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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Littletunes Studio
November 24, 2010 – 9:01 pm | No Comment
Littletunes Studio

I’ve got a mate who is a gifted musican. He has set up Littletunes which is a great concept. Take a group of young people for a couple of days, get them playing instruments, writing …

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View from Mars – Good News from Around the Planet
February 6, 2010 – 2:25 pm | No Comment
View from Mars – Good News from Around the Planet

It is always good news when people are found against the odds. Imagine being lost on a frozen stretch of North Sea, you use your camera flash to seek help and someone sees it from …

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View From Mars – Good News from Around the World
January 28, 2010 – 8:53 pm | No Comment
View From Mars – Good News from Around the World

It is always good to hear about people empowering themselves and their environments. Check out this story from from IPS about “Indigenous and rural women from southern Tolima, a province located in the heart of …

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Kura Reo Kai Tahu
January 26, 2010 – 2:56 pm | One Comment
Kura Reo Kai Tahu

It is great to see communities working together to strengthen their traditional knowledge and increase the ties that bind.
From the Timaru Herald .
The community at Arowhenua is hosting the second annual Kura Reo Kai Tahu …

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View From Mars
January 18, 2010 – 9:50 pm | No Comment
View From Mars

We have a lot to learn from our youth. From Stuff – Down in Southland, youth are leading the way by getting into sustainable transport – using a travel card, where they get a stamp …

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View from Mars
January 11, 2010 – 8:49 pm | No Comment
View from Mars

Good news that Bolivian President Eva Morales is inviting  indigenous peoples, social movements, environmentalists and scientists as well as governments ”who want to work with their people” to an alternative climate conference  in Cochabamba on …

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Positive Maori Initiative Gets Underway
November 11, 2009 – 7:40 pm | No Comment
Positive Maori Initiative Gets Underway

Photo: Pita Sharples
Well done pita. While the hone circus goes on (nice to see the southland times apologise to hone) real action to address the issues facing maori is still happening – just doesn’t sell …

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