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Keep New Zealand Beautiful Launch Cleanup Week!

August 14, 2012 – 3:01 pm |

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 …

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 …

Cosy Container Love in Christchurch, New Zealand

May 16, 2012 – 8:18 am |

By Christine Reitze, organiser of Container Love
Christchurch residents have created a giant ‘Container Cosy’ to brighten up the shipping containers they found in their neighbourhoods after the Christchurch quakes.  Pieces of the Cosy were donated …

Smart Packaging workshop for Wellington businesses

May 8, 2012 – 5:10 pm |

8th May 2012

Wanaka Wastebusters
 
Smart Packaging workshop for Wellington businesses
Wanaka Wastebusters will be running  two free Smart Packaging Business Workshops in Wellington on Thursday 10th May.
The workshops will help businesses add value to their brand by …

Wanaka Wastebuster’s new advice service targets packaging waste

March 22, 2012 – 8:33 pm |

Advice service targets packaging waste – Wanaka Wastebusters

Packaging waste figures released this week by the Packaging Council show that a new Smartpackaging Advice service for businesses launched today is timely and needed.
Each New Zealander throws …

Sinbad Sanctuary project reaping hugely positive results

March 21, 2012 – 6:08 pm |

Media release from Southern Discoveries
21 March 2012
 
Sinbad Gully sponsorship hugely rewarding
 
An award-winning environmental conservation project in a World Heritage Area is continuing to demonstrate “uplifting and positive” results half-way through the first stage of …

I’m on a mission to establish Good News Reporters in Kiwi towns – can you do stuff I can’t?

February 27, 2012 – 8:57 pm | 3 Comments

Happyzine founder and Editor Charlotte Squire shares the vision, and puts forward the request for volunteer help to set up local systems for the Happyzine Kiwi Local Good News project.
Ok, it’s time to front up.
Again.
There’s …

Emerging Designer finalists embrace the green

January 18, 2012 – 8:54 pm |

Media Release: Wednesday 18 January 2012
 
iD reveals 2012 Emerging Designer finalists
Fashion history will be created and careers launched when the world’s hot new fashion talent show their collections at the 8th annual iD International …

For the love of my brother – David Visser rides from Bluff to Cape Reinga to raise funds for his big bro

January 13, 2012 – 9:29 am | One Comment

For the love of my Brother, Wilf
My name is David Visser, and I’m from Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand. My elder brother Wilf is living with a rare and fatal motor neurone disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Vote for Nature – Forest and Bird

November 16, 2011 – 9:44 am |

 
Forest and Bird
A Vote for Nature is a vote for the New Zealand we love and want to pass on to our children
In the lead up to the election, we need to remind political parties …

Mount Eden Village People: Community Celebration

October 21, 2011 – 8:12 am |

Mount Eden Village People
It is nearly the end of the year and the 27th of November is our yearly community get-together, celebrating our path to a sustainable Mt Eden. This year we are inviting the …

Stage Two of the New Zealand White Roofs Project Kicks Off – Help it Grow!

September 4, 2011 – 5:45 pm |

Progress report from ian Montangees – Founder of the NZ White Roofs Project
I am preparing to begin Stage 2 of the project to start towards the end of September, which will get much more …

Opinion: Oi! Kiwi Businesses! We Don’t Know How Lucky We Are! By Charlotte Squire

June 21, 2011 – 11:58 pm | 2 Comments

So word has in on the street that Kiwi businesses ranked pretty close to the bottom of the barrel in a recent international survey when it came to ‘saving the planet’.  Yep.  A mere twenty …

Youth Perspective: Aotearoa Needs to Heal – by Johny O’Donnell

June 20, 2011 – 4:40 pm |

New Zealand has some serious issues.
New Zealand has a drinking culture that glorifies alcoholism and justifies behaviours that would otherwise be unacceptable.
New Zealand has inequality that eats at the very core …

Youth Perspective: Morena Ki a Koe from Los Angeles America! by Johny O’Donnell

June 10, 2011 – 12:52 pm |

Morena ki a koe from Los Angeles America!
I write this on the last day of my trip to America where I have been since last Wednesday, I travelled over here to speak to …

Happyzine Teams Up With Fresh FM To ‘Chillax and Have Fun’

June 5, 2011 – 7:36 pm |

Press release
Happyzine
Sunday 6th June, 2011
Fresh FM Teams Up With Positive Green Writer to Encourage Community to ‘Chillax and Have Fun’ As They Go Green.
Nelson’s community radio station Fresh Fm is partnering up with Golden …

Three Weeks to the Green Living Expo! Auckland, New Zealand

May 12, 2011 – 10:27 pm |

Three weeks to the Expo!
The very first Green Living Show & Organic Expo 2011 where industry experts from all green areas meet to share their knowledge and showcase their products.
With only a few weeks before …

Open Day at the NZ Clean Energy Centre – Taupo

May 1, 2011 – 12:12 pm |

On May 13 we are hosting an Open Day at the NZ Clean Energy Centre in Taupo to give you an opportunity to visit the Centre and take a tour. There will be …

Natural, Sustainable Beekeeping in New Zealand

April 19, 2011 – 5:36 pm | One Comment

By Marcia Meehan.
My honey bees Apis mellifera, are precious in more ways than one. . . Some people understand that without our food plants being pollinated, except for the likes of rice and some cereals, …

Wellington Office Building Becomes a Work of Art

April 1, 2011 – 7:13 pm |

Media Release
For immediate release March 31st 2011
Wellington Office Building Becomes a Work of Art
The Market Testament Colin Hodson,  11-25 April 2011
139 The Terrace, (formerly Asteron House,) Wellington
A Letting Space public art project
An entire office building …

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