https://happyzine.co.nz Because good news makes a difference Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:35:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.9 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/12/22/final-happyzine-weekly-for-2010/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/12/22/final-happyzine-weekly-for-2010/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:50:58 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=916 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/12/22/final-happyzine-weekly-for-2010/feed/ 1 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/12/07/happyzine-weekly-december-7th-09/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/12/07/happyzine-weekly-december-7th-09/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:10:06 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=737 Editor’s Comment [email protected] Just in case you hadn’t noticed – it’s December.  I’m feeling the urge to transform my home into a magical, sparkling, cave full of promise and eye-candy.  And I want to do it in ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/12/07/happyzine-weekly-december-7th-09/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/30/happyzine-weekly-november-30th-09/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/30/happyzine-weekly-november-30th-09/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:08:08 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=735 Editor’s Comment [email protected] This week I’ve launched a wee pilot project – a daily ‘fly-by’ of the nation’s good news (with some international good-news also thrown in). And at the beginning of these web-link-lists, are blogs, about ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/30/happyzine-weekly-november-30th-09/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/22/happyzine-weekly-november-22nd-09/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/22/happyzine-weekly-november-22nd-09/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:04:04 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=733 Editor’s Comment [email protected] Enjoying the Journey This morning I gathered up my son Kahu, and my best ever running companion – Maia the Dog – and we went push-chair jogging through the drizzle. I love running in light-rain, ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/22/happyzine-weekly-november-22nd-09/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/16/happyzine-weekly-16th-november-09/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/16/happyzine-weekly-16th-november-09/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:59:29 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=731 Editor’s Comment [email protected] One sunny afternoon last week I met up with Debs Martin, New Zealand’s Wild Rivers Campaign Coordinator. We lounged on the grass at the Queens Gardens, here in Nelson, and brain stormed some ways ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/11/16/happyzine-weekly-16th-november-09/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/26/october-26th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/26/october-26th-2009/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:55:25 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=311   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/26/october-26th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/19/october-19th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/19/october-19th-2009/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:54:32 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=309   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/19/october-19th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/12/october-12th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/12/october-12th-2009/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:53:44 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=307   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment   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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/12/october-12th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/05/october-5th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/05/october-5th-2009/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:52:21 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=304   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/10/05/october-5th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/28/september-28th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/28/september-28th-2009/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:51:28 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=302   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/28/september-28th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/21/september-21st-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/21/september-21st-2009/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:49:49 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=300   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment 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, ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/21/september-21st-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/14/september-14th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/14/september-14th-2009/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:48:23 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=298   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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/14/september-14th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/07/september-7th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/07/september-7th-2009/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:47:24 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=296 KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment: 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/09/07/september-7th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/31/august-31st-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/31/august-31st-2009/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:46:18 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=294   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Comment: 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/31/august-31st-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/24/august-24th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/24/august-24th-2009/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:45:27 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=292   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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/24/august-24th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/17/august-17th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/17/august-17th-2009/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:44:26 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=290   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Pick: 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/17/august-17th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/10/august-10th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/10/august-10th-2009/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:43:32 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=288   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Pick: 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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/10/august-10th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/03/august-3rd-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/03/august-3rd-2009/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:42:41 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=286   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Pick:     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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/08/03/august-3rd-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/07/27/july-27th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/07/27/july-27th-2009/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:41:31 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=284   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.      Editor’s Pick:   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, ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/07/27/july-27th-2009/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/07/20/july-20th-2009/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/07/20/july-20th-2009/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:40:36 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=282   KIA ORA KOUTOU – WELCOME TO THE HAPPYZINE COMMUNITY.          Editor’s Pick:        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 ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2009/07/20/july-20th-2009/feed/ 0