Bradley Park on the far side of the harbour is to the right of the houses with Mount Bradley at the top of the Park. Photo source Peter Hunt Where is the Park? Orton Bradley Park is in Charteris Bay…
Timberlands And Sustainable Management Of Native Forests – Part 3
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…
Timberlands And Sustainable Management Of Native Forests – Part 2 Timberlands West Coast Ltd,
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…
Timberlands And Sustainable Management Of Native Forests – Part 1 New Zealand native forests
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…
Elizabeth Arnold – Well-known New Zealand Weaver
Dorothy – 5/3/99 The craft of weaving a changing art form since the 1950s. Elizabeth Arnold in her studio The work of Elizabeth Arnold, well-known New Zealand weaver, has reflected the changes. It all began at the Ilam School of Fine Arts. In 1965, while a student of the Ilam School of Fine Arts at…
Zero Emission Electric Buses – Designline
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…
Probus Experiencing Phenomenal Growth
Dorothy – 19/2/99 What is Probus? “I’m not free on Monday morning. It’s Probus!” If that’s a puzzling statement to you it’s time you caught up with what Probus is, because Probus clubs are growing at a phenomenal rate worldwide and in Australia and New Zealand alone the membership is over 130,000 and growing fast….
Ikamatua Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand
Dorothy – 29/1/99 A tiny dot on the map but a fast developing holiday centre How did we find it? We were driving from Greymouth to Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand and had not brought our usual thermos flask of hot water, tea and coffee. It was a…