Category Archives: Bureaucracy

GOAL for Karamea Community!!

Posted on July 12, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Knock, Knock…Who’s there? Opportunity… …Opportunity Who? Opportunity to make our region FABULOUS!   Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray When opportunity knocks, you open the door right? Well, the Karamea community has a golden opportunity ringing its … Continue reading →

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Burning Woman Throws Baby

Posted on July 1, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray When a large macrocarpa tree blew down in front of his house in a storm, Granity artist and bon vivant Peter Whitaker saw it as a sign, “It was like a … Continue reading →

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What’s Up DOC? (Batter the Birds)

Posted on March 17, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Department of “Conservation” plan to blanket Kahurangi National Park with 1080 poison…… Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Not good news I’m afraid….more from me soon….   1 1 WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE? INTRODUCTION: … Continue reading →

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Italian Director Denied Entry to Complete Karamea Doco

Posted on March 4, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

  By Aimee van der Weyden Friday Mar 4, 2016 The foreign director of a documentary film about Karamea is unable to return to finish filming because he was deported at Auckland Airport. Marco Gianstefani from Milan, Italy, spent two … Continue reading →

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Karameans Rally to Protest Cop Shop Chop

Posted on March 2, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray A review of police services on the West Coast by N.Z. Police Superintendent Karyn Malthus recommended that the Karamea Police Station be “disestablished” and the police constable be relocated. This would … Continue reading →

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Antidisestablishmentarianism

Posted on February 3, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Letter to the Editor: Westport News February 3, 2016 Dear Sir/Madam, The small rural community of Karamea at the top of the West Coast is rightfully up in arms over a … Continue reading →

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The Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #5

Posted on February 1, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

Karamea Ministry of Red Tape A New Zealand Government Department authorised by Statute and Royal Decree to receive Official Complaints Office Manager:      Red Scarlett Senior Complaints  Officer:     Medium Rare Secretary:      Rouge Rhubrabra Market Cross: … Continue reading →

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