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Final Happyzine weekly for 2009

December 22, 2009 – 7:50 pm | One Comment

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Holidays.  We all need them.  I was reminded recently that holidays are wonderful in that  they allow us to step back from our work, rest our minds, and return some time later feeling refreshed …

Happyzine October 26th, 2009

October 26, 2009 – 5:55 pm |
Happyzine October 26th, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 

   

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This week I was reminded of my excitement and passion for permaculture.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the subject “Permaculture is a …

October 19th, 2009

October 19, 2009 – 5:54 pm |
October 19th, 2009

 

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This past week’s been a busy one for Happyzine as it  morphs from a weekly ezine (with a website bubbling away in the background) into a …

Happyzine October 12th, 2009

October 12, 2009 – 5:53 pm | One Comment
Happyzine October 12th, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 

   

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Here’s an opportunity to give: This morning I listened with interest to the National Programme.  Mike Whittaker shared his impressions of the earthquake and the tsunami as …

Happyzine October 5th, 2009

October 5, 2009 – 5:52 pm |
Happyzine October 5th, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 

   

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In this issue we pay homage to, in my opinion, two of history’s most inspiring men folk – Gandhi and Mandela.  Both of them lead by example, refusing …

September 28th, 2009

September 28, 2009 – 5:51 pm |
September 28th, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 

   

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Over the weekend I attended the most beautiful funeral.  The subject of death and dying is perhaps not so readily connected with positive media, but death and change are …

Happyzine September 21st, 2009

September 21, 2009 – 5:49 pm |
Happyzine September 21st, 2009

 

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Did you know that today’s the International  Day of Peace?  Today’s the time to make peace – with loved ones, and not so loved ones, …

September 14th, 2009

September 14, 2009 – 5:48 pm |
September 14th, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 

   

Editor’s Comment – Good News is Everywhere, if You Want to See It
Over the past week I launched the Hour of Kindness and had the pleasure …

September 7th, 2009

September 7, 2009 – 5:47 pm |
September 7th, 2009

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I watched these boys on the news last night,  chugging cheerfully across the Cook Straight between our South and North Islands in a van.  They were two …

August 31st, 2009

August 31, 2009 – 5:46 pm |
August 31st, 2009

 

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Positive thinking has a huge role play when it comes to   environmental change – for New Zealand, and for the rest of the world.  We often hear how it can …

August 24th, 2009

August 24, 2009 – 5:45 pm |
August 24th, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 

   

Editor’s Pick: Healthy Happyzine – Healthy People – Healthy Planet
There’s a strong case to be made around the belief that directing our attention to positive media …

Happyzine August 17th, 2009

August 17, 2009 – 5:44 pm |
Happyzine August 17th, 2009

 

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Introducing our new writer – Theron Burgess.  Theron’s just become a Dad, and in his first ever blog for Happyzine he shares with us his impressions …

August 10th, 2009

August 10, 2009 – 5:43 pm |
August 10th, 2009

 

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Big news for Happyzine – I’m inviting our Kiwi politicians to partake in an Hour of Kindness in Parliament this September the 8th, during Questions in …

August 3rd, 2009

August 3, 2009 – 5:42 pm |
August 3rd, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 

   

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This past week has been Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori or Maori Language Week.  All across Aotearoa people have been doing their bit to …

July 27th, 2009

July 27, 2009 – 5:41 pm |
July 27th, 2009

 

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There’s something about this tale that I find quite delightful – it’s ’the little stream that could’.  The New York Times reported that the Cheonggyecheon stream, …

July 20th, 2009

July 20, 2009 – 5:40 pm |
July 20th, 2009

 

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You may notice a distinctly New Zealand flavoured theme for your five minutes of good news this week.  I kept discovering projects and people to get excited …

July 13th, 2009

July 13, 2009 – 5:39 pm |
July 13th, 2009

 

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Editor’s Pick: 
It must have been spine-tingling.  Over the weekend, three hundred of New Zealand’s most experienced Kapahaka groups performed in the grand finale of Te Papa’s …

July 6th, 2009

July 6, 2009 – 5:38 pm |
July 6th, 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 
 

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Kiwis Lead World With Strong Immune Systems

Imagine it.  Imagine if the strength of our immune system was a hot issue right now, very sexy, making headlines …

June 29th 2009

June 29, 2009 – 5:35 pm |
June 29th 2009

 

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Time to Make Matariki A Public Holiday
 

The call is growing stronger for the New Zealand Government to create an official public holiday around Matariki.  This time of …

June 22nd 2009

June 22, 2009 – 5:34 pm |
June 22nd 2009

 

KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY. 
 

Editor’s Pick: 

Happyzine‘s growing.  It’s shifted from primarily a weekly ezine, to being a good news website, with a weekly ezine.  Viewers are invited to check in …

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