Today in NZ history- 26/05/1879 - Parihaka ploughing campaign beginsUnder the leadership of Te Whiti and Tohu Kākahi, Parihaka Māori began a ploughing campaign to protest against European settlement on land confiscated from Māori.
- 27/05/1987 - Death of Colin McCahonColin McCahon was one of New Zealand's greatest painters. A risk-taker and non-conformist, he engaged with questions of religion, faith and the human condition through his art.
- 28/05/1920 - Fingerprints help convict murdererIn the Auckland Supreme Court, Dennis Gunn was convicted of the murder of a postmaster and sentenced to death. In what was claimed to be a world's first for a capital crime, Gunn's conviction was based almost entirely on fingerprint evidence.
- 29/05/1953 - Hillary and Tenzing conquer EverestA beekeeper from New Zealand, Edmund Hillary, and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of the world's tallest peak.
- 26/05/1879 - Parihaka ploughing campaign begins
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Welcome, Mochachino
We picked up our new chocolate Burmese kitten in Upper Hutt after work yesterday and brought him over to Martinborough. We were warned that he was a bit of a goer and we should consider renaming him Denis the Menace. … Continue reading
Visit to Florence, 2008
These are some photos I took on our 2008 visit to Florence, tossed into a slide show repository in the ‘cloud’ called Flixtime. The result is too gimmicky for my taste, but it was interesting and easy to play with … Continue reading
