Article Archive for June 2012
Golden Bay – Rich in social capital – thanks to HANDS
Local Good News/Golden Bay
Charlotte Squire
Charlotte Squire talks to Jill Hayhurst – PhD candidate at the University of Otago – about Golden Bay’s complementary currency HANDS (How About a Non-Dollar System) and the social capital benefits …
Brighton Up!
Local Good News/Christchurch
By Steve Carter
There is a quiet revolution happening in New Brighton.
For years, the beachside suburb has been regarded as a town in decline, a once-thriving shopping destination that lost out to suburban malls …
Attitude Award gives champion a boost
Media release
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Attitude Award gives champion a boost
Mike Gourley says receiving the 2011 Attitude ACC Supreme Award couldn’t have come at a better time in his life.
Mike had a stroke earlier in the …
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Christchurch event aims to build social capital
27 June 2012
Media release
The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand
Christchurch event aims to build social capital
A special event in Christchurch aims to bring some fresh thinking on how we can all work together to create …
World-changer: Lani Evans – ReGeneration
1. Can you introduce yourself to our readers, just as if you were introducing yourself to a room full of like-minded people at a very welcoming meeting?
Kia ora! I’m Lani! I’m a Wellington based community …
Hurrah! The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand officially endorses the Happyzine Local Good News project!
Kia Ora,
I’m Charlotte Squire, Editor of the Kiwi positive news website ‘Happyzine’ and I’m pleased to announce that the New Zealand Mental Health Foundation officially endorses our awesome Local Good News initiative.
The Happyzine Local Good …
Green Product Review: Natural Cream Deodorant – Lemon and Bergamot
Have you found yourself a reliable natural deodorant? For me, it’s been a bewildering journey of misfires and letdowns with the very occasional discovery of one that actually works. I found a goodie in it’s …
Raw Food: managing a cold
By Raw Foodie Sarah Lea
The pantry’s bursting full of food, the fridge still oozes sweet treats and it’s at the end of my shopping week. The homefront is decidedly low energy. And although a relative …
Moving past perfection
“Problem? What problem? I’m proud of being a perfectionist!”
That almost sounds like me talking sometimes. What’s wrong with being a perfectionist? You get good stuff done, working hard all the way, right? Maybe some of the …
Eco-friendly event lighting artists shift home-base to Golden Bay
Local Good News/Golden Bay
By Charlotte Squire
Have you ever been mesmerised by the high powered lighting displays at dance-parties and events, and wondered about the people who bought it to you and the thought processes behind …
Calling all Happyzine cooks this SPCA Cupcake Day, make the ‘Most deliciously eco-friendly cupcakes’ and win!
Happyzine readers! Do your bit to make life sweeter for SPCA animals!
Email us the pictures and recipes of your ‘Most deliciously eco-friendly cupcakes’, along with an explanation of exactly why they’re so eco-friendly, and you …
Anonymous love letters to Christchurch discovered – by Steve Carter
Local Good News/Christchurch
‘Dear Christchurch, you are incredible’ – by Steve Carter
The American writer Anatole Broyard said, “In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used …
PledgeMe.co.nz – Triumph celebrated with an Auckland launch party
MEDIA RELEASE
20 June 2012
PledgeMe.co.nz – Triumph celebrated with an Auckland launch party
Crowd-funding website PledgeMe.co.nz is experiencing unprecedented success, giving New Zealand’s creative community reason to celebrate.
Through PledgeMe more than $275,000 has been pledged to the …
World-changer: Coralie Winn – Gap-Filler
1. Can you introduce yourself to our readers, just as if you were introducing yourself to a room full of like-minded people at a very welcoming meeting?
Sure. G’day, I’m Coralie and I am passionate about …
Everything you need to know about our amazing New Zealand Tui
By Joyce Elwood-Smith
The Tui has always held a fascination for me, coming from Christchurch where they no longer like to live they also disappeared from Banks Peninsula about 20years ago. However in 2007 a group …
Good Energy Taxi catches good deeds on camera
Mercury Energy Communications
MEDIA RELEASE
Good Energy Taxi catches good deeds on camera
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Mercury Energy is once again celebrating the good energy of Kiwis by sending the world’s first Good Energy-powered taxi out on …
New species named after Hollywood blockbuster
Forest and Bird
The new species of day-flying moth found during Forest & Bird’s Denniston BioBlitz in March will be named after the world’s most successful movie Avatar, scientist Brian Patrick announced today.
Arctesthes avatar, or more …
New solar-powered camera delivers live, high definition 360° panorama images
A Nelson company has developed a product that has the potential to be the best time-lapse camera in the world.
Snap Information Technologies Ltd has just announced a limited pilot launch of the new SnapitHD³ series …
World-changer: Carlin Archer – Eco-bob, Food with a story
1. Can you introduce yourself to our readers, just as if you were introducing yourself to a room full of like-minded people at a very welcoming meeting?
I call myself a ‘social entrepreneur’ because I always end …
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