During the 1970s Jack and Mary Woodward were working at the University of Technology in Lae, Papua New Guinea, Jack as Head of the new Department of Electrical Engineering, charged with the training of graduates to meet the needs of the modern sector. 

When we designed our house to be built 2002, we based our plans on the inspiration we had from seeing Viola and Phil Palmer’s house in Waikanae. We did not have a lot of money so had to choose carefully how to spend it. 

Isobel Thompson’s contribution to nurturing the Earth has been through activism over a long life. She links her wide-ranging concerns and freedom of thought to her upbringing. 

There can be few Quakers whose background and work experience gave him a greater insight into, and appreciation for, the world of Nature than Joe Short. The Testimony to his life includes the following passage.