During spring our property in Martinborough is an exciting place to return to each weekend. Everything, including daffodils, is busting out all over. It’s quite a contrast to our place in Ngaio, Wellington, where most of the vegetation is New Zealand native and is mostly green all year round.
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Today in NZ history
- 06/02/1840 - Treaty of Waitangi signedMore than 40 Māori chiefs signed a treaty with the British Crown in the Bay of Islands. The Treaty of Waitangi remains controversial.
- 06/02/1871 - First public girls' secondary schoolThe first public girls’ secondary school in the southern hemisphere was Otago Girls’ High School, which opened eight years after the local public boys’ high school.
- 06/02/1947 - Liner Wanganella refloated in Wellington HarbourThe liner, carrying 400 passengers, struck Barrett Reef in Wellington Harbour on 19 January. Only an unusually long spell of calm weather - dubbed 'Wanganella weather' by locals - saved it from becoming a total wreck.
- 07/02/1963 - Fifteen die in Northland bus tragedyFifteen people were killed and 21 injured, many severely, when a bus returning to Auckland from Waitangi Day celebrations in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip lost its brakes on Brynderwyn hill
- 06/02/1840 - Treaty of Waitangi signed
Did you take this with that camera you showed me? This picture’s gorgeous!
That photo was a slight cheat. The picture was taken several years ago on my old Canon S40, four megapixel camera. The camera I showed you does twice the resolution and could take a picture like that just fine. The daffodils were still in the same place this year, but they didn’t look quite as good.
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