Paul Gorman – Editor of Canterbury University’s Chronicle – 15/06/01 Article from the University of Canterbury’s Chronicle Shame on the Government. One expects better of a Labour-led coalition, chock-full of university-educated ministers and MPs, many with degrees in the humanities and social sciences and some with qualifications from this University. Blackmail is not a word…
Part 2 Opera, Instrumental and Choral Music Dorothy – 08/06/01 Excitement building as the Festival date approaches Festival team takes to the streets It was all hands on deck for the Christchurch Arts Festival team on Tuesday June 5 at 12.30pm when they took to the streets to put up the first of the six…
Dorothy – 01/06/01 What do we look for in an Arts Festival? We want variety in the programme and the chance to see new artists as well as relive artistic works we have been familiar with in the past. Christchurch Arts Festival 2001 offers a diverse and exciting programme to Festival audiences. Guy Boyce, Festival…
Dorothy – 25/05/01 New Zealanders are complaining about the increases in their power bills and after the recent drought conditions they are anxious about the low levels in South Island lakes on which the large South Island hydro-electric power stations depend for their water supply. The present government supports the Kyoto Agreement and is making…
Rod Donald MP, Green Party Co-Leader – 25/05/01 During the summer I re-read a book which first opened my eyes to Green politics. E. F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful asks some fundamental questions about the roles of economics. Way back in 1973 Schumacher said that economic growth had become the abiding interest if not the…
Dorothy – 25/05/01 New Zealanders are complaining about the increases in their power bills and after the recent drought conditions they are anxious about the low levels in South Island lakes on which the large South Island hydro-electric power stations depend for their water supply. The present government supports the Kyoto Agreement and is making…
Dorothy – 25/05/01 Thousands of New Zealand children were Leaguers in Hays Junior League run by Aunt Haysl. Who was Aunt Haysl? ‘Aunt Haysl’ was the role which James Hay of Hays Ltd designated for a person to organise a club to attract families to the store known as Hay’s – the Friendly Store. Edna…
Paul Clearwater – A Kiwi in Sydney – 18/05/01 As the late and great Baden Powell so significantly said: Be prepared: so too, does this aphorism apply to moving away to another city. Paul Clearwater Photo source Paul Clearwater Check your funds before moving Darwinism also applies, even here in the wilderness of Sydney; survival…
Part 18 – Going To Town An Important Outing Dorothy – 18/05/01 Going to town meant what we would now call a trip to the inner city, but it happened much more often as there were no suburban malls, and most shopping and visits to the library, dentist, doctor, lawyer, accountant, land agent or car…
Morag Lawrence – 11/05/01 Margaret Stoddart was for over half a century a leader of the Christchurch art community, and her name is well-known to many New Zealanders, especially Cantabrians. M O Stoddart, ca 1910 Photo Source H H Clifford Photograph Canterbury Museum Fewer people know the story of her father, Mark Stoddart whose life…
