Today in NZ history- 08/05/1926 - New Zealand Railways Magazine launched
- 08/05/1926 - New Zealand Railways Magazine launched
- 08/05/1970 - 'Cheryl Moana Marie' hits no. 1
- 09/05/1907 - First School Journal published
- 09/05/1915 - Kiwi Wimbledon winner killed in battle
- 09/05/1945 - New Zealand celebrates Victory in Europe
- 10/05/1897 - NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
- 10/05/1925 - Death of William Massey
- 10/05/1960 - All-white All Blacks leave for South Africa
- 11/05/1945 - Charles Upham presented with first Victoria Cross
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
Martinborough Musings 