It’s great that the Tino Rangatiratanga flag is fly alongside our dreadful national flag on Waitangi Day. Let’s hope it soon supplants that British hand-me-down and becomes the flag for all of us. Bugger the Pakeha naysayers. Bugger Shane Jones and the other Maori naysayers. We should have a national flag that is ours and ours alone. The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is a cracker, as I explained a few months ago here. Lets adopt it and get on with becoming a republic.
Today in NZ history- 01/06/1960 - New Zealand's first official TV broadcast Broadcast from Shortland St in central Auckland, New Zealand’s first official television transmission began at 7.30 p.m.
- 02/06/1917 - New Zealand steamer captured by the WolfThe steamer Wairuna, en route from Auckland to San Francisco, was captured by the German raider Wolf and later sunk near the Kermadec Islands. The crew of 42 was taken prisoner.
- 02/06/1970 - Motor racing driver Bruce McLaren diesIn 1958 Bruce McLaren was the first recipient of the Driver to Europe award, which enabled promising Kiwis to race against the world’s best.
- 03/06/1869 - University of Otago foundedGovernor George Bowen gave his assent to the Otago Provincial Council’s University of Otago Ordinance, enabling the establishment of New Zealand’s first university.
- 01/06/1960 - New Zealand's first official TV broadcast
