Marie Hazledine-Barber - Instablogs
Aug 30 2009
Letter from a friend. “What else in the woods” Animal Holocaust in an Australian Carpark As human beings, what right do we have not to afford equal privilege to animals as we bestow upon ourselves? I learnt recently of the...
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Aug 27 2009
“If the radio notifies in real time and the Internet soon after, television has the bad habit of making spectacles out of news. Then theoretically, it should be up to newspapers to analyze, investigate the events” quote “Jorge Fernando...
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Aug 20 2009
After the debacle of one customer who found $10 million in their account, then left New Zealand with a large portion of the accidental deposit, one found over $9 billion recorded in a account, then learns by the way of National News the worker who had...
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Aug 16 2009
In the dark of night as is the underbelly of New Zealand those impoverished with poor wages, poverty, children going hungry, job losses in a country rich with vegetation, fresh air, water the attitude is to blame the victim not the system. What is...
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Aug 12 2009
Mrs. Mac is the great Australian pie. New Zealanders also enjoy the humble meat pie of which there are award winning pies in New Zealand. Conscious awareness of the global community facing their carbon footprints, Mrs. Mac is flown into New Zealand...
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Aug 5 2009
New Zealand MP’s catch cry is how hard they work, have to travel to Wellington from their respective districts, run their electoral offices, if it is that hard why be an MP? The question is: is it because they really care about the country and...
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Aug 4 2009
Photograph of Dr. Li (Chinese) tending her garden A tiny theatre with an array of movies recently had showing “Earth Whispers” An extraordinary movie all New Zealanders should see. It is about our country many would find fascinating now the...
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Jul 30 2009
The books opened with a public view of the ‘expense account’ of New Zealand parliamentarians. Ordinary New Zealanders go to work with the expectation the costs of travel, rent, food and clothing and other essentials for life come out of what one...
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Jul 27 2009
Reflections of endurance, time links to the past. The value of quality: workmanship versus modern technology. Found in New Zealand the pocket watch with an extraordinary history and links to a remarkable family and time. Only one ever found signed...
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Jul 24 2009
Environmental awareness does not just mean the land; it should also mean the awareness of the creatures around us. All creatures great and small. In the Marlborough Sounds the hill country is full of wild pigs, goats and possums. The wild pigs and...
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