by Cimino | 28 Nov 2012 | History of the Mahurangi Magazine
Loneliness and the online publisher Dedicated to John Timmins 31 October 1950 – 22 November 2012 Publishing an online magazine is an inherently lonely activity. Which made the support that John Timmins provided, from the Mahurangi Magazine’s inception in...
by Cimino | 25 Nov 2012 | Committee
On 25 November 2012, the following were elected as the committee of Mahurangi Action Incorporated for 2012–2013: Cimino Cole (as secretary) editor nominated by Hugh Gladwell seconded by Mike Neil Jim Dollimore biologist nominated by Cimino Cole seconded by Michael...
by Cimino | 24 Nov 2012 | Landscape
Dedicated to John Timmins 31.10.1950–22.11.2012 It was clearly going to be breathtaking. The view of the Mahurangi Harbour, once the dozen or so big old radiata pine were removed to make way for the first comprehensive scenic ridge road lookout, overlooking Huawai...
by Cimino | 16 Nov 2012 | Global democracy
It was always going to be unprecedentedly, diabolically difficult. That is, the challenge of fundamentally re-powering civilisation with fossil-fuel-free technologies whilst simultaneously drastically curtailing the use of fossil fuels. Logically, the longer the...
by Cimino | 2 Nov 2012 | Meetings and celebrations
Mahurangi Action Incorporated Annual General Meeting Venue Old Masonic Hall Baxter Street Warkworth Format Coffee and croissants Gold-coin koha Date Sunday 25 November 2012 Time 9.30 for 10–11am Ahead of last year’s regatta, Mahurangi Action was incorporated, to...
by Cimino | 31 Oct 2012 | Regatta 2013
In 2011 it was Cyclone Wilma. In respect to this summer’s tropical cyclones, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research reports that meteorological forecasting centres are predicting: …near average or slightly above average numbers for many islands [are]...
by Cimino | 12 Oct 2012 | Establishment trials
In an ideal world, the Mahurangi Magazine would stick to its knitting. It could focus on the environment of the Mahurangi catchment, particularly the harbour’s elevated sediment accumulation rate. In this ideal world, the global, big picture issue of anthropogenic...
by Cimino | 20 Sep 2012 | Climate action, Media missing in climate action
By its very definition, global warming is a world issue. Global warming is also, inescapably, the world issue—the only one on track to take and to shorten billions of lives, and the only with the potential to extinguish life worldwide. Yet the New Zealand Herald’s new...
by Cimino | 9 Sep 2012 | Coalition democratisation, MMP
Cure for ills of democracy is smarter democracy As submitted 7 September to MMP Review, except where noted Aotearoa is still very near to having the world’s smartest electoral system. If, as is entirely probable, the Electoral Commission’s proposals become its...
