Marie Hazledine-Barber

New Zealand’s environmental warrior Brendan Norris a soldier on the battle field of Bureaucracy: New Zealand seems to produce great

New Zealand Warriors, mostly associated on the battle fields of war for example the Victoria Cross holder Soldier our living hero Bill Henry Apiata.

Brendan Norris after seventeen years in the computing industry across the world and spent five years in the Renewable Energy industry his expertise in developing creative solutions by combining technology, lateral thinking to design, build his home in the Marlborough Sounds a ‘off the grid’ Solar, micro-hydro electric power.

Creating the Sustainable Lifestyle

Whatever your sustainable requirements e.g:

• Living off the grid but staying totally connected

• Making your company greener.

• Reducing your ecological footprint

• Asking what would it take to live more sustainability

• Allowing your green consciousness to “show up”

• Utilizing technology to support a sustainable life-style.

New Zealand has many heroes in all walks of life; the difficult path of innovation, creativity on the field of bureaucracy is not often spoken of.

Politicians moan of the loss of brain power leaving

New Zealand shores and spend huge amounts of advertising money to encourage the return of these bright creative New Zealanders when on the back door step they are here. The money would be well better spent funding, encouraging growth in the sustainable living.

Who is Brendan Norris? Why is he important to

New Zealand? He put his knowledge and single handedly built the ideal sustainable home

off the grid and put his money where his mouth is. A living example of courage, hard work, innovation an example

New Zealand industry and big business could follow in the face of falling markets, diminishing abundance of oil supply, when we live in a country blessed with water and wind.

Power prices rising and is this necessary?. Brendan Norris’s home would suggest not. Those that wave the flag of ‘being green’ in

New Zealand the time is to stop talking, embrace the young environmental warriors and assist them in the war of bureaucracy to build this country rich with sustainable living the envy of the world.

Or we will lose such warriors on the winged bird of recognition off shore.