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19 February 2012
For immediate release
 
 
Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Released Back Into Wild
Kelly Tarlton’s SEA LIFE Aquarium Aids Sick Turtles Back to Health
 
 
Five sick and injured turtles were successfully released back into the ocean at the Poor …

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Articles by Charlotte Squire

Editor Charlotte Squire has a B.A. with a double major in Politics and Social Policy. With a strong focus on positive social and environmental change, Charlotte has worked within the environmental arena for the past seven years. Charlotte has worked for a number of New Zealand based environmental organisations including the Green Party, BIO-GRO NZ, and Greenpeace NZ. She has been a freelance writer for the past six years, exploring positive environmental change. She has written for Her Magazine (formerly Her Business Magazine), Organic NZ, Eco-Living, Permaculture UK and Australia, The GB Weekly and Wild Tomato Magazine. Charlotte is a published Creative Writer. She is also a singer/song writer, her debut album Turangawaewae – Place to Stand being played nationwide.

Positivity and praise changing lives in Wellington foster care service
August 31, 2012 – 9:08 am | No Comment

Born to be a mom
From the age of 14 Sue had decided all she ever wanted was to be a mom and after raising four children of her own, (now aged between 22 and 29 …

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Greening the Rubble: Planting the seeds of freedom – by Steve Carter
August 31, 2012 – 8:32 am | No Comment

“It’s a terrific thing to be involved in … I feel like it’s kind of a dream job really.”
It’s always so refreshing to hear people express such passion for their work. On a beautiful, sunny …

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Cultivating the future – Tribute to Marion Spicer, South Auckland Family Learning Centre
August 30, 2012 – 12:39 pm | 2 Comments

by Melissa Parkes
Sometimes you come across a truly inspiring person and then you can count yourself lucky. My lucky break came when I first met Marion Spicer who works in South Auckland as the Family …

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Check out: The Ideal Cup – 100% Reusable and Recyclable
August 29, 2012 – 4:45 pm | No Comment

Check out this sexy hand accesory.
It’s New Zealand’s first reusable, barista grade takeaway cup and it’s been designed and made right here in Aotearoa!  In Porirua actually.  It’s 100% recyclable too and it’s 100% BPA …

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Carbon-friendly economy the way forward for Southland
August 29, 2012 – 3:53 pm | No Comment

Forest and Bird

 
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Forest & Bird welcomes the release of the WWF-New Zealand commissioned report yesterday that clearly shows the economic advantages of investing in Southland’s greener industries.
 
With mining companies currently eyeing up the region’s 3.5 …

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Comedian Ewen Gilmour Recognised with Presidential Citation from Variety International
August 29, 2012 – 9:08 am | No Comment

COMEDIAN EWEN GILMOUR RECOGNISED
WITH PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FROM VARIETY INTERNATIONAL
 
Popular comedian and much-loved Variety New Zealand Ambassador, Ewen Gilmour has been honoured by Variety – The Children’s Charity with a Variety International Presidential Citation. These awards …

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Situations Vacant in the Happyzine Collective: 11 Very Part Time Positions
August 27, 2012 – 8:35 pm | 7 Comments

Work for Happyzine!
The following positions are three to five hour (per week) roles in the Happyzine collective.  While we can’t pay you in Kiwi dollars for your time, we can offer seven benefits in recognition …

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Rare Southern Right Whale stuns visitors in Milford Sound
August 24, 2012 – 7:46 pm | No Comment

Media Release from Southern Discoveries
24 August 2012
 
Rare Southern Right Whale stuns Southern Discoveries visitors in Milford Sound

A rare and very special visitor has made an appearance at stunning Milford Sound this week, captured on …

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Christchurch: A Hub For Healthy Youth Development
August 24, 2012 – 7:13 pm | 2 Comments

by Steve Carter
Local Good News/Christchurch
Time passing is such a relative thing.
Sometimes, the last year feels like the longest ever … and then something happens to change one’s perspective to thinking time has fair raced …

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Tickling our funny bones this Red Nose Day – Joyce Elwood-Smith
August 23, 2012 – 6:59 pm | No Comment

Tickling Our Funny Bones
Joyce Elwood-Smith
Have you ever thought life is a funny thing, do you ever feel that you are the only one in the world to find certain things funny? Well be reassured that …

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Kids catered for at Lyttelton Farmers market party!
August 21, 2012 – 8:09 pm | No Comment

Project Lyttleton
On the 1st of September the Lyttelton Farmers Market turns 7 and we are throwing a party … this year it’s all about the kids!
The Lyttelton Farmers Market focuses on building community, connecting people …

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Happyzine – Taking it to the collective – discussion blog
August 20, 2012 – 11:54 pm | 30 Comments

Hi I’m Charlotte Squire, founder and Editor of Happyzine – New Zealand’s good news website and I’m about to get really real with you.   I’d really like your feedback so I’m asking you to hang …

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A Thousand Youth to Take Action on Climate Change in Auckland
August 20, 2012 – 9:27 pm | No Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
18/08/2012
Power Shift
Preparations are underway for a mass of young people to converge in Auckland in early December to shape their future, in the first-ever national event known as Power Shift NZ-Pacific 2012.
On the …

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A story of searching for good work in NZ
August 20, 2012 – 6:46 pm | No Comment

Posted by amelia | August 13, 2012 | Jobseekers
Do Good Jobs is proud to present our first guest blogger! Today it is Jennifer Nickel. A smart young lady who I had the privilage of meeting …

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New Zealand creativity has global support
August 20, 2012 – 4:55 pm | No Comment

MEDIA RELEASE

20 August 2012
 
New Zealand creativity has global support – Pledge Me

 
It’s not just New Zealanders that are supporting New Zealand creative projects. Over 15% of pledges on New Zealand’s crowdfunding website, PledgeMe.co.nz, come from …

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Freegan in the City
August 17, 2012 – 1:24 pm | 3 Comments

By Joel Le Blanc
While waiting for seeds to sprout and seedlings to grow and spring to erupt in glorious arrays of petals and pollen, there is still much free food growing everywhere that you look. …

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Christchurch: A food revolution from the ground up
August 17, 2012 – 10:33 am | No Comment

Local Good News/Christchurch
by Steve Carter
Growing a better future.
That’s how the ‘Garden To Table’ website describes what their scheme aims to achieve.  Rooted in the work of the Australian cook Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Program, the …

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Jonah Lomu Wants You to Live Below the Line for UNICEF NZ
August 15, 2012 – 12:07 pm | One Comment

UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund)
Media Release
Thursday 15 August, 2012
 
Jonah Lomu Wants You to Live Below the Line for UNICEF NZ
 
Jonah Lomu is getting back in the game, but this time as UNICEF NZ’s team coach …

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Kia kaha Bob! Cycling Aotearoa for the animals of the Christchurch SPCA
August 14, 2012 – 3:22 pm | No Comment

Sandra Daubney
Meet 70 year old Christchurch resident Bob Paniora, he’s presently cycling the length of New Zealand.  Bob loves animals and has had pets most of his life.
Following the Canterbury earthquakes, Bob felt strongly about …

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Keep New Zealand Beautiful Launch Cleanup Week!
August 14, 2012 – 3:01 pm | No Comment

This week, we’ve launched Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week!

We know Kiwi’s all over the country care about the communities they live in, the streets of our towns, the water in our harbors, and even the …

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Our teens aim to challenge poverty – starting with their own communities
August 14, 2012 – 11:35 am | No Comment

SEC Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13 August 2012
Our teens aim to challenge poverty – starting with their own communities.
Youth charity, P3 Foundation, has just completed its third annual Social Enterprise Competition (SEC). SEC is a social …

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Check out: Premium NZ Roasted Organic and Fair Trade Celcius Coffee
August 13, 2012 – 8:57 pm | No Comment

We gather around the table for an important mission.
We have two bags of award winning, organic, Fairtrade certified Celcius Coffee to report on for Happyzine readers.
Yes, and it’s a job we’re taking very seriously.
Today the …

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Winter stillness in Golden Bay – Lazy days at a Paton’s Rock bach
August 10, 2012 – 4:28 pm | No Comment

By Charlotte Squire
Local Good News/Golden Bay
You are cordially invited to play Beatles ‘soundtrack’ whilst reading

Exciting!  We’re going on holiday!  Admittedly we’re not going far, and we only have twenty four hours, but it’s a holiday …

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Christchurch: Flourish – the conference about thriving – by Steve Carter
August 10, 2012 – 11:49 am | No Comment

A conference with a flourish
by Steve Carter
Local Good News/Christchurch
What is it to really flourish?
Obviously, the answer to such a question is multifaceted and complex, so anyone organising a conference on the subject needs to be …

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Mohua Sun – the band for social and environmental changemakers – to play at Nelson’s Free House
August 9, 2012 – 5:02 pm | No Comment

Making the world a better place can be exhausting at times right?  A Golden Bay based folk rock band are setting out to restore the spirits of people seeking to create positive social and environmental …

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Wanted: Nominees to knock your socks off at the Attitude Awards
August 9, 2012 – 4:05 pm | No Comment

New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe – multiple Paralympic medallist and 2011 Attitude Award winner – has another swag of gold in her sights at the London Paralympic Games in August.  And she’s just the sort of …

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Respected Youth Leader signs up to take Poverty Challenge
August 8, 2012 – 12:51 pm | One Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
7/8/12
Respected Youth Leader signs up to take
Poverty Challenge
Live Below the Line continues to gather momentum as high-profile national leaders commit to take the experiential poverty challenge. Building on the enthusiasm from a host …

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Help grow NZ Fairtrade universities, sign the petition!
August 8, 2012 – 8:12 am | No Comment

Fair Trade Universities are sweeping the country, doubling in number in the last 12 months. This means that many of the products on these universities are now ethically sourced. This September two overarching university organisations …

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Clearing out the old, and making way for the garden – by Joel Le Blanc
August 6, 2012 – 3:36 pm | 2 Comments

Right now I am making a garden. A small Eden in an otherwise urban backdrop, which hopefully will feed, heal and inspire me for the next year to come. But right now the garden is …

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Christchurch: No Gallery Required
August 3, 2012 – 3:11 pm | No Comment

Local Good News/Christchurch
Steve Carter
“Wow”, you might well think as you see another wall adorned with a new work of art, “What is that?”
Wandering around Christchurch these days is like taking a stroll among the pieces …

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7th Birthday Bash for Lyttelton Farmers Market
August 2, 2012 – 3:01 pm | No Comment

On the 1st of September the Lyttelton Farmers Market turns 7. We don’t need much of an excuse for a party over here… so that’s what we are throwing! From 10am -1pm live bands, competitions, …

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World-changer: Joshua Vial – Enspiral
August 1, 2012 – 11:30 am | 2 Comments

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?
Hi, I’m Joshua and spend most of my time …

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Keep New Zealand Beautiful and Happyzine team up to take a fresh look at Aotearoa
July 29, 2012 – 10:29 pm | No Comment

Comment from Sam Rye, spokesperson for Keep New Zealand Beautiful:
Imagine a New Zealand free of litter, with thriving communities, where we restore and conserve our beautiful environment.
How do you think we will get there?
Keep New …

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Green Product Review: Natural Cream Deodorant – Lavender
July 29, 2012 – 10:04 pm | No Comment

We have a deodorant revolution going on here.  And I don’t mean that in an infomercial tone of voice.  This is Happyzine.  I mean it.
I’m holding a 20 ml container of totally natural, aluminium free …

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Christchurch: Liberating The Free Word
July 27, 2012 – 12:32 pm | No Comment

Local Good News/Christchurch
by Steve Carter
There’s been ‘Shaking’ and there’s been “Quaking’ … kind of lends itself to poetry, right?
Actually, there has been something of a gentle ban on earthquake doggerel at the Catalyst open-mic poetry …

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Slow travel: Winter getaway to Te Hapu, Golden Bay
July 27, 2012 – 12:13 pm | No Comment

By Charlotte Squire
Local Good News/Golden Bay
Do you feel like you have enough time? It’s the one thing we all have the same amount of. Yet not all of us feel the same way about it. …

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Like Minds Wellington Film Comp encourages people to ‘be there and stay involved with people experiencing mental illness’
July 26, 2012 – 1:17 pm | No Comment

PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release
 
Be There and Stay Involved!
Buoyant from the success of last year’s competition, Kites Trust is doing it all over again and holding the Like Minds Wellington Film Competition 2012.  Like Minds, …

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Herb Profile: Comfrey – a force to be reckoned with!
July 26, 2012 – 1:10 pm | No Comment

COMFREY Symphytum officinale

Comfrey was first brought to my attention after the birth of my son more than thirty years ago. My domiciliary midwife, the wonderful Joan Donnelly was a staunch advocate of eating weeds and …

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Conference of good ideas – Project Lyttelton
July 25, 2012 – 1:48 pm | No Comment

Project Lyttelton to host conference to facilitate sharing of ideas and enable communities to support one another
4th August will see community leaders and not for profit managers from across the region come together at Living …

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Music profile: Matiu Te Huki ‘Let your light shine’
July 22, 2012 – 3:51 pm | One Comment

Check out this soulful photo of Matiu Te Huki using his powerful gift for onstage performance, singing and songwriting.  The man’s worth checking out, if you haven’t already discovered him.
What I love most about Matiu’s …

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