Victoria Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Dorothy – 11/10/02 The soldiers of the Nineteenth Infantry Battalion and Armoured Regiment (South Island Branch) who fought in the Second World War are honoured in a beautiful living memorial in Christchurch in Victoria Park on the Cashmere Hills. The planting in the area is full of symbolism, and plaques…
Dorothy – 27/09/02 I was privileged to visit the Gandhi photographic exhibition at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch in the complany of Zarine Malik, the daughter of the photographer D R D Wadia who took the photographs of Gandhi in the 1940s. Zarine Wadia Malik’s enthusiasm for the photographs would inspire any visitor to share…
Dorothy – 30/08/02 Travel from Arthur’s Pass across New Zealand’s Southern Alps to Otira and you can experience native bush, see impresssive Mount Rolleston, explore the Chasm and the Dobson Nature Walk, visit the Temple Basin skifield, view the engineering achievement of the Otira Viaduct, see rata in the awesome Otira Gorge and see for…
Reprinted from the University of Canterbury’s “Chronicle” – 30/08/02 University Council member Judge Stephen Erber gave the oration for Justice Andrew Tipping of the Court of Appeal, who was presented for an honorary LLD at the University of Canterbury’s afternoon graduation ceremony on Wednesday April 17. “A life in the law is not for everyone….
An interview with Roger Morris Dorothy – 16/08/02 Roger Morris is becoming increasingly well-known as one of New Zealand’s serious painters, but it took a long time for him to realise that painting was to be his life work. Others who feel uncertain about what direction their lives should follow will take courage from reading…
Dorothy – 02/08/02 Maud Pember Reeves (née Robison), one of the influential New Zealand women of her generation, grew up to be part of Christchurch’s social set, but sought tertiary education, mixed in political circles after marrying socialist politician William Pember Reeves, was an active supporter of women’s suffrage and after moving to London joined…
Dorothy – 02/08/02 Maud Pember Reeves (née Robison), one of the influential New Zealand women of her generation, grew up to be part of Christchurch’s social set, but sought tertiary education, mixed in political circles after marrying socialist politician William Pember Reeves, was an active supporter of women’s suffrage and after moving to London joined…
Margaret – 19/07/02 Am I alone in feeling that the coverage of the 2002 election focuses almost solely on the Party Leaders, the Party Vote and the polls? Everything I have seen on TV or heard on radio presents Helen Clark, Bill English, Jeanette Fitzsimons, Rod Donald, Winston Peters, Richard Prebble, Jim Anderton, Laila Harre,…
Dorothy – 19/07/02 New Zealanders have reason to be proud of the high quality of the dietary supplements available to us and the wise advice which the staff of health food stores offer us on their use. New Zealand manufacturers of dietary supplements and other health products have earned a high reputation for the quality…
Dorothy – 19/07/02 Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier attract thousands of visitors each year because they can be viewed easily by travelling only a short distance from the main highway along the West Coast of New Zealand. Franz Josef Glacier can be viewed by travelling 5km south of the village to the carpark and…
