MARGARET ARNOLD with news of the WORLD MARCH for PEACE and NONVIOLENCE being held in Christchurch on 3 October at 1pm from the Tautahi Pa site - Barbadoes St & Oxford Tce The World March is beginning in Wellington on 2 October, the anniversary of Ghandi's death and ending in the Andes Mountains on 2 January, 2010. Ph Bill Willmott for further info - 385 3559 or wew25@ext.canterbury.ac.nz
American author and educator, DIANA WARING, recently visited New Zealand and Australia on a conference tour addressing homeschooling families in Australasia. She is the creator of a curriculum for world history, the author of several books, and the force behind her business/ministry called Diana Waring Presents. She talks with Coree Sanders about "Raising Kids Who Make a Difference".
Festivities in Menton, France, this week are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the NZ Post Mansfield prize - our most glittering literary award. Ruth talks with ROSEMARY WILDBLOOD , the co-ordinator for events in NZ & in Menton.
We hope to talk to Fiona Farrell , one of the NZ writers over there for the celebrations, when she returns Classical and contemporary music today and interviews with 3 of the cast of Southern Opera's THE MAGIC FLUTE - RACHEL DOIG, RACHELLE PIKE and JANETTE WALKER - it opens on Tuesday in Christchurch If you haven't been to an opera , this is the one to go to - words in English too . A very futuristic set & lots of action
And
JESS CHAMBERS
, in her debut national solo tour. She is winning many
awards for her songwriting and was a finalist in the APRA Silver Scroll Award
last week , for her song - Island. She will be at Harbourlight on Friday, 2
October and we will be giving away a double pass on the programme
