Golden Bay’s Ceiros Begg hits the road with sustainable fashion
May 25, 2012 – 8:36 pm | No Comment

Local Good News/Golden Bay
By Charlotte Squire
When Ceiros Begg was a little girl, she and her mother spent hours walking the streets of Christchurch to visit thrift shops. No shop was too far away and mother …

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Introducing the Passionate Women Radio Show
April 29, 2011 – 3:50 pm | No Comment
Introducing the Passionate Women Radio Show

Introducing the Passionate Women Radio Show
with Rose Diamond, Fresh FM, Nelson-Tasman 104.8, Golden Bay 95.0, Blenheim 88.9, and streaming nationally and globally on http://www.freshfm.net/ Every other Tuesday, 4.05-5pm, …

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The Final Blog – Would You Like the Good News, or the Good News?
April 29, 2011 – 3:43 pm | 8 Comments
The Final Blog – Would You Like the Good News, or the Good News?

Oh my goodness.  365 days of blogging (I forgot two days, and may have in fact repeated a few days, but hey, here’s to being human).  And so here I am on the final day.
Let’s …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 364 – One Sweet Moment; Change As Good As a Holiday and taking a Gandhi Day.
April 28, 2011 – 7:19 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 364 – One Sweet Moment; Change As Good As a Holiday and taking a Gandhi Day.

Here are three more of the more special blogs (well I feel as if they are) that I wrote over the past 365 days.  The first one is called ‘One Sweet Moment with My Son’.  …

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Nelson Frockers Autumn Ride – Saturday 30th April
April 28, 2011 – 10:41 am | No Comment
Nelson Frockers Autumn Ride – Saturday 30th April

NELSON FROCKERS’ AUTUMN RIDE
SATURDAY, 30TH APRIL
Meet fellow Frockers at 2pm at Brightwater Sprig and Fern (Ellis St) for a gentle, picturesque ride around country lanes guided by Rose Griffin of The Gentle Cycling Co.
Kaimira Winery …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 363 – Three of My Favorites 365 Blogs Over the Past Year – Believing in your dreams, just be yourself and honey bees: a sign of hope.
April 27, 2011 – 8:19 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 363 – Three of My Favorites 365 Blogs Over the Past Year – Believing in your dreams, just be yourself and honey bees: a sign of hope.

I’ve decided it’s time for some fly-bys of the blog action over the past year.  Here are three random blogs I re-discovered and felt affection for:
Here’s one blog about keeping the faith and believing in …

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Reclaiming Firm Ground for Your Relationship – Despite the Quake
April 27, 2011 – 7:56 pm | No Comment
Reclaiming Firm Ground for Your Relationship – Despite the Quake

Don’t let earthquakes shake your relationship
The ‘new’ normality of Christchurch is beginning to mould our day to day reality. It might not be a desired kind of new and few of us are very excited …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 362 – Head Over to Our April Green Dreamers Facebook Page to Cheer Them To the Finish Line
April 26, 2011 – 5:10 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 362 – Head Over to Our April Green Dreamers Facebook Page to Cheer Them To the Finish Line

Well it’s the 25th of April, which means over on the April Green Dreamers facebook page we’ve got five days to go.  Feel free to head on over there to cheer some of our green …

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We’re All Born Brilliant So Let’s Go Save the Planet!
April 26, 2011 – 3:55 pm | No Comment
We’re All Born Brilliant So Let’s Go Save the Planet!

By Charlotte Squire
I’ve got a question for you – did your parents tell you you could do anything with your life? Did they believe in you and your unique strengths, recognising them, …

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The Rayman – Book 2 ‘Growth’ – Also Available Now As A Free Ebook
April 25, 2011 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
The Rayman – Book 2 ‘Growth’ – Also Available Now As A Free Ebook

“Today they were being taught about sharing. Sharing everything was better than bartering, Donna was told. If everyone gave, they all received and the community thrived.”
Donna, a young friend of Carrie and the Rayman, has …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 361 – The Rayman Is Sharing His eBooks So Help Yourself (plus the Final Countdown)
April 25, 2011 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 361 – The Rayman Is Sharing His eBooks So Help Yourself (plus the Final Countdown)

Ahhh five blogs to go and they feel so precious!  What to write about in these final days?!
Well I am feeling pretty excited about Ray Parke’s new book release.  I reviewed Ray’s first book ‘The …

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Compassionate Communication – Working Hard to be Seen
April 24, 2011 – 10:09 pm | No Comment
Compassionate Communication – Working Hard to be Seen

Working Hard to be Seen – By LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
In an ideal world, you would grow up with a sense of being seen and embraced for the multidimensional unique person you are.  But your parents, doing …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 360 – The First and Last Love Blog
April 24, 2011 – 9:58 pm | 6 Comments
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 360 – The First and Last Love Blog

So here we sit on blog 360.  360 days of finding the best part of each day to ponder, appreciate, and share with you.  There’s one aspect of my life I haven’t written about too …

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Revolution in Building Makes Exceptional Home Performance Affordable – Introducing Little Greenie
April 23, 2011 – 5:10 pm | One Comment
Revolution in Building Makes Exceptional Home Performance Affordable – Introducing Little Greenie

Little Greenie – Media Release – 21 April 2011 – Page 1 – Contact 0274 539 099
Media Release | For Immediate Release | 21 April 2011
REVOLUTION IN BUILDING MAKES EXCEPTIONAL HOME PERFORMANCE AFFORDABLE, NEW REPORT …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 359 – Harvesting the Green Heroes of This World
April 23, 2011 – 5:02 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 359 – Harvesting the Green Heroes of This World

I’ve been working on my exciting new Green Dream course today (during a gorgeous few hours of solitude) and I’ve been developing an e-flier to send around the planet.  The more I write about this …

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Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: Growing the future
April 22, 2011 – 6:10 pm | 2 Comments
Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street: Growing the future

Blog 8: by Stacey Gasson
Joe Simmonds doesn’t actually live in Rainbow Court, but his mum Angie does. And he’s left his mark on the community in the shape of a series of garden beds. Rainbow …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 358 – One Gorgeous Organic Food Stall in Golden Bay: Photo Doco
April 22, 2011 – 6:02 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 358 – One Gorgeous Organic Food Stall in Golden Bay: Photo Doco

So what did I do on this Easter friday? Why went food stall cruising with the whanau of course!  And here it us, my favorite.  Divine.  Lush.  Abundant.  Rockworlds organic produce stall.  Always offering a …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 358 – Seeing Beyond Limits
April 21, 2011 – 6:25 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 358 – Seeing Beyond Limits

I’m a sucker for a passionate Irish person.  There’s just something about the Irish people I know.  They’re sooo lyrical!  Yeah, I know, gross generalizations  and I that.  But still I shall press this point …

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Expressions of Interest Are Welcomed for Panel of Advisors or Collaborators on New Zealand White Roofs Project
April 20, 2011 – 5:09 pm | No Comment
Expressions of Interest Are Welcomed for Panel of Advisors or Collaborators on New Zealand White Roofs Project

By Ian Montangees
I now realise there is a need for a panel of advisors or collaborators to bring in expertise in areas it has been lacking and reset the project on a more …

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Redwood and Rhythm – Light-Carrier Tour
April 20, 2011 – 4:50 pm | No Comment
Redwood and Rhythm – Light-Carrier Tour

High energy heart rhymes, served on a bed of tasty grooves…
Performance poetree growing in an uplifting musical landscape…
Redwood & Rhythm take to the road to ignite spirit light round the South Island.
Redwood Reider, spoken words (www.myspace.com/rebeccapoetry)
Rhythm …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 357 – Dreaming of Day 365
April 20, 2011 – 4:30 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 357 – Dreaming of Day 365

I have just nine days to go until the very end of my 365 days of blogging.  I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.  The fact that my daily writing habit shall soon come …

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Ekodo: Song Of Ekodo
April 19, 2011 – 5:38 pm | No Comment
Ekodo: Song Of Ekodo

Because it is a feeling universe where thinking is such a tiny insignificant part of the whole that our celebrations of thinking and theories are like celebrating a grain of sand when if we stood up and looked around

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Natural, Sustainable Beekeeping in New Zealand
April 19, 2011 – 5:36 pm | One Comment
Natural, Sustainable Beekeeping in New Zealand

By Marcia Meehan.
My honey bees Apis mellifera, are precious in more ways than one. . . Some people understand that without our food plants being pollinated, except for the likes of rice and some cereals, …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 356 – Brittany Packer – Keep Your Eye On Her, Oh Yeah.
April 19, 2011 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 356 – Brittany Packer – Keep Your Eye On Her, Oh Yeah.

Working online, there are people I’ve been emailing or skyping for years who I haven’t yet met in person.  Many of them are some of New Zealand’s most motivated, making it happen people, a large …

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Eco-Jeweller Nick Feint – Saving the Planet One Wine Bottle at a Time
April 18, 2011 – 5:38 pm | 2 Comments
Eco-Jeweller Nick Feint – Saving the Planet One Wine Bottle at a Time

It’s times like these I really love my job. After a busy morning on the computer, it’s just me, the National Programme and the tar seal as I drive towards the Abel Tasman National Park. …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 355 – The Kahikatea
April 18, 2011 – 5:00 pm | 2 Comments
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 355 – The Kahikatea

Today I found myself surrounded in old native forest with some of my most favorite people.   As we walked deeper and deeper into the forest I felt myself absorbing the clean air and relaxing.
This is …

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Applications Now Open for the New Zealand Youth Delegation (NZYD)
April 18, 2011 – 4:35 pm | No Comment
Applications Now Open for the New Zealand Youth Delegation (NZYD)

Applications are now open for the New Zealand Youth Delegation (NZYD) to the seventeenth annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Durban, South Africa, taking place at the end of …

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Letting Space Invite You to Join Us for a Conversation with Artist Colin Hodson About His Work Led by Martin Patrick
April 18, 2011 – 9:29 am | No Comment
Letting Space Invite You to Join Us for a Conversation with Artist Colin Hodson About His Work Led by Martin Patrick

Letting Space invite you to join us for a conversation with artist Colin Hodson about his work led by Martin Patrick, from within the work:
7.30pm This Wednesday 20 April, 7.30pm
139 The Terrace, Wellington
We will gather …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 354 – What’s Your True Hearts Desire?
April 17, 2011 – 8:10 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 354 – What’s Your True Hearts Desire?

When I was a little girl I bought my first album.  It was a record.  It was the eighties.  Rattle and Hum.  I loved U2.  I loved the raw emotion in their music.  I loved …

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Attention Palmerston North Frockers!
April 16, 2011 – 9:11 pm | No Comment
Attention Palmerston North Frockers!

We hope you’ve been enjoying the mostly good cycling weather of the past month. We’ve organised a workshop on how to repair punctures and a ride for this coming Sunday. Details below:
When: …

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Attention Nelson Frockers!
April 16, 2011 – 8:58 pm | No Comment
Attention Nelson Frockers!

Some fantastic Frock Day Out events to put into your calendar.
Saturday 30th April
Autumn Ride in the countryside, on Saturday 30th April, leaving from the Sprig and Fern in Brightwater and organised by Rose. …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 353 – Man Invents Way to Harvest Oil from Plastic (of course)
April 16, 2011 – 6:08 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 353 – Man Invents Way to Harvest Oil from Plastic (of course)

I believe that as our needs change, we possess enough intelligence and imagination to generate new solutions to meet those needs.  Every single one of them.  For every challenge we face as a people, as …

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Open Day at NZ Clean Energy Centre
April 15, 2011 – 11:16 pm | No Comment
Open Day at NZ Clean Energy Centre
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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 352 – Being a Rockstar Feels Really Good
April 15, 2011 – 11:16 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 352 – Being a Rockstar Feels Really Good

Tis late – nearly mid-night.  I’m home after playing a gig at a friend’s house-warming-we’ve-arrived-in-Golden Bay party.  Tonight, people actually danced to our music.  It was Mohua Sun’s dream come true.  And one little girl …

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Webcam Turned on Wellington Office Building as Work of Art
April 14, 2011 – 7:02 pm | No Comment
Webcam Turned on Wellington Office Building as Work of Art

News Release
For immediate release
Image attached: Artist Colin Hodson is in the building. Photo: Gabrielle McKone

Webcam turned on Wellington Office Building as Work of Art

As an unconventional artwork it’s already turning heads, and …

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The Energy of Authenticity – by Rose Diamond
April 14, 2011 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
The Energy of Authenticity – by Rose Diamond

The Energy of Authenticity – by Rose Diamond
I’m passionate about interviewing people who are making a difference. We all need plenty of encouragement to live an authentic life and create a sustainable livelihood by offering …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 351 – “Take Some R&R Now or I Will Make You!” Said the Wise Body
April 14, 2011 – 6:30 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 351 – “Take Some R&R Now or I Will Make You!” Said the Wise Body

I know I’m not alone in saying this.
My body’s been asking me to slow down for a few months.  It keeps saying ‘relax’ and ‘rest’ and when I do, everything just feels better.  Then again,  …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 350 – Our Youth Are So Very Bright
April 13, 2011 – 6:22 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 350 – Our Youth Are So Very Bright

I’m coaching someone, we’ll call her … ‘Amy’.  I’m coaching her to become a journalist.  So today Amy turned up, I critiqued some of her work, we chatted, and what really struck me about this …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 349 – NZ Green Party Using My Ebook As a Fundraiser
April 12, 2011 – 2:36 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 349 – NZ Green Party Using My Ebook As a Fundraiser

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation (as I raise my gorgeous son and grow my good news website to a subscription base of 100,000 people).  The Low Down on this Blog.
Check out yesterday’s blog.
Check out …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 348 – Exciting Days on the 30 Day Green Dream Facebook Page
April 11, 2011 – 2:07 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 348 – Exciting Days on the 30 Day Green Dream Facebook Page

Yes indeed.  It’s kinda cool seeing the projects and goals that are cropping up on that 30 Day Green Dream facebook page.  So far we have: one electric bike being made by April 30th, one …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 347 – Check out the Rayman – Part of the New Generation of Feel Good Books
April 10, 2011 – 8:53 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 347 – Check out the Rayman – Part of the New Generation of Feel Good Books

Hey there Happyziners!
I just wanted to remind you of a book I discovered last year called the Rayman. It’s a book that was written with the intent to uplift and inspire.  I think it’s one …

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