Category Archives: Paul Murray

Karamea Community Hui Draws BIG Crowd

Posted on August 25, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Seventy-five positive people from all walks of Karamea and Little Wanganui life spent a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Last Resort on August 12 learning more about the Community-Led Development Programme … Continue reading →

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GOAL for Karamea Community!!

Posted on July 12, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Knock, Knock…Who’s there? Opportunity… …Opportunity Who? Opportunity to make our region FABULOUS!   Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray When opportunity knocks, you open the door right? Well, the Karamea community has a golden opportunity ringing its … Continue reading →

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Burning Woman Throws Baby

Posted on July 1, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray When a large macrocarpa tree blew down in front of his house in a storm, Granity artist and bon vivant Peter Whitaker saw it as a sign, “It was like a … Continue reading →

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Karamea Food-Branding Initiative Gathers Momentum

Posted on February 3, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Buller Community Development Facilitator Peter Howard recently presented information at the Karamea Bowling Club about a proposal to establish a “social enterprise” in Karamea to bolster the local economy, create employment and … Continue reading →

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Karamea Co.Starters Set World Record

Posted on October 12, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head  By Paul Murray  The remote rural town of Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand apparently set a world record Monday night by being the smallest … Continue reading →

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Man-Bear Possum Terrifies Kahurangi NP People

Posted on July 10, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

DOC Uses Mutant Possum Threat to Justify Massive Aerial Poison Blitz Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray The mystery of the New Zealand Government’s persistence with aerial baiting of vast regions of the “Clean-Green/100%Pure” country with 1080 poison was revealed yesterday by … Continue reading →

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Lovers Meet in Heaven for July 7 Tanabata Festival

Posted on July 7, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Last night at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand  we’ll have a Pot-Luck Dinner to celebrate the Japanese … Continue reading →

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Co.Starters Pitch Business Ideas @ EPIC Celebration Night

Posted on June 30, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray The 16 participants in the inaugural Co.Starters programme from Ross to Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand came together with programme sponsors, facilitators and invited … Continue reading →

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The History of the LivingInPeace Project

Posted on May 25, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray In 2002, while working as a journalist for The Daily Yomiuri in Japan, I was actively involved in the international peace movement that was protesting the planned unprovoked invasion of Iraq … Continue reading →

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Worldly Gentlemen Gather in Honour of the Big Man

Posted on May 22, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off ZZTop of my Head By Paul Murray A wide range gentlemen from all parts of the Earthisphere arrived at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery on a spectacular Karamea evening to celebrate the end of Master Brian “Big Man” Thomson’s bachelorhood. Yes Ladies, … Continue reading →

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