Alternative lifestyle choice
Coffin of James K Baxter being carried to the cemetery at Jerusalem - 26th October 1962- Key Idea: The adoption of alternative lifestyle choices by some people in NZ was a long term consequence of protest against the Vietnam War in NZ.
Notable communes include what was the home to Tim Shadbolt at Huia, west of Auckland, and a commune known as Jerusalem which was home to poet James. K. Baxter.
I lived on a subsistence commune for five years. Our gurus were Te Whiti, James K. Baxter and Gandhi. We joined the Values Party, established alternative schools, grew organic vegetables and I was Editor of the
New Zealand Whole Earth Catalogue and wrote six books... - Tim Shadbolt