Today in NZ history- 07/03/1842 - New Zealand's first official execution17-year-old Maketū Wharetōtara was hanged at the corner of Queen and Victoria streets in Auckland for the 1841 murder of Elizabeth Roberton, her two children, and two other adults.
- 07/03/1941 - New Zealand troops arrive in Greece When the Germans attacked Greece on 6 April, they quickly outflanked the Allied defenders, who were forced into a hurried retreat down the peninsula.
- 07/03/1988 - Cyclone Bola strikesCyclone Bola, one of the most damaging cyclones to hit New Zealand, struck Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne–East Cape in March 1988
- 08/03/1929 - First 'talkie' draws crowds in WellingtonMoviegoers flocked to see Frank Borzage’s Street angel, a silent picture with a recorded musical soundtrack, at Wellington’s Paramount Theatre.
- 07/03/1842 - New Zealand's first official execution
Monthly Archives: December 2010
The best Christmas present
My best Christmas present this year didn’t arrive on Christmas Day. It came on Christmas Eve, when I played the piano for residents of Martinborough’s Wharekaka Rest Home. It’s something I do from time to time, usually playing Great American … Continue reading
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Is our cat kinky?
This afternoon our Burmese cat, Chino, was taking his ease on an old sack in our greenhouse, beside a battered old concrete griffin. Suddenly he took quite a shine to the old griffin, as these photos attest.
Posted in Burmese cats, Cats
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How things get done
From the latest edition of the Martinborough Star, our community newspaper, comes a great little story by Katherine about how she begged, borrowed and cajoled the necessaries to make up a special lot of wine for a fund-raising auction to … Continue reading
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