New Zealand’s Close Connections With Japanese Hibakusha Kate Dewes – 10/08/01 In November 1995 the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki gave oral testimonies during Japan’s submission to the International Court of Justice on the legality of nuclear weapons. With huge photographs of the carnage, and stories from hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), they eloquently conveyed the…
Jenna Morris – 10/08/01 Dave Edwards Dave Edwards, ranked number two in Australasia, has just returned from Maui, Hawaii, practising with some of the best kite surfers in the world. Ask him about his trip and he’ll tell you, "New Zealanders don’t know how good we’ve got it here." After spending two months training with…
Dorothy – 03/08/01 A diagnostic service helping organisations and individuals improve the health of their plants Ian Harvey Meet an enthusiast. Meet Dr Ian Harvey who heads PLANTWISE, and you meet a man who works enthusiastically and tirelessly to meet the needs of his clients. Last summer he worked every day except Christmas Day and…
Madeleine Hamilton – 27/07/01 The Dart Glacier A glimpse of the Matukituki The following day being fine, Jean Craigie, Ernie Smith and Stan Ombler left for the Base Camp, climbing Headlong en route. We left the hut other at 6.45 a.m., our party consisting of Murray McGeorge, Mary Talbot, Bill Talbot, David Rees-Jones, Alby Johnston,…
Conferment Of The Degree Of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa on Dame Ann Ballin Dame Ann Ballin: A life filled with intelligence, compassion and courage Associate Professor Bruce Jamieson – 20/07/01 The Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, Dame Phyllis Guthardt (right), presents Dame Ann Ballin with her honorary LittD. at a special ceremony at…
Book Review by Laura Lynch – 14/07/01 Indigenous women from Australia, Bougainville, East Timor, French Polynesia, Hawaii, West Papua, Marshall Islands, New Zealand and Palau have overcome incredible odds to tell their stories of survival in a joint publication, Pacific Women Speak Out for Independence and Denuclearisation by Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom…
Ian Hunter – 13/07/01 Can complicated English Spelling be simplified and still understood by users of the dozens of different accents used around the world? A small keen group of Kiwis and others around the English speaking world think it can, by using phonemes, rather than phonetics. I have long held the view that Traditional…
Part 19 – Travelling Between The Towns And Going On Holiday Dorothy – 06/07/01 Handy destinations favoured Holidays usually involved little travelling. Anne J enjoyed holidays on an uncle’s farm or having country cousins to stay in the city. Many families went to a bach or a tent at a nearby beach, river or lake….
Part 4 Dance, Crafts and the Visual Arts Dorothy – 22/06/01 Dance highlights ihi FrENZy – a New Movement The Royal New Zealand Ballet and the Aotearoa Traditional Performing Arts Society Choreographer: Mark Baldwin ihi frENZy is a dynamic production of Maori culture, contemporary dance and music by New Zealand’s greatest rock band, Split Enz….
Drama And The Spoken Word – Poetry And Debate Dorothy – 15/06/01 What a feast of theatre is on offer! I’m not going to put them in order of preference. I’ll tell you about them in the order they appear in the programme. The Facemaker – a true story about war and love Director: Cathy…
