Category Archives: Karamea

Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #15

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:    Iggy Popsicle Office … Continue reading

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Rongo Heroes: Vidoes By PassitOn Films

Paul Murray: LivinginPeace Project Founder <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/47384586″>Paul Murray, Rongo Hero</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/passiton”>PassitOn</a&gt; on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p> Dave Tailby: Permaculture Farm Manager <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/47393940″>DaveTaiby RongoHero</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/passiton”>PassitOn</a&gt; on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p> Brian “Big Man” Thomson: General Manager <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/47391216″>TheBigMan, Rongo Hero</a> … 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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The Serious Business of Permaculture

“What permaculturalists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don’t know what the details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people … Continue reading

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Join the New Permaculture Generation

LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course in Karamea
 (September 30 to October 14, 2012) The LivinginPeace Project in Karamea on the West Coast will be offering a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) from September 30 to October 14, 2012. We are fortunate … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #14

A New Zealand Government  Department authorised by deliberately rhetorical and subtly ambiguous Act of Parliament compounded by a tacit Royal Approval to receive Official Complaints.   Office Manager:   Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:  Jesus of Nazareth aka Yeshua Office Receptionist:   … Continue reading

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花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi by Paul Murray and Elise London

花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/43714458″>花見/花火 Hanami / Hanabi</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user11925474″>Paul Murray</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p> Hanami is flower watching in Japanese and Hanabi is fireworks…this is a stop-motion slideshow of an arrangement of leek flowers opening over time into a … Continue reading

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ArtofNature: Exhibition of One Photograph

By Photographer Paul Murray & Belgian Graphic Artist Arnaud “PsoMan” Vanderkerkin I walked the Heaphy Track in 2004 to collect information and take photographs for the http://www.heaphytrack.com Web site. Along the way, I happened across an interesting rock and took its … Continue reading

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