Tag Archives: Travel

Antique Antique Shop Owners of Japan

Posted on September 25, 2025 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off The Top of My Head By Paul Murray A few years ago, I was exploring the back streets of the old Japanese city of Kamakura, which was the de facto capital of Japan during the Kamakura Period (1185–1333). The … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in Antiques, Art, Business, Economics, Funny, Gifts, Hilarous, Historical, Humor, Japan, Marriage, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Photography, Social Commentary, Tokyo, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, War | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Rate this:

Posted in Adventure, Australia, Bureaucracy, Children, Economics, Education, Entertainment, Hilarious, Hilarous, Humor, Humour, Japan, Karamea, Media, Money, New Zealand, Parenting, Paul Murray, Photography, Politics, Product review, Social Commentary, Tourism, Travel, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Karamea Minstry of Red Tape #27

Posted on December 3, 2024 by LivinginPeaceProject

An extremely covert, ambiguously surreptitious, diametrically existentialist New Zealand Government Department Fonzy Scheme authorised by His Royal Highness King Right Charlie II to receive Official Complaints! By Rongolian Star Raving Reporter Lewis Arthur Gordon Jackson 0800 hrs Karamea Ministry of … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in 107.5 FM, Art, Australia, Bureaucracy, Crime, Donald Trump, Drugs, Entertainment, Funny, Hilarious, Hilarous, Humor, Humour, Karamea, Karamea Ministry of Red Tape, Karamea Radio, Karamea Radio 107.5 FM, LivinginPeace Project, Media, New Zealand, New Zealand Police, Paul Murray, Radio, Radio Karamea, Radio Shows, Religion, Social Commentary, South Island, SuperMoo the KarameaWonderDog, Weird, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

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 →

Rate this:

Posted in Advertising, Architecture, Buller District Council, Coal, Community, DIY, Economics, Entertainment, Hilarious, Hilarous, Historical, Humor, Humour, Media, Money, Nature, New Zealand, Parody, Paul Murray, Photography, Product review, Property, Property Brokers, Quotes, Real Estate, Satire, Seddonville, Social Commentary, Social Equity, South Island, Uncategorized, Weird, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Singapore Airlines Article on Karamea/Nelson/Collingwood

Posted on July 12, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Rate this:

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

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 →

Rate this:

Posted in 107.5 FM, Art, Artist, Artist-in-residency programme, Business, Environmentally Responsible Business, Heaphy Track, Historical, Japan, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Karamea Radio, Karamea Radio 107.5 FM, LivinginPeace Project, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Peace, Permaculture, Photography, Resident artist, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, South Island, Sustainability, Uncategorized, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Rate this:

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

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 →

Rate this:

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

KEEP Keeps on Keeping On

Posted on December 8, 2015 by LivinginPeaceProject

Karamea Estuary Enhancement Project – KEEP Kaiawhina o te Wahapuu Karamea Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray for KEEP A productive morning by local volunteers working on the Karamea Estuary Enhancement Project (KEEP) on December 8, 2015 … Continue reading →

Rate this:

Posted in Buller District Council, Conservation, Department of Conservation, Environment, Historical, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Karamea Estuary Enhancement Project, Mountain Biking, Musicians, New Zealand, Paul Murray, Photography, Travel, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Postcards from Rongolia: Summer 2014/15…Thanks Y’all!!

Posted on February 25, 2015 by LivinginPeaceProject

LivingInPeace Project: http://www.LivingInPeace.com Rongo Backpackers & Gallery: http://www.RongoBackpackers.com Karamea Farm Baches: http://www.KarameaFarmBaches.co.nz Heaphy Track: http://www.HeaphyTrack.com Karamea Radio: www.facebook.com/KarameaRadio107.5FM

Rate this:

Posted in Art, Funny, Germany, Heaphy Track, Hilarious, Hippies, Hippy, Humor, Humour, Israel, Japan, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Karamea Radio, LivinginPeace Project, Moo, Music, New Zealand, Peace, Permaculture, Photography, Radio, Social Commentary, Sustainablity, Tramping, Travel, United States, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment