Category Archives: Rongo Backpackers & Gallery

Singapore Airlines Article on Karamea/Nelson/Collingwood

Posted on July 12, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

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Posted in Collingwood, Environment, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, Nature, Nelson, New Zealand, Oparara, Oparara Basin, Oparara Valley Track, Photography, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, South Island, Sustainability, Travel, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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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Posted in Art, Artist, Artist-in-residency programme, Bureaucracy, Children, Culture, Economics, Environment, Environmentally Responsible Business, Hilarious, Humor, Humour, Interviews, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, New Zealand, Parenting, Paul Murray, Peter Whittaker, Photography, Resident artist, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, Sculpture, Social Commentary, Social Equity, South Island, Weird, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

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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Posted in Business, Co.Starters, Economics, Education, Historical, Karamea, Money, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, Social Commentary, South Island, Sustainability, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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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Posted in Children, Culture, Education, Funny, Historical, Japan, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Photography, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, South Island, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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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Posted in 107.5 FM, Big Man, DJ Crap, Entertainment, Environmentally Responsible Business, Funny, Hilarious, Hilarous, Humor, Humour, Japan, Karamea, Karamea Radio, LivinginPeace Project, New Zealand, Parody, Paul Murray, Peace, Photography, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, Social Commentary, South Island, Travel, Uncategorized, Wedding, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

HELP…the “Karamea” Movie Needs You!

Posted on April 5, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

https://www.indiegogo.com/project/karamea-is-this-the-end-of-the-road/embedded

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Posted in Artist, Business, Conservation, Education, Environment, Environmentally Responsible Business, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Karamea Estuary Enhancement Project, Karamea Radio, Karamea Radio 107.5 FM, LivinginPeace Project, Marco Gianstefani, Money, New Zealand, Oparara, Oparara Basin, Paul Murray, PDC, Peace, Permaculture, Photography, Radio, Radio Karamea, Resident artist, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, Social Commentary, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What’s Up DOC? (Batter the Birds)

Posted on March 17, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Department of “Conservation” plan to blanket Kahurangi National Park with 1080 poison…… Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Not good news I’m afraid….more from me soon….   1 1 WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE? INTRODUCTION: … Continue reading →

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Italian Director Denied Entry to Complete Karamea Doco

Posted on March 4, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

  By Aimee van der Weyden Friday Mar 4, 2016 The foreign director of a documentary film about Karamea is unable to return to finish filming because he was deported at Auckland Airport. Marco Gianstefani from Milan, Italy, spent two … Continue reading →

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Karameans Rally to Protest Cop Shop Chop

Posted on March 2, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray A review of police services on the West Coast by N.Z. Police Superintendent Karyn Malthus recommended that the Karamea Police Station be “disestablished” and the police constable be relocated. This would … Continue reading →

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