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
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New Denver, British Columbia
We recently scooted through the tiny town of New Denver, British Columbia. One of the highlights was a cute headquarters for the mighty Valley Voice – a bi-weekly newspaper that promotes itself as being proudly “100 percent independently and locally … Continue reading
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Getting the fundamentals right at the Martinborough Rugby Club
Starting with a well-executed slogan. Yeah right.
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More again on OneNote
Whoop-de-doo: after about 15 attempts, OneNote finally installed on my tablet. I might start taking the program seriously now and migrate my Evernote database to it.
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Follow-up on Evernote and OneNote
I had mixed success yesterday converting my Evernote database to OneNote. However, I was on the right track and I think I was going to be completely successful. I just ran out of time. I was pleased that the Evernote … Continue reading
Call me a curmudgeon, but…
There’s been a huge media wailfest about Prince Rogers Nelson since he died last week. The man is supposed to have been a total musical genius who changed music — if not mankind itself! Let’s get some perspective. Sorry you … 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
