Tag Archives: Climate change

Coastal challenges

Posted on 11 October 2010 by Gavin Kenny

I noticed a small article in one of the local newspapers last week, promoting an event to celebrate the Cape Coast in Hawke’s Bay (including the coastal communities of Haumoana and Te Awanga). The event is a fund-raising auction, which … Continue reading →

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Local resilience: Current happenings in the garden

Posted on 5 October 2010 by Gavin Kenny

For some time I’ve been intending to write about happenings in our home garden. Climate change has never been an abstract issue for me. I have a long-standing interest in self-sufficiency, local adaptation and resilience. This goes back to my … Continue reading →

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Film project

Posted on 20 July 2010 by Gavin Kenny

A short clip from the villages of Chame and Manang in the Annapurna region of Nepal. Included is a brief interview with a local conservation officer. Continue reading →

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Successful completion of Sustainable Farming Fund project

Posted on 11 June 2010 by Gavin Kenny

Yesterday saw a successful conclusion to a two-year Sustainable Farming Fund project that I have been managing. Continue reading →

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Taharoa Trust field day a success

Posted on 29 April 2010 by Gavin Kenny

We held a very successful field day at Taharoa Trust farm on Mahia Peninsula yesterday, hosted by owners Pat and Sue O’Brien. There were about 70 farmers and rural industry people who came from as far afield as Porongahau in … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on carbon trading

Posted on 9 February 2010 by Gavin Kenny

The following was published in the January 2010 newsletter of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association. It was written in response to an editorial in the previous newsletter. I’ve subsequently made some minor modifications. Carbon trading was never a sensible … Continue reading →

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Interviewed on Rural Delivery

Posted on 19 September 2009 by Gavin Kenny

I was one of the subjects of a segment on Rural Delivery on TV1 this morning. I was interviewed several weeks ago, along with Tim Dinneen, a Hawke’s Bay farmer who we had previously interviewed as part of the two-year … Continue reading →

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A letter of thanks

Posted on 6 July 2007 by Gavin Kenny

Dear Everyone!! Late last year my family and I made a decision … my older sister and I had sold our Mum’s small house in New Zealand. We had a choice, either pay off the mortgage on our own home … Continue reading →

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Reflections from Stonehenge and Old Sarum

Posted on 2 July 2007 by Gavin Kenny

For most of our journey we’ve been experiencing warm, often very hot, weather. Not so since we came to England! Temperatures have been in the late teens to low 20s. There was flooding last week, including in Doncaster, South Yorkshire … Continue reading →

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In London, journey nearly over

Posted on 26 June 2007 by Gavin Kenny

We arrived in London on Saturday (23 June), our journey almost over. There was a major scare at the airport in Paris. After doing an automatic check-in and passing through passport control we were in the queue to check in … Continue reading →

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