Highlighting a low-cost way to generate energy while using on-farm resources, reducing greenhouse gases, and ending up with a rich fertiliser. Klaus Lotz has had a bee in the bonnet about biogas since he first learned about it at age 17. Klaus and Vanessa and their family operate PermaDynamics at Matapouri, Northland, New Zealand’s largest […]
A charming story right from the beginning, The Clapperton Diaries is at once gentle, good-humoured, and quintessentially New Zealand. Written virtually as a monologue with judicious editing by Crispin Caldicott, the well-paced story starts with a transcription of the original journal of John (Jack) Clapperton’s grandfather, William Nicol Clapperton. Eloquent, witty, observant, and an excellent […]
Gluten-Free Sugar-Free Chocolate Biscuits Having become, much to my own surprise, more interested in gluten-free sugar-free nutrition, I discovered what all the people who absolutely need to avoid these foods have to contend with, and just how difficult it is to find yummy treats. In the end I created my own and have experimented until […]
In 1998 Ana Aloma was shopping in the organic section of Foodtown in Kelston, Auckland. “I bought Purefresh Organic veges and, after eating them, decided I wanted to work for this company. I pestered them until they agreed to see me. Sales of organic produce were low and they couldn’t afford to pay a […]
Chris Talbot Wilkie is respected for his oil paintings and drawings which frequently deal with New Zealandness – landscapes infused with lost species and ghostly ancestry – but it was producing immense murals which initially distinguished him. His art is also the story of a small town New Zealand boy whose interests became powerful statements […]
Theresa Sjoquist
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Theresa Sjoquist
