Today in NZ history- 01/07/1988 - Bastion Point land returnedThe government announced that it had agreed to the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendation that Takaparawhā (Bastion Point) on the southern shore of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour be returned to local iwi Ngāti Whātua.
- 01/07/1978 - Beatrice Tinsley made professor of astronomy at YaleTinsley became the first woman to be appointed as Professor of Astronomy at Yale University in the United States
- 02/07/1938 - Electric trains come to WellingtonOn 2 July 1938, Minister of Railways Dan Sullivan and Wellington Mayor Thomas Hislop officially opened the electrified rail line between central Wellington and the northern suburb of Johnsonville.
- 03/07/1963 - DC-3 crashes in Kaimai RangeThe 1963 crash of a National Airways Corporation DC3, with the loss of all 23 people on board, remains the worst air accident within New Zealand.
- 01/07/1988 - Bastion Point land returned
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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
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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Burnishing bullshit with buzzwords
LinkedIn is a social media site with a business focus. But while it largely eschews Facebook-type trivia, it thrives on organisational bullshit. Today I got a link request from someone I didn’t know, who clothed patent inadequacy in all the … Continue reading
Gobbledygook
A friend who works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has sent me a wonderful example of writing from that center’s Daily News staff communication. Spaceport Innovators Today: Facilitating Disruptive Innovation Spaceport Innovators is a KSC cross-directorate open group that improves … Continue reading
Bursting into print again
My new book comes off the printing press this week. Compared to my other books it’s minimal, at 11,000 words and 40 pages. But a lot of work went into it, and not just the recent writing and layout. It’s … Continue reading
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