I’m sorting through old papers to make room for a new boarder and am discarding stuff left right and centre. Out goes the 1984 Encylopaedia Britannica. Along with a swag of Biblical commentaries and Church history books.
One of the finds of the day was a collection of “Reach Out”, a quirky youth magazine published in New Zealand in the 1970s. The mag was the precursor to Grapevine, which is now delivered to the public throughout New Zealand. Reach Out was New Zealand’s hybrid combination of Wittenburg Door, Campus Life, Mad and Alive Now.
Anyone remember the fictional characters, Ernst and Freda Steigelbauer? Or the Therismos posters? Stillpoint – the poetry section, and Stained Glass, the theology section? And the Youthwork Workbook Book?
This magazine gave me access to life-shaping writers in my formative years. For that I send my thanks to John Cooney (still with Grapevine), Mal Green, Ross Inglis, Mary Stynman, Graeme Page, Merle Bishop, Adrian Berthelsen, Alan Knox, Roger Mackay, Anne Marie Bowden, Lianne Sloan, Diane Brown and Ernst Steiglebauer wherever you all are. Thanks to George Anderson for the Stained Glass sections.
So I have in my possession for a limited time a pile of 1970s magazines. What to do with them? Biff em? Scan em into pdfs? Give them back to the silverfish?
Here’s what’s here:
July 1976 Boredom, Ho Hum
August 1976 – TV, or not TV
In 1977 the staff realised that taking the date off the front cover would remove some of the pressure to produce the magazine in a certain month. That was fine with us emerging postmodern types who like a bit of uncertainty!
Morsel 22 A Peep At Pornography
Morsel 27 You Must Be Joking
Morsel 28 A World of Nobodies – Breakthrough… Breakfree!
Morsel 30 Breakthrough… Breakfree!
Morsel 33 Politics
Morsel 34 Do I Have to be Me?
Morsel 35 In Love with the Needle
Morsel 36 Tickling a Fancy
Morsel 37 On Hurting and Dying
Morsel 38 Rhapsody on the Rocks
Morsel 39 UFOs and Things that Go Bump in the Night
Morsel 40 Myths, Fairy Tales and Marsh-Wiggles
Morsel 41 Human (Like Me)
Morsel 42 Adolescence… Controlled by Your Jeans
Morsel 43 Pairs
(Sex and Homosexuality)
Morsel 44 Reach Out Corners the Media
Morsel 46 Picking Daisies –
Easing up with a little poetry
Morsel 51 The Fantastic Art of Storytelling
Morsel 52 The 80’s Are Upon Us
Morsel 55 More Than Our Share…
Morsel 56 Humanism
“We can cope Mate”
Morsel 57 Reach Out Takes a Peek at the Movies
Morsel 58 Reach Out Goes to Church ( a slightly irreverent issue but not necessarily boring)
Morsel 59 A Blast From the Past (Never to be repeated repeats)
pdf them all!
Dear Darren
How fortuitous that you are looking for a suitable destination for REACH OUT. I amlooking for a set of ROto use in Youth Work here in Holland (where the Catholic Church badly needs modern material.) Can I take these off your hands?
Hi Duncan,
So good to know that something we poured our lives into all those years ago continues to have some effect today. I know that the experience shaped my life and continues to influence me.
Hi Mary,
I know your post was over 2 years ago, but, so good to see your name again and hear that you, like me, are working with young people still. You can find me through the website wwww.incedo.org.nz
I remember all the cover pictures above, I am sure I still have them and each time couldn’t wait for the next one to come out ….. must go through the boxes in the garage. Anyone have some also hidden away somewhere? They where awesome.