Category Archives: New Zealand

News Flash: New Rongolian Arrives on 1/11/11

Posted on November 4, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

Huge Win on Melbourne Cup Day! Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray I’m overjoyed to report that our first child “Buster” Murray was born on 1/11/11 at 2:44 a.m. in Nelson Hospital…I can also report that, other than the … Continue reading →

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The Rongolian Star Issue 11: October, 2011

Posted on October 22, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

The Rongolian Star Issue 10: September, 2011 The Rongolian Star Issue No. 11: October 2011 Published by Royal Decree since 1878 Rongo, 130 Waverley Street, Karamea, Buller, South Island, New Zealand Telephone    00 64 3 7826 667 E-mail  rongo@actrix.co.nz Web:  www.rongobackpackers.com … Continue reading →

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Rongo TV: There’s So Much to Do in Sunny Karamea

Posted on October 16, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

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Posted in Advertising, Art, Buller District Council, Business, Department of Conservation, DOC, Environment, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, Mountain Biking, MTB, New Zealand, Oparara, Photography, Product review, Social Commentary, SuperMoo the KarameaWonderDog, Tramping, Travel, Uncategorized, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wild Wild West Coast Towns

Posted on September 20, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Karamea Way up north as far as you can drive; you’ll arrive at the warmest, driest place on the wonderful West Coast. Karamea has a great climate year round and … Continue reading →

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The World is Your Canvas – Karamea’s Rongo Backpackers Where Self-Sufficiency Meets Creativity

Posted on September 12, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

Reprinted from the world’s Happiest Magazine: HappyZine: http://www.happyzine.co.nz   Article by By Kathleen Anderson Freelance Writer Paul Murray is a self-realized artist.  He has invested his whole life and soul in his current work: The LivinginPeace Project, which aims to … Continue reading →

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There’s More to the West Coast than Dairy

Posted on September 9, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

The Press August 21, 2008
 Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray   The use of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) by the Animal Health Board (AHB) on the West Coast is indeed a contentious and emotive issue and one … Continue reading →

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Rongo Master Quiz August 2011

Posted on August 23, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

By Rongolian Quizmaster Samson Jesus Elijah ***(1st prize to the first correct entry received via e-mail to CheckmateSport@yandex.ru)***   A Spectacular Rimu driftwood Pianola Fortissime! Quiz open to all earthlings! Question 1 You are captaining the All Blacks in a … Continue reading →

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LivinginPeace Project: Working Towards Sustainability

Posted on August 10, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

(From Accommodation Industry News http://www.accomnews.co.nz) Karamea Farm Baches and Rongo Backpackers & Gallery enjoy what is probably one of the   most isolated and peaceful settings of any accommodation facilities in New Zealand, with the location underpinning the owners’ philosophy and … Continue reading →

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Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo!

Posted on June 23, 2011 by LivinginPeaceProject

Reuters–New Zealand (Special Correspondent Sir Ian Robert Albert Richardhead) The Rongolian Star Media Liaison Officer Tamarillo Feijoa has just released non-classified sections of Yumpy’s last journal entries on her ill-fated solo traverse of the Heaphy Track. Yumpy, a Kumara bred … Continue reading →

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