An interview with Eleanor Dorothy – 10/09/03 A view of the bay with a pohutukawa flowering in the foreground The Bay of Many Coves right opposite Tory Channel and Arapawa Island, always seemed to Eleanor and her husband and family a truly beautiful place. They spent a holiday in their uncle’s bach in Honeymoon Bay,…
An interview with Eleanor Dorothy – 10/09/03 A view of the bay with a pohutukawa flowering in the foreground The Bay of Many Coves right opposite Tory Channel and Arapawa Island, always seemed to Eleanor and her husband and family a truly beautiful place. They spent a holiday in their uncle’s bach in Honeymoon Bay,…
An interview with Eleanor Dorothy – 29/08/03 The Bay of Many Coves right opposite Tory Channel and Arapawa Island, always seemed to Eleanor and her husband and family a truly beautiful place. They spent a holiday in their uncle’s bach in Honeymoon Bay, and they dreamed of owning a house in the area. They took…
Wind energy and Windflow Dorothy – 26/08/03 Neil strongly believed in the importance of windpower despite much opposition. He believed that it was important for New Zealand to have windfarms to provide electric power at low cost with minimum effect on the environment. This led to his involvement in Windflow Technology with Geoff Henderson. Neil…
Commander Robert Green, Royal Navy (Retired)* – 20/08/03 Address on Anzac Day, 25 April 2003, St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington Part 2 Raising the Alarm The alarm may at last have been raised. In the 2 April edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Brian Vastag wrote that, although the US government…
Dorothy – 28/07/03 Discovering Carol Dawber and River Press has led me to some varied and interesting reading. Carol Dawber’s writing is skilled and polished and the range of topics in her books is evidence of her versatility. She seems equally at home writing history and fiction. The Jacksons of Te Awaiti traces the lives…
Reducing exposure to electromagnetic radiation in homes and improving air quality in Christchurch Dorothy – 28/07/03 Neil’s interest in improving the health of Christchurch people has been wide -ranging – including reducing smog, at first believed to be caused by motor vehicle emissions and later by domestic fires, and reducing people’s exposure to electromagnetic radiation…
Working for a better world – as a politician, a scientist and in the anti-nuclear movement Dorothy – 18/07/03 Neil talks about some special interests – election to the Canterbury Regional Council, opposing use of nuclear power, joining anti nuclear peace groups, countering the claims of ‘Establishment Science’. Entry into local body politics The Regional…
News from the Otago Museum – 18/07/03 One-hundred-and-fifty-million years ago, they roamed what are now the plains of China. Now, these towering prehistoric creatures are about to take over the Otago Museum where the newest attraction in New Zealand will also be the oldest. And unlike the man-made imitations in theme parks or the digital…
A review of Professor Tim Parkin’s book Old Age in the Roman World Reprinted from the University of Canterbury’s Chronicle – 11/07/03
