Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand – 04/06/04 30 May – 22 August 2004 City Gallery Wellington is proud to present Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand in partnership with the Adam Art Gallery, the New Zealand Film Archive and Massey University. Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand (30 May – 22…
Sandy Robertson and Neville Bennett – 28/05/04 The weather forecast is of prime importance when you live on the West Coast. Neville and I listen avidly to the five day forecast before making our plans to visit at the weekend. The weekend of the reopening of the Brunner Suspension Bridge was no exception. But the…
Gillian McDonald – 21/05/04 For the first time in New Zealand a tourism venture, Kiwi Encounter, will enable visitors to Rotorua to see kiwi “conservation in action” and at the same time support a facility dedicated to increasing the numbers of kiwi chicks raised for release in the wild. To add to the excitement, and…
Gabrielle Huria – 14/05/04 A look at the life of Fred Preece, a surviving member of 28 Maori Battalion Gabrielle Huria Reprinted with permission from the Ngai Tahu magazine, “te Karaka” Fred Preece Click here to view a larger version These days the CNN embedded reporters bring war to the comfort of our living room….
Dorothy – 07/05/04 Right in the heart of Wellington the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary sited in a former reservoir catchment offers city dwellers and visitors the chance to walk in New Zealand native bush that still covers much of the Wellington hillsides. More than that because of its predator-proof fence walkers may see any of a…
Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway – 30/04/04 Rangitoto, Auckland’s youngest, largest and most distinctive volcanic cone, stretches lazily across the Auckland skyline, dominating the Auckland Harbour and Gulf with its shifting shades of purple, grey and green. This symmetrical island has become the city’s icon – a symbol of what it means to live in Auckland and…
— 26/4/2004 New Zealand’s icon adventure race the Southern Traverse returns to wilderness style racing in November this year when the event is staged on the South Island’s rugged West Coast. Southern Traverse directors Geoff Hunt and Pascale Lorre have announced the West Coast Development Trust has successfully bid for the event from November 15…
Dorothy – 23/04/04 A bus trip following the course of the Heathcote River with a well-informed and enthusiastic guide greatly changed my view of this river. The trip gave us an insight into the history of the area, its role as a food source and a route for Maori crossing Canterbury, navigation by early colonists,…
An industry expert comments – 19/4/2004 Related article https://www.nzine.co.nz/views/scampi_fishing.html Quotations from Winston Peters’ media statements reveal changed attitudes. Vaughan Hilton Wilkinson left the Ministry of Fisheries in 1988 to work at Simunovich Fisheries. Vaughan is the person at Simunovich who is responsible for the development of its company’s scampi fishing operations. When Vaughan left the…
Jim Crook – Secretary of the Friends of the Botanic Gardens 13/10/00 The gift of Hagley Park and the Botanic Gardens Cherry trees in blossom The early settlers in Christchurch made the infant town a magnificent gift when the Provincial Government dedicated a large area of land close to the town centre as a reserve…
