I took my camera to our office roof to shoot some weird clouds. They looked best reflected on a nearby building.
Today in NZ history- 03/03/1960 - Barry Crump publishes A good keen man One of the most-read books in New Zealand publishing history, A good keen man established Barry Crump’s reputation as an iconic ‘Kiwi bloke’.
- 04/03/1855 - Legendary sheep rustler James Mackenzie caughtIn March 1855, shepherds searching for 1000 missing sheep in the upper reaches of the Waitaki Valley apprehended suspected rustler James Mackenzie, one of New Zealand’s first and most enduring folk heroes.
- 05/03/2013 - Census held after two-year delay New Zealand’s five-yearly census had been scheduled for 8 March 2011. But after Canterbury’s devastating February earthquake, Government Statistician Geoff Bascand and Statistics Minister Maurice Williamson announced that it would not go ahead.
- 06/03/1830 - Outbreak of the 'Girls' War' at KororārekaThe so-called ‘Girls‘ War’ was fought between northern and southern Ngāpuhi at Kororāreka (now Russell). Up to 100 Māori were killed or wounded in the fighting, after which the northern alliance took control of the important settlement.
- 03/03/1960 - Barry Crump publishes A good keen man
That’s an excellent photograph.
That is a very good picture. That should be in a book.