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The Calicivirus – Part 3
Dorothy – 20/6/98 Can this virus endanger the health of human beings? More on the Interview with Dr Al Smith. If you haven’t already, you may want to read Part 1. Potential human health effects The possibility of human health effects worried the researchers in the very beginning because they knew that four out of…
The Calicivirus – Part 2
Dorothy – 13/6/98 Dr Al Smith becomes involved in the debate about the safety of using the calicivirus to control rabbits. If you haven’t already, you may want to read Part 1. How did Dr Smith get involved? He has worked for more than twenty five years with caliciviruses. One morning he read on the…
The Calicivirus – Part 1
Dorothy – 6/6/98 Interview with Dr Al Smith, long time researcher into caliciviruses U.S. navy initiated research Dr Smith’s involvement with the calicivirus began in 1972 when he was given the task of exploring the possibility of diseases in the ocean which might be transmittable to people working in the ocean with marine mammals and…
Mona Vale – Christchurch beauty spot
Dorothy – 23/5/98 One of the places that gives Christchurch the name, ‘The Garden City’. Go to Mona Vale on any fine day and you will find people of many nationalities enjoying the beauty and serenity of this place. Why is Mona Vale so popular? The Mona Vale homestead Photo source – Nina Proctor (Click…
People Together…Otamatea Eco-Village, Kaiwaka
Lynne – 2/5/98 A permaculture settlement being developed on the Kaipara Harbour in North Auckland “It is a faith in our capacity to develop cultural patterns that will enable us to maintain the integrity and stability of the natural world”. Edward Goldsmith – “The Way” Site of Otmatea Eco-Village showing its peninsular position within the…
The New Zealand Wearable Art Awards * new zealand art *
Conrad – 24/4/98 Season Reign – Annemiek Weterings (Click here for a larger version photo source:Nelson Mail) Please note: this article covers the 1997 New Zealand Wearable Art Awards only. For up to date information please visit the official Website for New Zealand’s International Wearable Art Awards Twenty three year old Wellington artist Annemiek Wetering…
Life Up The Clarence River
Dorothy – 18/4/98 Resilient and resourceful people have maintained their farms through economic and personal crises. Every day cars speed across the Clarence River Bridge, and most take little notice of the valley and the roads leading inland, but that valley has been divided up for sheep farming since 1860 and there farming families led…
The Story Of “Highfield” – A Stud Sheep Farm In The Nelson Province
Dorothy – 3/4/98 An interview with Thomas John Hunt – Thomas 4 – known as John Highfield has been farmed for 125 years and John can say with pride that John and Dorothy Hunt at the Highfield entrance the farm has been passed directly down the Hunt family to this day. Currently John and his…
People Making Changes Issue 35 – Ngima Dorji Sherpa
Dorothy – 13/3/98 For further background you may want to read the related articles about Barry Sligh… Forced to educate himself, Ngima now works to give others the chance of schooling to change their lives… Ngima Dorji Sherpa was a name that came up in the last two articles in People Making Changes describing how…
Having An Attractive Flower Garden During Dry Periods – Part 3
Dorothy – 13/3/98 Hardy plants that cope with dryness – information from Jocelyn Thorpe. You will probably want to read Part 1 and Part 2 in this series if you have not already… Jocelyn Thorpe at the Merivale Garden Centre holds a mixed bowl of hardy plants. Over the last two weeks Jocelyn has suggested…