Category Archives: Business

World Famous Rongo Heaphy & Pot-Luck Feasts

Off the Top of my Head: By Paul Murray   One of the main objectives of the LivinginPeace Project is to provide all our people and our guests with meals made from freshly harvested, locally grown, organic, healthy, nutritious and … Continue reading

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The Rongolian Star Quiz # 2 Special Interest Subject: KimDotCom

On the 20th of January 2012, Kim Dotcom aka Kim Schmitz aka Kimble aka Kim Tim Jim Vestor had his Coatsville, Auckland, New Zealand mansion raided by the United States Keystone Cops elite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle squad of aSSaSSins, … Continue reading

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Spanish “Artist” Demands $ for Simian Ecce Homo Jesus

The 81-year old amateur artist who botched the restoration of a 19th century Spanish fresco of Jesus known as ‘Ecce Homo,’ says she wants to be paid for her work. According to Spanish website elcorreo.com, Celia Gimenez has demanded royalties … Continue reading

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A Quiet Revolution—Bill Mollison on Permaculture

    By Scott London Bill Mollison calls himself a field biologist and itinerant teacher. But it would be more accurate to describe him as an instigator. When he published Permaculture One in 1978, he launched an international land-use movement many regard … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #16

A New Zealand Government Department authorised by a rhetorically ambiguous and a covertly fictitious Act of Parliament and compounded by a tacitly implied Royal Approval to receive Official Complaints. Office Manager:     Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:    Rubik … Continue reading

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Super Moo the Karamea Wonder Dog

By Paul Murray     The Buller District Council classified “Moo” as a “dangerous dog” after an alleged incident that occurred in 2006 when he was about a year old. I had to go to Greymouth and he really wanted … Continue reading

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Accidental Multi-Millionaire Leo Gao: Kiwi Hero

What would you have done if you were Leo Gao? Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray   What would you have done if you were Leo Gao? After battling away for years working hard as a small … Continue reading

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INSPIRATION: Exhibition by Shota Kawahara

Exhibition by LivinginPeace Project 2011 Resident Artist Shota Kawahara at Re-Invent, Lake Forest Chicago

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Have You Been to Rongolia Yet?

This is a blog post from a few years ago…only the names have been changed to protect the guilty….   So much has happened since my last post that I don’t know where to begin. My circumstances have changed. My … Continue reading

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Japanese Artist Shota Kawahara Takes on Chicago

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Vagabond artist, Shota Kawahara, is currently flat out preparing for a show as resident artist at Re-Invent Gallery in Lake Forest, Chicago. Graduate of the prestigious Kyoto University art faculty, nonconformist Japanese … Continue reading

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