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…
Dorothy – 03/12/04 The thirteen children of Tarras School wrote his story to raise funds for their school Book’s cover Click here to view a larger version Shrek, the merino sheep was born on Bendigo Station in Central Otago, but hiding in a cave on the remote hill country of the station he eluded musterers…
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…
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…
An immigrant looks back at twenty years in New Zealand Changing countries for a husband’s career can mean major changes for his wife. Dorothy – 24/09/04 Margit talked to me about migrating to another country because of her husband’s career and about having to change her lifestyle and interests so that she could cope in…
In 1973 Tony Pawlowski came to New Zealand from Wales as a young fit single man. Dorothy – 24/09/04 Tony served in the New Zealand army, then created a career working with computers. Immigrants planning to come to New Zealand will benefit by readingTony Pawlowski’s comments on his experiences coming to New Zealand as an…
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…
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…
Roger and Daphne came to New Zealand from Britain in 1962. Dorothy – 03/09/04 Their primary reason for migrating to New Zealand was that Roger had been appointed as a lecturer to the new Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Canterbury. Migration at that time was easy and common. Daphne had been contemplating coming…
Dorothy – 20/08/04 Legally New Zealanders had religious freedom and there was no discrimination against any group, but in the period 1925-50 in the community there was still a marked gap between Protestants and Roman Catholics, and many in each group regarded members of the other group with suspicion and sometimes dislike. The choruses of…
