Today in NZ history- 19/02/1938 - Kopuawhara flood kills 21 Twenty men and one woman drowned when a cloudburst sent a wall of water surging through a public works camp in the Kopuawhara Valley, near Māhia.
- 20/02/1914 - Scotland crosses Southland in pioneering flightJ.W.H. Scotland flew a Caudron biplane from Invercargill to Gore, completing the first cross-country flight in New Zealand.
- 20/02/1954 - Yvette Williams sets world long jump recordEighteen months after winning the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Williams set a new world record of 20 feet 7 1/2 inches (6.29 m) at an athletics meeting in Gisborne.
- 21/02/1879 - Kaitangata mining disasterOn the morning of 21 February 1879, an explosion rocked the coalmine at Kaitangata, South Otago.
- 19/02/1938 - Kopuawhara flood kills 21
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Maori monarchy under fire
In March I had a go at the Maori ‘king’, Tuheitia Paki, in Waikato truck driver gets uppity. I called him a self-important, unelected, anachronistic twerp. Recently his son Korotangi, presumably a ‘prince’, made an even bigger ass of the … Continue reading
Over-zealous Google fuzz artists
Liz and I head to Europe for a month early in August. We’re spending a week in Venice and I’ve beeen making good use of Google Maps to familiarise myself with the city. This afternoon I visited Caffè Florian in St … Continue reading
Chromecast update gives me all I can eat
Google sent me a Chromecast app update last night and I had great fun as a result. I was able to send anything I could see on my Nexus 7 tablet to our TV screen. Previously this ability to ‘cast’ … Continue reading
Her, him and their
From stuff.co.nz this morning: The official who let the Malaysian Government believe New Zealand was comfortable with a diplomat accused of attempted rape going home, should consider their career options, the prime minister says. I get pissed off when people … Continue reading
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