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Apirana Taylor’s poetry “te ata kura the red-tipped dawn”
Dorothy – 04/12/04 Canterbury University Press publishes its first volume of poetry te ata kura the red-tipped dawn This new volume of poetry by Maori and Pakeha poet, Apirana Taylor, widens the scope of the poems presented on his remarkable CD Footprints in Tears Thumbprints in Blood. <!– Click here to view a larger version…
Canterbury University helps Paralympians
Reprinted from the University of Canterbury’s “Chronicle” – 19/11/04 Sports scientists at the University of Canterbury can take a bow for the part they played in the New Zealand Paralympic team’s impressive medal haul in Athens last month. In all, University staff helped 12 of this year’s 36 New Zealand paralympians in their preparation for…
Bob Gormack’s Nag’s Head Press
Dorothy – 12/11/04 If you are a lover of New Zealand books, you will probably have heard of Bob Gormack and seen some of the books printed by him at Nag’s Head Press in Christchurch – beautiful small volumes printed in hand-set type on an antique Harrild & Sons printing press. Bob Gormack Click here…
University of Canterbury’s expert help to Olympic athletes
Reprinted from the University of Canterbury’s “Chronicle” When cyclist Sarah Ulmer said after the Olympic Games that her Olympic success was a victory for all those who had helped her prepare for the Athens Games, she was referring to people like the mechanical engineering and sport science experts at the University of Canterbury. Sarah Ulmer…
Moreton’s Moleskins – all season world-wide suppliers
An interview with menswear specialist Geoff Moreton Dorothy – 08/10/04 Geoff Moreton is a well-known figure at Moreton’s Trouser House selling Moleskins and other menswear. Now he also sells worldwide through the Moleskin website. While keeping up with fashion trends he has to carry adequate stocks of summer and winter clothing to satisfy his customers…
Extinct storm petrel DNA
Jane Lucas – 08/10/04 A brown envelope from Paris containing tissue samples from the extinct New Zealand storm petrel has just arrived for Bruce Robertson to begin a taxonomic study on the bird. New Zealand storm petrel Click here to view a larger version These are important pieces in the puzzle in determining the taxonomy…
Proposed Fiordland Link Experience
Dorothy -17/09/04 Richly varied experiences possible in one day The uniquely beautiful town of Queenstown, a catamaran trip across Lake Wakatipu, following a back country road in an all-terrain vehicle, an amazing monorail journey through beech forest, arrival at Lake Te Anau, a bus trip to Milford Sound, a Red Boat trip on Milford Sound…
Dusky Sound where Captain Cook sailed and landed in 1770
Warwick (New Zealand Expatriate) – 9/5/98 (updated 20/02/04) Travelling to Fiordland in New Zealand’s South Island, first to Lake Manapouri, then over the Wilmot Pass to Doubtful Sound, by boat to Dusky Sound, scuba diving, exploring old wrecks, fishing, and visiting sites where Captain Cook, sealers, prospector William Docherty and bird-lover Richard Henry had been…
Styx Mill Conservation Reserve Christchurch
An interview with Christine Heremaia Dorothy – 10/09/04 Styx Mill Conservation Reserve has been identified as an important ecological site and ponding area. Planning of the Reserve is the responsibility of the Greenspace Unit of the Christchurch City Council led by Christine Heremaia. It is one of the few wetland areas left in Christchurch and…
Loathe thy neighbour
Reprinted from Canterbury, the magazine for alumni and friends of the University of Canterbury – Volume 1, no. 1 – Winter 2004 Diana Moir – 23/07/04 “Ever since New Zealand declined to join the Australian Federation in 1901, Australia and New Zealand’s national stories have ignored each other,” Dr Philippa Mein Smith says. “Yet that…