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Category Archives: Travel
Murray Family Life in Sunny Karamea
Anabela Rea, Oct 24 2023: STUFF NZ From Tokyo to Karamea: The Start of the Road at the End of the World’s Longest Cul de Sac. Sanae and Paul Murray say life is sweet in this remote town of 700 … Continue reading
Posted in Artist, Cheese, Children, Environment, Environmentally Responsible Business, Food, Gardening, Health, Japan, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, New Zealand, Oparara, Paul Murray, Photography, Property, Rongo, Social Commentary, South Island, Sustainability, Sustainablity, Tokyo, Tourism, Travel, West Coast
Tagged Happy Life, karamea, Lifestyle, LivingInPeace, New Zealand, South Island, West Coast
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How Tourism Sustains Life in Karamea
Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray The idyllic rural community of Karamea in the Buller District at the the top of the West Coast, is possibly the most remote on Mainland New Zealand in terms of its … Continue reading
Posted in 107.5 FM, Art, Artist, Arwen Dyer, Community, Community-Led Development, Conservation, DOC, Economics, Education, Environment, Environmentally Responsible Business, Food, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Karamea Radio, Karamea Radio 107.5 FM, Mining, Money, Nature, New Zealand, Oparara, Oparara Basin, Oparara Valley Track, Paul Murray, Photography, Radio Karamea, Real Estate, Restaurant, Social Commentary, Social Equity, South Island, Sustainability, Sustainablity, Tourism, Travel, West Coast
Tagged Community, Economics, Employment, facilities, karamea, Resilience, Security, Sustainability, Tourism
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West Coast Wearable Art Show WOWs All Comers
Karamea’s Creative Couture Transcends All Expectations Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray WOW! The World of Wearable Art came to the small rural community of Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artist, Buller District Council, Community, Community-Led Development, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Funny, Karamea, LivinginPeace Project, Nature, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Photography, Property Brokers, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged Art, Deign, Fashion, Humour, Karamea Community, Nature, New Zealand, South Island, West Coast
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In for a Penny, Out with a Pounding
Off the Top of My Head Book Review: “The Last Front Line: Building the Paparoa Great Walk” by Brendan O’Dwyer By Paul Murray It’s a long way from Tipperary to the wilds of the Paparoa National Park on the West Coast of the South Island … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Book Review, Brendan O'Dwyer, DOC, Environment, Historical, Karamea, Mining, Mountain Biking, MTB, Nature, New Zealand, Paparoa, Paul Murray, South Island, Tourism, Tramping, Travel, West Coast
Tagged Book Review, Department of Conservation, DOC, Mountain Biking, MTB, Paparoa National Park, Pike River Mine, Pike29, Tramping, West Coast NZ
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Singapore Airlines Article on Karamea/Nelson/Collingwood
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 Collingwood, June Nyu, karamea, Nelson, New Zealand, SilverKris, Singapore Airlines, South Island, Travel
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Karamea Food-Branding Initiative Gathers Momentum
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
Posted in Agriculture, Australia, Buller District Council, Business, Economics, Education, Efficiency, Environment, Environmentally Responsible Business, Gardening, Health, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Money, Nature, Oparara, Oparara Basin, Oparara Valley Track, Paul Murray, Permaculture, Photography, Social Commentary, Social Enterprise, Social Equity, South Island, Sustainability, Travel, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged Akina Foundation, Buller REAP, Business, education, Environment, EPIC Westport, Food Brand, Innovation and Employmnet, Kahurangi National Park, Kangaroo Island, karamea, MBIE, Ministry of Business, Paul Murray, Permaculture, Peter Howard, Social Enterprise, South Island, Sustainability
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Worldly Gentlemen Gather in Honour of the Big Man
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
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 Brian Thomson, Funny, Humour, karamea, Mitsuyo Numata, New Zealand, Rongo, South Island, Stag Night, West Coast
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Italian Director Denied Entry to Complete Karamea Doco
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
Posted in 107.5 FM, Art, Artist, Artist-in-residency programme, Bureaucracy, Business, Department of Conservation, DOC, 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, Media, Nature, New Zealand, Oparara, Oparara Basin, Paul Murray, Permaculture, Photography, Politics, Power, Radio, Radio Karamea, Resident artist, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, Social Commentary, South Island, Sustainability, Sustainablity, Travel, Uncategorized, West Coast
Tagged Art, Doco, Documentary, Documentary film, Film, Immigration N.Z., Immigration New Zealand, karamea, Karamea Farm Baches, Karamea The Movie, LivinginPeace Project, Marco Gianstefani, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Permaculture, Photography, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, Social Commentary, South Island, Travel, West Coast
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Kudos for the Karamea Summer Holiday Programme
Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray With financial support from the Community Led-Development Programme (CLDP), local volunteers have provided Karamea kids with a wonderful schedule of exciting, intellectually stimulating and practical activities this summer. From cooking, Stand … Continue reading →
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