– Dorothy – 26/2/99 When the Christian church is in the headlines in recent times it is most often because of differences in the church over the ordination of gay and lesbian clergy and leaders. The churches are so worried about the intensity of such views that they fear division. The real issue the interpretation…
Sue May – 26/2/99 Finalists Announced Today, the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), announced the finalists in 23 categories of the Coca-Cola New Zealand Music Awards 99 – “The Tuis”. (Full list below.) The awards will be presented on Saturday, March 13 at the Auckland Town Hall in a ceremony to be broadcast…
Dorothy – 26/2/99 Riccarton Road – the most polluted road in Christchurch and growing worse each year. What can be done to improve the situation? Using non-polluting electric buses would be a start. As diesel buses are among the most serious causes of pollution on Riccarton Road a gradual change over to zero emission buses…
Dorothy – 19/2/99 What is Probus? “I’m not free on Monday morning. It’s Probus!” If that’s a puzzling statement to you it’s time you caught up with what Probus is, because Probus clubs are growing at a phenomenal rate worldwide and in Australia and New Zealand alone the membership is over 130,000 and growing fast….
* NZine * Cellphones – A Boon To Modern Society Or A Threat To Human Health? – Part 2 – electromagnetic radiation, cellphones, health effects of cellphones, Neil Cherry, calcium ion influx, calcium ion influx/efflux, Carl Blackman, Luc Verschaeve, Alzheimer’s disease, apoptosis Dorothy – 5/2/99 Part 1 in the last issue of NZine reported on…
Dorothy – 29/1/99 A tiny dot on the map but a fast developing holiday centre How did we find it? We were driving from Greymouth to Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand and had not brought our usual thermos flask of hot water, tea and coffee. It was a…
* NZine * Cellphones – A Boon To Modern Society Or A Threat To Human Health? – cellphones, RF electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation, brain tumour, Neil Cherry, cell towers, radar, epidemiology, cancer, radio frequency, microwave, emr, emf Dorothy – 29/1/99 Public concern about this question led to an international scientific workshop on possible biological and…
Dorothy – 22/1/99 An interview with Peter Cadigan, superintendent of grounds at the University of Canterbury Peter Cadigan in the Endangered Species Garden Maybe most students, staff and other people who walk through the campus of the University of Canterbury take the gardens for granted, but for Peter Cadigan they have been a passionate interest…
NZine Team – 18/12/98 All of us at NZine wish you a happy Christmas and New Year. We’re taking a brief break but will be publishing again on January 8. To celebrate the season and to help tide you over the holiday period, we’ve put together a collection of some of our most popular articles…
Manu Caddie – 18/12/98 A name and an organisation to be remembered. Dick Hubbard is Managing Director of Hubbard Foods Ltd. and Chairperson of a new organisation called “New Zealand Businesses for Social Responsibility” (BSR). The following article is based on a public address that Mr Hubbard gave in Gisborne on 8 July 1998. BSR…
