Jessica Doran – 09/12/02 Red Hot Chilli Peppers On a slightly chilly, but otherwise perfect Christchurch spring evening, I joined the thousands of Red Hot Chilli Pepper fans to watch the band perform at Queen Elizabeth II park. Before the opening act of Papa Roach came on, there was a mellow atmosphere mixed with one…
An interview with Aliman de Spa Dorothy – 09/12/02 Think of very fine chocolate and you think of Belgian chocolate and of de Spa chocolate – handmade from the finest ingredients like Belgian couverture and New Zealand butter and cream, offering seventy different types and always sold when really fresh for the greatest appeal to…
An interview with menswear specialist Geoff Moreton Dorothy – 03/12/02 At Moretons Trouser House Geoff Moreton sells Moleskins and other menswear through the store or the Moleskin website. He keeps up with fashion trends and stocks quality clothing at moderate prices. Geoff Moreton shows a customer a business shirt and tie. Geoff Moreton has been…
Dorothy – 22/11/02 Ashburton, the town centre of Mid Canterbury, is flourishing and the home of enterprises: designline, the largest bus and coach building firm in the Southern Hemisphere Five Star Beef, New Zealand’s largest beef finishing feedlot, producing top quality grain-fed beef for export to Japan Lake Hood, a man-made lake, an imaginative development…
Matthew Appleby – 08/11/02 From Captain Cook to the Rainbow Warrior and the recent coups in Fiji, Pacific history has long fascinated Associate Professor Dr Ian Campbell (History). His attachment to, and scholarship of, the region recently gained a wider audience when a fifth country published his standard text on the Pacific Islands. Les insulaires…
Dorothy – 08/11/02 In November 2001 Dr Neil Cherry, known around the world for his research into the health threat from electromagnetic radiation, received the news that he had been awarded the honour – Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his work as a scientist, an educator, and in the community….
Dennis O’Brien – 08/11/02 On the night of April 3rd 1972 at approximately 1am, some observers in the South Island reported sighting bright objects “flaring, disappearing and re -appearing”. Some observers reported sightings at Manapouri, some reported seeing 15 to 20 or more pieces over Queenstown and Clyde, some saw 7 to 9 objects with…
Professor Roger Keey – 25/10/02 The old, convenanted area of Hanmer Forest, once proclaimed a forest recreation reserve for public recreation, is now privately owned land. Is public access at risk? Hanmer Forest needs to be maintained in the future for public enjoyment, for recreation and for education. It needs to be returned into public…
Dorothy – 25/10/02 Oamaru – a New Zealand town proud of its history and inviting photography Oamaru, the main centre serving North Otago, attracts visitors by its fine Victorian Whitestone buildings, gardens, penguin colonies, and opportunities for trips into the surrounding countryside to see natural wonders like the Moeraki Boulders, historical sites like the Totara…
Alister Hunt – 11/10/02 To: The Editor NZine As you are aware there has been widespread media coverage in New Zealand recently of many new homes leaking badly and rotting. Most of the coverage so far has concerned the effects on house owners. Fair enough, but I believe there are more fundamental questions to be…
