Today in NZ history- 22/05/1884 - First NZ Rugby team in actionThe first representative New Zealand rugby team played its first match, defeating a Wellington XV 9-0 before embarking on a tour of New South Wales.
- 22/05/1995 - Waikato-Tainui sign Deed of Settlement with the Crown Waikato–Tainui was the first iwi to reach an historical settlement with the Crown for past injustices that went back to the 1860s. The Deed of Settlement included cash and land valued at $170 million.
- 23/05/1966 - Coronation of first Māori QueenPrincess Piki, the daughter of King Koroki, was selected as the sixth Maori monarch − and first Queen − during her father's funeral, in accordance with Kingitanga protocol. She assumed her mothers name, Te Atairangikaahu.
- 23/05/1861 - First major gold rush in Otago startsTasmanian Gabriel Read claimed a £1000 reward after finding gold ‘shining like the stars in Orion on a dark, frosty night’ near the Tuapeka River.
- 22/05/1884 - First NZ Rugby team in action
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Virtually visiting Dripping Springs
I’ve just come back from Dripping Springs, Texas. Really? That’s an actual town? Yessir and it ’aint no town. No sirree. It’s a goddam city. In Americanspeak, anything bigger than two houses, a dog kennel and a gas station is … Continue reading
Who put the bomp in the bomp shoo bomp shoo bomp?
You can rock it you can roll it Do the stomp and even stroll it At the hop When the record starts a spinnin’ You chalypso and you chicken at the hop Do the dance sensation that is sweepin’ the … Continue reading
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Tagged doo-wop, Oldies, pop music, rock and roll
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Regrettably deja vu, but nice all the same
After the tragic road death of Java, our beloved Burmese cat, we knew there would be a replacement at some stage. For us, living without a cat is not an option, but we thought we’d wait a fair while. Then … Continue reading
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