Recycling Archive

  • Catherine Delahunty

    Community-led development – good news from the grassroots! - by Catherine Delahunty



    I had two very positive days last week meeting with community sector groups in Porirua and in Nelson. It was great to hear some positive stories from people who are leading change in these places, and to realise how much great work is going on despite the recession, the Government and the hard times since the earthquake. read more
    March 21, 2011 2:10 pm - 3 Comments
  • frog

    Green recycling message resonates with musical youth - by frog



    “Pick Up your bottles and put them in the recycling bin. We like to keep it real Green round here.” That’s the message from Che Fu, for this Thursday’s Pick it Up concert at the Telstra Clear Pacific Events Centre in Auckland’s Manukau City. talented line-up Che – recently awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit [...] read more
    September 29, 2009 1:19 pm - No Comments
  • frog

    Songs of Freedom - by frog



    Songs of Freedom reverberated through Karanghape Rd’s St Kevin’s Arcade as two Pacific Island icons launched Auckland’s Heritage Festival. Reggae musician Tigilau Ness (pictured right) and Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua (left) performed poetry and music in Kura Kōrero/Tautala – The Gift of Speech, presented by the MikaHaka Foundation. Reverend Mua, Green Party Pacific Issues Spokesperson and [...] read more
    September 18, 2009 12:32 pm - 1 Comment
  • frog

    No Minister! Sir Humphrey Can Recycle Too - by frog



    The Sir Humphreys of the Beehive need to do their bit for recycling *****Good investigative digging from the Herald on Sunday has unearthed the shocking news that the Environment Minister Nick Smith thinks it is a “horror story” that senior bureaucrats may be taught how to recycle their garbage! “I’ve heard horror stories of senior [...] read more
    March 2, 2009 12:46 pm - 8 Comments
  • frog

    Invest in recycling - by frog



    Someone just sent me this obviously viral email: If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it would now be worth £4.95, with HBOS, earlier this week your £1000 would have been worth £16.50, £1000 invested in XL Leisure would now be worth less than £5, but if you bought £1000 [...] read more
    September 26, 2008 1:16 pm - No Comments
  • frog

    Metiria on Close Up - by frog



    Close Up featured Metiria last night being put through her recycling paces (all five of them that it took her to walk to the paper recycling bin).  Then Rodney Hide came on to complain that it was all too much work and he had more important things to do.  Isn’t  it ironic (as Dangermoose noted) [...] read more
    June 12, 2008 8:38 am - 27 Comments
  • frog

    Barking mad - by frog



    Rodney Hide and friends are apparently rebelling over their new parliamentary recycling bins and rubbish cubes: ACT leader Rodney Hide said it was an example of the “nanny state gone barking mad”. In an e-mail over-riding their protests, ACT staff were told to prepare for an hour-long “changeover”, an operation that was conducted with military [...] read more
    June 11, 2008 9:54 am - 23 Comments