Today in NZ history- 26/03/1896 - Brunner mine disaster kills 65At 9.30 a.m., an explosion tore through the Brunner mine in Westland’s Grey Valley. Two men sent underground to investigate were later found unconscious after inhaling black damp, a suffocating mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
- 27/03/1883 - The 'Sallies' come to New ZealandTwo English Salvation Army officers landed at Port Chalmers to set up a New Zealand branch of the Christian evangelical movement.
- 27/03/1984 - Trades' Hall bombingCaretaker and unionist Ernie Abbott was killed on 27 March 1984 when a bomb exploded inside Trades’ Hall on Wellington’s Vivian St.
- 28/03/1923 - Forest and Bird foundedThe New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society was formed at a meeting in Wellington called by a local conservation advocate, Captain Ernest ‘Val’ Sanderson.
- 26/03/1896 - Brunner mine disaster kills 65
Category Archives: Cuisine
Eating à la Evernote Food
We’ve become enthusiasts for the Evernote Food app that stores recipes on our Android devices. (Also available for iOS devices.) It works great and is easy to read at the cookbench on either the phone or tablet. It’s not hard … Continue reading
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In praise of vintage waffle irons
My father’s oldest sibling, Catherine, did a home science degree at Otago University before World War II, then after the war she went to the University of Chicago and did an MSc. That was a reasonably unusual thing for a … Continue reading
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Tomatillo time
We’ve had fun in the first year of our little greenhouse in Martinborough. Perhaps the most fascinating thing we did was raise tomatillo seedlings, which were then planted in the garden. The seeds came from a packet of Niche brand … Continue reading
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