by Cimino | 11 Oct 2007 | Cartoons, Sedimentation
Earlier yesterday, quite coincidentally, I tried to call Ross Kinnaird, to sound him out about a new personal project—the trifling matter of fixing MMP. I haven’t spoken to Ross for some time; the last was at Georg Kohlap’s funeral. We might have had a serious session...
by Stephen Todd | 8 Oct 2007 | STV
L e t t e r Stephen Todd, Wellington Goodness me, what a pleasant surprise. I thought I had already disappeared into history, not even making it to footnote status, and then you came along! Thank you so much for plucking me from obscurity and giving me a pat on...
by Cimino | 30 Sep 2007 | Mahurangi West Hall
A discussion over the planned scale of use of the Mahurangi West Hall is underway. The discussion is mandatory, a requirement of the Resource Management Act. Many rile against the act, but the common sense embodied in it is often lost sight of—specifically, the...
by Magic Earth Theatre Society | 29 Sep 2007 | Community
Yesterday, the curtain went up on the Magic River, a show that uses dance, drama and puppets to tell the story of our local rivers. Follow the adventures of the raindrops as they journey down the Mahurangi River in the company of Tree Guardian and Lily. Meet the...
by Cimino | 28 Sep 2007 | Community
Today and tomorrow, local theatre company Magic Earth Theatre is holding four performances of its unique River Magic. This promises to be a delight, and it is totally dedicated the restoration of the Mahurangi. Deniece Gannaway, the vision, producer and director...
by Steve Horne | 26 Sep 2007 | Mahurangi history
The first light of pre-dawn appears, but we’ve been up for a while; sleep elusive. Whether its excitement, adrenaline or ‘pre-journey’ nerves, who knows. Maybe it’s the realisation that my dream to kayak from my old home, Auckland, to the home now of my father and...
by Jaap van Dorsser | 25 Sep 2007 | Establishment trials
We assume that the polythene planter bag and Hillsons Rootrainer stock is going to be raised as per standard practice at Taupō. Taupō Native Plant Nursery’s way of doing things is probably little different from any other container nursery, so there is no need to...
by Cimino | 25 Sep 2007 | Establishment trials
Sunday, Dr David Bergin and his assistant, his eldest son Michael, stopped at Mahurangi West on their way back from Northland. David and Michael had spent the previous week thinning and pruning naturally–regenerating stands of tōtara on farmland. It is a Northland...
by Cimino | 22 Sep 2007 | Transport and climate action
Some capping and trading but an electric redemption This piece was going to be titled: Too Little, Too Slowly—Pray it’s Not Too Late, but that would have done the Labour-led government’s announcement on climate action a huge disservice. It wouldn’t have be doing any...
by Cimino | 20 Sep 2007 | Events
Massey University Professorial Lecture Series Professor Cluny Macpherson Albany Thursday 20th September 7.00–9.00 pm Change in Pacific societies has been occurring continuously since humans settled and began to move around in the region thousands of years ago....
