Life in the Public Works Camps on the Kaikoura Coast in the 1930s Dorothy – 14/12/01 This article is based on an interview with Leslie Walker (nee O’Callaghan) supplemented with information drawn from the stories published in Public Works Camps: Poor Kids’ Paradise compiled by Pauline Blincoe. During the Depression of the 1930s many men…
Wendy Gallagher – 07/12/01 A typical highway scene through the South Island’s Central Otago. Photo source Peter Hunt Summer is here. People who want to take advantage of warm air and sunshine will be thinking about taking road trips. Whether it’s for a Sunday drive for ice cream or a weekend away somewhere, more people…
Dorothy – 07/12/01 No, this is not a reference to page layout – it means something much more important. It means that in mid-December New Zealand school children are donating books which will cross international borders and be sent to Nigeria to help in a campaign to combat illiteracy in Nigeria. Fiona Lovatt Davis How…
Nature Enters Number One Wendy – 30/11/01 New Zealand’s top 30 songs were announced recently at the 2001 APRA Silver Scroll Awards as part of a celebration to mark APRA’s 75th Anniversary. Established in 1926, APRA is a non profit organisation who administer copyrights and royalties of worldwide songwriters and publishers in Australia and New…
Dorothy – 30/11/01 A Stewart Island/Rakiura holiday centred round Halfmoon Bay with a trip to Ulva Island and a Stewart Island/Rakiura cruise have been featured in the last two issues of NZine. This week’s article features one of the guided walks on the Island with Kiwi Wilderness Walks, and the reactions of two people who…
An Interview with Ken Laing Dorothy – 23/11/01 It was in the fourth form at Otago Boys’ High School that Ken first became interested in Stewart Island. He had as his English teacher Basil Howard who was writing his authoritative volume about Stewart Island, "Rakiura". Ken still remembers his saying, "If you ever go to…
An Interview With Roger Murdoch Dorothy – 16/11/01 Sunrise at Port Adventure, Stewart Island Photo source Ken Laing Some of the members of the Russley Probus Club in Christchurch wanted to go travelling together. Where would they go? They decided on Stewart Island, the small island south of the South Island of New Zealand. The…
An Interview With Dulcebelle Brears Dorothy – 9/11/01 Dulcebelle Brears Photo Source Dulcebelle Brears To leave home in the Philippines and travel to New Zealand to marry her New Zealand penpal Robin, whom she had never met in person – this meant not only adjusting to life with a person from another culture, but also…
Ian Henderson – 02/11/01 Dave Campbell began as the new editor of Rugby News in May, only the fourth person in the thirty four year history of the respected magazine to hold that post. Ian Henderson talks to him about his history in rugby, and rugby writing in New Zealand. Jade Stadium is sold out….
Ruth Gardner, Manager, Volunteering Canterbury – 27/10/01 Address given in September 2000 to the Society for Research on Women workshop on Value and Meaning outside the Paid Workforce Ruth Gardner has been manager of the Canterbury Volunteer Centre for the past seven years. During that time over seven thousand women have been interviewed and referred…
