FMD, University of Waikato
Issue No: 55 – October 2007
Artwork on the Lakes – “Skipping Stones”
Skipping Stones is the first joint project done by Te kuiti Stewart and
Shelly Anderson.
Te Kuiti Stewart has made carving part of his life from the age of 14.
He holds an adv. Dip and BA Whakairo and has taught Whakairo for
15 years and now teaches at Te Whare Wananga O Aotearoa in Te
Awamutu and is a member of a collective group of graduate carvers
called Te Whare Puwerewere.
Shelly Anderson worked at Whakatane Museum and Gallery as
programmes Co-ordinator for 12 years. This involved the
programming curating and promotion of exhibitions in both the art
gallery and Museum gallery. Her creative abilities where put to best
use in the installations and display of work and objects for exhibition.
After leaving the gallery she took time out to complete an Architecture and Spatial Design paper at Te Whare Wananga O
Awanuiarangi where Te Kuiti was one of her tutors.
Shelly now works as an art teacher at Trident High School in
Whakatane which allows her time to continue with her own art and
prior to installing Skipping Stones at Waikato she held a Solo
exhibition of her own work called ‘Lucky Me’
Te Kuiti presented the idea of Skipping Stones as a concept for a work
of art to be created beside the lake at the university. He discussed the
idea with Shelly and the design layout was confirmed.
‘When we first talked about working together there seemed to be no
reason not to. So we just did it. Ideas came forward and we seemed
to understand what each of us meant. If either of us saw a hitch or
couldn’t figure a way to do something the other just picked up the
threads and continued on.’
The idea of the skipping stones was ideal for the sight as it included the lake and didn’t stop just on the edge. It changes the
surface of the water with the reflections it creates and its shape moves across and out over the lake.
Learning: not a destination, but a lifelong journey
On 30 October I graduated with a degree in environmental science. A BSc at Waikato requires the completion of a minimum of
20 papers, over three levels. Lectures, laboratories, tutorials, field trips and examinations, together with personal study, totalled
some 6000 hours. Two things stand out during my time as a student. First, the calibre of staff at the University of Waikato, their
passion for their chosen subject, and their dedication to helping students achieve. Second, my admiration for fellow students.
That most have to cope with not only with the rigours of study, but also with the concern of mounting debt and the social
demands of youth, is of great credit to them. My thanks to SASD, Science and Engineering and FMD staff, who organised
Graduation, for a job well done. Finally, my congratulations to Laurie on completing his Graduate Diploma, and best wishes for
his continuing studies. - - - John Badham
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Well as you can see the big day has been and gone. Graduation was
for me quite interesting; I was able to watch and cheer for John
Badham when he received his Degree. I was also exposed to all of
the emotions other graduates must have felt when they graduated;
apparently I nearly walked off the stage without my Diploma. I
wish to express my appreciation to Facilities Management staff who
were there to support us both on our big day. As for me, I have just
passed the first paper on the journey towards my Bachelors degree,
see you at graduation 2013.
Laurie Drummond
What a day that’s going to be!!!
Pictured left-right: Laurie Drummond & John Badham
FMD Social Club - XMAS SOCIAL (now Fri 14th Dec): You should have received your invitations by now to the FMD
Christmas Social being held on FRIDAY 14TH DECEMBER, starting at 5.30pm in the FMD courtyard (meal approx 6.30pm). Dress
theme (not essential) is the letter “P” - example: Priest, Police, Pirate, Pixie, Pilot, etc.
The cost is $10 per person for a Hangi meal and entertainment (live band). Drinks and nibbles provided. Staff and partners and
any regular raffle supporters are invited. Don’t forget to send your replies to your invitation back by Friday 30th November so
that we have numbers for catering purposes. If anybody is interested in helping out with preparing the Hangi etc it would be much
appreciated. Please let Tom Reidy know.
Opening of the School of Education courtyard “Kowhai”
Pictured (left to right) are: 1st photo: John Graham opening the new
courtyard with Mark Thompson & Trevor Harris from FMD, also John Roberts contractors in the background; 2nd photo: John
Cameron; 3rd photo: School of Ed staff sitting around the courtyard at the opening.
Possum Busters in the fernery strike again!! … those bait traps really work Staff Changes
New Staff:
Katie Laurence started in FMD as a Property Assistant
on 5th November. Some of you will know Katie from
her time in WMS.
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New Ventures:
Priscilla Gini leaves for new opportunities in northern
Sydney on Friday 9th November. We wish her the best.
Air NZ Cup rugby competition results
With the All Black players overseas the teams this year seemed more
even and the draws were harder to pick than we thought they would be.
This year’s winners were:
1st Judy Brighting (now Swetman!!) (136 points – from bottom to top
when scoring 46 in one round)
2nd Mike Anderson (134 points)
3rd John Badham (133 points)
Bottom scorer was Bryan Wells with 98 points.
Spring is here!
Picture taken by Nan Sinclair at one of the University
lakes.
Watch out for the Super 14 - - - starting end February 2008.
Stop breathing and save the planet
Figures for CO2 emissions in human breath, is on average 365kgs of CO2
emitted per person/year.
A very efficient modern car emits 140 grams of CO2 per kilometre.
So if you drive 2,607 km a year you have just emitted as much CO2 as
another human on the planet.
Robin Dunmall
We're Just Going Through a Phase-out - Faster phase-out of ozone-damaging chemicals agreed to by 191 nations
At the conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol last week, some 191 nations agreed to a faster phase-out of
ozone-depleting chemicals than had originally been negotiated in 1987. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFCs, emerged in the 1990s
as a less-ozone-damaging alternative to CFCs, which did truly nasty things to the ozone layer. But HCFCs also turned out to be a
potent greenhouse gas a few thousand times more potent than carbon dioxide. Whoops! However, at the conference last week,
developed countries agreed to reduce both production and consumption of HCFCs by 75 percent by 2010, 90 percent by 2015, and
finally ending their use in 2020 -- 10 years earlier than in the previous agreement. Developing countries, for their part, agreed to cut
production and consumption by 10 percent in 2015 and gradually cut down their use until a final phase-out in 2030. Achim Steiner,
head of the U.N. Environment Program, said, "It is perhaps the most important breakthrough in an international environment
negotiation process for at least five or six years." Translation: Holy crap, I can't believe the U.S. actually agreed
The University of Waikato is in the final stages of removing HCFCs from use.
Facilitation will be produced monthly. This publication is available online at http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fmd/
For communications relating to the FMD newsletter please contact Judy Brighting, ext 4980, email [email protected].
Robin Dunmall