Article Archive for February 2012
Press release: Frocks on bike
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Auckland’s Cycling Community out to Shine
AUCKLAND: Long limbed frames, greasy chains and designer names will come together with character and charm in Cycle Style, a free afternoon event at …
27 February 2012
From: Neighbours Day Aotearoa campaign team (Lifewise, Inspiring Communities, Neighbourhood Support and the Mental Health Foundation)
Media Release
Countdown to Neighbours Day – join in and get to know your neighbours in 2012
Do you know …
Check out the original post on the Mental Health Foundation site here.
By Steve Carter, Mental Health Promoter, Mental Health Foundation
We love gardening at the Mental Health Foundation. Even those without green thumbs can comprehend the …
Happyzine founder and Editor Charlotte Squire shares the vision, and puts forward the request for volunteer help to set up local systems for the Happyzine Kiwi Local Good News project.
Ok, it’s time to front up.
Again.
There’s …
27 February 2012 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
West Coast’s Denniston Plateau under microscope
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird is shining a scientific spotlight on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau on March 2-4 …
Brisbane City Council has secured an Australian first, following the environmental rating of its three newest CityCat ferry terminals.
Receiving the highest possible certification under the EnviroDevelopment system, the Hawthorne, Teneriffe and Bretts Wharf terminals have …
Media release
26 February 2012
For immediate release
International Links for New Zealand deaf and hearing impaired
The Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA) and The National Foundation for the Deaf in New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding …
TWO Job Opportunities
We’re happy to confirm we have been granted funding for two new full time roles to support ongoing Post EQ needs in the New Brighton Community. They will be 2 year contract initially, …
Grace Deathridge writes for Happyzine as an Intern, and lives in the UK. In this article she introduces us to a pledge that her friends made, in an attempt to brighton up the days of …
Guest Speaker: Rick Thorpe
Friday 24th February 2012
12.30pm-1.30pm
Solscape Eco-Retreat, 611 Wainui Road, Manu Bay, Raglan
Rick Thorpe is one of the founders of Xtreme Waste and lives on a permaculture farm in Raglan (often considered the godfather …
Award winning Nelson filmmaker, mum and passionate greenie Emma Heke and her seven year old son Connor are in Northland right now on the northern leg of a nationwide road trip, filming other families who …
By Seema Singh
When in the islands, growing up at my grandparents’ place, we were surrounded by food as our farm was in a rural area. Despite living on the leased land that was soon to …
Popular TV star and sustainable lifestyle enthusiast Te Radar is coming to Kapiti for this year’s Sustainable Home & Garden Show.
The Kapiti Coast District Council event is being held on March 24-25 at the usual …
Now this is really my own theory, but at least for me, it explains how a person might get Alzheimer’s Disease. So it goes like this, … Our emotional default setting is Warm, glowy, tingly, …
This article was written by Happyzine’s Positive Writing Course graduate Tracey Adamson.
Honesty is the best policy. I recall my parents teaching me this from a very young age, and this is the approach I will …
By Christchurch Grandparent and home owner Joyce Elwood-Smith
I have been thinking how we must collect and store all the beautiful moments and precious times we have so we can draw on them when needed, for …
Positive Writing Graduate Ruby Jackson argues in favour of sticking it out in Aotearoa, rather than chasing the greener pastures of Australia.
With recent events in Christchurch, and economic recession many New Zealanders would right …
Press Release
20 February 2012
For immediate release
Kaino & NFL star shine at Samoan Sports Awards
Jerome Kaino became the first sportsman to win both the Samoan Sports Awards Sportsman of the Year and the Supreme Award in …
Yarrow is a plant many of us welcome into our gardens without really knowing the depth and breadth of her true personality. She’s been around for centuries, used on battlefields of old to staunch many …
Wanaka Wastebusters
The finalists in the 2012 Unpackit Packaging Awards have been announced today.
Unpackit spokesperson Gina Dempster said it had been a tough process choosing the 16 finalists from 215 nominations, but the team was confident …
Wanna be part of some awesome change here in New Zealand? Join a growing community of people who are donating what ever they can afford to Happyzine on a regular basis and help change the …
Oooh! Don’t you love a good, easy way to help the planet! We all live under a roof, let’s paint ‘em white. Happyzine supports the New Zealand White Roofs project, which is run by Auckland based …
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Forest & Bird launches nationwide kereru count today
Forest & Bird today launches a nationwide survey of kereru. The inaugural Kereru Count allows the public to contribute tothe national …
Sarah Turner has been busy the past 2 months hand making a life-sized family made from waste plastic bottles for Light Night Nottingham.
The event was a fantastic success with Sarah’s Plastic Bottle Family a main …
Friday 17 February, 2012
The Green Living Show is back – New Zealand’s only green show is bigger and better than ever.
This free event has lots of variety with a fantastic opportunity for the fashion and …
Media Release 17 February 2012
International Self-Esteem expert to speak in Auckland
Half of women around the world see family relationships as having the greatest impact on their self-esteem and 66% think they’re expected to be more …
We are excitedly gearing up for Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break, New Zealand’s biggest celebration of fair trade.
Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break is enjoyed each May during Fair Trade Fortnight when people throughout the country get together …
WWF
Media Release – for immediate release
Earth Hour 2012 will take place at 8.30pm – 9.30pm on Saturday 31 March
The city of Tauranga will lead New Zealand’s Earth Hour celebrations this year, in special recognition of …
Creative New Zealand media release
Auckland-born photographer Ben Cauchi has been awarded the 2012 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
The biennial 12-month residency is an opportunity for New Zealand …
Press Release
Media contact: Simon Matāfai – E: simonmatafai@gmail.com M: +64 21 059 2924
AUCKLAND GOSPEL CHOIR hits Auckland City!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday 16th February, 2012.
This mass choir is for all singers who love Gospel music. Free to …
Tides Rites of Passage Celebrating the transition from girl to young woman
A safe, powerful, transformative, educational, and moving experience for 13-16 year old girls Our programs are nature-based and community led and are run from …
I’ve spent about 30 years working as a Diversional Therapist and nurse in Nursing Homes, and in the community. I have been working with people who have all the various stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. While …
Press Release: Mount Eden Village People
1000 free fruit trees for Auckland, free and fresh fruit for communities
The ‘Fruit Trees for Auckland 1 ’ group continues to drive awareness for sustainable practises throughout Auckland by providing …
Is this the shortcut to being compassionate?
When you feel good, you do good.
It’s the unknown short cut to compassionate care, the untrodden path to helping others, is another way to put it … and it’s …
Monarch Butterfuly NZ Trust
Monarch butterflies are flying to Christchurch from all over the country in time for the 22 February commemoration of the 2011 earthquake.
“We asked ourselves what we could do to help the …
Eggs – From Super Bad to Super Food!
If you have ever felt pangs of guilt, desire and confusion over your plate of eggs benedict, then you are not alone. Many generations of people have had …
Join me to create TRUE WEALTH together.
Are you looking for information, inspiration, encouragement and good company as you do your work as a change maker?
Perhaps you know it’s time to get more involved and active but …
I just don’t get it!
When I’m in my feel good mood, there’s no better place to be, and my life is better in so many ways. But oddly enough when I’m unhappy, I annoyingly resist changing to …
Michelia Ward (the Development Manager at Trade Aid) is on a mission to find some Kiwi volunteers to help out at BERUDA - a rural development organisation in Cameroon, helping the poor to help themselves. …
Wednesday, 8 February 2012 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release – Embargoed until 2.45pm Wednesday 8 February
Forest & Bird launches updated Best Fish Guide
Forest & Bird today launched the latest edition of its Best Fish …
