– Dorothy – 27/2/97 “There’s no job for me at present. I’d love to be self-employed but I don’t know enough to start a business. I haven’t enough confidence.” That has been the cry of so many people in New Zealand wanting to make a change in their lives. Some have been made redundant. Some…
– Dorothy – 20/2/97 “Giving to New Zealand – a new initiative by Taiwanese immigrants.” There has been a lot of discussion about whether or not New Zealand has benefited from inviting Asian immigrants to live among us. Like all groups of people they are a mixture, but one Asian group in particular is working…
– Kelly – 20/2/97 The Britten Motorcycle Company attracts attention from a diverse range of people – experts in the field of motorcycle design, motorcyling enthusiasts, and the general public. The public’s thirst for information about Britten was part of the motivation behind the launch of the Britten World Wide Web site in September last…
– Dorothy – 13/2/97 “What do you do when your life falls apart – give in or find a new path?” December 1985 – a gush of water from a water slide swept Peter head first against the side of a pool. January 1997 – he is managing to walk a little and his course…
– Renée Robinson – 13/2/97 Lights, camera, action! The thought of appearing on national television for even a millisecond is enough to excite most of us. Our response is automatic because, like the rest of the world’s population, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the television industry is all glitz and glamour. So when the…
Film review – John – 7/2/97 So what do you expect from a movie such as this? Thrills? Despair? Enlightenment? “Michael Collins” tackles a subject that even now has to be regarded as controversial. The film ambitiously traces historical events which are probably still not very well understood outside Ireland. Michael Collins was one of…
– Dorothy – 7/2/97 “From sheep and school children to a tourist lodge in one leap.” One week last July Evan Glass was sharing the management of a sheep farm with his brother and Heather Glass was principal of a local primary school. The next they were managing a Methven tourist lodge for skiers at…
– Kelly – 30/1/97 After surmounting a reasonably low language barrier, and the interviewee’s idea that no-one would be very interested in hearing about what she did, I spoke to Minerva Oso about her research and holiday in New Zealand. Originally from Madrid, Spain, Minerva is currently travelling through New Zealand on a three month…
– The Wizard Of New Zealand – 30/1/97 Since 1973 many Kiwis and visitors must have had glimpses of a strange, uniquely New Zealand phenomenon, ALF’s Imperial Army. I had founded the Army earlier at Melbourne University to fight battles outside the student and administration buildings as an experiment in “paradoxical intention” to counter the…
– Dorothy – 30/1/97 “Creating a skills fund for a ‘rich’ retirement.” Save for your retirement! Build up your retirement funds! When you get to sixty there’ll be no pension! In this money-driven society we hear it over and over. What the ads don’t say is, “You’ll probably have to stop work early! You don’t…
