Category Archives: Economics

LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course 2013

Incorporating Art, Travel, Permaculture and Education Into a Sustainable Business.   Permaculture Design Course in Karamea (May 14 to May 28, 2013) The course will cover theory and practice in Permaculture and will be held on a developing permaculture farm … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #19

A New Zealand Government Department authorised by a covertly suspicious and deliberately ambiguous Act of Parliament and compounded by a tacitly implied Royal Approval to receive official complaints.   Office Manager:    Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:    Antony Visigoth   … Continue reading

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The Day “Dean Buchanan” Came to Town

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Would the real Dean Buchanan please stand up? If you see this guy, he’s not Dean Buchanan… In the summer of 2006, a guy claiming to be Auckland artist Dean … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project Holiday Vouchers

Frances Tordoff came to stay at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in the summer of 2012 on the recommendation of her daughter Bekki, who had previously worked at Rongo as a Wwoofer (Willing Worker on Organic Farm) several times since the … Continue reading

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Fat Cats

Forget Bill Gates, the richest man in history lived in Mali… 700 years ago He was a despot who ruled swathes of West Africa and made a fortune from salt and gold. Now, Mansa Musa I has been named the … Continue reading

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CONSPIRACY THEORY or FACT?

ArticlesFeaturedSociety— 15 February 2013 There are types of stories called “conspiracy theories” and the people who teach them are considered by “society” as crazy fanatics who often need medical treatment. What if I tell you that “society” should take some of that … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape # 18

A New Zealand Government Department authorised by a covertly suspicious and deliberately ambiguous Act of Parliament and compounded by a tacitly implied Royal Approval to receive official complaints.   Office Manager:      Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:       Madagascar Mirage Office Receptionist:     … Continue reading

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Insurance Companies…Who’s Watching These Crooks?

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray Incredibly, insurance premiums worldwide have skyrocketed in the wake of natural disasters and the prospect of more wild weather resulting from climate change and other factors…deforestation, fracking etc, etc. The insurance … Continue reading

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Experts Fear Collapse of Global Civilisation

UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 11, 2013 (IPS) – Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future. They can clearly see the coming collapse of global civilisation from an array of interconnected environmental problems. By Stephen Leahy (With cynical embellishment by … Continue reading

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Man Gifts for Christmas

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