Today in NZ history- 15/07/1915 - First Gallipoli wounded arrive home The first large group of Gallipoli wounded to return to New Zealand arrived in Wellington on the troopship Willochra as part of a draft of around 300 men.
- 15/07/1933 - Lovelock smashes world mile recordJack Lovelock's run at Princeton University broke Jules Ladoumegue’s record for the mile by 1.6 seconds. The race was dubbed the 'greatest mile of all time' by Time Magazine.
- 16/07/1965 - New Zealand artillery opens fire in VietnamGunners of 161 Field Battery fired New Zealand’s first shots of the Vietnam War from their base at Bien Hoa, near Saigon.
- 17/07/1939 - Death of Paddy the WandererPaddy, a ginger and brown Airedale terrier, became a national celebrity because of his exploits on the Wellington waterfront and beyond during the 1930s.
- 15/07/1915 - First Gallipoli wounded arrive home
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Maori graves in Martinborough
On an early bike ride this morning I stopped off at the Martinborough Cemetery in Puruatanga Road. It was a lovely morning – completely calm and the sun was just coming up. On an earlier visit I’d spent most of … Continue reading
Quality sportswriting in the Dom-Post
From an article about the Hurricanes rugby team’s early-season performance. These are consecutive paragraphs: The worry for Boyd was whether the rest of the side would take up the slack. Goodes has been a revelation. He got his chance, when … Continue reading
Wireless charging is great
Wireless charging of mobile devices with the Qi standard was supposed to be a next big thing, but it’s never really taken off. The standard hasn’t been adopted by either of the biggies – Apple and Samsung. The last few … Continue reading
Apple’s reality distortion field cranking up again
I’ve read more than enough crap about the fucking Apple Watch while the company builds a reality distortion field ahead of the product launch. The late mastershyster Steve Jobs couldn’t have done any better and media shills are falling for … Continue reading
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