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Category Archives: Karamea
West Coast Wearable Art Show WOWs All Comers
Karamea’s Creative Couture Transcends All Expectations Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray WOW! The World of Wearable Art came to the small rural community of Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artist, Buller District Council, Community, Community-Led Development, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Funny, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, Nature, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Photography, Property Brokers, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged Art, Deign, Fashion, Humour, Karamea Community, Nature, New Zealand, South Island, West Coast
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From Little Things, BIG Things Come…
Karamea Co.Starters Graduate with BIG Plans for Business Success Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray In the small rural enclave of Karamea in a community ravaged by COVID, seven local entrepreneurial ladies graduated from a 10-week Co.Starters … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cheese, Co.Starters, Community, Economics, Education, Food, Karamea, Money, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Permaculture, Photography, Social Enterprise, Sustainability, Tourism, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged Business, Co.Starters, Development West Coast, education, karamea, West Coast
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Fromagère Di Anderson Says, “Say “Cheese” Karamea.”
Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray After 52 years of “running around after other people,” Dianne Anderson said, “Right… It’s my turn now; I want a cheese room,” and, just like that, she started a new career … Continue reading
In for a Penny, Out with a Pounding
Off the Top of My Head Book Review: “The Last Front Line: Building the Paparoa Great Walk” by Brendan O’Dwyer By Paul Murray It’s a long way from Tipperary to the wilds of the Paparoa National Park on the West Coast of the South Island … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Book Review, Brendan O'Dwyer, DOC, Environment, Historical, Karamea, Mining, Mountain Biking, MTB, Nature, New Zealand, Paparoa, Paul Murray, South Island, Tourism, Tramping, Travel, West Coast
Tagged Book Review, Department of Conservation, DOC, Mountain Biking, MTB, Paparoa National Park, Pike River Mine, Pike29, Tramping, West Coast NZ
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Karamea Property Report 2019
Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray After almost two years as a land agent here in Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, I have learnt a lot about … Continue reading
Artists Plan New “ArtofNature” Exhibition for Tokyo
Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray This photograph really started something. It was taken on the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park at the top of the South Island of New Zealand in 2005. I’ve always … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artist, Artist-in-residency programme, Belgium, Heaphy Track, Japan, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, Nature, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Photography, Resident artist, South Island, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged Art, Artists, ArtofNature, Exhibition, Japan, karamea, Mural, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Photography, PsoMan, Tokyo
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Business Opportunity Knocks in Paradise
Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray In the Spring of 2006, German traveller Lena Fischbach happened across a remote Marlborough Sounds lodge, met Kiwi journeyman Mike MacMillan and ended up with two kids living in Karamea at the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Children, Community, Economics, Environment, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Marriage, Money, Mountain Biking, Nature, New Zealand, Oparara Basin, Oparara Valley Track, Paul Murray, South Island, Uncategorized
Tagged Automotive, Business, Business Opportunity, karamea, Mechanic, New Zealand, Opportunity, Paradise, South Island, West Coast
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Karamean Foodies Visit Tasman Artisans On Quest for Gastronomic Enlightenment
Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray A group of eight Karameans travelled to the Tasman region on September 26 and 27, 2018, to visit artisan food processing and production facilities in Nelson and Upper Moutere with the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Community, Community-Led Development, Economics, Environmentally Responsible Business, Karamea, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Social Enterprise, South Island, Sustainability, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged Branding, Business, Environment, Foodies, karamea, Marketing, Social Enterprise, West Coast South Island New Zealand
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DJ Crap’s Single Artist Special Shows
DJ Crap, in collaboration with his good friend DJ Travis “Blind Dog” Taylor, present a series of radio programmes that showcase specific artists. This series of one-hour radio shows will introduce you to superb music by great musicians that you may … Continue reading
Posted in 107.5 FM, Art, Bluegrass, Blues, DJ Crap, Funk, Groove, Jazz, Karamea, Karamea Radio, Karamea Radio 107.5 FM, LivinginPeace Project, Music, Musicians, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Radio, Radio Karamea, Radio Shows, Rock'n'Roll, Rongo, Rongo Dinner Bed & Breakfast, South Island, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged DJ Crap, DJ Travis “Blind Dog” Taylor, Karamea Radio 107.5 FM, Music, Radio, Radio Rongo
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DJ “Blind Dog” Taylor’s Radio Karamea Recordings
Blues aficionado DJ Travis “Blind Dog” Taylor records his radio shows in Adelaide, South Australia exclusively for Karamea Radio 107.5 FM in Karamea, New Zealand.
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