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Media release – Department of Conservation
8 February 2013
Love your endangered trees – Heart-leaved kōhūhū
Murchison is becoming known as a haven for rare and endangered tree species and locals are being invited to help another rare …

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Articles by Hannah Campbell

CD Review: Poetree by Redwood Reider
September 14, 2011 – 1:15 pm | 3 Comments

by Hannah Schenker.
I walked into the Mussel Inn, Golden Bay, on Live Poets night a couple of years ago, a gig I rarely attended but had been coaxed to by a new friend. On the …

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Earth Friendly Luminate Festival All Set for Take Off at the End of January
January 12, 2011 – 2:34 pm | No Comment

When you grow up in a town like Takaka, New Zealand, which has hosted Entrain, The Gathering, Stardust, Visionz, Uprising and Canaan Downs Festivals (to name a few), you might start wondering about this place …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Nine – Ciao For Now
September 30, 2010 – 11:05 am | One Comment

The last day of September is already here…days have slipped and flipped around like yoyos. Seasonal change has brought much excitement and left me feeling somewhat unsettled, scattering the mind in the wind with the …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Eight – Hannah Falls Off the Wagon. Again
September 27, 2010 – 2:34 pm | No Comment

Well you are reading the blog of someone on a health mission who isn’t very good at it. I confess to a couple of drinks yesterday whilst in Nelson picking up my partner’s daughter from …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Seven – Move It.
September 23, 2010 – 8:18 pm | 2 Comments

Sometimes life gets so busy with all the myriad of things it contains – suddenly one remembers that she must write another blog!!! Amongst the busyness: moving house/setting up house with my man, computer course, …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Six – Kombucha: Miracle Drink?
September 20, 2010 – 11:47 am | 4 Comments

It’s Monday morning in Golden Bay and again, it’s not so golden. The rain is incessant; we’re experiencing a late wintery blast and so I sit here, delaying getting out of bed for as long …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Five – Let’s Get Connected
September 16, 2010 – 2:17 pm | No Comment

Good day, ladies and gentleman. It’s shaping up to be a cold and wet one here in Golden Bay, but I am warm and cosy at my computer course in town, putting off the inevitable …

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Blog Four: Update Your Face
September 13, 2010 – 5:42 pm | One Comment

It’s grey and misty out in this Valley, perfect for my reclusive, pensive state of mind. I’ve spent the weekend moving in with my beloved, and I am shattered from it all, despite it not …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Three – What My Body Has To Say
September 8, 2010 – 7:52 pm | 3 Comments

Yesterday afternoon had more in store for me on the body front. I visited Tania Marsden for my first session of Bodytalk. I walked in the door knowing nothing about it; having filled in a …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Two – Digest This.
September 6, 2010 – 2:54 pm | 3 Comments

I have just walked in the door after a night in Nelson with my beloved, and before my head hits the pillow I wanted to update you all on what has been happening.  An interesting …

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Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog One
September 1, 2010 – 10:25 pm | 6 Comments

Greetings and welcome to the first of my twice-weekly blogs for the month of September. I recently approached Charlotte about blogging for a month about my journey back to living healthily, in part because you …

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Letter to Happyzine from Hannah of Golden Bay
August 12, 2010 – 10:09 pm | 2 Comments

Dear Happyzine,
It has been a while since we have spoken, and although I am feeling somewhat neglectful it has at least spurred me into writing again. How are you my sweet? I see you have …

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Miessence Deodorant Review
August 12, 2010 – 12:00 pm | No Comment

As health conscious consumers, how many of you out there use an over the counter drug that effectively changes the function of your body every day? If you aren’t already using a certified organic deodorant, …

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Pencil This One In – The Kiwi Diary
April 6, 2010 – 4:49 pm | No Comment

For years now I have been under the misconception that Greymouth and Greytown were indeed named for their eternal greyness – all rain and melancholy. But the 2010 Kiwi Diary informs me that they were …

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Get Your Kit Off: The Natural Way to Protest!
March 18, 2010 – 3:45 pm | 3 Comments

On Saturday March 13th one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline hosted over one hundred people taking part in the World Naked Bike Ride, the longest running global protest where clothing is optional. The …

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Guerilla Knitting – Get Your Needles Out!
March 18, 2010 – 12:42 pm | 11 Comments

There are many crafty types out there who will happily sit at home/ in a café/ in the Doctor’s waiting room with their needles and yarns at the ready; creating delightful, often functional and highly …

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Litopia – For the Love of Words
March 3, 2010 – 10:33 pm | No Comment

Language for me is sustenance–such an indulgent pleasure to roll a beautiful word around in my mouth like a slowly melting chocolate, or to spit and dribble the painful and ugly whilst marvelling at their …

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Find Your Passion, Live Your Authentic Life
February 12, 2010 – 12:00 pm | 5 Comments

I have recently been in awe of two Takaka locals and their achievements – Sam Miles scaled Mount Cook and Claire Prebble had her costume design skills used in the smash hit movie Avatar (which …

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Green Love: Happyzine’s Top Seven Recommended Gifts of Love
February 1, 2010 – 8:56 pm | One Comment

Feeling the love?  Express it this Valentine’s Day with a lush gift.  Hannah Campbell has searched high, sideways and low for the very best in unique and truly sustainably produced Valentine’s Day offerings.  Relax, we’ve …

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I Have Come a Long Way Baby
December 20, 2009 – 5:06 pm | 4 Comments

It is so easy to turn away from our life difficulties. To turn our backs, put up walls and shields and hold fast, defenses up. It is much harder to turn those …

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Tis the Season
December 13, 2009 – 8:26 pm | No Comment

Oooh, you look festive!
For many, the celebration of Christmas is strongly founded in religious significance. Though my parents were raised in religious families the beliefs were not passed on to me in …

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Creativity for Transformational Change
December 7, 2009 – 8:03 pm | No Comment

There exists a sacred space, a space created and held by Golden Bay visionary Trudi Fersterer. Every Wednesday morning during the school terms a group of women meet, myself included, to open up, tune in …

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Reasons to Love Golden Bay
November 23, 2009 – 6:42 pm | No Comment

The quickening of spring not only unfurls buds and a sweep of green and tiny creatures, but heralds the re-opening of winter-shut hotspots for lingering, languishing alongside the annual incoming tide of eager and beautiful …

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