Category Archives: LivinginPeace Project

A Tribute to Dave Tailby: LivinginPeace Project Permaculturalist

Posted on August 4, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   In March 2012, Dave Tailby arrived in Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand to become the first LivinginPeace Project (LiPP) Permaculture Farm Manager. … Continue reading →

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Auckland Lad Attempts 1st Lap of N.Z. Coast on Foot

Posted on July 20, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray     On day 173 of his epic attempt to walk the coastline of New Zealand, intrepid 19-year old traveller Brando Yelavich arrived at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in Karamea at … Continue reading →

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Father-Son Holiday Adventure Sets Heaphy MTB Record

Posted on July 20, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Zac Stones and James Hartshorne arrived at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery (www.rongobackpackers.com) on July 17, 2013 after a four-day adventure mountain biking on the Heaphy Track with their Dads Damian … Continue reading →

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape # 22

Posted on July 11, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

A New Zealand Government Department authorised by a covertly suspicious and deliberately rhetorical Act of Parliament to receive official complaints.   By Rongolian Star Raving Reporter Lewis Arthur Gordon Jackson   Karamea Ministry of Red Tape Staff Manager: Red Scarlett … Continue reading →

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For Permaculture in Japan Visit Permaculture Awa Farm & Dojo

Posted on June 29, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   If you’re in Japan and you’re interested in permaculture, you need to meet Phil Cashman and see what he’s doing at Permaculture Awa Farm and Dojo in Wada on the Chiba Prefecture … Continue reading →

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2013 LivinginPeace Project Permaculture Design Course

Posted on June 13, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Students from France, New Zealand, Germany, the United States and Japan converged on Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand for the 2013 LivinginPeace (LiP) Project … Continue reading →

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DOC Plans Unprecedented 1080 Operation in Kahurangi National Park

Posted on June 6, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

The following letter was sent out to residents of the Northern Buller district regarding proposed resource consent application by the “Department of Conservation” to permit the government body to aerially poison 113, 699 hectares of the Kahurangi National Park. The … Continue reading →

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Can International Travel Be Sustainable?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   (The LivinginPeace Project aims to combine Art/Travel/Permaculture and Education into a Sustainable Business)   The LivinginPeace Project in Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island … Continue reading →

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ANZAC Day 2013

Posted on April 24, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

2013 ANZAC Message from N.Z. Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae On the 25th of April we mark ANZAC Day. As the first light breaks, we remember a pivotal day in our nation’s history when New Zealanders landed at Gallipoli in … Continue reading →

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The Power of Permaculture

Posted on April 11, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

“A person of courage today is a person of peace. Our only possible decision is to withhold all support for destructive systems and to cease to invest our lives in our own annihilation. Whether we continue without ethics and philosophy … Continue reading →

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