Today in NZ history- 09/05/1907 - First School Journal publishedNew Zealand pupils were for the first time able to read a schoolbook published in their own country.
- 09/05/1915 - Kiwi Wimbledon winner killed in battleNew Zealand's most successful tennis player, Anthony Wilding was one of the stars of the sport in the decade before the First World War.
- 09/05/1945 - New Zealand celebrates Victory in EuropeGermany surrendered on 7 May, New Zealand time, but acting Prime Minister Walter Nash insisted that celebrations wait until after British Prime Minister Winston Churchill officially announced peace at 1 a.m. on 9 May, New Zealand time.
- 10/05/1897 - NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointedFollowing the passage of the Female Law Practitioners Act 1896, Ethel Benjamin became the first woman to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
- 09/05/1907 - First School Journal published
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Cutting communication to the bone
One of the Ngaio Press books I sell by mailorder is WOOL: a history of New Zealand’s wool industry. I co-wrote it with Bill Carter and published it ten years ago. There are a few cartons left and while it’s … Continue reading
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