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/2016/06/01/victoria-university-partners-with-zealandia-to-focus-on-urban-ecology/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/06/01/victoria-university-partners-with-zealandia-to-focus-on-urban-ecology/#comments Tue, 31 May 2016 16:00:50 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=30015 Zealandia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Victoria University of Wellington this morning in a ceremony attended by Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown. The agreement, signed by Denise Church, chair of Karori Sanctuary Trust, and Professor ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/06/01/victoria-university-partners-with-zealandia-to-focus-on-urban-ecology/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/04/27/b-side-stories-achilles-nz-supports-disabled-athletes/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/04/27/b-side-stories-achilles-nz-supports-disabled-athletes/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:00:14 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29790 Original blog on B Side Stories.  Dave Piper loves to keep fit, and being blind doesn’t hold him back. Volunteers like Lauren Milstead help disabled people to achieve their fitness goals through Achilles International New Zealand. Listen ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/04/27/b-side-stories-achilles-nz-supports-disabled-athletes/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/04/25/b-side-stories-meet-ali-whitton-of-lost-bird/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/04/25/b-side-stories-meet-ali-whitton-of-lost-bird/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2016 16:00:39 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29787 This week on BSide Stories we were joined by Ali Whitton of LOST BiRD, the local Wellington Country Folk duo consisting of guitar player/songwriter Ali & Oliver Vetter on violin. Ali discusses his Celtic origins ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/04/25/b-side-stories-meet-ali-whitton-of-lost-bird/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/23/wellington-meet-ryan-from-switched-on-bikes-and-russell-from-nocar-cargo/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/23/wellington-meet-ryan-from-switched-on-bikes-and-russell-from-nocar-cargo/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2016 05:36:11 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29642 B Side Stories. One year on from the Wellington Smart Energy Challenge the Wellington radio show team from B Side Stories catch up with Russell from NoCar Cargo and Ryan from Switched On Bikes to see how their ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/23/wellington-meet-ryan-from-switched-on-bikes-and-russell-from-nocar-cargo/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/15/meet-lauren-and-find-out-why-she-regularly-goes-into-prison-to-teach-people-to-make-coffee/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/15/meet-lauren-and-find-out-why-she-regularly-goes-into-prison-to-teach-people-to-make-coffee/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:00:02 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29575 B Side Stories – Tales from the people who make Wellington tick Lauren Tennent goes to work at Peoples Coffee and she also goes regularly to prison, as it is part of her job to teach women inmates ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/15/meet-lauren-and-find-out-why-she-regularly-goes-into-prison-to-teach-people-to-make-coffee/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/11/nature-through-arts-collective-b-side-stories-wellington/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/11/nature-through-arts-collective-b-side-stories-wellington/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:10:12 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29573 From: B-Side Stories – tales from people who make Wellington tick. Ali was lucky enough to be joined by Nikki and Pam from the Nature Through Arts Collective who we first met in September last year ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/03/11/nature-through-arts-collective-b-side-stories-wellington/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/19/pacific-climate-change-conference-turns-words-into-action/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/19/pacific-climate-change-conference-turns-words-into-action/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2016 01:12:34 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=29495 Victoria University of Wellington The fight to build a more resilient Pacific in the face of climate change has taken a major step forward with the official partnering between the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2016/02/19/pacific-climate-change-conference-turns-words-into-action/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/09/29/urban-farm-sites-popping-up-in-wellington-to-support-wellness-revolution/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/09/29/urban-farm-sites-popping-up-in-wellington-to-support-wellness-revolution/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 21:30:30 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=28544 From B-Side Stories Founder of WorkerBe, Erin Leigh describes her business as a wellness revolution, but not only is she taking our office workers health by storm by providing “local, nutrient dense and mostly spray-free whole foods ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/09/29/urban-farm-sites-popping-up-in-wellington-to-support-wellness-revolution/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/04/03/wellington-residents-invited-to-bring-to-life-an-enormous-painting/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/04/03/wellington-residents-invited-to-bring-to-life-an-enormous-painting/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:14:59 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=27083 A new art project in Wellington is bringing people together, on a scale never seen before. Wellingtonians are invited to be part of a giant painting, stretching across the fields of one of Wellington’s great park ...]]> https://happyzine.co.nz/2015/04/03/wellington-residents-invited-to-bring-to-life-an-enormous-painting/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/04/17/smart-energy-challenge-projects-seek-community-pledges/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/04/17/smart-energy-challenge-projects-seek-community-pledges/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:07:48 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=26107 https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/04/17/smart-energy-challenge-projects-seek-community-pledges/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/12/growing-strong-community-in-wellington-vital-part-of-emergency-preparation/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/12/growing-strong-community-in-wellington-vital-part-of-emergency-preparation/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 07:28:00 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25608 https://happyzine.co.nz/2014/01/12/growing-strong-community-in-wellington-vital-part-of-emergency-preparation/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/12/29/community-planting-biodiversity-and-connecting-kids-with-nature-supported-in-wellington/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/12/29/community-planting-biodiversity-and-connecting-kids-with-nature-supported-in-wellington/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:29:35 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25533 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/12/29/community-planting-biodiversity-and-connecting-kids-with-nature-supported-in-wellington/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/12/06/fairtrade-chocolate-a-hit-in-wellington-new-zealands-first-fairtrade-city/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/12/06/fairtrade-chocolate-a-hit-in-wellington-new-zealands-first-fairtrade-city/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2013 03:49:51 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25350 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/12/06/fairtrade-chocolate-a-hit-in-wellington-new-zealands-first-fairtrade-city/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/11/12/strengthening-community-wellingtons-timebank-turns-two/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/11/12/strengthening-community-wellingtons-timebank-turns-two/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 03:01:01 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=25221 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/11/12/strengthening-community-wellingtons-timebank-turns-two/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/08/13/public-art-ideas-sought-to-bring-life-to-wellington/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/08/13/public-art-ideas-sought-to-bring-life-to-wellington/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:33:25 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=24358 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/08/13/public-art-ideas-sought-to-bring-life-to-wellington/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/01/09/wellington-pioneers-the-free-use-of-commercial-space-for-public-art/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/01/09/wellington-pioneers-the-free-use-of-commercial-space-for-public-art/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:58:22 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=22113 https://happyzine.co.nz/2013/01/09/wellington-pioneers-the-free-use-of-commercial-space-for-public-art/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2012/04/13/creative-wellingtonians-combine-art-and-technology-to-help-communities-overseas/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2012/04/13/creative-wellingtonians-combine-art-and-technology-to-help-communities-overseas/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:42:42 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=18440 https://happyzine.co.nz/2012/04/13/creative-wellingtonians-combine-art-and-technology-to-help-communities-overseas/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/11/20/wellngton-save-the-basin-public-protest-thursday-24-november-5-30-6pm/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/11/20/wellngton-save-the-basin-public-protest-thursday-24-november-5-30-6pm/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:36:33 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=16689 https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/11/20/wellngton-save-the-basin-public-protest-thursday-24-november-5-30-6pm/feed/ 0 https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/11/11/spring-time-in-wellington-a-christchurch-regugee-admires-silverbeet-on-lampton-quay/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/11/11/spring-time-in-wellington-a-christchurch-regugee-admires-silverbeet-on-lampton-quay/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:28:43 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=16492 https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/11/11/spring-time-in-wellington-a-christchurch-regugee-admires-silverbeet-on-lampton-quay/feed/ 4 https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/04/14/webcam-turned-on-wellington-office-building-as-work-of-art/ https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/04/14/webcam-turned-on-wellington-office-building-as-work-of-art/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:02:16 +0000 https://happyzine.co.nz/?p=12497 https://happyzine.co.nz/2011/04/14/webcam-turned-on-wellington-office-building-as-work-of-art/feed/ 0