by Heather Hastie | Jun 7, 2015 | New Zealand, NZ Politics
I discovered just a few weeks ago that in 2011, after a presentation from some anti-fluoride activists, my local council stopped putting fluoride in our water. Their presentation went unchallenged, but was supported by one councillor, and by the end of the meeting...
by Heather Hastie | May 14, 2015 | New Zealand
After spending two days writing about what atheists in Bangladesh have to deal with, I feel the need to indulge in another of Martin Heck’s time lapse videos of New Zealand. This one is slightly different from the others I’ve featured, in that it’s...
by Heather Hastie | May 5, 2015 | New Zealand
Called Agitation, Martin Heck of Timestorm Films released this time lapse video ten months ago. It was filmed over four months at various coastal locations around New Zealand: West Coast of the South Island, the Catlins (south-eastern South Island), Piha Beach (west...
by Heather Hastie | May 3, 2015 | New Zealand
Martin Heck of Timestorm Films has released a new compilation of his beautiful time lapse films of New Zealand. This one is a collection of some of his personal favourites from previous films. In the last two years his travels have included France, Tokyo, and Hong...
by Heather Hastie | Mar 8, 2015 | Democracy, Human Rights, New Zealand, Religion, Women
The celebration of an International Women’s Day was first proposed at an international socialist women’s conference in August 1910. It was partly inspired by a women’s day celebrated by the Socialist Party of America in New York the previous year....
by Heather Hastie | Feb 17, 2015 | New Zealand
With all the awful things that have been happening around the world in the last few days, I feel the need to once again remind myself how lucky I am that I was born in New Zealand. Immerse yourself in this short film by Bevan Percival. It was shot in Tongariro...
