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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape # 20

A New Zealand Government Department authorised by a covertly suspicious and deliberately rhetorical Act of Parliament and compounded by a tacitly implied Royal authority to receive Official Complaints.     Office Manager:     Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:   … Continue reading

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Salt of the Earth: The Art of Polish Miners

Deep underground in Poland lies something remarkable but little known outside Eastern Europe. For centuries, miners have extracted salt there, but left behind things quite startling and unique. Take a look at the most unusual salt mine in the world. … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project Holiday Vouchers

Frances Tordoff came to stay at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in the summer of 2012 on the recommendation of her daughter Bekki, who had previously worked at Rongo as a Wwoofer (Willing Worker on Organic Farm) several times since the … Continue reading

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Busy Day for Vlad the Impala

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Fat Cats

Forget Bill Gates, the richest man in history lived in Mali… 700 years ago He was a despot who ruled swathes of West Africa and made a fortune from salt and gold. Now, Mansa Musa I has been named the … Continue reading

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Where’s that Naughty BaBear Now?

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Our daughter Diva loves the BaBear Game. We hide BaBear around the house and she hunts him down and when she finds him, she says “Ba,” which means “Boo” in Japanese. … Continue reading

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape # 18

A New Zealand Government Department authorised by a covertly suspicious and deliberately ambiguous Act of Parliament and compounded by a tacitly implied Royal Approval to receive official complaints.   Office Manager:      Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:       Madagascar Mirage Office Receptionist:     … Continue reading

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Kiwi Heroes: John Britten and the Britten V1000

The ingenuity of Kiwis has long been one of our strongest traits, making do with the tools and materials before us, we have learnt that something so simple as a dream is most definitely possible. History has shown this to be true … Continue reading

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Experts Fear Collapse of Global Civilisation

UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 11, 2013 (IPS) – Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future. They can clearly see the coming collapse of global civilisation from an array of interconnected environmental problems. By Stephen Leahy (With cynical embellishment by … Continue reading

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Where’s BaBear?

“Ba” means “Boo” in Japanese and “BaBear” is the name given to our daughter Diva’s little panda, which she received as a gift from a nice lady at the Novotel Hotel near Auckland Airport. We stayed there on the way to … Continue reading

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