Category Archives: Product review

Aotearoa AWOL at Osaka World EXPO

Posted on September 20, 2025 by LivinginPeaceProject

Murray Family’s Quest to Locate MIA New Zealand at Expo 2025 Off The Top of My Head By Paul Murray My family and I recently flew to Tokyo on our annual pilgrimage to visit my wife Sanae’s parents. This year. … Continue reading →

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Agent Sells “Unsaleable,” “Munted” House

Posted on May 4, 2024 by LivinginPeaceProject

Creative property blurb attracts unprecedented media attention for dilapidated Seddonville house Munted: This 120-year-old house is in an excellent location on a rise, surrounded by hills and forest and with a stunning view of a waterfall. The garage, sheds and … Continue reading →

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“Virtual Symposium” Wows West Coast Theatregoers  

Posted on February 29, 2024 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head   By Paul Murray   The stage production “Virtual Symposium,” which was written, directed, produced and performed by local playwright Brendan O’Dwyer, co-director Sacha Healey and a troupe of actors from Karamea closed on Saturday February … Continue reading →

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Co.Starters Provides Opportunity for Buller Entrepreneurs

Posted on February 23, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray Buller REAP with the support of the Buller District Council (BDC) and Development West Coast (DWC) is providing people in Karamea and the Buller District with an opportunity to take their … Continue reading →

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Monbiot Gets Wild About Rewilding

Posted on February 23, 2015 by LivinginPeaceProject

Book Review: “Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life” by George Monbiot Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Oxford-educated Zoologist and writer George Monbiot takes on the subject of rewilding in his latest book “Feral” and … Continue reading →

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Radio Karamea DJ Awards: In Recognition of Awesomeness

Posted on October 31, 2014 by LivinginPeaceProject

  Radio Karamea 107.5 FM “DJ’s Hall of Fame!” The Queen of England and the British Commonwealth Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II is pleased today to announce from Buckingham Palace the granting of an exclusive warrant to the Republic … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Adventures of a Swedish Centenarian

Posted on August 29, 2014 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray   Book Review: “The 100-year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared” By Jonas Jonasson     A fertile imagination is not something you’d expect from a person with … Continue reading →

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Karamea Radio Interview with Trail-Running Vickis

Posted on January 13, 2014 by LivinginPeaceProject

Trail Runners Vicki Woolley & Vicki Quinn arrived in Karamea after running the Heaphy Track in two days. They stayed at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in Karamea and enjoyed a Heaphy Conqueror’s Feast, visited the Oparara Basin arches and caves … Continue reading →

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Yoshihiro Takishita: Mr Minka

Posted on December 5, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray    From a vantage point on wooded Mt Genji overlooking the ancient city of Kamakura, Yoshihiro Takishita relaxes in his stately antique home after returning from a U.S. book tour.  His … Continue reading →

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Karamea Radio 107.5 FM: Perhaps the World’s Best Radio Station

Posted on September 10, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray  Karamea Radio was launched in September 2004 by a group of Karamea locals who thought it might be a good idea to set up a community radio station. Craig Stenhouse had … Continue reading →

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