Tag Archives: West Coast

Wild Wild West Coast Towns

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   Karamea Way up north as far as you can drive; you’ll arrive at the warmest, driest place on the wonderful West Coast. Karamea has a great climate year round and … Continue reading

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The World is Your Canvas – Karamea’s Rongo Backpackers Where Self-Sufficiency Meets Creativity

Reprinted from the world’s Happiest Magazine: HappyZine: http://www.happyzine.co.nz   Article by By Kathleen Anderson Freelance Writer Paul Murray is a self-realized artist.  He has invested his whole life and soul in his current work: The LivinginPeace Project, which aims to … Continue reading

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There’s More to the West Coast than Dairy

The Press August 21, 2008
 Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray   The use of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) by the Animal Health Board (AHB) on the West Coast is indeed a contentious and emotive issue and one … Continue reading

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Posted in 1080, Agriculture, Buller District Council, Department of Conservation, DOC, Environment, Historical, Kahurangi National Park, Karamea, Media, Money, New Zealand, Social Commentary, Sustainablity, Travel, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rongo Master Quiz August 2011

By Rongolian Quizmaster Samson Jesus Elijah ***(1st prize to the first correct entry received via e-mail to CheckmateSport@yandex.ru)***   A Spectacular Rimu driftwood Pianola Fortissime! Quiz open to all earthlings! Question 1 You are captaining the All Blacks in a … Continue reading

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LivinginPeace Project: Working Towards Sustainability

(From Accommodation Industry News http://www.accomnews.co.nz) Karamea Farm Baches and Rongo Backpackers & Gallery enjoy what is probably one of the   most isolated and peaceful settings of any accommodation facilities in New Zealand, with the location underpinning the owners’ philosophy and … Continue reading

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Posted in Business, Environmentally Responsible Business, LivinginPeace Project, New Zealand, Rongo, Rongo Backpackers & Gallery, South Island, Sustainability, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo!

Reuters–New Zealand (Special Correspondent Sir Ian Robert Albert Richardhead) The Rongolian Star Media Liaison Officer Tamarillo Feijoa has just released non-classified sections of Yumpy’s last journal entries on her ill-fated solo traverse of the Heaphy Track. Yumpy, a Kumara bred … Continue reading

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Posted in Agriculture, Art, Environment, Funny, Hilarious, Hippies, Hippy, Humor, Humour, New Zealand, Photography, Social Commentary, West Coast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments