Today in NZ history- 21/09/1834 - Rescue of Harriet survivors beginsThe family of the whaler Jacky Guard were among a group of Pākehā captured by Māori in May 1834 after the barque Harriet ran aground on the Taranaki coast.
- 22/09/1906 - Domestic workers call for 68-hour weekAt a meeting in Wellington, Marianne Tasker and supporters established a domestic workers’ union, hoping to use the Liberal government’s Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act to force employers to improve pay and conditions. Central to their demands was a 68-hour working week.
- 22/09/1931 - Coalition government formed to combat DepressionUnited Party Prime Minister George Forbes had convened an inter-party conference with the goal of forming a coalition government that would ‘share the responsibility’ of dealing with the Depression.
- 23/09/1887 - Tongariro mountains gifted to CrownIn February 1887 newspapers reported Ngāti Tūwharetoa’s proposal to gift the British Crown the mountaintops of Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe and Ruapehu to form the basis of a national park.
- 21/09/1834 - Rescue of Harriet survivors begins
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Do we have a kleptomanicat on our hands?
Deposited on our front deck today: one Maori poi. Plus a miniature poi that may actually be a cat toy. Is this the start of something big? Perhaps he’ll add intimate garments to his repertoire, or will he specialise in … Continue reading
Playing with filters
I’ve just found a filter plug-in that does a very different job of simulating a watercolour effect than the watercolour filter that is baked into Photoshop. It doesn’t handle the darkest areas convincingly and these parts need from further work, … Continue reading
New Zealand spinach bagged and frozen
(Forgive me while I use this blog to store some preparation instructions for future reference.) We’ve had our usual good crop of New Zealand Spinach. In previous years much has been wasted. This year Liz decided we should freeze some … Continue reading
Another Martinborough Fair rolls along
Martinborough Fair came and went for 2013 today. New Zealand’s biggest outdoors fair, it is held on the first Saturday of February and March each year. It’s been a success story since it kicked off with 35 stallholders in 1972. … Continue reading
